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Lehigh University President Henry Coppée Manuscripts and Lecture Notes
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0018
Abstract
Manuscripts, and holograph notebooks of some lectures delivered by Henry Coppée, first president of Lehigh University, on Woman, Education, Rhetoric, English language and literature, Christian Evidences, International Law, Health, and History, as well as the manuscript of his published book "Conquest of Spain by the Arab Moors." Most interesting are his personal observations as an Army officer marching into Mexico City during the Mexican-American War.
Dates:
1846-1893
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Ventilation Investigation Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel (Holland Tunnel)
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0118
Abstract
A detailed pioneering engineering report determining the ventilation criteria for an underwater vehicular tunnel which became known as the Holland Tunnel. At its time of opening in 1927 the Holland Tunnel was known as the “eighth wonder of the world.”
Dates:
1921-1922
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections