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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
Lehigh University Property Ownership Documents
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0335
Abstract
Lehigh University Property Ownership Collection contains documents related to the University owned properties and fraternity houses around the Asa Packer Campus, South Bethlehem. Most of the properties were demolished as part of the Urban renewal program for Lehigh's expansion in the north of Packer Avenue. The individual files for each property reports created by "L.D. Sheridan, Real Estate Department, Bethlehem Steel Corporation"
Dates:
1963-1969
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections