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Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry

 Organization

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

College of Engineering records

 Collection
Identifier: UR-04-007
Overview The College of Engineering is among the oldest colleges at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since its establishment in 1914, it has achieved many firsts. In 1915, it became the first school at Drexel permitted to grant a four-year degree; in 1919, it was the first to implement a cooperative education program, placing students in business, industrial and professional assignments as a component of their education; and, later, in 1925, it was the first to extend the cooperative...
Dates: 1930 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1973

Hilda Stuart Wood Jacobs papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC-00-017
Scope and content note The Hilda Stuart Wood collection consists of cookbooks, a notebook, and a few photographs, ranging from 1885-1937. The eight published cookbooks contain Wood's handwritten notes and loose papers. Annotations on a few of the recipe cards refer to the collection as having belonged to previous generations, leaving the impression that the cookbooks have been passed down through the family. There is no information of a personal nature about Hilda Stuart Wood to be found within the collection. ...
Dates: 1885-1937

Library records

 Collection
Identifier: UR-05-002
Overview The Library records contains documentation of the Drexel University Library from its creation in 1891 to 2003. Drexel University Library has been housed in three different buildings; the Main Building (1891-1958), the Korman Center (1959-1982) and W.W. Hagerty Library (1983-2010). The library was also responsible for running the library school until 1962, with the exception of the years 1914 to 1922 when the library school was suspended. The documents in this collection constitute a record...
Dates: 1891-2013

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, 1899-1942, bulk: 1932 - 1942

 Series
Identifier: Series IV
Scope and content note Series 4: Kolbe, Parke R. 200 Folders This is the largest series in the collection. There is material on the Athletic Departments of Drexel during Kolbe’s tenure including budgets, data from local colleges athletic departments during the 1930’s, and a study from 1931 on athletic departments within the Middle Atlantic region correspondence with the Board of Trustee Committee on Athletics, reports on the responsibilities for the Athletic Departments of various universities, correspondence and...
Dates: 1899-1942; Majority of material found within 1932 - 1942

Student handbooks and guides

 Collection
Identifier: UR-06-002
Overview

This collection consists of handbooks and guides used to educate incoming students about Drexel, from 1925-2006. Guides contain school rules and regulations; information about student organizations, athletics, and academic life; event calendars; and details about the surrounding Philadelphia area. Additionally, many of the early guides have special sections covering the expected comportment of female students.

Dates: 1925-2006

Student record books

 Collection
Identifier: UR-06-004
Abstract This collection of record books lists Drexel Institute students from the years 1892-1914.  It includes student records from the following classes and departments: art (1893-1905), domestic science (1892-1915), architecture (1895-1902, 1912-1914), mechanic arts (1892-1906), mechanical drawing (1899-1900), machine construction (1899-1900), and normal course/teacher training (1893-1916).  The collection also includes a record of scholarships (1892-1902), a record of diplomas and certificates...
Dates: 1892-1916

Virginia Carter Castleman photograph collection

 Collection — Box: C, oversize: unknown container
Identifier: PC-00-001
Overview

This collection consists of nineteen photographs showing aspects of student life at Drexel in 1898-1899.

Dates: 1898-1899

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Collection 7
Archival Record 1
 
Subject
Correspondence 3
Drexel Institute of Technology -- History 3
Home economics -- Study and teaching 3
Photographs 3
Women -- Education (Higher) 3
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Accreditation (Education) 2
Annual reports 2
Black-and-white photographs. 2
Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Administration 2
Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Alumni and alumnae 2
Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Buildings 2
Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Curricula 2
Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Faculty 2
Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- History 2
Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Planning 2
Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Sports 2
Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Student housing 2
Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Students 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 -- Planning 2
Drexel Institute of Technology -- Students 2
Education, Cooperative -- United States 2
Education, Higher -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 2
Financial records 2
Minutes 2
Philadelphia (Pa.) 2
Reports 2
School records 2
Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Administration 2
Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Curricula 2
Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th Century 2
Academic libraries 1
Administrative records 1
Art students -- Pennsylvania 1
Chemistry -- Study and teaching (Higher) 1
Clippings 1
College student orientation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 1
College students 1
College trustees 1
Communism in education -- Pennsylvania 1
Cookery 1
Curricula 1
Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Business and education 1
Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Commencements 1
Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Public relations 1
Drexel Institute of Technology -- Accreditation 1
Drexel Institute of Technology -- Buildings 1
Drexel Institute of Technology -- Public Relations 1
Drexel Institute of Technology -- Sports 1
Drexel Institute of Technology -- Student Housing 1
Drexel University -- History 1
Drexel University -- Students 1
Education, Higher -- Administration 1
Educational fund raising 1
Engineering 1
Engineering -- Study and teaching 1
Exhibition records 1
Home economics 1
Libraries 1
Libraries -- Designs and plans 1
Libraries and education 1
Library buildings -- Pennsylvania. 1
Library science 1
Manuscripts (document genre) 1
Negatives (photographic) 1
Newsletters 1
Personnel records 1
Publications 1
Questionnaires 1
Recipes 1
School budgets 1
Slides (photographs) 1
Statistics 1
Universities and colleges -- Finance 1
University of Pennsylvania -- Buildings -- Pictorial works 1
Women college students 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Pennsylvania -- Education and the War 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pennsylvania -- Education and the War 1
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