Call Number:

SC MS 0012

Repository:

Lehigh University Special Collections

Extent:

1 linear feet (2 boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of the item] William Paul Starkey, Class of 1900, Correspondence, 1937-1958, SC MS 0012, Special Collections, Linderman Library, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Date:

1937-1958 (inclusive)

Creator:

Starkey, William Paul

Form:

Letters (correspondence)

Abstract:

Collection of correspondence between William Paul Starkey, Lehigh Class of 1900, and various Lehigh University officials concerning the observance and teaching of religion at the University. Original letters from Starkey and copies of replies from the officials, including president Martin Dewey Whitaker, vice president E. Kenneth Smiley, board of trustees president Eugene Grace, and others. Discussion includes proposed renovations to Packer Memorial Church.

Starkey graduated from Lehigh University in 1900 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was president and treasurer of Starkey Farms Co., Morrisville, Pennsylvania.

References: "Packer Chapel Project" Lehigh Alumni Bulletin. Vol. 38. November 1950: p.9

The material deals with Mr. Starkey's contributions of approximately $75,000 (through an endowment named for his late wife) to effect improvements, including a new altar and organ, in Packer Memorial Church in the early 1950s, and continuing discussions over the possibility of further contributions to expand religious education at Lehigh.