Ephemera
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
1896 Grand Tour Scrapbook to the Engadine (Switzerland)
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0454
Abstract
A nineteenth-century scrapbook/travelogue of Charles Wellington Lloyd that documents an account of a Victorian Era grand tour to Switzerland mainly by railroad.
Dates:
1896
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Doolittle Family Bible, 1868
Item
Identifier: MS 0196
Abstract
The Bible was originally acquired by a Lehigh University professor, Charles Leander Doolittle and his first wife, as a family Christmas gift. Professor Doolittle recorded family events in this book: marriages, births and deaths.The Bible contains interleaved ephemera and slips documenting important dates for the family. It also contains a draft an early poem written by Charles’ daughter, the novelist and poet, Hilda Doolittle (also known as HD).
Dates:
1868
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Lehigh Valley Railroad Land Documents
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0275
Scope and Contents
The collection contains approximately 384 documents (deeds, titles, indentures, correspondence and leases) for anthracite coal lands, 40 envelopes, 20 maps, two pamphlets, one photogravure, and one large colored "painting." In general, the items are dusty, stained, crumpled, and some are very fragile.The earliest date mentioned in the documents is 1773 (Tomlinson survey of land) referred to in a later dated deed to the most recent items from the Peca Coal Company dated 1962. The...
Dates:
1773-1962
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections