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Lehigh University Library History, 1878-1974

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0030
Abstract

Includes original invoices of purchases, 1878-1899; year-end and statistical reports from 1888-1922; financial statements, 1888-1896; miscellaneous correspondence and documents relating to the library and its history; and correspondence and a budget for Prof. Ross Yates projected history of Lehigh University (1974).

Dates: 1878-1984; Majority of material found within 1878-1899; Majority of material found within 1888-1922; Majority of material found within 1878-1896

Philip Mason Palmer Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0028
Abstract

Writings relating to the history of Lehigh University. Includes typescript on the founding of Lehigh, notes on the history of the College of Arts and Science, a biography of William Bacon Stevens (first president of the Board of Trustees), and material about Severin Ringer (professor of modern languages and literature at Lehigh from 1871-1904).

Dates: 1880-1951