Archives & Special Collections

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

Wilkes University Archives has a guest blog post written by Nick Chupela, a Senior History major with a Political Science minor. One day, Nick would like to work in academia as a professor. After graduating, he plans on moving out west to get a master’s degree in Medieval Studies and eventually a Ph.D. In Fall…… Continue reading From Admiral to Chairman: A Review of the Admiral Harold R. Stark Collection, 1923-1972

Wilkes University Archives has a guest blogpost written by Michael Patrizio, a Senior History major with a double minor in Sports Psychology and Sports Management. Michael is a member of the Wilkes University Baseball Team and this past year was a part of a Colonel team that was 17-14 earning a spot in the MAC…… Continue reading The Catawissa Flash: Ted Yeager

Wilkes University Archives had a guest blog post by John Jenkins, a Junior History major with a concentration in Computer Science. John is interested in the Digital Humanities and has been working on digitizing the Beacons since he began his work-study position in the Archives in Fall 2018. Professor Emeritus and University Historian/Archivist Harold Cox…… Continue reading Complete Wilkes Beacon Collection Now Available Online