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Cuba

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Captain William Herman Wilhelm Journal 1898-1902

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0194
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1898-1902

James S. Saeger “Diplomatic History” Course Lecture Notes

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0017
Abstract

Handwritten notes for a course at Lehigh University in U.S. diplomatic history.

Dates: 1975

Juragua Iron Company Mine Photographs, 1912-1914

 Collection — Box Photo 0011.01
Identifier: SC Photo-0011
Abstract The Juragua Iron Company was the first American company to become interested in iron mining in Cuba. The mines were located in the province of Santiago at the eastern end of Cuba. The Santiago province climate is hot, but not affected by fevers or malaria. The company first went to Cuba in the early 1880s to begin iron ore mining. Its capital stock was controlled by the Bethlehem Iron Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Steel Company of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It...
Dates: 1912-1914