Item 36: Newspaper clipping on new Wilkes campus buildings, ca. Summer 1959

Item — Box: 15, Folder: 45

Staff Only

Newspaper clipping on new Wilkes campus buildings, ca. Summer 1959

Dates

Created: ca. Summer 1959

Disclaimer for Name and Subject Authorities

Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Newspaper Clippings

Condition Note:

Fair.

Measurements:

5 ¾ in. x 5 ½ in.

Title:

Buildings Added to Wilkes Campus Honor 2 Pioneers in Coal Industry

Description:

History of Parrish Hall and Chapman Hall at Wilkes University. The article provides brief biographies and family history of Charles Parrish and Isaac A. Chapman. Parrish was known for creating the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company and was also the director of the Sunbury Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad as well as being involved in many other businesses. Chapman was a surveyor of Luzerne Country and was also involved in the coal industry. He is likely most notably known for his time as a publisher for The Gleaner newspaper.

Location:

Wilkes-Barre, PA

Transcription:

Annotations:

“Made Many Surveys” (annotated)

“...one of…” (crossed out) “...the first roads in the…” (underlined)

“...leveled one year before his death…” (underlined)