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Wax Lake Bridge Construction Photographs 1940-1941

 Collection — Box: PHOTO 0009.01
Identifier: SC Photo-0009
Abstract A collection of construction photographs of a steel railroad bridge erected on a dry flat plain which eventually became a Mississippi River floodway channel. The channel beneath the bridge elements was dredged after the bridge was constructed. This construction procedure was in reverse of the usual building process. Construction by Bethlehem Steel began in late 1940 and completed in early 1941. The reverse building process was unusual at the time. The bridge is also known as the Wax Lake...
Dates: 1940-1941

"Weaving the tapestry for the mind" Lehigh University Libraries Celebrating Our Millionth Volume; 125 years of Service 1867-1992

 File — Folder: SC LVF S592 pt.2
Identifier: SC LVF S592-pt.2
Abstract

Several silk screen printing versions of Marvin Simmons poster "Weaving the tapestry for the mind" Lehigh University Libraries Celebrating Our Millionth Volume; 125 years of Service 1867-1992

Dates: 1985 - 2012

Wesley Paul Foreman Collection on Army Special Training Program

 Collection — Box: 0407
Identifier: SC MS 0407
Abstract

This collection contains documents created and assembled by Wesley Paul Foreman’s time at Lehigh as part of the Army Specialized Training Program which was active from 1943 to 1944 on campus conducted research related to the Manhattan Project.

Dates: 1922 - 2008

Wessel Brodhead Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0055
Abstract

The material includes several invoices, notes, indentures, etc. from properties in New York, 1 cyphering book, and 1 account book.

Dates: 1790 - 1846

Wetherill Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0163
Abstract

This collection contains documents reflecting a time frame from mid 18th century to mid 19th century. The Wetherill family was a Philadelphia Quaker family prominent in manufacture and civic leadership. The documents specifically indicate a family interest in the Philadelphia Water Works, the Schuylkill Navigation Company and promoting the establishment of the Schuylkill Canal.

Dates: Mid 18th century to the mid 19th century

Wilbur Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0250-A.C.20
Abstract

The collection exhibits a great interest in genealogy and family history, especially the interconnection of the Wilbur Family with the Packer Family and several other families of South Bethlehem (Pa.) such as Sayre, Brodhead, Linderman, as well as Erwin, Mather Families.

Dates: 1840 - 1951

Wilfred Eugene Vogler Correspondence on Recruitment for Sonar Research

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS0284
Abstract

Correspondence and other files documenting the sonar research recruitment showing how scientists had been recruited during the WWII. Vogler was the personnel director for the East Coast Division of the Anti-Submarine Warfare research at Columbia University. The collection consists of merely recruitment process; it does not include any actual research documents.

Dates: 1943 - 1944

William C. Bowie Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0364
Abstract

Four scrapbooks containing miscellaneous newspaper clippings, correspondence. Each volume individually indexed. The materials in the scrapbooks are not arranged chronologically throughout: Vol. 1 1891-1937; Vol 2 1919-1937; Vol. 3 1916-1937, Vol. 4 1889-1939. William C. Bowie's career in scientific research in the theory of isostasy and its application to dynamics and structural geology is reflected in these scrapbooks.

Dates: 1889-1929

William G. Barthold Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS0282
Abstract

This collection documents the life and accomplishments of the Honorable William Gregory Barthold (1897-1969): Northampton County Judge, Pennsylvania State Senator, and Lehigh University Class of 1918. Material includes newspaper excerpts from local area publications, certifications and awards, personal correspondence, political advertisements and endorsements, and photographs.

Dates: 1914 - 1969

William J. Eney papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0117
Abstract Documents and photographs related to Lehigh University Civil Engineering faculty William J. Eney's early teaching years (1930s) at civil engineering summer camps (Canadensis, Pa.) including his lecture documents on bridge engineering, his own invention of testing equipment, correspondence between Smithsonian Institution and Lehigh University about Eney Deformeter, photographs and documents about construction of Fritz Engineering Laboratory addition and Baldwin Universal Testing Machine...
Dates: 1900 - 1982

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