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Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Records, 1969-2000 (bulk) 1969-2000 1946-2003 (inclusive)

Extent:: 205.0 linear feet (137 boxes, 205 linear feet) and 137 boxes, 137 linear feet
Abstract:: Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Collection is composed of organizational records created and organized by Dr. Lynn S. Beedle, during his time as director of the Council and a professor of Lehigh University. The collection contains primarily business records, publications, subject files, correspondence, and audio-visual materials generated by the organization during the period of time it was headquartered at Lehigh University, as well as some of Beedle's personal and academic files.

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

Alexander Clark Taylor Journal and Extracts, 1843-1846 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A journal kept by Alexander Clark Taylor, a primary school teacher from Vineland, New Jersey, contains his recollections of antebellum life on a Virginia plantation.

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

Vintage World Maps, 1653-2004 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)
Abstract:: A collection of old and new maps from historical events in the United States, Europe and several politically conflicted countries in Africa, Middle East and Asia.

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

Papers of Prof. Mike Notis, 1960-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)
Abstract:: The collection contains documents that related to Prof. Notis's research in metallurgy, including studying ancient tools, traditional Japanese and Chinese metal work, etc.

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

Walnut Street Bridge, Hellertown (Pa.), 1991

Extent:: 4 linear feet ([1] flat file, [6] items)
Abstract:: Detailed drawings of the structural members of a historic cast-iron Pratt-truss bridge which the students of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Lehigh University used for refurbishing and reconstructing the bridge in a public park in nearby Hellertown, Pennsylvania.

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

Linderman Library and Zoellner Arts Center Fundraising Documents, 1997-2019 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Collection of fundraising related documents compiled by development officer Susan Vengrove about her involvement with specifically Zoellner Arts Center (1997) and the renovation of Linderman Library (2005-2007) at Lehigh University.

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

Civil War Letters and Memorabilia Collected by John Henry Stuckey, 1861-1973 (inclusive) 1861-1864 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.5 linear feet ([1] box ; [94] items)
Abstract:: Collection of United States Civil War letters primarily between the families of Joseph D. Richardson (Beverly, NJ), Lloyd Girton and Francis Rupert (Bloomsburg, PA) including responding letters and one additional letter from a Confederate soldier William T. Bickham (Franklintown, LA). Also included are patriotic iconography envelopes - some with or without stamps and related references used by the Civil War enthusiast who assembled the letters and related reference material.

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

Pratt Lab at Lehigh University, 1937-1983 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Collection of documents, publications and photographs documenting the Pratt Lab at Lehigh University. Pratt Lab was a psychology experiment laboratory was funded by Pratt Foundation. Contains black and white photographs, 38 file folders of equipment description, manuals of apparatus, Prof. Jenkins reprints of artcles, and Munsell Book of Color.

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

Homeopathic Physician's Ledger, 1890

Extent:: 0.5 linear feet (1 ledger )
Abstract:: A ledger documenting Nineteenth-century homeopathic medical practice in Catasauqua (Pa.) in 1890.

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

Collection of Wheel Charts, Wheel Calculators and other Circular Ephemera, 1920-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 box, 7 items, linear feet)
Abstract:: Small collection of two-dimensional interactivity of complex information packaged in an informational design requiring hand - eye coordination of using a wheel chart. Perhaps the best example is the lumber scale to determine the necessary lumber required to build a specifically determined structure or the necessary cement required to make a cubic yard of concrete.

Held at: Lehigh University Special Collections [Contact Us]

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