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Birkinbine Engineering Company Records, Collection I

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0084.1
Abstract

This collection includes books, bound pamphlets and offprints, maps and drawings, letter books, ore samples, photographs, and manuscript material regarding the Birkinbine Engineering Company.

Dates: ca. 1860 to ca. 1940
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections

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
Found in: Lehigh University Grant Projects

Birkinbine Engineering Company Records, Collection II

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0084.2
Dates: 1840-1963
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections

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
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections

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
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections

Blair Birdsall Papers

 Collection
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
Found in: Lehigh University Grant Projects

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

Bradford Willard Correspondence and Photographs

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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
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections

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
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections

Brodhead Real Estate and Other Lehigh University Property Files

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Identifier: SC MS 0359
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Dates: 2000-2016; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1961
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections

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