Remembering Impact of Hurricane Agnes at Wilkes University

Wilkes University has a campus on the Susquehanna River and suffered substantial damage when Hurricane Agnes triggered a flood in 1972.

A new interactive website, an audio walking tour and an artifact exhibit, “Remembering Agnes: 50 Years Later,” offers a retrospective overview of the period. It is a collaboration of the E.S. Farley Library , the Sordoni Art Gallery, the Wilkes University History department, Integrative Media department, WCLH radio station, and web services.

“The walking tour consists of 12 designated stops featuring panels that showcase pre- and post-flood photographs and an opportunity to listen to recordings on some of our building history.

You can read more in "Wilkes University launches audio walking tour, retrospective on Agnes," posted by the Wilkes Barre Time Leader with reporting by Mark Guydish.