Homer Research Laboratory Buildings B&C Records
Abstract
Collections retrieved from the abandoned Homer Research Laboratory Buildings B and C after the property transfer finalized in the summer of 2013.
Boxes on LMC shelves
Boxes 1 to 73 + 3 unnumbered
8, 9, 10, 17, 18, 20 missing
Dates
- Creation: 1980 - 2001
Creator
- Bethlehem Steel Corporation (Organization)
- Homer Research Laboratories (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection is open for research. Please inquire about copyright information.
Biographical / Historical
Bethlehem Steel Corporation’s Homer Research Lab was built and opened in late 1960s. The research campus was acquired by Lehigh University in 1997 and remaining last two buildings, B and C, were transferred to Lehigh in 2013.
Extent
4 boxes (2 linear feet ; 1 oversize map (54 x 37 cm) height x length)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Series 1: Corporate Directories
Series 2: Film reels
[2] 16 mm films
Series 3: Video Cassettes
[28] VHS Cassettes
Series 4: Photographs
Title: Gravel quarry [possibly Pennsylvania]
Color
Dimensions:
Date: 1970s(?)
Photographer:
Title: Homer Research Lab sign taken down
Three men taking down the door sign of Homer Research Lab
Dimesions:
Date: 1990s
Series 5: Office Files
Files from the office of Tim Miller
Packed by Sharon Siegler, Mark Canney, Diana Toolan
In LMC 2
Series 6: Engineering and Technical Drawings, plans, etc.
Documents moved and digitized by Dan Lopresti
These are still in Packard Lab as of February 26, 2015
- Title
- Homer Research Laboratory Buildings B&C Records
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository
Lehigh University
Linderman Library
30 Library Drive
Bethlehem PA 18045 USA
610-758-4506
610-758-6091 (Fax)
inspc@lehigh.edu