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Box 0058.01

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Contains 65 Results:

Asa Packer Founder of Lehigh University (two copies)

 Item — Box: 0058.01, Item: 16.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains assorted memorabilia (Lucy Packer Linderman’s fan, two samplers dated 1821 and 1848, assorted photographs) but mostly notes, correspondence, deeds, daughter, Mary Packer Cummings’ will, and several copies of a paper, entitled “Asa Packer: A Connecticut Yankee in King Coal's Court,” written by Milton C. Stuart about Asa Packer for the Newcomen Society presented at Lehigh University in 1938.

Dates: 1805 - 1940
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Asa Packer Biographical Material and Memorabilia / Series 1: Asa Packer; Lehigh Valley Rail Road; Last Will; Mauch Chunk; Connecticut / Asa Packer Biographies

Some Notes on the Founder Lehigh Alumni Bulletin , 1959-11

 Item — Box: 0058.01, Item: 16.02
Scope and Contents

Some Notes on the Founder Lehigh Alumni Bulletin November 1959 “Asa Packer is honored each October on Founder’s Day” by Samuel H. Missimer p. 13-18 (photo illustration see SC MS 0058.01.15); Times News, October 29, 2005 “Asa Packer and The Founding of Lehigh” (Packer statue and Phil Metzger)

Dates: 1959-11
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Asa Packer Biographical Material and Memorabilia / Series 1: Asa Packer; Lehigh Valley Rail Road; Last Will; Mauch Chunk; Connecticut / Asa Packer Biographies

Democratic Presidential Favorite Son from Pennsylvania

 Item — Box: 0058.01, Item: 16.03
Scope and Contents

Democratic Presidential Favorite Son from Pennsylvania in 1868 was Asa Packer, Founder of Lehigh University, August 21, 1968 News from Lehigh Samuel I. Connor and Roy Foster

Dates: 1805 - 1940
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Asa Packer Biographical Material and Memorabilia / Series 1: Asa Packer; Lehigh Valley Rail Road; Last Will; Mauch Chunk; Connecticut / Asa Packer Biographies

Asa Packer (1805-1879) (possibly from Paul B. Beers, House Of Representatives 2-9-88) , 1805 - 1879

 Item — Box: 0058.01, Item: 16.04
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains assorted memorabilia (Lucy Packer Linderman’s fan, two samplers dated 1821 and 1848, assorted photographs) but mostly notes, correspondence, deeds, daughter, Mary Packer Cummings’ will, and several copies of a paper, entitled “Asa Packer: A Connecticut Yankee in King Coal's Court,” written by Milton C. Stuart about Asa Packer for the Newcomen Society presented at Lehigh University in 1938.

Dates: 1805 - 1879
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Asa Packer Biographical Material and Memorabilia / Series 1: Asa Packer; Lehigh Valley Rail Road; Last Will; Mauch Chunk; Connecticut / Asa Packer Biographies

Packer Mansion Mauch Chunk, PA

 File — Box: 0058.01, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains assorted memorabilia (Lucy Packer Linderman’s fan, two samplers dated 1821 and 1848, assorted photographs) but mostly notes, correspondence, deeds, daughter, Mary Packer Cummings’ will, and several copies of a paper, entitled “Asa Packer: A Connecticut Yankee in King Coal's Court,” written by Milton C. Stuart about Asa Packer for the Newcomen Society presented at Lehigh University in 1938.

Dates: 1805 - 1940
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Asa Packer Biographical Material and Memorabilia / Series 1: Asa Packer; Lehigh Valley Rail Road; Last Will; Mauch Chunk; Connecticut