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Archibald McIntyre Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0354
Abstract

These letters give a brief glimpse into the mining business in the early Nineteenth Century. Alexander McIntyre to whom these letters are addressed was an ambitious entrepreneur in the coal and iron country of New York and Pennsylvania with his name being passed on to many sites in these states.

Dates: 1825-1851

Asa Packer Estate Accounts and Other Financial Documents, 1879-1924

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0005
Abstract

A collection of financial records, including receipts, bills, statements, etc., in four separate Estate Accounts, administered by the trustees of the estate of Asa Packer, and Lehigh University covering the period May 1879 through 1972.

Dates: 1854 - 1972

Bethlehem (Pa.) Coal Companies Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0069
Abstract

This collection contains by-laws, minutes of meetings, indexes, and reports of several local coal companies, and corporations, with the same officers serving jointly in many of them.

Dates: 1888 - 1956

F. B. Peck Limestone Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0190
Abstract

Frederick Burritt Peck, a geologist, created a notebook detailing information regarding the Vanport Limestone in Lawrence County in Pennsylvania. His preliminary report is divided into different topics about the limestone from its availability to its general description. The destination of the report is unknown.

Dates: 1898 to 1955

John Louis Gallus Weysser ’31 Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0103
Abstract

This collection contains materials from John Louis Gallus Weysser’s life, including documentation of his fraternity involvement, diplomas, awards earned in World War II, professional honors, photographs, and a flyer for his memorial service.

Dates: 1928 - 2002

Johnson Run Mining Company

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0406
Abstract

Business archive of the little documented Johnson Run Mining Company in Elk County, Pennsylvania. Also included are related personal papers of the officers, the brothers: Harry/Henry Gibbs Clay and Antony Alexander Clay, A. A. Clay’s daughter Estella Clay Priestley, Sybella Gordon Clay Reese; granddaughter Marian R. Priestley Frank and Thomas Leiper Kane, a member of the family that founded Kane, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1866 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1869 - 1928

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

Lehigh Valley Anthracite Coal Industry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0375
Abstract

A small collection of vintage publications, promotional material and ephemera related to anthracite coal usage in Lehigh Valley.

Dates: 1934 - 1974

Lehigh Valley Railroad Land Documents

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0275
Scope and Contents The collection contains approximately 384 documents (deeds, titles, indentures, correspondence and leases) for anthracite coal lands, 40 envelopes, 20 maps, two pamphlets, one photogravure, and one large colored "painting." In general, the items are dusty, stained, crumpled, and some are very fragile.The earliest date mentioned in the documents is 1773 (Tomlinson survey of land) referred to in a later dated deed to the most recent items from the Peca Coal Company dated 1962. The...
Dates: 1773-1962

Mine Inspection Trip Reports

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0036
Abstract Three typescript reports of Lehigh University Mining Engineering Department’s mine inspection trips made 1922, 1924, 1926. Two of the reports are travelogue itineraries as well as noting mines and mills observed, the third is a more technical discussion of the mines visited. Reports are by Robert G. Pfahler EM‘23, George A. Howland EM’27, Robert A. Harrier EM’27, John P. Cox EM’27, and Paul W. Sinwell EM’27 all studying for the Engineer of Mining degrees. According to the notes in the...
Dates: Event: 1922 - 1926

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