Pelican by JJ Audubon from the Lehigh Special Collections' is ready for the Pelicans' CJ McCollum.
CJ, Lehigh Class of 2013, is the 2023 Commencement speaker to address Class of 2023 on Sunday May 21st.
@3jmccollum@lehighu@lehighalumni@lehighlts https://t.co/dLhPspSvkz
Join us tomorrow (4/21) at 2pm in Linderman 342 to learn about the history of Lehigh's Marching 97 Band! Researched and presented by two current band members and Special Collections assistants. See historical material dating to the early 20th century. #m… https://t.co/ZyGMXbO4v5
On Friday, April 14, Astronomy Club Open House at Special Collections hosted Lehigh students, faculty and staff who had a chance to get close to some of the iconic works by Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, and American geologist Henry Darwin… https://t.co/ZEAptIK7xr
Lehigh Theater Department’s Silent Sky’s last performance was truly a triumph. Congratulations to the students who were involved in the production. #silentsky https://t.co/GRbv1efFGi
This semester, Special Collections presents Manufacturing a Narrative About Work: Labor Fiction Inspired by the Industrial Age. This is exhibit is full of books written about the industrial age, and tells the stories of textile workers, miners, steelwork… https://t.co/qDOGskbwAt
Special Collections hosted the English 100 Working with Texts class with Prof. Michael Kramp to introduce the students to the discipline of English, including research methods and emerging area of study. Highlights of this class were the Map of Shakespea… https://t.co/L0gTfgfq7o
Special Collections hosted a talk about famous astrophysicist Henrietta Leavitt with Prof. Ginny McSwain. This semester, Lehigh's Theater Department is producing the play "Silent Sky", about Henrietta Leavitt, directed by student Daniel Brody. Highlights… https://t.co/1d5CH7s1FJ
Special Collections hosted the Architecture 143 class with Prof. Samantha Jaff to learn about the former Bethlehem Steel site and methods of research for a design project later in the semester. Highlights of this class were the map of South Bethlehem and… https://t.co/avx9ZZO9U7
Special Collections hosted Spanish 398 class with Prof. Matthew Bush for examining manuscripts, vintage maps and travel accounts related to Latin America from Cortes to Miles Rock. Highlight of the discoveries was 16th century paradise-like depiction of … https://t.co/RZGxXcAlP6
Gift of the author Upton Sinclair, Flivver King, aka Henry Ford, is in display in the new exhibition! Come and see various versions, including the typescript. #labor#laborfiction#socialjustice#uptonsinclair https://t.co/Z3qDGD21VI
Enjoyed hosting Professor Whitley's Eckardt Scholars Seminar on Cultures of Data in Special Collections this morning. This session featured 19th century scrapbooks from Lehigh students and clubs. #ephemera#scrapbooking#lehighuniversity#specialcollecti… https://t.co/ceRU9etbGm
On this day in 1881, Charles Darwin published his work on mold and worms! Pictured is a first edition copy of Darwin's "The Formation of Vegetable Mould: Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits" held by Lehigh Special Collections. … https://t.co/1l3Xir6adi
Brighten this rainy day with a visit to our newest exhibit, No Postage Necessary: Views of the Postcard World, an exhibition featuring vintage postcards from @LehighU Special Collections, including rare depictions of Lehigh buildings. FMI: https://t.co/09wL6SdvkV
It’s not the heaviest item in our archives but it is one of the most fun! At the last reunion, many Lehigh alumni were very close to guess the weight of this wrought iron connecting pin from the Brooklyn Bridge that was used for testing analysis in 1983.… https://t.co/hVTqCnBE32
Lehigh Special Collections would like to wish a happy birthday to poet Walt Whitman, who celebrates his 203rd birthday in 2022. Whitman is known across the world as an innovator in free verse poetry and as a powerful voice in support of outsiders from a … https://t.co/ggmPHeujrA
Excited to discover in a student scrapbook a piece of tree bark from Calypso Island which disappeared from Lehigh River around 1920s. The island had a picnic area and an amusement park, and it was destination for canoe races for Lehigh students while the… https://t.co/o3FwTEiK2h
Jolly Joe Timmer at one their concerts at Lehigh(?) Phi Sigma (?) house. One of the band members is holding a 1973 hat (Class of 1973 dink) Add your comments if you know more about this photo (on an LP cover) @lehighalumni @lehighuniversity #polka#polka… https://t.co/Evl2Qqq4oO