Series III: Post Administration Files, 1983-1994
Series
Scope & Content
From the File:
The Francis J. Michelini Papers contain an assortment of materials ranging from the end of Dr. Farley’s administration into Dr. Michelini’s administration, such as institutional and personal correspondence, handwritten notes, cards, briefs, budgets, applications, development material, calendars, a cookbook, newspaper articles, reports, bulletins, scrapbooks, publications, photographs, objects, oral histories, memorandums, committee meeting minutes, policies, speeches, academic department files, as well as files concerning outside institutions such as the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority and collaborative academic programs such as the Hahnemann-Wilkes Medical Program. In addition, this collection contains Dr. Michelini’s inaugural film from 1970 as well as audio recordings of President Nixon’s visit to Wilkes College on September 9th, 1972 and Dr. Michelini receiving the Henry D. Paley Memorial Award for "Outstanding Advocacy Service to American Higher Education," awarded by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities on February 7th 1991, with guest speaker Senator Ted Kennedy. This collection provides historical information regarding Wilkes College before, during, and after Hurricane Agnes in June 1972 and the recovery efforts made by the Wilkes College community and the Wyoming Valley. For more information on cleanup and recovery efforts, see the Flood Recovery Task Force, Inc. Records finding aid.
Dates
- 1954-2019, bulk 1970-1975
Access:
Open for research. There is a box of restricted materials containing personal addresses and administrative and faculty applications that will be restricted for the next 80 years from creation until 01/01/2072.
Extent
From the File: 49 boxes (35 document boxes, 1 record box, 3 artifact boxes, 6 oversized boxes, 1 film box, 3 photo boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Series III: Post Administration Files, 1983-1994
Series III: Post Administration Files contain Wilkes materials that Dr. Michelini collected after his presidential administration. Dr. Michelini stayed involved at Wilkes in other capacities after his presidency. He remained in close contact with successor presidents, Bob Capin, Christopher Breiseth, Tim Gilmour, and Pat Leahy. In Summer 2016, the past presidents decided to create a Past Presidents Oral History Group with the goal of interviewing Wilkes staff, faculty, and alumni on their tenures at Wilkes. Oral History interviews on Tropical Storm Agnes and Dr. Michelini’s administration can be found in Series IX: Oral Histories and Film, 1970-2019, and can also be found in the Past Presidents Oral History Project Collection.
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
Contact:
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu