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
James Creese administration records
Collection — Box: OV13, oversize: unknown container
Identifier: UR-01-007
Overview
James Creese served as the president of the Drexel Institute from 1945 to 1963. His tenure began with a tremendous influx of students in the post-WWII years and continued to oversee tremendous growth of the Institute, both in the physical expansion of its campus and in the development of its academic programs, especially in engineering and cooperative education. Such extensive development required major capital investments, for which two major fundraising campaigns were undertaken during...
Dates:
1941-1967
James MacAlister papers
Collection
Identifier: UR-01-001
Abstract
James MacAlister (1840-1913) served as the first president of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry from 1891 to 1913. He was a proponent of vocational and technical education throughout his career. This collection documents his term as president, his views on education, and his involvement in the early history of the Drexel Institute. Records include MacAlister’s letters, a book that he published, lectures, and his personal notebook, as well as research notes believed to have...
Dates:
1889-1941; Majority of material found within 1900 - 1905
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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James MacAlister papers
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
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- Correspondence 3
- Education, Cooperative -- United States 3
- Manuscripts (document genre) 3
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Alumni and alumnae 2
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Curricula 2
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Faculty 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Administration 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- African Americans -- Education (Higher) 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Alumni and alumnae 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Faculty 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- History 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Planning 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Students 2
- Home economics -- Study and teaching 2
- Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Administration 2
- Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Curricula 2
- Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th Century 2
- Women -- Education (Higher) 2
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Pennsylvania -- Education and the War 2
- College presidents -- Inauguration 1
- College trustees 1
- Degrees, Academic 1
- Draft 1
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Administration 1
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- History 1
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Planning 1
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Sports 1
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Students 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Accreditation 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Anniversaries, etc. 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Buildings 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Business and education 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Commencements 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Curricula 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Development 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Diamond Jubilee 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Extracurricular Activities 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Inauguration 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Public Relations 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Sports 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Student Housing 1
- Education, Higher -- Administration 1
- Educational fund raising 1
- Labor -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Photographs 1
- Publications 1
- School budgets 1
- Speeches 1
- Students, Foreign 1
- Subversive activities 1
- Universities and colleges -- Finance 1
- Veterans -- Education -- United States 1
- War and education 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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