Drexel University. Office of the President
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Hollis Godfrey administration records
Collection
Identifier: UR-01-002
Overview
Hollis Godfrey (1987-1936) served as president of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry from 1913 to 1921. He was educated as an engineer at Tufts, Harvard, and MIT, where he also taught. While living in Boston he was an administrator at the School of Practical Arts in Boston. He came to Drexel in 1913 and was the President until 1921. This collection contains correspondence, speeches, and research done on Godfrey in 1959. There is also a functionalization chart on the...
Dates:
1913-1961; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1922
Kenneth G. Matheson administration records
Collection
Identifier: UR-01-003
Overview
This collection contains the files of Kenneth G. Matheson, president of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry from 1922 to 1931. As he took office, Matheson and the Institute faced many challenges, including financial difficulties, decreasing enrollments, outdated facilities, and a generally dissatisfied university community. The files contain correspondence with faculty, parents and students which documents the numerous, positive changes Matheson helped to initiate during his...
Dates:
1921-1932
Office of the President records
Collection
Identifier: UR-01-005
Overview
This collection consists of subject files created by the Office of the President during the tenures of the first six presidents of the Drexel Institute: James MacAlister (1840-1913, president 1891-1913), Hollis Godfrey (1874-1936, president 1914-1921), Kenneth Matheson (1864-1931, president 1921-1932), Parke R. Kolbe (1881-1942, president 1932-1942), George P. Rea (1894-1978, president 1942-1944), and James Creese (1896-1966, president 1945-1963), as well as during the interim presidency of...
Dates:
1891-1965; Majority of material found within 1913 - 1954
Parke R. Kolbe administration records
Collection
Identifier: UR-01-004
Abstract
Parke Rexford Kolbe, the Drexel Institute's fourth president, served from 1932 to 1942. Before coming to Drexel, Dr. Kolbe was president of the University of Akron from 1913 to 1925 and of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn from 1925 to 1932. As Drexel's president, Dr. Kolbe presided over the decentralization of Drexel's administration and the development of educational programs to support national defense as the threat of U.S. involvement in World War II loomed. The bulk of the...
Dates:
1931-1941
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- Correspondence 3
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Curricula 3
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- History 3
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Sports 3
- Education, Cooperative -- United States 3
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Administration 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Administration 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Alumni and alumnae 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Faculty 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Students 2
- Education, Higher -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
- Manuscripts (document genre) 2
- Publications 2
- Women -- Education (Higher) 2
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Pennsylvania -- Education and the War 2
- Annual reports 1
- College trustees 1
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Anniversaries, etc. 1
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Commencements 1
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Planning 1
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Student housing 1
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Students 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Accreditation 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- African Americans -- Education (Higher) 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Anniversaries, etc. 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Buildings 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Commencements 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Curricula 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Development 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- History 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Planning 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Public Relations 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Sports 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Student Housing 1
- Home economics -- Study and teaching 1
- Minutes 1
- Office of the President 1
- Photographs 1
- Reports 1
- School budgets 1
- Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Administration 1
- Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Curricula 1
- Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th Century 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Pennsylvania -- Education and the War 1 ∧ less
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