Assortment of items 1915 to 1920, 1915 to 1920

File — Box: SC MS 0281.14, Folder: 03

Identifier: SC MS 0281.14.03

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The contents of the collection were presented to Lehigh University in archive boxes with a “bookplate” of the autograph Arch Johnston written over the legs of a two-humped camel with Box # ____ and on the bottom of “bookplate” label is printed Janet Johnston Housenick and William D. Housenick Memorial Foundation as identifier on seven of the boxes, the remainder just have Archibald Johnston Papers handwritten on plain labels.

Dates

Creation: 1915 to 1920

Creator

From the Collection: Johnston, Archibald, 1865-1948 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Extent

From the Collection: 10 Linear Feet (15 light gray archival boxes) ; 10 linear feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Separated Materials

Assortment of items 1915 to 1920 1915 November 15 The First National Bank note paper re: purchase of 5000 Beth. Steel Co. 6% Bonds for Arch Jr. 1915 December 2 (plain note paper) 4000 for Arch Jr. 1915 December 4 (plain note paper) 15 BSCo. for Arch Jr. 1915 December 13 (plain note paper) 50 M. Beth. Steel Bds. For Arch Jr. 1917? (typed speech possibly about consolidation of the boroughs of Bethlehemand South Bethlehem into a city) mentions the leadership of Schwab to this end, the encroachment of the city of Allentown on the western borders of Bethlehem, and the industries which supply or form the arch which will be built to span the Lehigh River (two pages) 1918 January 14 (poem) “Bethlehem, our Bethlehem.” (Tune, “Maryland, my Maryland”) 1920 April 13 Community Chest (notes on A.J. index cards) 1920 October 18 Mistakes (notes on A.J. index cards) No Date (tattered envelope marked “Stories Listed on Cards” - collection of A.J. index cards: “The Bridge Builder,” Irishman – Heaven ‘L, “Ballade of Cabinet Officers” by Gorton Veeder Carruth, “Stories,” Schooling Education, We all have some pet superstition, Has man lost his way…, Appius Claudius, Dog train, Crippled in War…, Misconstructed sentences, Authority Intoxicates by Butler, Advice = Cultivate Work & Pleasure, Seizing Opportunity