From Realism to Tin Cans: Digitizing The Sordoni Art Gallery Exhibition Programs

Today we have a guest blog post written by Zachary Mendoza, a Senior History Major, who has been a Wilkes University Archives intern for his Final Capstone Internship Project of digitizing the Sordoni Art Gallery programs. This digitization project was in collaboration with The Sordoni Art Gallery where Zach also interned under Heather Sincavage, assistant…… Continue reading From Realism to Tin Cans: Digitizing The Sordoni Art Gallery Exhibition Programs

Digitizing the Commencement Files

Today’s blog post is written by Mollie Rance, Library Technician, who digitized the Commencement Files in the Fall 2019. The commencement files can be found online following this link. Here are her reflections on the project: The commencement programs of Wilkes spans its entire history, from its humble beginning as Bucknell University Junior College in…… Continue reading Digitizing the Commencement Files

John Koch, the Four-Color Programmer

                                               John Koch, the Four-Color Programmer Wilkes University Archives has a guest blog post today written by TQ Smith, a sophomore Computational Mathematics major. During Summer 2019, Dr. John Allen Koch donated his materials to the Wilkes University Archives. As part of his internship, TQ processed and created the finding aid for the collection.…… Continue reading John Koch, the Four-Color Programmer

President Capin Papers, 1960-1987

Robert S. Capin, c.1985. Wilkes University Archives has a guest blog post today written by Archives Intern, Jennifer Boch, a Wilkes University sophomore majoring in Public History and International Relations. Jennifer has previous experience in archival work from an internship at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. In the Fall 2019 Jennifer…… Continue reading President Capin Papers, 1960-1987

Polish Day Coming up on October 24th 2019

Polish Room located on the 2nd Floor of Farley Library. Wilkes University Polish Room Committee, Traditional Polish Cuisine Cookbook, 2010. The Eugene S. Farley Library invites everyone to come and celebrate Polish Day on the 2nd Floor of the library on October 24th, 2019. This wonderful tradition began in the Fall of 2010 by Bernadine…… Continue reading Polish Day Coming up on October 24th 2019

Norman Mailer and J. Michael Lennon: A Tale of Writer and Editor

Wilkes University Archives kickstarts the official Archives and Special Collections blog with a post about the recent exhibit, titled Norman Mailer and J. Michael Lennon: A Tale of Writer and Editor, created by Suzanna Calev, Wilkes University Archivist and Public Services Librarian, for the Norman Mailer Society Conference in October, 2019. Suzanna processed the J.…… Continue reading Norman Mailer and J. Michael Lennon: A Tale of Writer and Editor