Edinboro State College, Branch Campuses

Collection — Box: bran

Identifier: 100-102

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

There are three series representing the Shenango Campus, the Warren Campus and the Porreco Campus. The documents date from 1967 to 1979 with one photograph of the Warren Campus dating to 1965. There are a small number of administrative documents and several student produced items. Noteworthy is the publication Shenango a booklet that chronicles the ethnic history of the area.

Dates

1965-1979
1965-1979

Creator

Edinboro State College (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Available to researchers for use in the university archives.

Conditions Governing Use

Edinboro University holds the copyright.

Biographical or Historical Information

Of Edinboro's branch campuses one was in Warren and another in Shenango. They were opened and closed at roughly the same. Each experienced a warm reception in the community and a bell curve in enrollment. At the end of the curve they were closed as not being viable. Both of them expanded to the point where they purchased a campus or building to accommodate what they thought was a growing enrollment. Unfortunately, the enrollment declined the schools had to close. In Warren, the school began offering night classes at the Warren Area High School in September 1962. In 1964, classes were moved to East Street School building in Warren. Then in 1971, the school bought and renovated Warren State Hospital farm colony as its campus. From opening to closing, the director of the school was Frank Johnson. In Shenango, classes were first offered in 1961 at the Hickory Township High School. In 1968, the Shenango Center was relocated to the junior high school at Farrell. For the first year there the Center shared occupancy of the building, but thereafter it was solely the property of the Shenango Center. Bill Utley was the first director of the Center. He was succeeded by Tom Come for three years and then by William Herrmann. The Center closed in 1975.

The Porreco property was purchased by Louis Porreco in 1978. He donated it to Edinboro University in 1986.

Extent

0.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Warren Pennsylvania Campus (September 1962-79) and the Shenango Campus (1961-75) near Hermitage, Pennsylvania, and Porreco Center (1986-current) were branch campuses of Edinboro State Teachers College. The Porreco Campus This collection holds materials created at those campuses.