Lehigh University
Subject
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Found in 3 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
Lehigh University President Henry Coppée Manuscripts and Lecture Notes
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0018
Abstract
Manuscripts, and holograph notebooks of some lectures delivered by Henry Coppée, first president of Lehigh University, on Woman, Education, Rhetoric, English language and literature, Christian Evidences, International Law, Health, and History, as well as the manuscript of his published book "Conquest of Spain by the Arab Moors." Most interesting are his personal observations as an Army officer marching into Mexico City during the Mexican-American War.
Dates:
1846-1893
Speeches of Henry Sturgis Drinker President of Lehigh University
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0020
Abstract
Typescripts of speeches, many with additional penciled-in notes, given by Dr. Drinker as president of Lehigh University, as president of the American Forestry Association, and as a supporter of war preparedness and the Student Army Training Corps movement.
Dates:
1905 - 1929