The Kiski School - Digital Archive

About This Collection

The Kiskiminetas Springs School was founded in 1888 by Andrew Wilson who believed its location by the Kiskiminetas River to be an ideal environment for educating young men to continue on to higher learning. As one of the few remaining all-boys boarding schools established in the 19th century, the preservation of Kiski’s unique history is vital. The Kiski School archive, housed in the John A. Pidgeon Library in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, maintains a large collection of memorabilia and materials documenting the School's rich heritage. The digital collections facilitate an understanding of the school’s historical presence in the community through the collection, preservation, and accessibility of school records. The collection includes but is not limited to: photographs from the late nineteenth century to the present, yearbooks and school catalogs dating back to 1919, school newspapers and other publications, as well as other memorabilia and ephemera.

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Alumni Bulletin, February 1943

publications, bulletins

Published periodically, the Alumni Bulletin keeps former Kiski students informed about the development of the school.

Alumni Bulletin, May 1943

publications, bulletins

Published periodically, the Alumni Bulletin keeps former Kiski students informed about the development of the school.

Commencement, 1940

photographs, commencements

Commencement ceremony at Kiski in 1940.

Commencement Address, The Fifth Freedom

commencements, speeches

The address given by Kiski alumnus Richard Brown Scandrett, Jr. (1891-1969) at the 61st Commencement on June 5, 1949, including his note cards. Scandrett, a lawyer by trade, was active in the political sphere for much of his life. Here, his work as chief of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Mission to Byelorussia (Belarus) provides one example of his political life.

Faculty, 1945

photographs, educators

Kiski faculty in May 1945. First row: Dr. Canfield, Moginot, Marks, Dr. Clark, Col. Daub, Zeigler, Cheadle. Second row: Carlos, Brinker, Helen Brode, Mrs. Moginot, Mrs. Arnold, Hund, Rev. Bates. Third row: Kidd, Heinz, Arnold, Madore.

Football players, 1945

photographs, students, athletics, football

Football players (from top to bottom) Smitty, Amos, Willy, Bill, and Johnny.

Inherit the Wind, 1990

photographs, theater, plays

A photograph of Patrick Regan and company in Kiski School's production of Inherit the Wind, a play dramatizing the 1925 Scopes Trial.

Inherit the Wind, 1990

photographs, theater, plays

A photograph of Patrick Regan, Zachary Boyers, and Peter Franzen in Kiski School's production of Inherit the Wind, a play dramatizing the 1925 Scopes Trial.

Inherit the Wind, 1990

photographs, theater, plays

A photograph of Peter Franzen and Christian Crawford in Kiski School's production of Inherit the Wind, a play dramatizing the 1925 Scopes Trial.

Inherit the Wind, 1990

photographs, theater, plays

A photograph of Darren Shrager and Patrick Regan in Kiski School's production of Inherit the Wind, a play dramatizing the 1925 Scopes Trial.