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Documents of Rollin Reuben Keim, Lehigh Class of 1919
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0224
Abstract
A collection of ephemera of a Lehigh alumnus, Rollin Reuben Keim, concerning his personal interests, his career as a City of Bethlehem businessman and contributions to his Lehigh Class as Class correspondent for Lehigh Alumni Bulletin. Major portion of the collection is data and visual material related to the Hill-to-Hill Bridge, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Dates:
1792-1923, 1969; Majority of material found within 1792-1923, 1969
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Maps from Library of William Arthur Lathrop, President of LCNC 1906-1912
Collection
Identifier: SC MS0415
Scope and Contents
The collection of 19 maps issued by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Mines details both the anthracite and bituminous coal fields of Pennsylvania in great detail.
Dates:
1898
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Robert Heysham Sayre diary
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0336
Abstract
A diary/appointment book of Robert H. Sayre, chief engineer of Lehigh Valley Railroad and a trustee of Lehigh University. The diary contains entries about the activities of a person responsible for the daily running of a railroad.
Dates:
1860
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
The Morris Canal and Banking Company Business Papers 1843-1864
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0156
Abstract
The Morris Canal started in 1825 was built from Phillipsburg, New Jersey on the Delaware River eastward across northern New Jersey to connect in 1831with the Passaic River tidewaters as a public highway. By 1836 it was extended to Jersey City on the Hudson River. Its main commerce was carrying coal from Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley to the growing iron industry in New Jersey and iron ore back to Pennsylvania but also carried other freight. The canal was the only canal in America that utilized...
Dates:
1843-1864
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections