Stories about Special Collections

Feathers and Folios

Exhibition: Feathers and Folios

The exhibit in Linderman Library runs through Dec. 20.

Clayton University Center Secret Rooms

Secret Rooms and Artifacts: The Clayton University Center at Packer Hall Renovation Yields Surprises

Workers dismantling the interior of the iconic structure find old drawings, fossils and other items from the past.

Maps Exhibit

A Love of Maps and a Legacy

A new exhibit in Linderman Library will include maps dating back to the 16th through 18th centuries.

Miles Rock graduating class

Rediscovering Miles Rock

A gift to Lehigh Libraries Special Collections creates a snapshot of one of Lehigh’s first graduates—a naturalist, civil engineer and astronomer—and offers new research opportunities.

Miles Rock trunk

A Quintessential Lehigh Story

A letter from Bulletin Editor Mary Ellen Alu.

Stuffed birds and a bear on display

Packer Museum: Past + Future

Lehigh's first museum was once located in what is now the Clayton University Center at Packer Hall, which will undergo extensive renovations.

Alex Japha

Going Digital: Digitizing over 100 years of the Lehigh Bulletin

More than 100 years of the Lehigh Bulletin are now available online thanks to preservation efforts from Lehigh Libraries Special Collections.


Digitizing Medieval Manuscripts

Scholars and aficionados can now search, download and study 160,000 pages of high-resolution, full-color manuscripts dating to the ninth century, thanks to library partnerships.