This is a page from the Wilkes Alumni Magazine, which ran from 1947 into the present under multiple different titles. The article details dinner celebration in honor of Harold R. Stark’s appointment as Chairmen of the Board of Trustees. Stark was…
Stark Learning Center originally opened as Stark Hall in 1964. Prior to Admiral Stark’s name being attached to the hall, UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill wrote a letter to the university in September of 1957. Churchill recommended the building be…
This is a printed publication issue of the Alumnus paper for the ceremony starting construction of the Stark Science Hall on June 4th, 1956. The article details the ceremony in its entirety, from the first shovelful of dirt and speeches to more of…
These are copy printed letters between Eugene S. Farley, 1899-1973, and Admiral Harold Raynsford Stark, 1880-1972, discussing the involvement of Bucknell University Junior College (later to become Wilkes University) in the war effort on the dates of…
This is a framed photograph of the crew of the USS Nitro standing in front of their vessel. This was most likely taken while Admiral Stark was in command from December 1 1923 to November 14 1925.
“This photo was taken when the Great White Fleet visited Sydney, Australia in August of 1908. During the visit the ships of the fleet were opened to visitors and the Minnesota's decks are crowded with many curious ‘Aussies’"[7]
This item is John Stark’s Ivory Cane, with an Inscribed Metal Band Underneath the Rounded Top that Says “Presented to Gen. John Stark for his Defence of Fort William Henry.”
This item is John Stark’s Ivory Cane, with an Inscribed Metal Band Underneath the Rounded Top that Says “Presented to Gen. John Stark for his Defence of Fort William Henry.”