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Frank E. Ellwanger Commonplace Book 1906-1914, 1906-1914 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 v., 22 cm.

Abstract:

An early 20th Century scrapbook containing miscellaneous household tidbits of knowledge, medical remedies, scientific inventions and mechanical observations compiled by Frank Ellwanger, a citizen of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Personal observations and notations as well as articles clipped from newspapers, magazines and brochures are included. With its various recipes for making home remedies and references to do-it-yourself solutions, the volume compares to a receipt book or commonplace book of an earlier age.

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Philadelphia Surveyor John H. Levering Ledger, 1873-1888 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume

Abstract:

This folio itemizes an interesting view into the northwestward expansion of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in an era of growth in the mid-19th century. What is shown by the surveying entries is the incorporation, by the 1854 Act of Consolidation, of Roxborough Township and the Borough of Manayunk into the City of Philadelphia's 21st Ward. A list of landowners requiring surveying services reflects on Lehigh University's collection of 18th and 19th century industrial collections with client names such as Wetherill, Packer, Reading Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad and the Schuylkill Navigation System. Also, a surprisingly large list of women landowners is displayed within the ledger entries.

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Blair Birdsall Papers, inclusive dates (inclusive)

Extent:

105.0 linear feet (180 boxes, 105 linear feet)

Abstract:

This collection contains the technical and professional documents of consulting engineer Blair Birdsall. Most of the collection are documents pertaining to the multitude of bridges he worked on, including the Golden Gate, Chesapeake Bay, and Brooklyn Bridges, as a consulting engineer or as a design engineer. The collection spans from 1900 to 2002 covering his entire career and also early Steinman Boynton Gronquist & Birdsall and John A. Roebling Sons Engineering companies.

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Newspaper Caricatures about the Henry Ward Beecher Trial, 1853-1893 (inclusive)

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1 volume

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A selective collection of newspaper caricatures, cartoons, sketches and portraits of the Beecher family especially related to the scandalous adultery trial in 1875 involving the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher and Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton. Beecher was the younger brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The entire Beecher family was involved in the abolition cause. The collection of illustrations bound in this volume are an interesting evidence of the public opinion of the era.

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

Extent:

137.0 boxes (137 boxes, 137 linear feet)

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

Extent:

1 volume

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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.

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Vintage World Maps, 1653-2004 (inclusive)

Extent:

1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)

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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.

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

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1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)

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The collection contains documents that related to Prof. Notis's research in metallurgy, including studying ancient tools, traditional Japanese and Chinese metal work, etc.

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Walnut Street Bridge, Hellertown (Pa.), 1991

Extent:

4 linear feet ([1] flat file, [6] items)

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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.

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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.

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