This scrapbook of Albert W. Chenoweth, Lehigh Class of 1917, contains material documenting his high school and Lehigh athletic career, and his professional career at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Anyone interested in Lehigh football history will enjoy perusing this collection which contains many interesting articles about Lehigh football greats.
Dates:
1911-1987; Majority of material found within 1911-1973
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The Birkinbine Engineering Company got its start through Henry P. M. Birkinbine. His son, John, gained early engineering experience through various water supply projects in and around Philadelphia; this experience later helped direct the Birkinbine Engineering Company’s involvement in many water-related projects around the country in the late 19th century as part of the improved public sanitation initiatives. The Birkinbine firm also specialized in mining engineering, both in the United...
A collection of turn of the late 19th century photographs from Lehigh alumnus Harry J. Atticks, Class of 1893. Most of photographs are depict Lehigh University buildings and grounds.
Dates:
1897-1912; Majority of material found within 1892-1893
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Born on February 21, 1928 in Jacksonville Florida, Leslie Hunter Whitten was a Hearst newspaper reporter for the Washington Post, an associate on Jack Anderson's newspaper column, and accomplished novelist. He graduated from Lehigh University in 1950. This collection documents various stages of Whitten's life, especially the years in Washington DC as a journalist. Letters, documents, notes, photographs, etc. relating to Les Whitten's early years, schooling, and work as a Hearst reporter,...
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Richard Harding Davis, 1864-1916, was a student at Lehigh University from 1882-1884.
During his stay he wrote many novels and short stories and was a prominent war correspondent
during the Spanish-American War (1898). The documents here include letters, telegrams and notes,
mostly written by Davis. It is predominantly letters to his publisher, J. Henry Harper, at Harper and
Brothers, but also includes other letters to Raymond H. Walters, Lehigh University, a few letters
from Rebecca Harding...
This collection contains a number of documents from Richard W. Heard, Lehigh Class of 1893, time at Lehigh, including photographs of campus from the 1890s. Also included are several documents for “Calculus Cremation” ceremonies.
