12/16/2025
“man who calls himself, Henry Price”
Six words story from the Pennsylvania Gazette, 1768.
Lehigh University Libraries Special Collections
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Other strengths are in travel and exploration, natural history and ornithology, and works of historical significance in science and technology. and Muriel M.
Special Collections holds a rare book collection of over 40,000 volumes, with first editions of English and American literature from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Holdings in the history of technology are actively being expanded; they focus on large scale construction, such as works on bridge building and design, and iron and steel construction. Another focus is mining and metallurgy. Special Co
12/16/2025
12/12/2025
Two Venuses from the 17th century anatomy books.
10/16/2025
Test kitchen in the archives! Come and see our vintage recipe books and cook books! Donate your vintage booklets so we can preserve your grannies secret recipes!
04/20/2025
Lehigh After Dark… always spectacular!
03/20/2025
According to the 1879 Ransom’s Family Receipt Book, the greatest discovery of the age is Dr.A. Trask’s Magnetic Ointment
03/19/2025
New acquisitions: Sample publications for class use donated by retired science librarian Brian Simboli. We are grateful for his contributions and wishing him our best!
02/24/2025
Reading party today at Lucy’s!
All invited & All welcome!
Come and read with us, and enjoy refreshments!
11/25/2024
It happened again? Now, we have to archive this game too! It’s already history.
10/19/2024
“Encountering New Worlds” 5x10 session in Special Collections led by Kevin Federico ‘25 examined Lehigh’s rare atlases and early astronomy books spanning from 14th to 17th centuries, and explored the theories that determined our planet’s place in the universe. All welcome Special Collections fanzines, postcards, medieval manuscripts 5x10 and Halloween and LeLaf open houses in the coming weeks.
06/25/2024
According to the Philadelphia magazine August 1909 issue, Philadelphia had “more home owners than any other city in the world “
04/03/2024
Second-year history Ph.D. student Casey Kies is finding a lot to admire about Miles Rock, one of the first Lehigh graduates. The legacy of Rock, a cartographer, naturalist, civil engineer and astronomer, provides insight into geopolitics, the role of American diplomacy and questions of sovereignty and territory that emerged in the late-19th- century.
Lehigh Libraries acknowledges Kies' work as guest curator for “Rediscovering Miles Rock,” as well as the gift of this remarkable collection from Christopher Grace and David Grace, great-great grandsons of Miles Rock, who so generously provided support for Casey’s work cataloging and describing the archive.
Read the story at https://cas.lehigh.edu/content/examining-remarkable-life-miles-rock
02/24/2024
When the renovations are finished Packer Hall will be the center of the campus. Follow us to watch the progress.
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