Abstract

Material pertaining to honorary degree recipients for the years 1906-1968 (some files more complete than others) including minutes of the faculty committee making selections, notification to nominees, arrangements for the ceremonies, and citations upon presentation.

Abstract Richard Harding Davis, 1864-1916, was a student at Lehigh University from 1882-1884. During his stay he wrote many novels and short stories and was a prominent war correspondent during the Spanish-American War (1898). The documents here include letters, telegrams and notes, mostly written by Davis. It is predominantly letters to his publisher, J. Henry Harper, at Harper and Brothers, but also includes other letters to Raymond H. Walters, Lehigh University, a few letters from Rebecca Harding...