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Bruce Stiles, Class of 1961, Lehigh Memorabilia Collection
Burrill Carnes: Consular Letter of Commission by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
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.
C. Walter Johnson Papers
Campus Maps, Architectural Drawings, Site Plans and Floor Plans
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Captain William Herman Wilhelm Journal 1898-1902
This personal journal is an interesting read about battlefield observations of a little known war recently named the Philippine American War which was a result of the better known conflict the Spanish American War. The author of this diary was briefly a student at Lehigh University but graduated from West Point and served with distinction in the U.S. Infantry. He lost his life on the frontlines in the Philippine American War.
Carl Adams Baer Silk Mill Notes 1912-1922
Interesting insight into the workings of textile machinery specifically of local Lehigh Valley silk mills. There were many silk mills in the early 20th century in the Lehigh Valley.
Carl H. Bechhoefer, Class of 1910, Lehigh memorabilia
Class and Reunion memorabilia, and civil engineering service photographs and a notebook (law study and research notes) of Carl Haydn Bechhoefer, Lehigh Class of 1910. Donated by grandnephew, Eric Young.
Carter, Lewis, and Battersby Family Letters [In progress]
Caspar Wistar Haines, Lehigh 1874 Manuscript of “Curvas de Ferro Carril”
The manuscript, in Spanish, of a small book entitled “Curvas de Ferro Carril” (“Railroad Curves”) written by Mr. Haines between 1883 and 1899 while he was working in Mexico. The book was never published. Included is some correspondence from Mr. H. H. Filley about the tables to be used in the book.
Cathy and Nicholas Dovidio Research On Their House in Westfield, New Jersey
Documents and photographs of a house in Westfield, New Jersey, and copies of genealogical records of people who lived there up to 2000s. The residents included Lillian McIntosh the daughter of Charles Taylor, Lehigh Class of 1876.