James H. LeVan Papers (1922-1992)
Scope and Contents
The collection contains some Lehigh University class notes and syllabi, and a notebook of material as Class Correspondent for the Class of 1926. The rest of the material concerns his career in the U.S. Public Health Service. Papers he wrote, notebooks of material regarding promotions and assignments, and his retirement files, and scrapbooks are included.
Dates
- Creation: 1922-1992
Creator
- LeVan, James H., 1905-1992 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
James H. LeVan was born in 1905, graduated from Minersville, Pa. High School in 1922, and Lehigh University in 1926. He received a MS degree from Harvard in 1931. He had a distinguished career as a Sanitary Engineer with the United States Public Health Service from 1931 to 1969. He was an Alumni Class Correspondent for Lehigh from 1945 to 1992. He died December 27, 1992. He is survived by two sons, James, Lehigh ‘56, and Raymond.
Extent
5 Linear Feet (9 Archival boxes, 3 flat boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains some Lehigh University class notes and syllabi, and a notebook of material as Class Correspondent for the Class of 1926. The rest of the material concerns his career in the U.S. Public Health Service. Papers he wrote, notebooks of material regarding promotions and assignments, and his retirement files, and scrapbooks are included.
Arrangement
Content of this collection arranged chronologically, then topically.
Subject
- Minersville High School (Minersville, PA) (Organization)
- Lehigh University. Class of 1926 (Organization)
- Lehigh University. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Organization)
- United States. Maritime Commission (Organization)
- United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps (Organization)
- United States. Public Health Service (Organization)
- Tau Beta Pi (Organization)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Diaries
- Lecture notes
- Letters (correspondence)
- Maps (documents)
- Newspaper clippings
- Photographs
- School yearbook
- Scrapbooks
- Textbooks
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- James H. LeVan Papers (1922-1992)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Staff
- Date
- 1994-08-26
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository
Lehigh University
Linderman Library
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Bethlehem PA 18045 USA
610-758-4506
610-758-6091 (Fax)
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