Drexel Institute of Technology
Organization
Found in 4 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
Harry C. Rippel papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-00-088
Abstract
Harry Conrad Rippel (1926-2004) worked as a principal engineer at Franklin Institute Research Laboratory from 1952 to 1984 and was a leading authority on tribology, the study of friction, wear, lubrication, and the design of bearings. He studied mechanical engineering at Drexel Institute of Technology, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1952 and then a master’s degree in 1957. This collection contains the academic, professional, and personal papers of Mr. Rippel, spanning from 1943-2004,...
Dates:
1943-2004; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1984
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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Harry C. Rippel papers
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
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
/
Library records
Schramm, Inc. records
Collection
Identifier: MC-00-091
Overview
Schramm, Inc. is a manufacturing company based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, that has had strong ties to Drexel University for almost one hundred years. Founded by Christian D. Schramm in Philadelphia in 1900, the company moved to its current location in 1917. In its early years, Schramm sold small gasoline engines and portable air compressors, but in recent decades the firm has specialized in the manufacture of drilling equipment. The Schramm, Inc. records include board and stockholders’...
Dates:
1836-2018; Majority of material found within 1900-1983
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
/
Schramm, Inc. records
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- Financial records 2
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- Publications 2
- Reports 2
- Academic libraries 1
- Administrative records 1
- Air-compressors 1
- Air-compressors--Catalogs 1
- Air-pumps 1
- Awards 1
- Bearings (Machinery) -- Design and construction 1
- Bonuses (Employee fringe benefits) 1
- Brochures 1
- Chester County (Pa.) 1
- College students--Employment 1
- Communication in industrial relations 1
- Company picnics 1
- Compressed air 1
- Compressors 1
- Construction equipment industry 1
- Curricula 1
- Defense contracts 1
- Depressions--1929--United States--Pennsylvania 1
- Diplomas 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Alumni and alumnae 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- History 1
- Drexel University -- History 1
- Economic history--20th century 1
- Education, Cooperative 1
- Employee fringe benefits 1
- Employee stock options 1
- Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc. 1
- Employer-sponsored health insurance 1
- Engineering 1
- Engineering -- Study and teaching 1
- Exhibition records 1
- Family-owned business enterprises 1
- Gas well drilling 1
- Geothermal well drilling 1
- Hydraulic engineering 1
- Hydraulic machinery 1
- Industrial procurement 1
- Industrial relations 1
- Industries--United States--History--20th century 1
- Libraries 1
- Libraries -- Designs and plans 1
- Libraries and education 1
- Library buildings -- Pennsylvania. 1
- Library science 1
- Machinery -- Periodicals 1
- Negatives (photographic) 1
- Newsletters 1
- Old City (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Personnel records 1
- Pneumatic machinery 1
- Pneumatic tools 1
- Questionnaires 1
- Research and development projects 1
- Research notes 1
- School records 1
- Slides (photographs) 1
- Sliding friction 1
- Statistics 1
- United States--Economic conditions--21st century 1
- Vacations, Employee 1
- War and society--Pennsylvania 1
- Water well drilling 1
- West Chester (Pa.) 1
- Women blue collar workers 1
- Women employees 1
- World War, 1914-1918--War work--United States 1
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