Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce in partnership with the Honor’s section of Dr. Jonathan Kuiken’s HIstory 356: World War II class, that there is now a digital exhibit online on the military life and legacy of Admiral Harold Raynsford Stark and his connection to Wilkes University!
The digital exhibit explores his childhood influence growing up in Wilkes-Barre, his early military career, his World War II career and post military life, and his influence and role as a Board of Trustees member at Wilkes College.
The curators for the exhibit are Honors students Kailey Vogel,
Liv Serkosky, Ryan Hine. Ben Kimmel, Daniel Yap, Kaycee Wren, Bryce Greco, Gabriel McLaughlin, Andrew Murawski, Colleen Ryan, and Liz Keller.
Feel free to explore the digital exhibit filled with original materials from our Admiral Stark collection.
Digital exhibit: https://omeka.wilkes.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/admiral-stark
Digitized Stark collection: https://archivepublic.wilkes.edu/repositories/2/resources/19