Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952.
R. H. Tucker papers, 1875-1952.
Includes letters written to his mother while he was a student at Lehigh, telling of his life at college; some grade reports; letters from the President of the University about unexcused absenses; term papers; programs of track meets; his grade books when he was an instructor at Lehigh, 1883-1884; newspaper clippings about Lehigh, including extensive coverage of the death of Asa Packer; forms and correspondence about the Alumni Association; and biographical material, including diplomas, and reprints of all the articles he published. Also included are letters from his classmates (James S. Cunningham, C. L. Doolittle, James E. Gilbert, Joseph H. Paddock, and Fitzwilliam Sargent) after graduation, telling of their adventures; and a scrapbook of play programs and lists of performances he saw, 1874-1882.
American astronomer. Tucker graduated from Lehigh in 1879. He was an astronomer at the Lick Observatory in California until his retirement in 1926, and received an honorary Ph. D. from Lehigh in 1922.
Packer, Asa, 1805-1879 -- Death and burial.
Lehigh University -- Faculty.
Lehigh University -- Officials and employees.
Lehigh University -- Track-athletics.
Lehigh University -- Students.
Astronomers -- Correspondence.
College students -- Pennsylania -- Bethlehem -- 19th century.
Articles. aat
Biography files. aat
Clippings. aat aat aat
Diplomas. aat
Grade books. aat
Lists. aat
Notes. aat
Report cards. aat
Reports. aat
Reprints. aat
Scrapbooks. aat aat
Theater programs. aat
Cunningham, John Robert.
Doolittle, C. L.
Gilbert, James E.
Paddock, Joseph H.
Sargent, Fitzwilliam.
Lehigh University. Alumni Association.
Lehigh University Depts. of Civil and Mechanical Engineering -- Curricula.
Lehigh University Depts. of Civil and Mechanical Engineering -- Faculty.
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Lehigh University. Linderman Library. Special Collections. Bethlehem, PA 18015-3067, USA