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Lehigh Valley Railroad Documents
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0159
Abstract
Reflected in this collection is the bureaucracy of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company from a train conductor’s view. The collection contains bulletins, supplements to bulletins, correspondence about operation of trains, train fares, schedules of train stations, time tables, conductor’s documentation of passengers’ destinations, tickets issued and material especially about the Black Diamond Express – the LVRR’s most famous train.
Dates:
1870-1981; Majority of material found within 1909-1915
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
The Lehigh University Summer Inspection Tour, 1922
Collection
Identifier: SC Photo-0015
Abstract
This collection depicts a pioneering field trip made in 1922 by Lehigh’s Mining Engineering department. It consists of 127 black and white photographs, one map, two letters, and three decorative album covers. Thirty of the photographs are duplicated indicating that the official photographer of the field trip made at least two sets of photographs. The acquisition of the photographs are from two separate sources; one set in 1964 and the larger set in 2011. The Mining Department field trip...
Dates:
July 7, 1922 to September 1, 1964
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections