Library Guides: Lehigh History: People

Asa Packer

Books:

Asa Packer: A Perspective by W. Ross Yates
Publication Date: 1983
Asa Packer by Robert C. Cole
Publication Date: 1968

Periodicals:

Puck Magazine, volume 5, number 117: "In Memory of Asa Packer"
Publication Date: June 4, 1879

Addresses & Testimonials:

An Outline of the Career of the Hon. Asa Packer, of Pennsylvania.
Publication Date: 1867
Resolutions on the Death of the Hon. Asa Packer: Adopted by the Alumni Association of the Lehigh University, and Address before the Association, June 18, 1879 by Rossiter W. Raymond
Publication Date: 1879
Asa Packer, 1805-1879, captain of industry; educator; citizen... a Newcomen address by Milton C. Stuart.
Publication Date: 1938
Honor to American Labor: Records of the Testimonial to the Hon. Asa Packer, of Mauch Chunk, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Given by His Fellow Citizens, at Bethlehem, Pa., on the Evening of November 23, 1865.
Publication Date: 1865
Memorial to Hon. Asa Packer: Founder of the Lehigh University, June 15th, 1879 by John McDowell Leavitt
Publication Date: 1879

Asa Packer's Will and Endowment:

Last will and testament of the Hon. Asa Packer
Publication Date: 1879
The Packer Endowment of Lehigh University
Publication Date: 1899

Other Resources:

I Remain: A Digital Archive of Letters, Manuscripts and Ephemera
Digitized documents related to Asa Packer.
Congressional Biography of Asa Packer
Lehigh University: About Founder Asa Packer
The Asa Packer Mansion Museum

Presidents

SC MS 0003. Lehigh University Presidents' Correspondence, 1866-1921.

Faculty & Staff

Faculty, Colleges and Academic Departments

Faculty Meeting Minutes. 1866-2012.

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Students, Clubs, Committees, Societies

Trustees And Administrators

Profiles of the current Board of Trustees

Complete meeting minutes of the Board of Trustees are filed in Lehigh's Treasurer's Office (1865 to the present). Please consult with the Office for access.

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes (Excerpts)
Call Number: L 378 B L527ma
Milestones of the Lehigh University history extracted from the meeting minutes from 1866-1968. Contains information on curricular decisions, building and grounds information and governance. Extracted from the original meeting minutes by Prof. Lawrence Henry Gipson.
Board of Trustees, L. U. (Vertical File)
Call Number: SC LVF B662
Contains news releases 1989-1998; Progress Report 1991; Meeting minutes, April 6, 1990; letter from Bill Hittinger to Lehigh community (1990?); and pamphlets with biographical sketches, 1987, 1988, 1990-91, 1992-93.

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Alumni & Class Of...

ASA, Lehigh's Library Catalog
Search the Library Catalog for a list of material about the alumni and specific classes. Try using these subject terms: Lehigh University -- Alumni and alumnae Lehigh University -- Class of (four digit class year).

By Their Works
This publication contains brief accounts of leadership and achievements of Lehigh alumni in industry and business. It also lists the structures they built and companies they managed, such as The Grand Central Terminal, locks of the Panama Canal, George Washington Bridge, General Motor, Bethlehem Steel, Westinghouse, etc. The authors state that "Best measure of a university is collective service of its alumni. Lehigh University is proud to be judged by the achievements of its graduates."

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