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Guide to the Wesleyan Centennial Records,
1931
Processed by: Drew Flanagan; machine-readable finding aid created by:
Valerie Gillispie
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Guide to the Wesleyan Centennial Records, 1931
Special Collections &
Archives
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT, USA
© 2010 Wesleyan University. All Rights
Reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)
Wesleyan Centennial Records, 1931
1000-194
Material in English
1.5
1, and 1 oversize volume
For current information on the location of these materials,
please consult Special Collections & Archives staff.
During early October 1931, Wesleyan University celebrated its centennial. The event
brought together current students, faculty, alumni, parents, and honored guests
including the Canadian Prime Minister. The
events also consisted of banquets, concerts, recitals, lectures, and sporting
events.
The Wesleyan Centennial Records features a scrapbook with
badges, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, menus, playbills, and other materials. Other materials in the collection include large photographs and correspondence, including
telegrams and typed letters regarding the centennial events.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright for Official University records is held by Wesleyan University; all
other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their
descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Wesleyan Centennial Records, Collection #1000-194,
Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT,
USA.
Acquisitions Information
Given to the library following the Wesleyan Centennial by Professor Karl S. Van Dyke, executive secretary of the Centennial Committee.
Processing Information
Processed by Drew Flanagan, May 2010
Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, June 2010
Historical Note
During early October 1931, Wesleyan University celebrated its centennial. The event
brought together current students, faculty, alumni, parents, and honored guests
including the Canadian Prime Minister, Richard Bedford Bennett. The events included
a musical comedy, entitled
The Girl and the
Graduate, written by alumnus William B. Davis and originally performed in 1908. The
events also consisted of banquets, concerts, recitals, lectures, and sporting
events. For example, Wesleyan’s football team squared off against Columbia
University, falling 0-37. The events of the centennial produced varied ephemera,
including badges for alumni and event staff, pamphlets, schedules, menus and
souvenirs. The event also produced many photographs and coverage in newspapers such
as the Hartford Courant and campus publications such
as The Wesleyan University Alumnus and The Wesleyan Argus.
Collection Overview
This collection consists of a large scrapbook and a box with file folders. The scrap
book includes over 200 pages of items relating to Wesleyan’s centennial, including
badges, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, menus, playbills, and more. The scrapbook is
organized into categories, including sections entirely of newspaper clippings and
one page with attached alumni and event worker badges, for example. The file folders
contain large photographs, as well as copies of similar paper items to those
contained in the scrapbook. They also contain correspondence, including telegrams
and typed letters regarding the events.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online
catalogs.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Sports.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Students.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Faculty.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Alumni and alumnae.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--History.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Anniversaries, etc.
Scrapbooks.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Scrapbook of Wesleyan University Centennial Celebration, October 10, 11, 12, 1931
Pages not listed below are blank.
1
Hartford Courant front page,
27 September 1931
3
Reprinted front page from The American
Sentinel newspaper from 19 September 1830
15-26
Invitations to invited guests, schedules of events, circulars,
etc.
27
Time Table Schedules (for transportation)
28
Discount certificate for guest transportation
31
Registration information
32
Schedule and menu for Alumni Dinner
33
Playbill for The Girl and the
Graduate
34
Sermon, Faith of
Our Fathers, by Bishop Herbert Welch, 11 October 1931
35
Church Service Program, Wesleyan Memorial Chapel, 11 October 1931
36
Invitation to buffet supper
37-39
Information on concerts and recitals, song lyrics
41, 43, 45
Information on centennial exercises and luncheon
49
Badges and ribbons
51
Admission tickets for events
53
Meal tickets
57
List of names
59
Alumnae on campus during centennial
celebration
61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71
Centennial song lyrics (several songs)
73
Wesleyan University Calendar, October 4-9, 1931
74-75
Wesleyan Celebrates Its Centennial, 1831-1931, by Arthur H. Parsons, Jr. from The Delta Sigma Nu,
December 1931
77
A Century of Wesleyan, from The University Club News of
Boston, circa 1931
79
Ad for Wesleyan centennial plates
81
Connecticut Schools Monthly,
November 1931
83
The Wesleyan University Alumnus,
November 1931
95
Second copy of the sermon Faith of
Our Fathers
97
Page 34 of a transcript of dinner announcements
101
Transcript of the centennial luncheon announcements by George Davison (pages 35-36), 12 October 1931
125
Lyrics of university songs
182-187
Photos of ceremonies
188-189
Photos: Denison Terrace During
Centennial Excercises
190
Photo: Picture of Alumni Athletic
Building During Alumni Dinner
191
Photo: Prof. Nicolson, Prime Minister
Bennett and Pres. McConaughy
192
Photo: Pres. Ferry, Prof. Nicholson,
and Gov. Whitman
193
Photo: Taken at the dedication of the
'92 and '93 flagpoles
196
Photo: academic procession
197
Photo: a large banquet
205
U.S. Weather Bureau forecast
206
Page from Hartford Times about the centennial, dated 9 October 1931, used in
Olla Podrida
207
Loose item: Newspaper clipping photo of ceremony
207
Wesleyan Argus centennial
edition, 25 May 1931
208-243
Newspaper clippings
Additional materials
1
1
Invitations, pamphlets and ephemera
1
2
Wesleyan publications and newspaper clippings
1
3
Planning documents
1
4
Items relating to travel and correspondence
1
5
Ephemera--pamphlets, badges, etc.
1
6
Schedules and calendars
1
7
Programs from concerts, recitals, The Girl and the
Graduate
1
8
Centennial events programs
1
9
Official Football Program, Wesleyan vs. Columbia
1
10
Photos