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 Descriptive Summary Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.) Rosa Club Records, 1923 - 1952 1000-174 Material in English 0.75 1 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff. The Rosa Physics Club was named for an Wesleyan alumnus, Edward B. Rosa, class of 1886. The purpose of the Rosa Club was to promote an interest in physics and its applications, and included student and faculty members. The collection consists of three volumes of minutes of Rosa Club meetings. In addition to minutes, the volumes also include rosters, election information, budgetary information, and other administrative documents. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 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], Rosa Club Records, Collection #1000-174, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.

 Acquisitions Information

Given by Professor Tom Morgan in July 1992.

 Processing Information

Processed by Kate Levy, April 2009

Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, April 2009

 Historical Note

In 1923, the Rosa Club was founded by the members of the defunct Radio Club. The Rosa Physics Club was named for an Wesleyan alumnus, Edward B. Rosa, class of 1886, a physicist, and physics professor. The purpose of the Rosa Club was to promote an interest in physics and its applications, and this collection documents the club's existence from 1923 until 1952. The club was made up of physics students and a few professors. There were annual officer elections each May for the executive committee positions of faculty representative and student president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer, who was the student responsible for taking the minutes of each meeting. According to the minutes, there were requirements to be part of the club, mostly in regard to the number or level of classes taken in the physics department, meaning that the members were exclusively physics majors, mostly juniors and seniors, although any physics graduate students and professors were welcome to join the club. The meetings were held twice a month, and each meeting included a report of the previous meeting, new business, a presentation of some scientific news, and a speaker, often a professor or student presenting research.

Collection Overview

The collection consists of three volumes of minutes of Rosa Club meetings. In addition to minutes, the volumes also include rosters, election information, budgetary information, and other administrative documents.

 Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Alumni and alumnae. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Faculty. Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Students. Rosa, Edward B. (Edward Bennett), 1861-1921. Physics--Societies, etc. Physics--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. Detailed Description of the Collection Loose items

These items were tucked inside volume 1.

 1 Constitution of the Rosa Club of Wesleyan University

2 copies from October 15, 1935, and 2 copies undated.

 1 Postcard: Scott Laboratory, October 26, 1950

To Professor Caddy from K.S Van Dyke.

 1 Postcard: Announcement of a special open meeting on the life of Edward B. Rosa, class of 1886 1 1923-1934 Page 2, November 19, 1923

Elected officers: president, F.E. Lord class of 1924; vice president, N. W. Storer, class of 1923; secretary treasurer, Charles Mingins, class of 1925; faculty member of the executive committee, Professor W. G. Cady.

 Page 5, December 3, 1923 Page 6, December 17, 1923 Page 7, January 14, 1924 Page 8, February 25, 1924 Page 9, March 10, 1924 Page 10, March 24, 1924 Page 11, April 7, 1924 Page 12, May 12, 1924 Page 13, May 26, 1924 Page 15, October 24, 1924 Page 16, October 28, 1924

Elected officers: president, Charles Mingins; vice president, Thorndike; secretary/treasurer, Bradway.

 Page 17, November 4, 1924 Page 18, November 18, 1924 Page 19, December 2, 1924 Page 20, December 16, 1924 Page 21, January 7, 1925 Page 22, January 21, 1925 Page 23, February 10, 1925 Page 24, February 24, 1925 Page 25, March 10, 1925 Page 26, March 24, 1925 Page 27, April 21, 1925 Page 28, May 18, 1925 Page 30, November 9, 1925

Elected officer: president, Thorndike.

 Page 31, November 16, 1925 Page 33, December 7, 1925 Page 35, January 11, 1926 Page 36, February 15, 1926 Page 37, March 1, 1926 Page 38, March 22, 1926 Page 39, April 26, 1926 Page 40, May 3, 1926 Page 41 May 17, 1926

Elected officers: president, R. S. Durham; vice president, J. J. Williams; secretary/treasurer, T. H. Briggs.

 Page 43, October 25, 1926 Page 44, November 8, 1926 Page 45, November 23, 1926 Page 46, December 13, 1926 Page 47, January 10, 1927 Page 48, February 14, 1927 Page 50, March 1, 1927 Page 51, March 14, 1927 Page 52, March 28, 1927 Page 53, April 11, 1927 Page 54, April 25, 1927

Includes roster pasted in.

 Page 55, May 9, 1927 Page 56, May 23, 1927

Elected officers: president, George Langreth; vice president, Edwin Schneider; secretary/treasurer, Burton Doolittle

 Page 58, October 18, 1927 Page 60, November 2, 1927 Page 62, November 15, 1927 Page 63, November 29, 1927 Page 65, March 5, 1928 Page 67, March 12, 1928 Page 68, March 26, 1928 Page 70, May 7, 1928 Page 72, May 28, 1928

Elected officers: president, Schneider; vice president, Doolittle; secretary/treasurer, Page R. Heldreth

 Page 74, October 1, 1928 Page 75, November 26, 1928 Page 76 December 10, 1928 Page 77, January 14, 1929 Page 79, March 25, 1925 Page 80, April 29, 1929 Page 81, May 27, 1929

Elected officers: president, Dwight North; vice president, Lonacre; secretary/treasurer, Paul D. Zotter

 Page 82, October 7, 1929 Page 84, October 21, 1929 Page 86, November 25, 1929 Page 88, January 13, 1930 Page 91, February 25, 1930 Page 92, March 10, 1930 Page 94, undated Page 96, April 22, 1930 Page 98, October 30, 1930

Elected officers: president, J. R. Hagen; vice president, A. F. Newark; secretary treasurer, W. L. May.

 Page 99, November 10, 1930 Page 102, November 24, 1930 Page 106, December 8, 1930 Page 110, January 12, 1931 Page 111, February 23, 1931 Page 115, March 9, 1931 Page 117, March 23, 1931 Page 119, April 13, 1931 Page 121, April 27, 1931 Page 122, May 11, 1931 Page 122, May 15, 1931 Page 122, May 25, 1931 Page 124, October 1, 1931

Elected officers: president, J. M. McNabb; vice president, W. L. May; secretary/treasurer, F. L. Quimby, Jr.

 Page 125, October 12, 1931 Page 126, October 26, 1931 Page 128, November 9, 1931 Page 128, November 23, 1931 Page 129, December 7, 1931 Page 130, January 11, 1932 Page 131, February 23, 1932 Page 131, March 14, 1932 Page 132, April 11, 1932 Page 132, April 25, 1932 Page 137, May 9, 1932 Page 138, May 23, 1932

Includes roster pasted into the volume.

 Page 139, September 26, 1932

Elected officers: president, Kent; vice president, Lessmann; secretary/treasurer, R. N. Davis, Jr.

 Page 139, October 10, 1932 Page 141, October 20, 1932 Page 142, November 3, 1932 Page 143, November 14, 1932 Page 145, November 28, 1932 Page 146, December 12, 1932 Page 147, January 9, 1933 Page 148, February 13, 1933 Page 149, February 27, 1933 Page 150, March 13, 1933 Page 151, April 24, 1933 Page 152, May 8, 1933 Page 153, May 22, 1933

Elected officers: president, Scott; vice president, Cooney; secretary/treasurer, Müller.

 Page 155, October 9, 1933 Page 156, Amendment proposed Page 157, October 12, 1933 Page 159, October 23, 1933 Page 161, November 9, 1933 Page 165, January 11, 1934 Page 167, February 15, 1934 Page 169, May 11, 1934

Elected officers: president, A. H. Taylor; vice president, J. F. Müller; secretary/treasurer, H. K. Burr.

 Page 170, Dues 1933-1934 Page 172, Dues 1932-1933 Page 173, Balance sheet 1932-1933 Page 175, Dues for 1931-1932 Page 176, Roster/Attendance 2 1934-1940 Page 2, Members/Roster/Dues/Attendance, 1934-1935 Page 4, October 22, 1934 Page 6, November 12, 1934 Page 8, November 26, 1934 Page 12, December 10, 1934 Page 16, January 14, 1935 Page 18, January 21, 1935 Page 20, February 11, 1935 Page 22, February 25, 1935 Page 24, March 11, 1935 Page 27, March 25, 1935 Page 30, April 8, 1935 Page 32, April 22, 1935 Page 34, May 13, 1935

Elected officers: president, J. F. Müller; vice president, Dick Brown; secretary/treasurer, Duane F. Carlisle.

 Page 37, May 27, 1935 Page 42, Members/Roster/Attendance/Dues, 1935-1936 Page 45, September 30, 1935 Page 47, October 15, 1935 Page 49, October 28, 1935 Page 51, November 11, 1935 Page 53, November 25, 1935 Page 55, December 9, 1935 Page 57, January 13, 1936 Page 59, February 10, 1936 Page 61, February 24, 1936 Page 63, March 9, 1936 Page 65, April 20, 1936 Page 67, May 11, 1936 Page 69, May 25, 1936 Page 72, 1936-1937 Roster/Attendance/Dues Page 75, October 2, 1936

Elected officers: president, Thomas; vice president, Brown; secretary/treasurer, B. D. Wright.

 Page 77, November 17, 1936 Page 79, December 15, 1936 Page 81, January 12, 1937 Page 82, March 2, 1937 Page 84, March 16, 1937 Page 85, March 22, 1937 Page 87, April 6, 1937 Page 88, April 20, 1937 Page 89, April 24, 1937 Page 90, May 4, 1937 Page 91, May 18, 1937 Page 94, 1937-1938 Roster/Attendance/Dues Page 97, October 6, 1937 Page 99, October 25, 1937 Page 101, November 8, 1937 Page 103, November 22, 1937 Page 105, December 13, 1937 Page 107, January 7, 1938 Page 109, February 14, 1938 Page 111, February 28, 1938 Page 113, March 14, 1938 Page 115, April 11, 1938 Page 117, April 25, 1938 Page 119, May 9, 1938 Page 122, Attendance and Dues 1938-1939 Page 124, October 17, 1938

Elected officers: president, Stilwell; secretary/treasurer, D. E. Wheeler.

 Page 126, October 24, 1938 Page 128, November 14, 1938 Page 130, November 28, 1938 Page 132, December 12, 1938 Page 134, January 9, 1939 Page 136, February 13, 1939 Page 138, February 27, 1939 Page 140, March 13, 1939 Page 142, March 27, 1939 Page 144, April 10, 1939 Page 146, April 24, 1939 Page 148, May 8, 1939 Page 150, May 22, 1939 Page 152, September 25, 1939 Page 154, October 9, 1939 Page 155, October 24, 1939 Page 156, November 13, 1939 Page 157, November 27, 1939 Page 158, December 11, 1939 Page 159, January 15, 1940 Page 160, February 19, 1940 Page 161, March 25, 1940 Page 162, March 11, 1940 Page 163, April 8, 1940 Page 164, April 29, 1940 Page 165, May 3, 1940 Page 166, Attendance and Dues, 1939-1940 Page 169, Treasurer's Acccount, 1939-1940 Page 171, Treasurer's Account, 1938-1939 Page 173, Treasury, 1937-1938 Page 175, Treasury, 1936-1937 Page 177, Treasury, 1935-1936 Page 179, Treasury, 1934-1935 3 1940-1952 Page 2, Attendance and Dues, 1940-1941 Page 4, May 27, 1940 Page 6, October 14, 1940 Page 8, November 4, 1940 Page 10, November 21, 1940 Page 11, January 5, 1941 Page 12, February 10, 1941 Page 13, February 24, 1941 Page 14, March 10, 1941 Page 15, March 24, 1941 Page 16, April 14, 1941 Page 17, April 28, 1941 Page 18, May 12, 1941 Page 21, October 28, 1941

Elected officers: president, Maynard Waltz; vice president, F. Shore; secretary/treasurer, George W. Morton.

 Page 23, November 4, 1941 Page 25, November 26, 1941 Page 27, December 11, 1941 Page 29, January 29, 1942 Page 33, March 12, 1942 Page 36, Treasury Report Page 37, March 30, 1942 Page 41, October 20, 1942

F. Shore elected chairman pro tem.

 November 24, 1942

Elected officers: president, F. Shore; vice president, B. Dwight; secretary/treasurer, B. Fitzgerald.

 Page 45, November 24, 1942 Page 49, December 15, 1942 Page 56, Members and dues Page 57, November 12, 1946

Elected officers: president, Dan Little; vice president, John Antonette; secretary/treasurer, M. Van Wyck.

 Page 59, November 15, 1946 Page 60, December 19, 1946 Page 61, January 20, 1947 Page 63, February 17, 1947 Page 64, March 17, 1947 Page 65, April 21, 1947 Page 66, May 23, 1947 Page 68, Members and dues Page 70, November 25, 1947

Elected officers: president, Bob Vernon; vice president, John Handloser; secretary/treasurer, Charles B. Officer.

 Page 74, December 12, 1947 Page 75, January 13, 1948 Page 76, February 5, 1948 Page 77, May 18, 1948

1948-1949 members and dues.

 Page 78, October 21, 1948 Page 79, November 22, 1948

Elected officer: president, Dick Preston.

 Page 80, January 10, 1949 Page 81, March 14, 1949

Budget information.

 Page 82, May 17, 1949 Page 83, May 28, 1949

Elected officers: president, Bob Stearns; vice president, Gary Gordon; secretary/treasurer, Howard Johnson.

 Page 84, State of the Treasury Page 85, 1949-1950 roster and dues Page 86, November 1949 Page 89, January 6, 1950 Page 92, January 18, 1950 Page 93, February 15, 1950 Page 94, March 1, 1950 Page 95, April 19, 1950 Page 96, State of the Treasury Page 97, 1950-1951 members Page 98, November 1, 1950

Elected officers: president, John Olson; vice president, Bob Willett; secretary/treasurer, George S. Stanford.

 Page 99, November 16, 1950 Page 101, December 18, 1950 Page 103, May 24, 1951 Page 105, June 3, 1951

Elected officers: president, John C. Smith; vice president, Charles Deeley; secretary/treasurer, Robert Kelman.

 Page 106, State of the Treasury 1950-1951 Page 107, October 8, 1951 Page 108, October 11, 1951 Page 110, November 8, 1951 Page 112, December 17, 1951 Page 113, February 15, 1952 Page 114, Treasurer's Report as of February 26, 1952 Page 115, March 20, 1952 Page 117, April 10, 1952 Page 119, May 3, 1952 Page 248, Treasurer's Acct. 1951-1952 Page 249, Members Page 250, Treasurer's Account, 1946-1947 Page 251, Treasurer's Account, 1939-1940