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Harvey Bassler Papers, 1900-1968
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0019
Abstract
Correspondence, handwritten and also edited transcription of diaries and records of the donation of his personal library of Harvey Bassler, who was a geologist for Standard Oil Company in Peru, from 1920-1932. Included are the diaries and other notes he took on his field trips in Peru, an edited copy of the diaries and the duplicated compilation of the diaries written by Bradford Willard in 1965-1966, as well as much personal correspondence during the period. Also included is a list of the...
Dates:
1900-1968; Majority of material found within 1926-1939
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
The Lehigh Coal And Navigation Company collection
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0120
Abstract
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company was a prominent coal mining and shipping company first established in 1820 with the merger of the Lehigh Coal Mining Company and the Lehigh Navigation Company, both of which operated in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania beginning in 1818. The Company owned and operated an extensive system of coalmines in Pennsylvania’s Carbon and Schuylkill Counties, two canals, and several railroads and railways. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company is credited...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1826-1913; Bulk, 1826-1913 1815-1940
Found in:
Lehigh University Grant Projects