Archives & Special Collections

Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that thanks to Garrett Berlin, a Junior History major minoring in Political Science, and Kaelin Hughes, a senior History and Political Science major minoring in Policy Studies, the American Figures series of the Gilbert Stuart McClintock collection is now processed and digitized. Kaelin Hughes is a senior History…… Continue reading ‘For the Benefit of the Cause’: Political Activism within American Figures Correspondence and American Autographs of the Gilbert Stuart McClintock collection 

Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that Victoria Rendina, a Creative Writing M.A. graduate (2024) and current student for the Creative Writing MFA, has processed the J.Michael Lennon collection of Norman Mailer research, 1948-2024. In addition to earning an MA in Creative Writing, Victoria was the recipient of the January 2024 Norris Church Mailer…… Continue reading Norman Mailer: A Legacy Written through Revision and Collaboration

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