Authors, American
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Leslie Hunter Whitten Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0007
Abstract
Born on February 21, 1928 in Jacksonville Florida, Leslie Hunter Whitten was a Hearst newspaper reporter for the Washington Post, an associate on Jack Anderson's newspaper column, and accomplished novelist. He graduated from Lehigh University in 1950. This collection documents various stages of Whitten's life, especially the years in Washington DC as a journalist. Letters, documents, notes, photographs, etc. relating to Les Whitten's early years, schooling, and work as a Hearst reporter,...
Dates:
1934-2009
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Richard Harding Davis Correspondence and Other Documents
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0001
Abstract
Richard Harding Davis, 1864-1916, was a student at Lehigh University from 1882-1884.
During his stay he wrote many novels and short stories and was a prominent war correspondent
during the Spanish-American War (1898). The documents here include letters, telegrams and notes,
mostly written by Davis. It is predominantly letters to his publisher, J. Henry Harper, at Harper and
Brothers, but also includes other letters to Raymond H. Walters, Lehigh University, a few letters
from Rebecca Harding...
Dates:
1887-1916
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections