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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
Speeches of Henry Sturgis Drinker President of Lehigh University
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0020
Abstract
Typescripts of speeches, many with additional penciled-in notes, given by Dr. Drinker as president of Lehigh University, as president of the American Forestry Association, and as a supporter of war preparedness and the Student Army Training Corps movement.
Dates:
1905 - 1929
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
William C. Bowie Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0364
Abstract
Four scrapbooks containing miscellaneous newspaper clippings, correspondence. Each volume individually indexed. The materials in the scrapbooks are not arranged chronologically throughout: Vol. 1 1891-1937; Vol 2 1919-1937; Vol. 3 1916-1937, Vol. 4 1889-1939. William C. Bowie's career in scientific research in the theory of isostasy and its application to dynamics and structural geology is reflected in these scrapbooks.
Dates:
1889-1929
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections