Philadelphia (Pa.)
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Asa Packer & Lehigh University Newspaper Clippings
This collection contains late 19th and early 20th century newspaper clippings detailing the life and accomplishments of Asa Packer.
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Records
Estate documents of Harry E. Packer
This collection contains material relating to the settlement of Harry Packer's estate, which was tied in with the settlement of Asa Packer's estate. He was the youngest son of Asa Packer, founder of Lehigh University.
General Lafayette’s Tour of the United States
This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings from the arrival of the Marquis de Lafayette in August 1884 at New York to his visit to Norfolk, Virginia in October 1824. Among the newspaper articles are five engravings depicting General Lafayette.
Joseph W. Richards collection
This collection contains material related to Joseph W. Richards, Lehigh professor and the college’s first PhD recipient, including certificates, awards, property titles, and photographs of the Richards family.
Lehigh Valley Railroad Documents
Reflected in this collection is the bureaucracy of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company from a train conductor’s view. The collection contains bulletins, supplements to bulletins, correspondence about operation of trains, train fares, schedules of train stations, time tables, conductor’s documentation of passengers’ destinations, tickets issued and material especially about the Black Diamond Express – the LVRR’s most famous train.
[Letterhead] Charles H. Brightly Philadelphia Mathematical Instrument Maker , 2016-06-30 - 2016-06-30
Example of a business stationery or letterhead of a Nineteenth century business concern in Philadelphia indicating that at the time Philadelphia was a leading center for scientific, engineering, surveying and astronomical instrument making.
Muster Roll of the German Regiment in Service of the United States - Continental Congress June 1778 to December 1780
Richard H. Tucker Papers
This collection includes documents from Richard H. Tucker’s days as both a student and a professor at Lehigh University, such as correspondences, newspaper clippings, scrapbook, diplomas, certificates and photographs.