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Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Records
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0263
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1969-2000; 1946-2003
Found in:
Lehigh University Grant Projects
Girdler Family Records
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0247
Abstract
An extensive collection of correspondence, information and genealogical searches made by current family members to trace ancestors into the Seventeenth Century when it is believed the first of the Girdlers came to the American colonies. The early ancestors settled in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts and were involved in the mariner trade as sailors, masters and captains of merchant ships. Perhaps the most famous was Lewis Girdler, master of the “Betsy” who was a licensed privateer...
Dates:
1783 to 1995; Majority of material found within 1802 to 1915
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Manuscript fragment on John Taylor, the Water Poet
Collection
Identifier: SC MS0313
Scope and Contents
This fragment consists of six pages and a back board (possibly from 19th century). The manuscript fragments on the life of John Taylor made by someone unknown with pen and ink handwriting and some (possibly 19th century) printed pieces tipped in. Taylor was a contemporary of William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, Ben Jonson, Queen Elizabeth I, King James I, King Charles I and Oliver Cromwell. The fragmentary notes are a biography and list of his works with annotations on his...
Dates:
1578 - 1653; Majority of material found within 1630 - 1650
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections