Skip to main content

Letters (correspondence)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Harvey Bassler Papers, 1900-1968

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0019
Abstract Correspondence, handwritten and also edited transcription of diaries and records of the donation of his personal library of Harvey Bassler, who was a geologist for Standard Oil Company in Peru, from 1920-1932. Included are the diaries and other notes he took on his field trips in Peru, an edited copy of the diaries and the duplicated compilation of the diaries written by Bradford Willard in 1965-1966, as well as much personal correspondence during the period. Also included is a list of the...
Dates: 1900-1968; Majority of material found within 1926-1939

Inauguration of W. Deming Lewis as Tenth President of Lehigh University, October 1965

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0045
Abstract

Includes plans, budgets, menus, lists, printed invitations and cards; also plans for presenting the new University Mace; texts of speeches given by honorary degree recipients Lord Shawcross, Jerome B. Wiesner and Nathan Marsh Pusey; folder prepared for "The Press" by Sam Connor; and many framed citations from learned societies and other colleges and universities.

Dates: 1965

James H. LeVan Papers (1922-1992)

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0079
Abstract

The collection contains some Lehigh University class notes and syllabi, and a notebook of material as Class Correspondent for the Class of 1926. The rest of the material concerns his career in the U.S. Public Health Service. Papers he wrote, notebooks of material regarding promotions and assignments, and his retirement files, and scrapbooks are included.

Dates: 1922-1992

Jeannette Drews Koehnke letters, 1936-1967

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0277
Abstract

This collection of letters contains the experiences of ordinary people in wartime conditions. The correspondence covers a 20 year-time frame on either side of World War II. Of special interest is the correspondence regarding the Japanese invasion of China and Malaysia.

Dates: 1936 - 1967

Joseph F. Kemmer World War II Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0395
Abstract

This collection of letters describes experiences of men in non-combat roles during World War II and encounters with other Lehigh graduates in the military. The creator of this collection was an observer of life in the military and also a humorous sketch artist.

Dates: 1943-1944

Julian Albert Leonhard Correspondence, 1903-1904

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0227
Abstract

The letters in this collection were sent by Leonhard Family and Lehigh University President Thomas M. Drown about Julian Albert Leonhard's death from typhoid fever in his freshman year from a possible fraternity hazing prank. Leonhard’s typhoid was caused by contaminated water which was believed to be from the Bethlehem city water.

Dates: 1903-1904, 2011

Lehigh Class of 1891 Class Reunions and 50 Year Book

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0026
Abstract

Material relating to the publication of 50-year book, Lehigh 1891 (Bethlehem, Pa. Times Publishing Co., 1937) for the Lehigh University class of 1891. Includes correspondence with class members, and financial records of publication, as well as some personal papers of the editor, Harry T. Morris. Primarily from 1920 on, but some material dates from 1895.

Dates: 1920-1937

Lehigh University Library Correspondence, 1924-1935

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0009
Abstract

Letters written mostly to and from the president of Lehigh University, Charles Russ Richards, and the librarian, Howard Seavoy Leach, concerning all aspects of library business.

Dates: 1924-1935

Letters to George F. Kunz From Lehigh University Personnel 1885- 1919

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0182
Abstract The collection of letters over a quarter century deal with a diverse range of mineralogical topics from Lehigh University personnel in “letters to Kunz” replying to George F. Kunz queries. The letters originated mostly from Lehigh University personnel answering inquiries from George F. Kunz regarding topics on analyses of coal, gold, copper, aluminum, precious stones and pearls. George Frederick Kunz was a very well-known, self-taught gemologist who was for most of his career a...
Dates: 1885 - 1919

Letters to Sheldon Zalkind

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS0243
Scope and Contents

This collection contains letter from 1943 from family and Lehigh friends to Sheldon Zalkind during his time in the military. It’s composed of 43 items, including correspondences, postcards, and a photograph.

Dates: 1943