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St. Bonaventure's History and People

The following pages provide links to websites and collections relating to St. Bonaventure's history and the people who have been a part of the university. There is a wealth of information provided, so take your time and explore!

General Information This page contains websites with general historical information about St. Bonaventure, including a timeline and documents.   The People Here are links to sites about the people of St. Bonaventure. Information on presidents, the Board of Trustees, faculty and alumni is located here.   The Campus Academic buildings, statues, shrines, a chapel and more are located on the campus of the university. This page provides access to sites on the history of the campus and walking tours of the buildings, statues and shrines.   School Spirit This category includes sites on the symbols of the university, student activities and student publications.   Athletics Athletics is a big part of St. Bonaventure University. Here are some websites detailing the histories of football, basketball, baseball and others.   History and Stories Interested in legends and myths about the campus? Want to know what the university was like during WWII and Vietnam? Curious about what alumni have to say about their time spent here? This page has links to this information and more.   Indexes and Lists Here are lists of award recipients and graduate theses.

Search the Archives site Search the Thomas Merton site Search the Jim Bishop site

Special Collections

Special Collections

Collections outside of journalism. These include Thomas Merton, Robert Lax and Congressman James T. Walsh.  They range from science fiction to banjo music.

Journalism

Housed in the Jim Bishop Room, these deal with newspaper and television journalism, journalism education, popular history and comics.

 

Artifacts
Political buttons, St. Bonaventure memorabilia, autographs and many other items can be found in the collection.  We just have a sample here.

Who does all the work down here?

Each semester there are interns, work/study students and others who work in the archives. These assistants are responsible for processing special collections, cataloging archival material, making displays and designing the websites found in the categories above.

Jenna Anvelt, class of 2013 Archives student assistant Jenna's first hour on the job!  An education major, Jenna's back after her stint student teaching.	Margaret Atherton, class of 2013 History intern Margaret's in keeping helps us remember the Civil War by working with Jim Bishop's The Day Lincoln Was Shot	Colin Bearer, class of 2013 History intern. In his second semester as an intern, Colin has worked with the Jim Bishop collection and is moving on to our many small collections
Amber Cheladyn, class of 2012 Archival assistant They let Amber graduate after her internship, but she didn't escape! She's working here while in grad. school.	Tricia Locke, class of 2013 Archives student assistant Tricia has had a hard time escaping from the archives.  Even mix-ups with student aid can be fixed if that what it takes to keep her on board	Jason Mahar, class of 2013 History intern Jason's goes into the realm of science fiction as he works with the papers of writer/editor/publisher John F. Carr
Bella Quijano, class of 2013 History intern In her second semester as an intern, Bella continues to work with our artifacts collection as a career in museums beckons.	Stacia Salvatore, class of 2103 Archives student assistant Stacia and her buddy Sarah have been the bedrock of the archives the past few years.  If gets done, they probably have a hand in it	Rene Sandroni, class of 2015 Archives student assistant
Ryan Thompson, class of 2013 Archives student assistant After a semester as an intern, Ryan decided he couldn't stand leaving the archives.  Who can blame him?	Mike Welsh, class of 2016 Archives student assistant	Sarah Zeis, class of 2013 Archives student assistant Sarah keeps us all honest!  Meanwhile she helps to keep up our main database of Bona's news.

Archives, Friedsam Memorial Library
St. Bonaventure University
3261 West State Road
St. Bonaventure, NY  14778  USA

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Last updated

01 May 2013