The Betsy Bell Condron Papers, 1873-2004, bulk 1979-1998
Collection
Identifier: 21-04-002
Scope and Content:
The Betsy Bell Condron files contain memorandum, correspondence, personal letters and notes, invitation and event forms and programs, public relations materials, news articles and newsletters, informational packets and booklets, campus report documents, historical certification awards, keepsakes, photographs, biographical information, fundraising and donor documents, financial reports, meeting minutes and agendas, scholarly articles, and some restricted materials. Although the collection is dated from 1873-2004, the majority of documents are dated from 1979-1998, the time of Condron’s tenure at Wilkes. The general scope of Condron’s collection relates to important internal and external events that Wilkes either hosted or was invited to, the history of Wilkes College/University, public relations, correspondence with institutions and notable figures, and fundraising. Materials that predate Condron’s employment mainly include historical and administrative documents, while postdated materials are correspondence from Condron post-retirement and other general documents related to other information within the collection.
Dates
- 1873-2004, bulk 1979-1998
Access:
Open for Research with restricted folders in various series and subseries that are restricted up to 80 years from creation date. There is one permanently restricted folder: Folder #22.1.
Biographical Sketch:
Betsy Bell Condron (1928-2020) was the director of planned giving, development, community relations and special events at Wilkes University from 1979 to 1998, working under the administrations of Presidents Capin and Breiseth. Throughout her time at Wilkes, her work ethic and charismatic personality brought a special impact to Wilkes’s relation to the community.
Condron was a graduate of the Wilkes-Barre Day School (now Wyoming Seminary), Skidmore College, and earned her Master’s degree in education from Wilkes. Prior to her career at Wilkes, she had already created for herself a successful and expansive career.
Outside of Wilkes, Condron served various roles including vice chairwoman of Governor Scranton’s Commission on the Status of Women; chairwoman of the Education Committee of Pennsylvania Task Force on Health Manpower; the Pennsylvania Bar Association Judicial Campaign Committee; program head of the Mid-Atlantic States Y-Teen Boards; directors of the Pennsylvania Task Force on Health Manpower, and the International Association of Junior Leagues of America; and vice presidents of the Pennsylvania Council of Home Health Services, the Medical College of Pennsylvania Commonwealth Board, and Skidmore College’s Alumnae and Leadership Board.
Condron had taught at the Northampton School for Girls and Wyoming Seminary where she served as college placement director for 1969-1979. During that time, Condron also founded the Northeastern Pennsylvania committee of High-School College Admission Counselors and helped to inaugurate Wyoming Seminary’s summer-abroad student tour program.
Condron also participated in the development of various projects and initiatives at Wilkes. She played integral roles in including preparing for and participating in the annual John Wilkes Club dinners; assisting President Breiseth in Wilkes’s relations with other educational institutions, ranging from small post secondary schools to elite universities, in representation procedures for presidential inaugurations and other convocations; organizing and developing the Planned Giving and Capital Campaign fundraising drives; maintaining correspondence with alumni, patrons, donors, institutions, and others that offered donations that ranged from money, buildings, property, collections, or other materials.
Aside from rigorous project management for alumni and donor relations, Condron also worked on other community projects that benefitted Wilkes, including organizing Cultural Affairs events, the Max Rosenn Lecture Series in Law and Humanities, and events with the Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association. She served as a member of the founding board of Leadership Wilkes-Barre, a member of the selection board for the Hahnemann Medical College-Wilkes University program.
Condron earned a wide variety of distinction honors, including being named a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania in 1975, later serving as the organization’s president; Pennsylvania Medical Society’s Benjamin Rush Outstanding Service Award; Luzerne County’s Homemaker Service Merit Award; and Pennsylvania Health Department Outstanding Volunteer Award.
Condron’s work for Wilkes earned her the Wilkes Colonel Award. Condron passed away on January 10, 2020, at the age of 91. Her legacy brought a lasting impact to Wilkes, bringing positivity to students, faculty, and alumni.
Condron was a graduate of the Wilkes-Barre Day School (now Wyoming Seminary), Skidmore College, and earned her Master’s degree in education from Wilkes. Prior to her career at Wilkes, she had already created for herself a successful and expansive career.
Outside of Wilkes, Condron served various roles including vice chairwoman of Governor Scranton’s Commission on the Status of Women; chairwoman of the Education Committee of Pennsylvania Task Force on Health Manpower; the Pennsylvania Bar Association Judicial Campaign Committee; program head of the Mid-Atlantic States Y-Teen Boards; directors of the Pennsylvania Task Force on Health Manpower, and the International Association of Junior Leagues of America; and vice presidents of the Pennsylvania Council of Home Health Services, the Medical College of Pennsylvania Commonwealth Board, and Skidmore College’s Alumnae and Leadership Board.
Condron had taught at the Northampton School for Girls and Wyoming Seminary where she served as college placement director for 1969-1979. During that time, Condron also founded the Northeastern Pennsylvania committee of High-School College Admission Counselors and helped to inaugurate Wyoming Seminary’s summer-abroad student tour program.
Condron also participated in the development of various projects and initiatives at Wilkes. She played integral roles in including preparing for and participating in the annual John Wilkes Club dinners; assisting President Breiseth in Wilkes’s relations with other educational institutions, ranging from small post secondary schools to elite universities, in representation procedures for presidential inaugurations and other convocations; organizing and developing the Planned Giving and Capital Campaign fundraising drives; maintaining correspondence with alumni, patrons, donors, institutions, and others that offered donations that ranged from money, buildings, property, collections, or other materials.
Aside from rigorous project management for alumni and donor relations, Condron also worked on other community projects that benefitted Wilkes, including organizing Cultural Affairs events, the Max Rosenn Lecture Series in Law and Humanities, and events with the Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association. She served as a member of the founding board of Leadership Wilkes-Barre, a member of the selection board for the Hahnemann Medical College-Wilkes University program.
Condron earned a wide variety of distinction honors, including being named a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania in 1975, later serving as the organization’s president; Pennsylvania Medical Society’s Benjamin Rush Outstanding Service Award; Luzerne County’s Homemaker Service Merit Award; and Pennsylvania Health Department Outstanding Volunteer Award.
Condron’s work for Wilkes earned her the Wilkes Colonel Award. Condron passed away on January 10, 2020, at the age of 91. Her legacy brought a lasting impact to Wilkes, bringing positivity to students, faculty, and alumni.
References: Wilkes Magazine In Memoriam Spring 2020 and Legacy.com obituary.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/citizensvoice/name/betsy-condron-obituary?id=2108713
https://wilkesmagazine.wordpress.com/in-memoriam-spring-2020/
Extent
22 boxes (22 letter boxes) : 9.174 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Accession:
A portion of the Betsy Bell Condron Papers were donated to Eugene S. Farley Library prior to 2012. In 2012, Systems and Public Services Librarian Elizabeth Sullivan inventoried the papers and in the inventory they were located in Drawer 22 and 32. Sometime in 2019-2020, Interim President Paul Adams donated additional Betsy Bell Condron papers to the Wilkes University Archives that were found in the President’s Office.
Provenance:
A portion of the Betsy Bell Condron Papers were donated to Eugene S. Farley Library prior to 2012. In 2012, Systems and Public Services Librarian Elizabeth Sullivan inventoried the papers and in the inventory they were located in Drawer 22 and 32. Sometime in 2019-2020, Interim President Paul Adams donated additional Betsy Bell Condron papers to the Wilkes University Archives that were found in the President’s Office.
Condition:
Materials are in suitable condition. Newspaper clippings and other more fragile documents should be handled with care.
Copyright:
Wilkes University retains copyright of the materials.
Processed By:
Emily Cherkauskas, Archives Work-Study, Summer 2021, edited and supervised by Suzanna Calev, Archivist, Summer 2021.
Series Description
The Betsey Bell Condron papers, 1873-2004, bulk 1979-1998 is arranged into nine series.
Series I: Inauguration Data and Procedures, 1984-2004 Description: Series I: Inauguration Data and Procedures, 1984-2004, is arranged alphabetically and contains information regarding the procedures of presidential inaugurations from other institutions that Wilkes was invited to represent themselves at. Representatives during this time included President Breiseth, faculty, or alumni. Materials mainly include event programs, correspondence with representative delegates for Wilkes, correspondence with other institutions, and invitation forms.
Series II: John Wilkes History, Club, and Statue, 1976-1996 Subseries I: John Wilkes Club, 1979-1996 Description: Subseries I: John Wilkes Club, 1979-1996, is arranged alphabetically and contains organizational documents and dinner preparation for the annual John Wilkes Club dinners. The John Wilkes Club was created to honor and treat Wilkes’s highest donors. This subseries contains memorandum, correspondence, PR materials, newsletters, and programs.
Subseries II: John Wilkes History & Statue, 1976-1995 Description: Subseries II: John Wilkes History & Statue, 1976-1995, is arranged alphabetically and contains memorandum and correspondence, financial documents, PR materials including newsletters and programs, and photographs. John Wilkes was a radical British journalist and politician from the mid-1700s who fought for independence of American colonists. Although he never visited the colonies, his influence was popular and important, and Wilkes-Barre and Wilkes College/University were named after him. and a statue was constructed and brought to campus in 1995.
Series III: Historic Preservation, 1873-2003 Subseries I: General History, Reports, and Materials of Wilkes, 1921-1990s Description: Subseries I: General History, Reports, and Materials of Wilkes, 1972-1990s, is arranged alphabetically and contains general historical information, memorabilia, and procedures related to the preservation of Wilkes College/University. Materials include packets, booklets, correspondence, PR materials and news articles, reports, and campus documents. Subseries II: Building and Land History, Development, and Dedications, 1958-1993 Description: Subseries II: Building History, Development, and Dedications, 1958-1993, is arranged alphabetically and contains information regarding historic properties and buildings surrounding Wilkes and also in the general Wilkes-Barre area. This series also contains information regarding the construction of certain buildings or development of land in the area. Many of the historic mansions and houses around Wilkes have been refurbished into residential halls, office buildings, or academic buildings. A portion of the buildings have since been either transformed or torn down to be replaced, the decisions of which were made in order to suit the needs of the college. Materials in this series include memorandum and correspondence, historical certification from the Luzerne County Historical Society, programs, news articles and newsletters, old photograph scans, and historical descriptions of buildings and land.
Subseries III: History of Kirby Family and Hall, 1873-2003 Description: Subseries III: History of Kirby Family and Hall, 1873-2003, is arranged alphabetically and contains historical documents and materials related to the Kirby Family and their influence in the area, and Kirby Hall, which is owned by Wilkes. Materials include biographical information, correspondence with members of the Kirby Family, documents related to renovations and restorations of Kirby Hall, and photos of Kirby Hall.
Subseries IV: E.S Farley Library, 1981-1992 Description: Subseries IV: E.S Farley Library, 1981-1992, is arranged alphabetically and contains various documents related to the E.S. Farley Library and various celebrations, collections and dedicated rooms in the library. Materials include programs, correspondence and memorandum, and keepsakes.
Series IV: Important Wilkes Figures, 1940-1996 Description: Series IV: Important Wilkes Figures, 1940-1996, is arranged alphabetically and contains information regarding various figures who have made some sort of contribution to Wilkes, either through service as a faculty member, giving donations or financial support, visiting campus as a prominent figure, or being an important alumni figure. As director of Planning Giving, Condron was responsible for keeping thorough and personal contact with these people. Many of these people listed have Wilkes buildings, halls, scholarships, etc., dedicated to them in their name. Materials in Series IV: Important Wilkes Figures, 1940-1996, mainly include memorandum and correspondence such as personal letters, and also PR materials such as news articles and newsletters.
Series V: Organization and Fundraising, 1978-2004 Subseries I: Organization and Projects, 1978-2003 Description: Subseries I: Organization and Projects, 1978-2003, is arranged alphabetically and contains materials related to different internal and external organizational projects the Wilkes administration was involved with. Materials include correspondence and memorandum, news articles, meeting minutes, financial documents, and photographs.
Subseries II: Fundraising, 1979-2004 Description: Subseries II: Fundraising, 1979-2004, is arranged alphabetically and contains materials relating to various fundraising projects that were a part of Wilkes’s initiatives that also included relations with alumni and outside donors. Materials include PR materials, fundraising letters, meeting minutes, financial documents, and donor information. Series VI: Events, 1979-1998 Description: Series VI: Events, 1979-1998, is arranged alphabetically and contains documents relating to various events that took place during Condron’s time at Wilkes, including many that she was involved with. The events included both administrative and community events, including commencements and convocations, symposiums, campus events, receptions, lectures, and meetings. Materials include correspondence and memorandum, flyers and programs, financial documents, booklets and photographs, PR articles and newsletters, and meeting agendas and minutes.
Series VII: Max Rosenn Lecture Series, 1980-1997 Description: Series VII: Max Rosenn Lecture Series, 1980-1997, is arranged alphabetically and contains documents regarding the development of some of the annual Rosenn Lecture Series in Law and Humanities that took place during Condron’s time at Wilkes and also other correspondence and events related to Rosenn, including law reviews and the dedication of the Max Rosenn United States Courthouse. Materials include memorandum and correspondence, financial documents including checks, news articles and biographical information, and scholarly articles related to law and the humanities.
Series VIII: Restricted, 1972-1973 Description: Series VIII: Restricted, 1972-1973, contains a restricted legal investigation and correspondence with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Series IX: Condron’s Scrapbook, 1985-1992 Description: Series IX: Condron’s Scrapbook, 1985-1992, contains one scrapbook from Condron’s collection that includes the portfolio of artist Dorothy Morgan, who passed away in 1992. The scrapbook contains prints, copies, miniature paintings, photographs, and news articles related to Condron’s acclimation of Morgan’s pieces.
Series I: Inauguration Data and Procedures, 1984-2004 Description: Series I: Inauguration Data and Procedures, 1984-2004, is arranged alphabetically and contains information regarding the procedures of presidential inaugurations from other institutions that Wilkes was invited to represent themselves at. Representatives during this time included President Breiseth, faculty, or alumni. Materials mainly include event programs, correspondence with representative delegates for Wilkes, correspondence with other institutions, and invitation forms.
Series II: John Wilkes History, Club, and Statue, 1976-1996 Subseries I: John Wilkes Club, 1979-1996 Description: Subseries I: John Wilkes Club, 1979-1996, is arranged alphabetically and contains organizational documents and dinner preparation for the annual John Wilkes Club dinners. The John Wilkes Club was created to honor and treat Wilkes’s highest donors. This subseries contains memorandum, correspondence, PR materials, newsletters, and programs.
Subseries II: John Wilkes History & Statue, 1976-1995 Description: Subseries II: John Wilkes History & Statue, 1976-1995, is arranged alphabetically and contains memorandum and correspondence, financial documents, PR materials including newsletters and programs, and photographs. John Wilkes was a radical British journalist and politician from the mid-1700s who fought for independence of American colonists. Although he never visited the colonies, his influence was popular and important, and Wilkes-Barre and Wilkes College/University were named after him. and a statue was constructed and brought to campus in 1995.
Series III: Historic Preservation, 1873-2003 Subseries I: General History, Reports, and Materials of Wilkes, 1921-1990s Description: Subseries I: General History, Reports, and Materials of Wilkes, 1972-1990s, is arranged alphabetically and contains general historical information, memorabilia, and procedures related to the preservation of Wilkes College/University. Materials include packets, booklets, correspondence, PR materials and news articles, reports, and campus documents. Subseries II: Building and Land History, Development, and Dedications, 1958-1993 Description: Subseries II: Building History, Development, and Dedications, 1958-1993, is arranged alphabetically and contains information regarding historic properties and buildings surrounding Wilkes and also in the general Wilkes-Barre area. This series also contains information regarding the construction of certain buildings or development of land in the area. Many of the historic mansions and houses around Wilkes have been refurbished into residential halls, office buildings, or academic buildings. A portion of the buildings have since been either transformed or torn down to be replaced, the decisions of which were made in order to suit the needs of the college. Materials in this series include memorandum and correspondence, historical certification from the Luzerne County Historical Society, programs, news articles and newsletters, old photograph scans, and historical descriptions of buildings and land.
Subseries III: History of Kirby Family and Hall, 1873-2003 Description: Subseries III: History of Kirby Family and Hall, 1873-2003, is arranged alphabetically and contains historical documents and materials related to the Kirby Family and their influence in the area, and Kirby Hall, which is owned by Wilkes. Materials include biographical information, correspondence with members of the Kirby Family, documents related to renovations and restorations of Kirby Hall, and photos of Kirby Hall.
Subseries IV: E.S Farley Library, 1981-1992 Description: Subseries IV: E.S Farley Library, 1981-1992, is arranged alphabetically and contains various documents related to the E.S. Farley Library and various celebrations, collections and dedicated rooms in the library. Materials include programs, correspondence and memorandum, and keepsakes.
Series IV: Important Wilkes Figures, 1940-1996 Description: Series IV: Important Wilkes Figures, 1940-1996, is arranged alphabetically and contains information regarding various figures who have made some sort of contribution to Wilkes, either through service as a faculty member, giving donations or financial support, visiting campus as a prominent figure, or being an important alumni figure. As director of Planning Giving, Condron was responsible for keeping thorough and personal contact with these people. Many of these people listed have Wilkes buildings, halls, scholarships, etc., dedicated to them in their name. Materials in Series IV: Important Wilkes Figures, 1940-1996, mainly include memorandum and correspondence such as personal letters, and also PR materials such as news articles and newsletters.
Series V: Organization and Fundraising, 1978-2004 Subseries I: Organization and Projects, 1978-2003 Description: Subseries I: Organization and Projects, 1978-2003, is arranged alphabetically and contains materials related to different internal and external organizational projects the Wilkes administration was involved with. Materials include correspondence and memorandum, news articles, meeting minutes, financial documents, and photographs.
Subseries II: Fundraising, 1979-2004 Description: Subseries II: Fundraising, 1979-2004, is arranged alphabetically and contains materials relating to various fundraising projects that were a part of Wilkes’s initiatives that also included relations with alumni and outside donors. Materials include PR materials, fundraising letters, meeting minutes, financial documents, and donor information. Series VI: Events, 1979-1998 Description: Series VI: Events, 1979-1998, is arranged alphabetically and contains documents relating to various events that took place during Condron’s time at Wilkes, including many that she was involved with. The events included both administrative and community events, including commencements and convocations, symposiums, campus events, receptions, lectures, and meetings. Materials include correspondence and memorandum, flyers and programs, financial documents, booklets and photographs, PR articles and newsletters, and meeting agendas and minutes.
Series VII: Max Rosenn Lecture Series, 1980-1997 Description: Series VII: Max Rosenn Lecture Series, 1980-1997, is arranged alphabetically and contains documents regarding the development of some of the annual Rosenn Lecture Series in Law and Humanities that took place during Condron’s time at Wilkes and also other correspondence and events related to Rosenn, including law reviews and the dedication of the Max Rosenn United States Courthouse. Materials include memorandum and correspondence, financial documents including checks, news articles and biographical information, and scholarly articles related to law and the humanities.
Series VIII: Restricted, 1972-1973 Description: Series VIII: Restricted, 1972-1973, contains a restricted legal investigation and correspondence with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Series IX: Condron’s Scrapbook, 1985-1992 Description: Series IX: Condron’s Scrapbook, 1985-1992, contains one scrapbook from Condron’s collection that includes the portfolio of artist Dorothy Morgan, who passed away in 1992. The scrapbook contains prints, copies, miniature paintings, photographs, and news articles related to Condron’s acclimation of Morgan’s pieces.
Series I: Inauguration Data and Procedures, 1984-2004
Series I: Inauguration Data and Procedures, 1984-2004, is arranged alphabetically and contains information regarding the procedures of presidential inaugurations from other institutions that Wilkes was invited to represent themselves at. Representatives during this time included President Breiseth, faculty, or alumni. Materials mainly include event programs, correspondence with representative delegates for Wilkes, correspondence with other institutions, and invitation forms.
Series II: John Wilkes History, Club, and Statue, 1976-1996
Series II: John Wilkes History, Club, and Statue, 1976-1996 is arranged into two subseries: Subseries I: John Wilkes Club, 1979-1996 and Subseries II: John Wilkes History & Statue, 1976-1995. This series contains organizational documents and preparations for the annual John Wilkes Club dinners, which were created to host Wilkes’s highest donors; materials related to the construction of a John Wilkes statue for Wilkes’s campus; and general historical information about John Wilkes. John Wilkes was a radical British journalist and politician from the mid-1700s who fought for independence of American colonists, and although he never visited the colonies, his influence was popular and important, and Wilkes-Barre and Wilkes College/University were named after him. Materials in this series include memorandum and correspondence, financial documents, and PR materials including newsletters, event programs, and photographs.
Subseries I: John Wilkes Club, 1979-1996
Subseries I: John Wilkes Club, 1979-1996, is arranged alphabetically and contains organizational documents and dinner preparation for the annual John Wilkes Club dinners. The John Wilkes Club was created to honor and treat Wilkes’s highest donors. This subseries contains memorandum, correspondence, PR materials, newsletters, and programs.
Subseries II: John Wilkes History & Statue, 1976-1995
Subseries II: John Wilkes History & Statue, 1976-1995, is arranged alphabetically and contains memorandum and correspondence, financial documents, PR materials including newsletters and programs, and photographs. John Wilkes was a radical British journalist and politician from the mid-1700s who fought for independence of American colonists. Although he never visited the colonies, his influence was popular and important, and Wilkes-Barre and Wilkes College/University were named after him. A statue was constructed and brought to campus in 1995.
Series III: Historic Preservation, 1873-2003
Series III: Historic Preservation, 1973-2003, is divided into four subseries: Subseries I: General History, Reports, and Materials of Wilkes, 1921-1990s, Subseries II: Building and Land History, Development, and Dedications, 1958-1993, Subseries III: History of Kirby Family and Hall, 1873-2003, and Subseries IV: E.S. Farley Library, 1981-1992. Series III contains a wide variety of information related to the history of properties that Wilkes either acquired, built, or received as donations from the community. Subseries I contains general historical information and reports about the Wilkes campus; Subseries II contains information related to the history and development of Wilkes and its various properties and buildings on campus; Subseries III contains materials regarding the history and renovations of Kirby Hall, biographical information of the late Kirby figures, and Condron’s correspondence with some members of the Kirby family; Subseries IV contains various materials related to exhibits, rooms, and events at E.S. Farley Library. Series III: Historic Preservation, 1873-2003, biographies, news articles and newsletters, campus reports and records, public relations materials, renovation documents, memorandum and correspondence, photographs, keepsakes, and event programs.
Subseries I: General History, Reports, and Materials of Wilkes, 1921-1990s
Subseries I: General History, Reports, and Materials of Wilkes, 1972-1990s, is arranged alphabetically and contains general historical information, memorabilia, and procedures related to the preservation of Wilkes College/University. Materials include packets, booklets, correspondence, PR materials and news articles, reports, and campus documents.
Subseries II: Building and Land History, Development, and Dedications, 1958-1993
Subseries II: Building History, Development, and Dedications, 1958-1993, is arranged alphabetically and contains information regarding historic properties and buildings surrounding Wilkes and also in the general Wilkes-Barre area. This series also contains information regarding the construction of certain buildings or development of land in the area. Many of the historic mansions and houses around Wilkes have been refurbished into residential halls, office buildings, or academic buildings. A portion of the buildings have since been either transformed or torn down to be replaced, the decisions of which were made in order to suit the needs of the college. Materials in this series include memorandum and correspondence, historical certification from the Luzerne County Historical Society, programs, news articles and newsletters, old photograph scans, and historical descriptions of buildings and land.
Subseries III: History of Kirby Family and Hall, 1873-2003
Subseries III: History of Kirby Family and Hall, 1873-2003, is arranged alphabetically and contains historical documents and materials related to the Kirby Family and their influence in the area, and Kirby Hall, which is owned by Wilkes. Materials include biographical information, correspondence with members of the Kirby Family, documents related to renovations and restorations of Kirby Hall, and photos of Kirby Hall.
Subseries IV: E.S Farley Library, 1981-1992
Subseries IV: E.S Farley Library, 1981-1992, is arranged alphabetically and contains various documents related to the E.S. Farley Library and various celebrations, collections and dedicated rooms in the library. Materials include programs, correspondence and memorandum, and keepsakes.
Series IV: Important Wilkes Figures, 1940-1996
Series IV: Important Wilkes Figures, 1940-1996, is arranged alphabetically and contains information regarding various figures who have made some sort of contribution to Wilkes, either through service as a faculty member, giving donations or financial support, visiting campus as a prominent figure, or being an important alumni figure. As director of Planning Giving, Condron was responsible for keeping thorough and personal contact with these people. Many of these people listed have Wilkes buildings, halls, scholarships, etc., dedicated to them in their name. Materials in Series IV: Important Wilkes Figures, 1940-1996, mainly include memorandum and correspondence such as personal letters, and also PR materials such as news articles and newsletters.
Series V: Organization and Fundraising, 1978-2004
Series V: Organization and Fundraising, 1978-2004, is divided into 2 subseries: Subseries I: Organization and Projects, 1978-2003, Subseries II: Fundraising, 1979-2004. Subseries I contains materials related to various projects and initiatives that Wilkes was involved with organizing. Subseries II includes Wilkes’s various fundraising projects that were aimed to alumni and outside donors. Materials in this series include correspondence and memorandum, news articles and newsletters, photographs, meeting minutes and agendas, publicity and public relations materials, financial documents.
Subseries I: Organization and Projects, 1978-2003
Subseries I: Organization and Projects, 1978-2003, is arranged alphabetically and contains materials related to different internal and external organizational projects the Wilkes administration was involved with. Materials include correspondence and memorandum, news articles, meeting minutes, financial documents, and photographs.
Subseries II: Fundraising, 1979-2004
Subseries II: Fundraising, 1979-2004, is arranged alphabetically and contains materials relating to various fundraising projects that were a part of Wilkes’s initiatives that also included relations with alumni and outside donors. Materials include PR materials, fundraising letters, meeting minutes, financial documents, and donor information.
Series VI: Events, 1979-1998
Series VI: Events, 1979-1998, is arranged alphabetically and contains documents relating to various events that took place during Condron’s time at Wilkes, including many that she was involved with. The events included both administrative and community events, including commencements and convocations, symposiums, campus events, receptions, lectures, and meetings. Materials include correspondence and memorandum, flyers and programs, financial documents, booklets and photographs, PR articles and newsletters, and meeting agendas and minutes.
Series VII: Max Rosenn Lecture Series, 1980-1997
Series VII: Max Rosenn Lecture Series, 1980-1997, is arranged alphabetically and contains documents regarding the development of some of the annual Rosenn Lecture Series in Law and Humanities that took place during Condron’s time at Wilkes and also other correspondence and events related to Rosenn, including law reviews and the dedication of the Max Rosenn United States Courthouse. Materials include memorandum and correspondence, financial documents including checks, news articles and biographical information, and scholarly articles related to law and the humanities.
Series VIII: Restricted, 1972-1973
Series VIII: Restricted, 1972-1973, contains a restricted legal investigation and correspondence with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Series IX: Condron’s Scrapbook, 1985-1992
Series IX: Condron’s Scrapbook, 1985-1992, contains one scrapbook from Condron’s collection that includes the portfolio of artist Dorothy Morgan, who passed away in 1992. The scrapbook contains prints, copies, miniature paintings, photographs, and news articles related to Condron’s acclimation of Morgan’s pieces.
Note to Researchers:
There is no Box #7 within the collection. Box 7 has been consolidated into Box 6. If you see a jump from Box 6 to Box 8, there is nothing missing from the collection.
- Language of description
- English
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- Code for uncoded script
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