Lehigh University. -- Presidents
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Lehigh University Plan by Henry Coppee
File
Identifier: SC MS 0332
Abstract
This manuscript incorporates Lehigh University's first president Henry Coppee's ideas for a plan as well as a diary of his early years at Lehigh University. Before coming to Lehigh Coppee had a distinguished career in the U.S. Army and at University of Pennsylvania. With suggestions from Bishop William Stevens, Lehigh's first president of the Board of Trustees and T. R. Jencks, a scholar from Harvard University, Coppée formulated the student course of study, the laws of governance and a...
Dates:
1865-1876
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Lehigh University Presidents' Correspondence, 1866-1921
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0003
Abstract
This collection includes letters written to the office of the President (some to the Secretary of the Faculty or the Registrar) between 1866 and 1921. These letters cover many aspects of "Life as President of Lehigh". Also included are sixty one "Letter Books" with the replies from the President in chronological order from 1878 to 1920.
Dates:
1866-1921
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections