Archives & Special Collections

The Gilbert Stuart McClintock collection is a large special collection located within the Wilkes University Archives at the Eugene S. Farley Library. One of Wilkes College’s original Board of Trustees, Gilbert Stuart McClintock, collected during his lifetime hundreds of manuscripts, rare books, engravings, newspapers, paintings, political cartoons, bookplates, and objects spanning centuries that document historical…… Continue reading Our Namesake: Processing the John Wilkes subseries, 1763-1805, of the Gilbert Stuart McClintock collection, 1549-2015

Mr. George L. Fenner Jr. Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that Dawson Sensenig, a Junior majoring in Geology, has processed and digitized the Fenner Collection of Prehistoric Native American Artifacts, 1000BCE-450BCE in Fall 2021. Dawson is a member of the Geo Explorers and Wilkes Adventure Education clubs here at Wilkes. Additionally, he is…… Continue reading Lessons in Archaeological Provenience: Processing the George L. Fenner Jr collection of prehistoric Native American artifacts, 1000BCE-450BCE

Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that thanks to John Jenkins, a Senior History major with a concentration in Computer Science, the Amnicolas are now completely digitized from 1947 to 2019! John previously digitized the Wilkes Beacons and other special collections such as the Harold Stark collection and the Anne and Arnaud Marts collection.…… Continue reading The Evolution of the Wilkes Student: Digitizing the Amnicolas, 1947-2019

Wilkes University Archives has a guest blog post written by Emily Cherkauskas, a Junior double major in Communication Studies and English with minors in Creative Writing and Women’s and Gender Studies. Emily is a staff member of The Beacon as an editor for the Life, Arts & Entertainment section and will work as Editor-in-Chief for…… Continue reading Decades of Dynamic Art: Processing the Sordoni Art Gallery Exhibition Files, 1973-present

Wilkes University Archives has a guest blogpost written by Thomas Morgan, a Junior History Major. Tom, a former member of the defunct Marching Colonels, is a professional musician, historian, published poetry author, and local volunteer. After graduation, he intends to continue his work as a historian, potentially through a Master’s Degree. Also, he plans to…… Continue reading A Sketch of a Bygone Century: Processing the Vertical Files, 1910-2017

Wilkes University Archives has a guest blog post written by Emily Cherkauskas, a Junior Double Major in Communication Studies and English with minors in Creative Writing and Women’s and Gender studies. Emily is a staff member of The Beacon as an editor for the Life, Arts & Entertainment section and will work as Editor-in-Chief for…… Continue reading Bringing Smiles to Wilkes: The Betsy Bell Condron Papers

Photo found on page 18 of A Short History and Illustrated Roster of the 109th Field Artillery, Third Penna. Field Artillery, Homestation in Wilkes-Barre,PA, 1897-1917 Wilkes University Archives has a guest blog post written by Logan Yeakel, a Senior majoring in both Secondary Education and History who spent Spring 2021 processing, transcribing, and digitizing the…… Continue reading The American Official Communique: Processing and Digitizing the Gwenn Clifford Smith Collection of World War I artifacts, 1918-[1961]

Wilkes University Archives has a guest blog post written by Ryan Mercer, a Senior History Major with minors in Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies at Wilkes University. After graduation, Ryan hopes to find a job in the field and continue on to graduate school. In the future he hopes to be able to travel…… Continue reading The Role of Engineers in the Civil War: A Closer Look at the Diary of Alfred W. Shollenberger

Wilkes University Archives has a guest blog post written by Emily Cherkauskas, a sophomore double major in Communication Studies and English with minors in creative writing and women’s and gender studies. Emily is a staff member of The Beacon as an editor for the Life, Arts & Entertainment section and will work as Editor-in-Chief for…… Continue reading Wilkes’ Path to Modernization: Processing the Christopher N. Breiseth Papers, 1863-2013, bulk 1984-2001

Wilkes University Archives has a guest blog post by Brianna Repetz, Junior Psychology major and History minor who processed the Arnaud C. and Anne Cartwright Marts Collection in Spring 2021. In Summer 2021 John Jenkins digitized the entire collection so that researchers can now access it online! Brianna hopes to do work helping others with…… Continue reading Arnaud C. Marts, A Founding Father of Wilkes University