Box 0320.01

Years 1941-1954 including Correspondence regarding the Annual Reports. Reports show each of the undergraduates and their post-undergraduate plans along with the names of professors and graduate students and even classes taught during the different semesters.

Years 1952-1963 ands 1968-1969

Series 1 contains Annual Reports from the History Department. Series 2-7 contain correspondence between, to, or from Lehigh faculty members in the History Department and documents from the History Department regarding education and, or business. Series 8 contains a newspaper cutout regarding Dr. Gipson’s visit to London and a story by Dr. Aiken titled “Peer’s Passage from Childhood to Maturity”

Letters are to, from, and even between Lehigh faculty members of the time period.

Series 1 contains Annual Reports from the History Department. Series 2-7 contain correspondence between, to, or from Lehigh faculty members in the History Department and documents from the History Department regarding education and, or business. Series 8 contains a newspaper cutout regarding Dr. Gipson’s visit to London and a story by Dr. Aiken titled “Peer’s Passage from Childhood to Maturity”

Included documents regarding his injury while working.

These often detail the problems going on within the personal and professional lives of professors.

These documents identify which professors are resigning and which are taking positions at this time along with how much professors are paid. Additionally, some documents detail certain professors’ publications or their attempts at being published.

Includes Dr. Gipson’s contributions and major accomplishments - very important in understanding the history of the department.

All of these documents are from 1957, the year in which the Professor died. The folder includes a newspaper, a memorial of the Professor, and a letter from the Professor to another Professor dated 1957.