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Birkinbine Engineering Company Records, Collection II

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0084-2
Abstract The Birkinbine Engineering Company got its start through Henry P. M. Birkinbine. His son, John, gained early engineering experience through various water supply projects in and around Philadelphia; this experience later helped direct the Birkinbine Engineering Company’s involvement in many water-related projects around the country in the late 19th century as part of the improved public sanitation initiatives. The Birkinbine firm also specialized in mining engineering, both in the United...
Dates: 1840-1963

Bittner Family Documents

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0092
Abstract

Material consist of wills, court documents, and a few photographs pertaining to the family of Elias Bittner, sons Albert, George, and Frank, and their families of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1902-1975

Blacksmith Ledgers of David Whipple 1829-1907

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0178
Abstract The collection contains two ledgers, one letter and two receipts connecting the families –Whipple, Wheeler and Rogers – all of Bradford County, PA. Each ledger is inscribed on the inside cover or front page with the name David Whipple, Wilmot, thereby, attributing the creator of the ledgers. Within the pages are assorted client names, types of blacksmithing services performed and service charges. In addition to the pages of the two booklets serving for business accounting, the blank areas...
Dates: 1829-1906

Blair Birdsall Papers

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Identifier: SC MS 0175
Abstract

This collection contains the technical and professional documents of consulting engineer Blair Birdsall. Most of the collection are documents pertaining to the multitude of bridges he worked on, including the Golden Gate, Chesapeake Bay, and Brooklyn Bridges, as a consulting engineer or as a design engineer. The collection spans from 1900 to 2002 covering his entire career and also early Steinman Boynton Gronquist & Birdsall and John A. Roebling Sons Engineering companies.

Dates: Inclusive Dates

Bradford Willard Correspondence and Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0113
Abstract

A collection of student tributes written on the occasion of Lehigh Geology professor Dr. Bradford Willard’s retirement at the end of the Spring Semester 1959. Dr. Willard’s wit and the esteem his peers held for him are humorously recalled in letters from some correspondents who could not attend the honorary dinner.

Dates: 1898 - 1960

Bradley Stoughton Metallurgy of Iron and Steel Textbook Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0053
Abstract

This collection contains a typewritten manuscript of Stoughton’s Metallurgy of Iron and Steel, some chapters with illustrations, one with suggestions for corrections and revisions. This manuscript appears to date from around 1958.

Dates: 1958

Brodhead Real Estate and Other Lehigh University Property Files

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0359
Abstract

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Dates: 2000-2016; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1961

Brodrick-Brodhead Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0152
Abstract Two handwritten letters dated March 5, 1841[Daniel Dingman Brodhead] and April 19, 1841 [Mary Ann Brodrick] donated to Lehigh University’s Special Collections by Robert Brodhead Honeyman, a descendent of Daniel Dingman Brodhead and Mary Ann Brodrick who married in 1847. Robert B. Honeyman was related by way of Emily (Emilie) “Lassie” Linderman Brodhead (b. 1870 – d. after 1906) of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, a sister of Albert and Daniel, who married a Robert Browne Honeyman June 5, 1895 of...
Dates: 1841

Bruce Stiles, Class of 1961, Lehigh Memorabilia Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0293
Dates: 1920-01-01 - 1990-01-01

Burrill Carnes: Consular Letter of Commission by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson

 Collection
Identifier: SC Ms0274
Abstract

An interesting document illustrating how the recently independent United States of America negotiated business transactions abroad. American merchants living abroad were appointed agents to act on behalf of mercantile businesses requiring transport from foreign ports. This Letter appoints Burrill Carnes residing in Nantes, France to act as agent to facilitate business in the port of Nantes. The document has the signatures of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

Dates: 1790; Majority of material found within 1786 - 1793

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