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Correspondences

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Ladd Colby Report on the Boston Molasses Tank

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0098
Scope and Contents Total 10 volumes collection contains typescript reports of the test results, blue prints of the molasses tank and photographs of steel pieces from the tank that are tested. First 4 volumes of the collection, lacking the volumes fifth and sixth*, contain Albert Ladd Colby’s final general report to the defense team, Larkin & Perry Attorneys at Law. Additional 5 volumes are A. L. Colby’s private and confidential reports to Larkin & Perry and a summary of his testimony in the court....
Dates: 1919-1922

Asa Packer Estate Accounts and Other Financial Documents, 1879-1924

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0005
Abstract

A collection of financial records, including receipts, bills, statements, etc., in four separate Estate Accounts, administered by the trustees of the estate of Asa Packer, and Lehigh University covering the period May 1879 through 1972.

Dates: 1854 - 1972

Correspondence and Printed Material about Gettysburg National Cemetery

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0047
Abstract

The collection contains printed material, clippings and correspondence on the development of the Gettysburg (Pa.) Soldiers’ National Cemetery during the American Civil War. Correspondence is mainly between John R. Bartlett, the Secretary of the Cemetery Commission and David Wills, President of the Cemetery Commission but other state representatives are also included.

Dates: 1863 - 1874

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0263
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1969-2000; 1946-2003

C.U.R.E., University Goals Committee Joint Commission on University Life: Lehigh and the Problem of Coeducation, 1968-1970

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0029
Abstract

Materials relating to "Coeducation at Lehigh", including student protest and university reform, particularly the decision to adopt coeducation. Also includes papers of the Committee of Undergraduates for Responsible Education (CURE), the University Goals Committee, and the Joint Commission on University Life.

Dates: 1968-19070

Ernest Nevin Dilworth papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0146
Abstract

Ernest Nevin Dilworth was a professor of English at Lehigh from 1949 to 1977. Collection contains manuscript drafts of his published work and reference/citation cards, notes, and correspondence with publishers and colleagues.

Dates: 1949-1990; Majority of material found within 1949-1977

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association Documents, 1938-1948

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0160
Abstract

This collection contains documents from the early movement in bird conservation and rapture education efforts in the United States. The Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (Pennsylvania) is the world’s oldest wildlife sanctuary exclusively committed to protection and observation of birds of prey.

Dates: 1938-1948

James Decker Mack and the Writing of Matthew Flinders, 1774-1814

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0048
Abstract

The material includes correspondence re the development and publication of Mack's book Matthew Flinders, 1774-1814. Melbourne: Nelson (Australia), 1966. It includes files on the publisher, Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd.; the American Philosophical Society, who gave Mack a grant to do research; & Sir Gavin de Beer-who arranged the grant. Also included are Mack's note cards for the book, arranged by date (1801-1814).

Dates: 1961 to 1983

Mary Frances Tompkins Danser Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0134
Abstract

Correspondence from a number of Tompkins family members to Mary Frances Tompkins. In the hard economic times between the World Wars, Mary Tompkins had risen to an secure position with Coca-Cola in Atlanta (Ga.) Her position at Coca-Cola established her as a source of financial support for her family during the interwar years and Depression Era until her siblings could support themselves. Later on, she married Lowry S. Danser, Lehigh Class of 1933 in 1939.

Dates: 1918-1937

Philip Mason Palmer Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0028
Abstract

Writings relating to the history of Lehigh University. Includes typescript on the founding of Lehigh, notes on the history of the College of Arts and Science, a biography of William Bacon Stevens (first president of the Board of Trustees), and material about Severin Ringer (professor of modern languages and literature at Lehigh from 1871-1904).

Dates: 1880-1951