{"id":33995,"date":"2026-08-17T09:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=33995"},"modified":"2026-08-17T09:08:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:08:59","slug":"past-presidents-oral-history-project-available-for-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/past-presidents-oral-history-project-available-for-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Presidents Oral History project available for researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wilkes University Archives was deeply saddened by the passing of Wilkes 4th president, Christopher Neri Breiseth in late June. Chris’ participation and support for archival initiatives and historical preservation during and after his presidency will make his presence here sorely missed. His love for this institution can be heard, read, and seen within the numerous collections we have here in the archives.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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To honor his memory and legacy with the upcoming memorial tomorrow, Wilkes University Archives would like to go live with the Past President Oral History project, a collection of oral history interview transcripts that span decades of our institutional history.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The collection is arranged into three distinct series: the first series contains oral history interviews that were conducted by the late 1963 Wilkes alumna Robert Bomboy with original Wilkes administrators such as Eugene S. Farley, Board of Trustees member Admiral Harold Stark, Wilkes founder Arnaud Marts, and others. The second series contains oral history interviews conducted by President Breiseth and Betsy Bell Condron during his presidency with John Whitby, William H. Conyngham, Charles H. Miner Jr., and others. The third series contains oral history interviews starting in 2016 onward with the creation of this Past President Oral History project, conducted by Past Presidents the late Francis J. Michelini, the late Breiseth, Joseph E. Gilmour, interim President Paul Adams, late Wilkes emeritus faculty Bob Heaman and Jim Rodechko with significant members of the Wilkes community.<\/div>\n
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We invite you to explore these transcripts<\/a> and learn about the rich history of our institution and honor those who participated in this project.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Wilkes University Archives was deeply saddened by the passing of Wilkes 4th president, Christopher Neri Breiseth in late June. Chris’ participation and support for archival initiatives and historical preservation during and after his presidency will make his presence here sorely missed. His love for this institution can be heard, read, and seen within the numerous… Read More »Past Presidents Oral History project available for researchers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34001,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33995\/revisions\/34001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}