Item 113: Bookplate, Robert Heysham Sayre, 1900

Item — Box: 20, Folder: 113

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Bookplate, Robert Heysham Sayre, 1900

Dates

Created: 1900

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Access:

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Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Bookplate

Condition Note:

Good, no issues.

Measurements:

3 15/16 in. x 3 in.

Title:

Ex Libris Robert Heysham Sayre South Bethlehem, PA.

Description:

A bookplate for Robert Heysham Sayre with a picture of a train on it along with the quote, “Who Maintains Obtains” -1900-. The book with the picture of the train sits atop a stack of books with vines around them. Bookplate collector and railroad engineer, Robert Heysham Sayre was born on October 13, 1824 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He was vice president and chief engineer of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. This was also the case for the Bethlehem Iron Company, the predecessor of Bethlehem Steel. He was also one of the people who started the Bethlehem Iron Company, and kickstarted the design and construction of the company’s first iron works from 1861 to 1863. He became vice president of Bethlehem Iron Works in 1891. He built a large house in Bethlehem, where he lived from 1958 until he died in 1907. It’s now known as the Sayre Mansion and is used as a bed-and-breakfast. The cities of Sayre, Pennsylvania and Sayre, Oklahoma were named after him. In 1828, Sayre and his family relocated to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, formerly known as Mauch Chunk. While he was there, he was a lockmaster for the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. He showed interest in construction and civil engineering when he was young.” His first big job was working on the Morris Canal in New Jersey. He also worked on building the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway. In 1854, he resumed work on the Lehigh Valley Railroad that went north and west through Pennsylvania and New York. He died on January 4, 1907.