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Scope and Contents Collection of materials gathered for the writing of Pride and Promise: A Centennial History of East Stroudsburg University (1993), a history of the university written by Lawrence Squeri, Neil Hogan, and Peter Nevins. Materials referenced for the book includes original university records, as well as facsimile copies and other publications, correspondence, news clippings, maps, catalogs, and more. In addition, the authors conducted dozens of oral history interviews with former ESU students,...

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The Reference Files Collection contains news clippings, maps, brochures, pamphlets, and other material related to a specific subject usually dealing with Pennsylvania history, local history, or topics related to East Stroudsburg University and the surrounding community.

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Collection of publications titled "Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity," published by the Office of Sponsored Projects and Research within the Division of Academic Affairs and documenting the grants, research, and creative activity undertaken by ESU faculty, staff, and students during the past fiscal year.

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The Ruth Lillian Jones Manuscript Collection includes correspondence, documents, photographs, pamphlets, publications, news clippings and awards stemming from her time as Dean of Women at East Stroudsburg University. In addition, the collection also includes personal photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, clothing, directories, and telephone books.

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Collection of three bound handwritten security logs from East Stroudsburg State College.

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Collection of ESU women's softball scorebooks.

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Collection of meeting minutes and newsletters from the Pennsylvania Board of State Colleges and Universities.

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Collection of materials relating to Pennsylvania state boards of education, universities, colleges, college presidents. Includes meeting minutes, newsletters, policies, books, planning commission.

Abstract Sterling Boyd Strauser (1907–1995) was born in Bloomsburg, Pa. to Boyd and Emma Strauser. He began painting at 15 and took a few art classes while attending Bloomsburg State Teachers College from which he graduated in 1928. After teaching elementary school in Mount Pocono, Pa. from 1928 to 1929, Strauser took a job as a shipping clerk at International Boiler Works. He exhibited his work during his lifetime while mentoring other self-taught artists, such as Jack Savitsky, Victor Gatto, and...