Image Local History A Journey of Faith: Brief Histories of Bethlehem's Religious Communities Spiral bound. Cover title: A journey of Faith: Brief Histories of Bethlehem's Religious Communities. "Prepared for the celebration of Bethlehem's 250th anniversary." View Item
Image Sub-Collection Annual Messages of the Mayors of Bethlehem, PA Annual addresses by the mayors of Bethlehem, including reports by city departments. Departmental reports contain data on city finance, infrastructure, public health, demographics, and crime. View Sub-Collection
Image Local History Anthracite Bridge Company, Scranton, Pa. : featuring South-to-East Scranton Bridge : dedicated September 20, 1922. Cover title Includes original mailing envelope History of Technology Collection View Item
Sub-Collection Archibald Johnston Home Videos Digitized films from the Archibald Johnston Papers. View Sub-Collection
Image Local History Asa and Sarah Packer Golden Wedding Anniversary Album, January 23, 1878 The Asa and Sarah Packer Golden Wedding Anniversary collection is composed of an impressive wedding album (68 gilt edged unnumbered pages) measuring 40.5 x 33 x 11.5 cm containing black and white photographic portraits of the anniversary couple on the frontispiece, a sample of the reception invitation, and original letters of reply submitted to the organization committee, social calling cards, a newspaper sketch depicting the social event and poetry written for the occasion. The Packers' two sons served on the committee and collected the letters to enter into the album. View Item
Image Local History Bethlehem Daily Times: Sesqui-centennial Industrial Edition, June, 1892 View Item
Image Sub-Collection Bethlehem Review: A Bulletin of News for the Employees of the Subsidiary Companies of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation The Bethlehem Review was an internal corporate news bulletin published by Bethlehem Steel. It was addressed to company employees and covered topics including annual reports, financials, engineering projects, and other activities conducted by subsidiary companies. This publication was published irregularly from 1924 until 2001, shortly before Bethlehem Steel declared bankruptcy in 2003. View Sub-Collection
Image Local History Bethlehem Steel Corporation and Subsidiary Companies History - Volume 1 View Item
Image Local History Bethlehem Steel Corporation and Subsidiary Companies History - Volume 2 View Item
Image Local History Bethlehem Steel Corporation and Subsidiary Companies History - Volume 3 View Item
Image Collection City of Bethlehem Police Records <p>Arrest record books and "Hello" complaint books from the City of Bethlehem Police Department, dating between 1916 and 1952.</p> View Collection
Image Sub-Collection Coplay Echoes A monthly newsletter published by the people of Coplay, Pennsylvania with information concerning community members serving in the military during the Second World War. View Sub-Collection
Sub-Collection Johnston Family Home Movies Videos created by Archibald Johnston and his family. Videos features family events, vacations, holidays, and other activities. View Sub-Collection
Image Sub-Collection Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Annual Reports After its founding in 1822, the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company (LCNC) became one of the most important companies in the emergence of the American Industrial Revolution for its innovative approach to canal systems, iron production and coal mining. LCNC transported anthracite coal from Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe) to Easton and Philadelphia, reaching New York by the 1830s. The collection includes the annual reports to the company's stockholders. View Sub-Collection
Image Local History Luckenbach Family Scrapbook Photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera compiled in a scrapbook by the Luckenbach Family. The scrapbook depicts the neighborhood in North Bethlehem where the Bethlehem Area Public Library and City Hall are currently located. Many of the houses in the photographs were torn down for redevelopment. View Item
Image Sub-Collection Robert Heysham Sayre Diaries, 1851-1905 Diary/appointment books of Robert H. Sayre, chief engineer of Lehigh Valley Railroad and a trustee of Lehigh University. The diaries contain entries about the activities of a person responsible for the daily running of a railroad. Digital versions created by scanning photocopied reproductions of the original diaries. The original diaries and photocopies are held by the National Canal Museum. View Sub-Collection
Image Local History Semi-centennial, the borough of South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania : souvenir history "Issued in connection with the Semi-centennial celebration Oct. 3-9, 1915" View Item
Image Local History Summer report 1922 on Hill & Hill Bridge : being built by Roger & Hagerty, Bethlehem, Pa. Summer report 1922 on Hill & Hill Bridge : being built by Roger & Hagerty, Bethlehem, Pa. View Item
Image Sub-Collection Tamar E. Bair Photo Slides Photographic slides taken by Tamar E. Bair and donated by David Bair. Images show the city of Bethelehem in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of the photographs show the Bicentennial of the American Revolution parade and celebration. Construction and demolition projects are the city are also captured. View Sub-Collection
Image Sub-Collection The Lehigh Valley Journal v.1, no.1-5; Aug.-Dec. 1955. ill. 28cm. "The magazine for and about the people of the Lehigh Valley." View Sub-Collection