Wilkes University. Eugene S. Farley Library

10/20/2026

A beautiful and moving Memorial Bells Service of Remembrance was held at Farley Library on homecoming weekend Sunday. Preceded by the RIngings of the Bells!

10/12/2026

Here's our new Spooky October book display in Farley Library! Read if you dare!

09/09/2026

Farley Library's circulation department created this art display for the start of the semester as a visual encouragement reminder to take breaks from being online, beat the algorithm and instead check out a book, create your own content, and think for yourself!

09/03/2026

Sally Success welcomes students into Farley Library for the semester's first Syllabus & Sip event. Wishing everybody a great start to your semester!

09/03/2026

First Years Learning about Farley Library during Welcome Weekend via the Passport Activity. Off to a Good Start!

08/31/2026

The Farley Library is excited to announce that Wilkes University students and employees now have access to Libby, a free digital library of eBooks and audiobooks available to borrow on your phone, tablet or Kindle.

Through the PA Academic Libby Consortium, Wilkes users can browse a shared collection of popular fiction and nonfiction focused primarily on leisure reading. With your Wilkes email and password, you can browse the collection and borrow titles anytime, anywhere. See the flyer for instructions. Happy reading!

08/14/2026

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.

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.

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.

We invite you to explore these transcripts and learn about the rich history of our institution and honor those who participated in this project.

https://archivepublic.wilkes.edu/repositories/2/resources/97

07/21/2026

Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that thanks to Library Technician Jeff Prescott, the Athletics File is now digitized and available online for researchers! The Athletics File consists of sports schedules, photographs, statistics, programs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other documents relating to sports history at Wilkes College and Wilkes University over the years. Feel free to explore the digital collection on our our Archivesspace catalog!
https://archivepublic.wilkes.edu/repositories/2/resources/39

07/13/2026

https://news.wilkes.edu/2026/07/07/students-play-integral-role-in-preserving-university-archives/

The past is becoming part of the present thanks to work being done by students working in the Wilkes University archives. University archivist Suzanna Calev and her team of work-study students are digitizing archival materials spanning Wilkes history -- a process that will allow future generations a...

06/25/2026

Farley Library welcomes President Cousins to Wilkes University with a Press Conference and a campus reception. The Library is looking forward to working with President Cousins!