Archives & Special Collections

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

Wilkes University Archives has another guest blog post written by Nick Chupela who processed the Hugo V. Mailey Papers, 1953-1989, in Fall 2020. The finding aid can be found following this link here. The finding aid and blog post were edited and supervised by Suzanna Calev, Wilkes University Archivist. Here are his reflections: My name…… Continue reading Dr. “Regionalization”-Reflections on Processing the Hugo V. Mailey Papers, 1953-1989

 Wilkes University Archives has a guest blog post from Ashley Collura, a Senior History major with a concentration in Anthropology. Ashley is interested in pursuing a graduate degree in Museum Studies and hopes to one day work as a curator. In Spring, 2020, Brianna Schunk, a double major in English and Individualized Studies in Dance…… Continue reading Time Travel through the Eyes of Wilkes Artists and Writers: Digitizing the Manuscripts: Literary Magazine

Wilkes University Archives has a guest blog post by Archives Federal Work-Study, Michael Patricizio. Michael is a Senior History major with a double minor in Sports Psychology and Sports Management and is a member of the Wilkes University Baseball Team. For Fall, 2020, he processed the Tom Bigler Papers, 1970-2005 and created a finding aid…… Continue reading A Life of Community Service: Processing The Tom Bigler Papers, 1970-2005

Today we have a guest blog from our Archives intern, William Billingsley, who is currently a senior at Wilkes majoring in political science and history. For Fall, 2020, Will processed the Thomas J. Baldino Faculty Papers, 1991-2018 and created a finding aid for the collection which can be found here. The finding aid and blog…… Continue reading The Thomas J. Baldino Faculty Papers, 1991-2018

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