The Converging Canon: Expanding Global Histories by Exploring Events at Home within Northeastern Pennsylvania Newspapers, Magazines, and Advertisements Series of the Gilbert Stuart McClintock Collection

Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that thanks to Bryce Greco, a junior History major, and Emma Broda, a sophomore History and Political Science major and Women’s and Gender Studies and Art History minor, the Newspapers, Magazines, and Advertisements series of the Gilbert Stuart McClintock collection is now processed and digitized.  Bryce is heavily…… Continue reading The Converging Canon: Expanding Global Histories by Exploring Events at Home within Northeastern Pennsylvania Newspapers, Magazines, and Advertisements Series of the Gilbert Stuart McClintock Collection

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

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

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