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Lehigh University Libraries, Special Collections: William L. Estes, Jr. Diaries of Army Service in France 1918-1919, vol. 4

1901-1950, Contributing Libraries, Date, Lehigh University Special Collections,
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William Estes, Jr. was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Moravian Parochial School, Lehigh University (1905), Johns Hopkins Medical School (1909), and was a resident in surgery at the Mayo Clinic (1909-1912). Estes served as an Army surgeon in France (1918-1919); was a respected surgeon in Bethlehem, and was the chief surgeon at St. Luke’s Hospital from 1929-1950. He was also President of the State Medical Society, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Association of the Surgery of Trauma. Estes was a leader in community activities. He was President of the Bach Choir from 1942-1961, an active Episcopal churchman, and an avid fisherman. This six-volume diary traces Estes’ time in Europe as an Army surgeon during WWI. The fourth volume begins on December 23, 1918 and ends on February 4, 1919.

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Lehigh University Libraries, Special Collections: William L. Estes, Jr. Diaries of Army Service in France 1918-1919, vol. 3

1901-1950, Contributing Libraries, Date, Lehigh University Special Collections,
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William Estes, Jr. was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Moravian Parochial School, Lehigh University (1905), Johns Hopkins Medical School (1909), and was a resident in surgery at the Mayo Clinic (1909-1912). Estes served as an Army surgeon in France (1918-1919); was a respected surgeon in Bethlehem, and was the chief surgeon at St. Luke’s Hospital from 1929-1950. He was also President of the State Medical Society, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Association of the Surgery of Trauma. Estes was a leader in community activities. He was President of the Bach Choir from 1942-1961, an active Episcopal churchman, and an avid fisherman. This six-volume diary traces Estes’ time in Europe as an Army surgeon during WWI. The third volume begins on October 31, 1918 and ends on December 23, 1918.

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Lehigh University Libraries, Special Collections: William L. Estes, Jr. Diaries of Army Service in France 1918-1919, vol. 1

1901-1950, Contributing Libraries, Date, Lehigh University Special Collections,
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William Estes, Jr. was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Moravian Parochial School, Lehigh University (1905), Johns Hopkins Medical School (1909), and was a resident in surgery at the Mayo Clinic (1909-1912). Estes served as an Army surgeon in France (1918-1919); was a respected surgeon in Bethlehem, and was the chief surgeon at St. Luke’s Hospital from 1929-1950. He was also President of the State Medical Society, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Association of the Surgery of Trauma. Estes was a leader in community activities. He was President of the Bach Choir from 1942-1961, an active Episcopal churchman, and an avid fisherman. This six-volume diary traces Estes’ time in Europe as an Army surgeon during WWI. The first volume of the diary begins on July 3, 1918, when Estes reports for duty in Allentown, Pennsylvania and ends on August 4, 1918 in France. Although the diary contains printed dates, Estes did not generally follow them. In addition, in much of first volume, Estes has written his entries on sheets of paper and pasted them directly over the original diary pages.

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Lehigh University Libraries, Special Collections: William L. Estes, Jr. Diaries of Army Service in France 1918-1919, vol. 1

1901-1950, Contributing Libraries, Date, Lehigh University Special Collections, ,
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William Estes, Jr. was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Moravian Parochial School, Lehigh University (1905), Johns Hopkins Medical School (1909), and was a resident in surgery at the Mayo Clinic (1909-1912). Estes served as an Army surgeon in France (1918-1919); was a respected surgeon in Bethlehem, and was the chief surgeon at St. Luke’s Hospital from 1929-1950. He was also President of the State Medical Society, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Association of the Surgery of Trauma. Estes was a leader in community activities. He was President of the Bach Choir from 1942-1961, an active Episcopal churchman, and an avid fisherman. This six-volume diary traces Estes’ time in Europe as an Army surgeon during WWI. The first volume of the diary begins on July 3, 1918, when Estes reports for duty in Allentown, Pennsylvania and ends on August 4, 1918 in France. Although the diary contains printed dates, Estes did not generally follow them. In addition, in much of first volume, Estes has written his entries on sheets of paper and pasted them directly over the original diary pages.

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Lehigh University Libraries, Special Collections: Benjamin LeRoy Miller Diary, 1891

1851-1900, Contributing Libraries, Date, Lehigh University Special Collections, ,
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Born in 1874, Benjamin LeRoy Miller was a Profess of Geology at Lehigh University from 1907-1944, having earned his A.B. from the University of Kansas and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. Before coming to Lehigh he taught at Penn College, Bryn Mawr, and briefly at Princeton. His diary, written when he was only 17, describes his life as a student in Kansas. It begins in Rock Creek, Kansas on January 1, 1891, and ends in Topeka, Kansas on December 31, 1891.

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Haverford College, Quaker and Special Collections: Joel Swayne Journal

1751-1800, Contributing Libraries, Date, Haverford College, Quaker and Special Collections, , ,
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Journal of Joel Swayne, a Quaker missionary, to visit the Seneca in Western NY.

Title:  Joel Swayne journal
Authors: Swayne, Joel
Call number: MC.975.01.078
(Haverford, Special Collections, Haverford College)
Publisher: Special Collections, Haverford College
Language: English.
Date: From 1798 to 1800
Place: New York (State)
Subjects names: Swayne, Joel, Cornplanter-Seneca chief-1732?-1836
Subjects topical: Society of Friends–Indian affairs, Indians of North America–History
Subjects geographic: New York (State)

Haverford College, Quaker and Special Collections: Some Account of Our Journey to Cannandaigue

1751-1800, Contributing Libraries, Date, Haverford College, Quaker and Special Collections, , , , , , , ,
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Account of David Bacon’s visit to the Six Nations in 1794 to attend the meetings that led to the signing of the Treaty of Canandaigua between the Six Nation chiefs and the government of the United States.

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Haverford College, Quaker and Special Collections: William Allinson Diary, Volume 3

1801-1850, Contributing Libraries, Date, Haverford College, Quaker and Special Collections, , , ,
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Journal describing William Allinson’s visit to Indians in New York state in 1809.
Title: William Allinson diary, volume 3
Authors: Allinson, William, 1766-1841
Call number: MC 968, Box 11, Folder 4
(Haverford, Special Collections, Haverford College)
Publisher: Special Collections, Haverford College
Language: English.
Date: 1809
Place: New York (State), Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Subjects names: Allinson, William, 1766-1841
Subjects topical: Society of Friends–Indian affairs, Indians of North America–History, Indians of North America–Missions
Subjects geographic: New York (State), Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Genres: diaries

Haverford College, Quaker and Special Collections: William Allinson Diary, Volume 2

1801-1850, Contributing Libraries, Date, Haverford College, Quaker and Special Collections, , , ,
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Journal describing William Allinson’s visit to Indians in New York state in 1809
Title: William Allinson diary, volume 2
Authors: Allinson, William, 1766-1841
Call number: MC 968, Box 11, Folder 4
(Haverford, Special Collections, Haverford College)
Publisher: Special Collections, Haverford College
Language: English.
Date: 1809
Place: New York (State), Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Subjects names: Allinson, William, 1766-1841
Subjects topical: Society of Friends–Indian affairs, Indians of North America–History, Indians of North America–Missions
Subjects geographic: New York (State), Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Genres: diaries

Haverford College, Quaker and Special Collections: William Allinson Diary, Volume 1

1801-1850, Contributing Libraries, Date, Haverford College, Quaker and Special Collections, , , ,
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Journal describing William Allinson’s visit to Indians in New York state in 1809.

Title: William Allinson diary, volume 1
Authors: Allinson, William, 1766-1841
Call number: MC 968, Box 11, Folder 4
(Haverford, Special Collections, Haverford College)
Publisher: Special Collections, Haverford College
Language: English.
Date: 1809
Place: New York (State)
Subjects names: Allinson, William, 1766-1841
Subjects topical: Society of Friends–Indian affairs, Indians of North America–History, Indians of North America–Missions
Subjects geographic: New York (State), Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Genres: diaries