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Blaustein Lecture Series, 1965-1978
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0244
Abstract
Jacob Blaustein (1892-1970) was a Lehigh University student who was a member of the class of 1913. He left prior to graduating in order to help his father run the new business, the American Oil Company, created in 1910. Blaustein eventually became an industrialist, diplomat, and philanthropist.
Blaustein organized a series of lectures beginning in 1965, which brought annually a statesman of renown to speak about an international topic. The folders include but are not restricted to excerpts...
Dates:
1965-1978
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
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