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Archibald Johnston Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0281
Abstract
Collection of wide ranging documents related to Archibald Johnston, a prominent graduate of Lehigh University Class of 1889, noting his careers at Bethlehem Steel Corporation and as the first mayor of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The material is complimentary to an earlier received Johnston collection of cablegrams sent while Mr. Johnston represented Bethlehem Steel Company in South America.
Dates:
1885 to 2005; Majority of material found within 1888 to 1948
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Bethlehem Housing Authority records
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0334
Abstract
In an effort to boost local economy and employment in the building trades, the Bethlehem Housing Authority directors embarked on large scale public housing projects. Monies provided by the federal government to the states and ultimately to the local communities were applied to several housing projects: Temporary War Housing Project 1943 to accommodate the large influx of workers for Bethlehem Steel's wartime effort which became known as the Pembroke Housing; the Robert Pfeifle Houses,...
Dates:
1943-1962
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections