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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 variety of backgrounds. As a queer, working-class poet, Whitman has inspired readers and writers alike not only to celebrate their unique experiences but also to listen more closely to the experiences of others. Search Special Collections' Walt Whitman items or view the "Whitman @ 200" exhibit online. #poet #poems #waltwhitman #specialcollections https://instagr.am/p/CePCL8oJsoM/

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 they were singing “Canoeing Auf Dem Lehigh”… #lostisland #calypso #catalpa #canoeing #bethlehempa https://instagr.am/p/CeEKMfWLqAh/

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 #polkaband #jollyjoetimmer #jollyjoe https://instagr.am/p/CdtlFYYp1yt/

Lehigh Valley Rail Road Centennial 1846-1946. The route of the Black Diamond. As the President of the LVRR, founder Asa Packer left generous amount of company stocks to Lehigh in his will. Fun fact: Lehigh's mascot "Engineer" referred to the locomotive engineer. #lehighu #asapacker #lvrr #railroads #trains #lehighvalley #lehighvalleyrailroad #centennial https://instagr.am/p/Cdf_Ys3Oxwp/

Join Lehigh Special Collections in celebrating and thanking all nurses on International Nurses Day! Check out Lehigh's holdings on the subject of nursing, including Florence Nightingale's "Notes on Nursing". Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing and came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War. Nightingale's pioneering work on data visualization was featured in 2018's exhibit "At a Glance: Selected Works in the History of Data Visualization" #nurses #Nightingale #florancenightingale #data https://instagr.am/p/CddsVbaLsIj/

This 1958 Bethlehem steel Company Organization and Operations manual assembled together specifically the Lehigh University students who'll attend "The 1958 Loop Course". Loop Courses were taken by the seniors in order to secure a position at the Steel Company. #bethlehemsteel #operations #steelmills #bethlehempa @igbethlehem #1958 https://instagr.am/p/CdYWLGoOocq/

Scrapbooks of William Bowie (1872-1940), American geodetic engineer, are processed and available for research. He earned his MS in civil engineering in 1895 and the ScD in 1922. After graduating from Lehigh, he entered the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey eventually became its chief. His contributions to coastal and geodetic surveys, gave him reputation in the scientific circles around the world. The scrapbooks contain his correspondences with scholars, societies and dignitaries, like Alexander Graham Bell, Franklin Institute, Mansfield Merriman, President Franklin D. Roosevelt. https://instagr.am/p/CdGKlDXOFvv/

Spectacular spring at Lehigh University’s incomparable Asa Packer Campus #spring #classof2022 #packerhall #lehighuniversity #asapackercampus https://instagr.am/p/Cc-oGmeLf1_/

This small collection belonged to Joseph Fauzio, Lehigh Class of 1957, documenting his time at Lehigh University. The collection includes Phi Sigma Kappa house party photographs and some personal memorabilia. Processed by our volunteer archivist Eleanor Nothelfer '80, it is open for research. Collection No. SC MS 0397 #football #lehighuniversity #phisigmakappa #nesquehoning #carboncounty https://instagr.am/p/Cc74I1iO1P2/

On this day in history, American President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus, which was when a public official (such as a warden) delivered an imprisoned individual to the court and provided a valid reason for that person's detention. Come see Lehigh's Special Collections collection of "The Literary Works of Abraham Lincoln" or view it online! #abrahamlincoln #specialcollections https://instagr.am/p/Cc3EpygrUbo/

Special Collections hosted Early Modern Philosophy class , taught by Prof. Patrick Connolly, with the first editions of Descartes, Hume, Locke, Hobbes, Robert Hook on display. The students and guests listened to Prof. Connolly's comments and searched the texts for answers. Featuring Greg Reihman, Vice Provost for Library and Technology Services, as a Philosophy faculty examining the title page of Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes. #lehighuniversity #philosophy https://instagr.am/p/Cc0psN4pplj/

Be sure to stop by Linderman Library to check out the new Words of the Years: Dictionaries from the Collections exhibit. Thomas Blount wrote this dictionary in hopes of improving the literacy of common readers. His work was later plagiarized by a nephew of John Milton, who became more popular, resulting in a bitter feud! #wordsoftheyears #exhibitions #dictionaries https://instagr.am/p/CcyLRYTJjHF/

Happy talk like Shakespeare day to all literature lovers! Be sure to explore special collections' extensive collection of Shakespearean literature. This collection includes works such as, "The Tempest", which features a shipwreck and an island filled with supernatural figures! #Shakespeare #talklikeshakespeareday #literature https://instagr.am/p/CctlwERsmIi/

TODAY (4/21) at 1:30pm in Linderman Library Room 342 (Bayer Galleria), come learn about the history of concerts and music firsts at Lehigh University. Led by two Special Collections student assistants, this session will feature trivia and a presentation of two timelines. #concert #music #history #lehighuniversity #trivia https://instagr.am/p/CcnhbVMuJ8k/