Archives & Special Collections

Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that thanks to Anthony Elms, a Sophomore History major with minors in Studio Art and Womens and Gender Studies, the 19th century photo album is now processed and digitized. Anthony’s professional interests lie in museums with his end-goal to become a Curator of art history or sociocultural history,…… Continue reading Vergangenheitsbewältigung [strategies of coming to terms with the past]: What a 19th century Photo Album of the Province of Hannover Reveals about Prussian [German] nation building

Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that thanks to Paige Edwards, a Senior Digital Design and Media Art Major and Fine Art Minor and Jessica Van Orden, a Graduate student in the Creative Writing Program, the Art and Print series of the Gilbert Stuart McClintock collection is now processed and digitized. Paige is a…… Continue reading Etchings of Inspiration, Engravings of Progress: An Exploration of Northeastern Pennsylvania History Through Gilbert Stuart McClintock’s Art and Print Series

Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that Brianna Schunk, a Graduate student pursuing her MLIS at Simmons University, has processed and digitized Joseph Gregor’s Denkmalers des Theaters volume 2: “Szenische Architekturen und Architekturphantasien” [Scenic architectures and architectural fantasies]. Brianna is a 2020 Honors graduate of Wilkes, majoring in English and Individualized Studies in Dance,…… Continue reading “Go for Baroque”: the Grandiosity of Austrian Theatre During the Habsburg Monarchy, as seen through Joseph Gregor’s Denkmalers des Theaters

Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that thanks to Emma Broda, a Sophomore History major Women’s and Gender Studies minor, the Helen Farr Sloan Collection of Political Cartoons, 1802-1950, is processed and digitized! Emma is a member of the Honors Program and a News staff writer for the Beacon. Following her time at Wilkes,…… Continue reading A Visual Legacy to Forgotten History: Processing the Helen Farr Sloan Collection of Political Cartoons, 1802-1950

Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that thanks to Morgan Rich, a senior Communication Studies major with minors in Women’s and Gender Studies, English, and Dance, the Collection of Medieval Manuscripts, Early Prints, Religious and Historical Art scripture, 1175-1980, bulk 1175-1643, is now processed and digitized. Morgan is the Editor-In-Chief of the student-run newspaper…… Continue reading The Journey of the Written and Printed Word: Processing the Collection of Medieval Manuscripts, Early Prints, Religious and Historical Art Scripture, 1175-1980, bulk 1175-1643

Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that the Financial manuscripts and ephemera series of the Gilbert Stuart McClintock collection has been processed and digitized by Bridget Hannon, a Senior History major in Spring 2023. The blog post is written by Jessica Van Orden, a Senior English Literature Major and Graduate student of the Maslow…… Continue reading There’s a Richness to the Valley’s Soil: Processing the Financial Manuscripts and Ephemera Series, 1776-1977, of the Gilbert Stuart McClintock Collection

Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that the Susquehanna Claim, 1770-1801 subseries of the Gilbert Stuart McClintock collection has been processed and digitized! Jessica Van Orden, a Senior English Literature major, has written a blog post highlighting items from the collection and providing her own analysis of the conflict. Jessica is the Editor-in-chief of…… Continue reading A Conflict Forgotten, A History Unexplored: Processing the Susquehanna Claim, 1770-1801, subseries of the Gilbert Stuart McClintock collection

Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that thanks to Jessica Van Orden, a Senior English Literature Major, Subseries III:  Foreign Literary Authors, 1777-1915, is now processed and digitized and can be found in our Archivesspace catalog here.  Jessica Van Orden is the Editor-in-chief of the Inkwell Quarterly publication on campus and hopes one day…… Continue reading I Feel as if I’ve Come to Know You: Studying the Personal Letters of the Prolific within the Foreign Authors Subseries of the Gilbert Stuart McClintock Collection

Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that thanks to Juliana Lueders, the George and Helen Ralston papers, 1929-2015, is now processed. Juliana Lueders is a senior English and Philosophy major with a focus on creative and business writing. She is the secretary of the Wilkes branch of Sigma Tau Delta, a member of the…… Continue reading The Lives and Legacies of Helen and George Ralston