Drexel University. Office of the President
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
Office of the President records
Collection
Identifier: UR-01-011
Abstract
Four presidents of Drexel University are represented in the collection: James Creese (1896-1966, president 1945-1963), William Walsh Hagerty (1916-1986, president 1963-1984), William Samuel Gaither (b. 1932, president 1984-1987), and Richard Breslin (b. 1937 or 1938, president 1988-1994). This collection consists of subject files, reports, and other materials compiled by the staff of the Office of the President between 1950 and 1989, overlapping the terms of several presidents....
Dates:
1950-1989
William S. Gaither administration records
Collection — Box: 2
Identifier: UR-01-009
Overview
This collection consists chiefly of a set of subject files on organizations, university offices and departments, special projects, and administrative topics compiled by Drexel's ninth president, William S. Gaither. The collection also contains a record of Dr. Gaither's outgoing correspondence from June 1984 to December 1986 and a box of certificates presented to him at his inauguration held in 1985. The collection contains correspondence, memorandum, speeches, reports, memos, drafts,...
Dates:
1981-1987
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- College buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
- Correspondence 2
- Drexel University -- Administration 2
- Drexel University -- African Americans -- Education (Higher) 2
- Drexel University -- Alumni and alumnae 2
- Drexel University -- Buildings 2
- Drexel University -- Cooperative Education 2
- Drexel University -- Development 2
- Drexel University -- Faculty 2
- Drexel University -- History 2
- Drexel University -- Students 2
- Reports 2
- Women -- Education (Higher) 2
- Degrees, Academic 1
- Draft 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Accreditation 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Administration 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- African Americans -- Education (Higher) 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Alumni and alumnae 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 -- Faculty 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- History 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Inauguration 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
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Students 1
- Education, Cooperative -- United States 1
- Education, Higher -- Administration 1
- Education, Higher -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Educational fund raising 1
- Home economics -- Study and teaching 1
- Labor -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Press releases 1
- Publications 1
- School budgets 1
- Students, Foreign 1
- Subversive activities 1
- Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Administration 1
- Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Curricula 1
- Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th Century 1
- Universities and colleges -- Finance 1
- Veterans -- Education -- United States 1
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