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Cramer Family Bible and Postcards
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0207
Abstract
A curious collection of ephemera representative of Victorian era interests in collecting postcards and Bible studies. The Cramer Family lived in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania at the end of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century.
Dates:
1892 to 1908
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Doolittle Family Bible 1868
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0196
Abstract
This Bible was originally acquired by a Lehigh University professor, Charles Leander Doolittle and his first wife, as a family Christmas gift. Professor Doolittle recorded family events in this book: marriages, births and deaths. The first two Doolittle sons graduated from Lehigh and followed their father in the astronomy profession. Professor Doolittle’s second marriage, also recorded in this book, produced five children – the most well-known being Hilda Doolittle, more popularly known...
Dates:
1868
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Jeff Parks '70 Collection
Collection — Box: 0388
Identifier: SC MS 0388
Abstract
Jeff Parks, Lehigh University Class of 1970, locally known as “Mr. Musikfest,” assembled this collection which includes genealogical records and examples of Fraktur of his ancestors who were early residents of Northampton County, parental memorabilia, high school and college (Lehigh University memorabilia, awards, gift plates, memorabilia from Musikfest, ArtsQuest, SteelStacks, photographs, promotional material including t-shirts, programs, community/urban development plans and local history...
Dates:
1741 - 2021
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections