Lawrence Henry Gipson Institute for Eighteenth-Century Studies Archives
Scope and Contents
The collection is divided into official records, business records, and symposium essays, 1971-1982
Dates
- Creation: 1971-1982
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Access Restrictions: Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.
Use Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
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Biographical / Historical
The Gipson Institute was created by a generous gift from Lawrence Henry Gipson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and a long-time Lehigh University Professor. Its program includes such research activities as an annual dissertation fellowship for a Lehigh PhD candidate and research grants to Lehigh faculty and students working on projects dealing with the eighteenth century.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Abstract
A collection of the Institute's records since its founding in 1971. Includes minutes, financial statements, correspondence and materials pertaining to the symposia and other programs offered by the Institute. Also included are applications for the small grants offered by the Institute each year, and reports of the work accomplished under the grants, as well as some of the papers delivered at the symposia.
Arrangement
The materials are arranged by record type, and then by date.
Acquisition Information
Transferred from the Lawrence Henry Gipson Institute for Eighteenth-Century Studies, in 1988.
Subject
- Gipson , Lawrence Henry, 1880-1971 (Person)
- Lehigh University. College of Arts and Sciences (Organization)
- Title
- Lawrence Henry Gipson Institute for Eighteenth-Century Studies ArchivesSC MS 0008
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Staff
- Date
- February 10, 1988
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
- Sponsor
- Lehigh University Library and Technology Services.
Repository Details
Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository
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