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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:

King Iron Bridge Company Scrapbook, 1892

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0206
Abstract This scrapbook is an interesting contrast of nineteenth century ephemera – albumen photographs and chromolithographic trade cards and calling/visiting cards. The photographs present the metal truss design of bridges built by the King Iron Bridge Company in various places in the 1880s. The trade cards promoting patent medicines and perfume and the calling cards display the beautiful art of the chromolithograph printing process. The scrapbook seems to represent a popular Victorian Era...
Dates: 1880s

Knight Family Scrapbook 1878-1894

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0252
Abstract

This scrapbook is a vintage example of a nineteenth century tradition known as a common book, a personal collection of interesting newspaper articles such as poetry, local news, obituaries, photographs, and souvenirs of events.

Dates: 1878-1894; Majority of material found within 1893-1894

Lehigh Class of 1889 50 Year Book

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0027
Abstract

Material includes correspondence between class members (and families of deceased members) with Historian John J. Lincoln (a member of the class) for material to be included in a 50 Year Book, titled, Record of the Class of 1889, Lehigh, (n.p.: published by the class, 1935). It also includes some updated material to 1945.

Dates: 1925-1945

Lehigh University Music Festival 1949

 Collection
Identifier: SC Photo -0006
Abstract Lehigh University Music Festival Collection (1949) contains 96 photographs and a scrapbook primarily devoted to the 1949 festival, although several clippings describing the 1948 and 1950 festivals are also included in the collection. The festival was produced by the students and faculty of Lehigh University, with participation from students of local colleges and other performers. The photographs depict the process of developing and performing the production. The scrapbook consists mainly of...
Dates: 1948-1950

Lehigh Valley Railroad Documents

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0159
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1870-1981; Majority of material found within 1909-1915

LEPOCO (Lehigh-Pocono Committee of Concern) Archives

 File
Identifier: SC MS 0174
Abstract LEPOCO, the Lehigh-Pocono Committee of Concern, is a non-profit citizens group of approximately 1000 members (as of 2015), based in the Lehigh Valley. Founded in 1965 to oppose the war in Vietnam, LEPOCO's concerns have broadened to include a range of problems that endanger peace and the planet. The collection includes memorabilia preserved from numerous events, newsletters, meeting minutes, and publications. The documents record not only the activities of LEPOCO but also almost the entire...
Dates: 1962-2024

Letters to Sheldon Zalkind

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0243
Abstract

Collection of letters from 1943 from family and Lehigh friends to Sheldon Zalkind during his time in the military in New Jersey and Virginia. Contains 43 items of correspondences, postcards, and a photograph.

Dates: 1943

Papers of Carl F. Strauch Professor of English, Lehigh University

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0052
Abstract

This collection includes articles, manuscripts, and correspondence relating to his publications as well as syllabi, lecture notes and student papers from his teaching at Lehigh. Extensive material from his work on the following authors: Carlyle, Arnold, Hawthorne, Poe, James, Melville, Whitman, and Emerson. Material on other 19th century authors and on the Romantic period is also included.

Dates: 1930-1980

Papers of Congressman Fred B. Rooney, Democrat, 15th District, Pennsylvania

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS0096
Abstract This collection comprises the congressional papers of Fred B. Rooney, documenting his service as a Democratic U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 15th District from 1963 to 1979. The materials primarily consist of legislative files, subject files covering local and national issues, extensive constituent correspondence and casework ("public activities"), invitations, press releases, speeches, voting records, and clippings related to his congressional duties and interests, particularly...
Dates: 1963 - 1979