Matheson, Kenneth G., Jr.
Person
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Academic Council records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UR-03-001
Overview
The Academic Council was established by President James Creese in 1960 to coordinate university-wide academic policies. This collection consists of the meeting minutes of the council from its founding in 1960 through 1967, as well as supplemental items such as agendas, correspondence, notes, and aggregate statistics about the student body. The material is arranged chronologically.
Dates:
1960 - 1967
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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Academic Council records
Advisory art committee: June 1936 - June 1941, 1936 June - 1941 June
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series IV
Scope and contents note
memorandum, correspondence
Dates:
1936 June - 1941 June
Alumni: Metals Division, 1948-1949
File — Box: 42, Folder: 11
Identifier: Sub-series B
Scope and contents note
correspondence, notes, reports
Dates:
1948-1949
Drexel University Museum records
Collection
Identifier: UR-11-001
Overview
This collection contains records that document various activities, developments, exhibits, and programs of the Drexel University Museum and its collections from 1797 until 2000. The bulk of records date from the 1930s to the 1980s. Materials in the collection include correspondence, research notes, catalogues, inventories, reports, clippings, newsletters, bulletins, news releases, photographs, grant applications, budgets, policies, pamphlets, plans, receipts, insurance policies and forms,...
Dates:
1797-2000; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1988
General Correspondence, 1891-1958, bulk: 1920 - 1945
Series
Identifier: Series VIII
Scope and content note
Series 8: General Correspondence, 65 foldersThis series includes folders which were from the Office of the President generally without reference to a specific President and those folders which included the papers of multiple Presidents of Drexel. A large section of this series is those folders which were marked “miscellaneous”. These often included a page or two on a specific topic and this had been combined with a few other unrelated items. This series varies greatly but...
Dates:
1891-1958; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1945
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, 1950-1963
Series
Identifier: Series VII
Scope and content note
Series 7: Creese, James, 7 folders, is a small series primarily containing items which were collected during his presidency and not items directly from him. There are personnel matters, including the hiring of Kenneth G. Matheson, Junior at Drexel and other administrative issues.
Dates:
1950-1963
Kenneth G. Matheson, 1922-1931
Series
Identifier: Series III
Scope and content note
Series 3: Kenneth Matheson, 16 folders, consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs. There is material on the development of new seal for Drexel, the building and dedication of Curtis Hall including photographs of Cyrus H.K. Curtis laying the first stone for the building in 1928 and a photograph of the Curtis Hall Engineering Laboratory from 1929, and accreditation from the Association of American Universities. There is also a folder on the start of the library program...
Dates:
1922-1931
Kenneth G. Matheson administration records
Collection
Identifier: UR-01-003
Overview
This collection contains the files of Kenneth G. Matheson, president of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry from 1922 to 1931. As he took office, Matheson and the Institute faced many challenges, including financial difficulties, decreasing enrollments, outdated facilities, and a generally dissatisfied university community. The files contain correspondence with faculty, parents and students which documents the numerous, positive changes Matheson helped to initiate during his...
Dates:
1921-1932
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- Archival Record 11
- Collection 6
- Subject
- Correspondence 4
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Alumni and alumnae 4
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Curricula 3
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Faculty 3
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Administration 3
- Education, Cooperative -- United States 3
- Education, Higher -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 3
- Deans (Education) 2
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Administration 2
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- History 2
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Sports 2
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Students 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- History 2
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Students 2
- Drexel University -- History 2
- Manuscripts (document genre) 2
- Photographs 2
- Publications 2
- Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Administration 2
- Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th Century 2
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Pennsylvania -- Education and the War 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Pennsylvania -- Education and the War 2
- Annual reports 1
- Art museum curators 1
- College art museums 1
- College trustees 1
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Buildings 1
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Planning 1
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Public relations 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 -- Development 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Faculty 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Planning 1
- Drexel Institute of Technology -- Public Relations 1
- Education, Higher -- Administration 1
- Educational fund raising 1
- Home economics -- Study and teaching 1
- Minutes 1
- Museums 1
- Reports 1
- School budgets 1
- Universities and Colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Curricula 1
- Women -- Education (Higher) 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1
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