Drexel Institute of Technology. College of Home Economics
Organization
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Administrative and academic manuals collection
Collection
Identifier: UR-03-031
Overview
This collection consists of administrative and academic manuals assembled by University Archives staff because they were not already part of a collection, and because together they can provide insight into specific aspects of Drexel’s history. Additional manuals which fit the scope of this collection may be added in the future. The manuals include thesis manuals for graduate students completing theses and dissertations, laboratory manuals written by Drexel faculty for Drexel...
Dates:
1897-2004
Administrative Files, 1916-1988
Sub-Series
Identifier: Sub-series A
Scope and contents note
From the Series:
This series contains eleven sub-series. The subjects range from development to events to general administrative records.
Dates:
1916-1988
Annual reports
Collection
Identifier: UR-03-013
Scope and content note
This collection consists of annual reports submitted to the president of Drexel by administrators and department heads. They are comprehensive narrative reports summarizing activities and progress made over the course of the fiscal year. Reports are arranged alphabetically within the collection and by year within series.
Dates:
1929-2013; Majority of material found within 1945 - 1989
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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Annual reports
Early photographs of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry
Collection
Identifier: PC-00-003
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry from 1891 to 1936. It includes photographs of the exterior and interior of the Main Building, men’s and women’s athletic teams, and students from various academic departments.
Dates:
1885-1936; Majority of material found within 1891 - 1915
George P. Rea, 1941-1945
Series
Identifier: Series V
Scope and content note
Series 5: George Peters, Rea, 13 folders,The Rea Series is another small series due to the limited time that Rea was President at Drexel. There is a radio address by him, correspondence, interviews, meeting minutes, and academic programs at Drexel. The academic programs include the war effort and its affect on Drexel, such as an acceleration of curricula for the School of Engineering specifically for defense industries. There were also reduced entrance requirements for high...
Dates:
1941-1945
Home Economics Dean Search, 1954
File — Box: 63, Folder: 7
Identifier: Sub-series A
Scope and contents note
correspondence, memoranda, resumes, pamphlets
Dates:
1954
Instructions for Candidates for the Master's Degree in Home Economics, circa 1934
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Dates:
circa 1934
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-01-005
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
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Record 5
- Collection 5
- Subject
- Home economics -- Study and teaching 5
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Administration 3
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Faculty 3
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- History 3
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Administration 3
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- African Americans -- Education (Higher) 3
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Alumni and alumnae 3
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Faculty 3
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- History 3
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Planning 3
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Students 3
- Education, Cooperative -- United States 3
- Education, Higher -- Administration 3
- Education, Higher -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 3
- Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Administration 3
- Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Curricula 3
- Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th Century 3
- Women -- Education (Higher) 3
- 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 -- Planning 2
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Sports 2
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Students 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Accreditation 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Buildings 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Public Relations 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Sports 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Student Housing 2
- Educational fund raising 2
- Universities and colleges -- Finance 2
- World War, 1939-1945 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Pennsylvania -- Education and the War 2
- Annual reports 1
- Black-and-white photographs. 1
- Chemistry -- Study and teaching (Higher) 1
- College presidents -- Inauguration 1
- College trustees 1
- Communism in education -- Pennsylvania 1
- Correspondence 1
- Degrees, Academic 1
- Draft 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 Art, Science, and Industry -- Student housing 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Anniversaries, etc. 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 -- Publicity 1
- Drexel University -- Administration 1
- Education, Higher -- Pennsylvania -- History 1
- Electrical engineering--Study and teaching 1
- Labor -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
- Laboratory manuals 1
- Manuscripts (document genre) 1
- Photographs 1
- School budgets 1
- Speeches 1
- Students, Foreign 1
- Subversive activities 1
- Veterans -- Education -- United States 1
- War and education 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Pennsylvania -- Education and the War 1 ∧ less
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