Drexel, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph) (1826-1893)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1826 - 1893
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Anthony J. Drexel, etching from photograph, circa 1880s
Item — Box: 13, Folder: OV
Identifier: Series X
Scope and content note
From the Series:
Bound memorials compiled upon the death of A.J. Drexel, Mrs. A.J. Drexel, and Francis Anthony Drexel. Includes a Drexel family bible that was purchased by the Drexel Institute in 1950 containing records of A.J. Drexel's children kept by Ellen Drexel. Memorial book for Mrs. A.J. Drexel includes original copies of letters, telegrams, and calling cards received by A.J. Drexel upon the death of his wife in 1891. Among the notable documents include handwritten letters from Andrew Carnegie, Joseph...
Dates:
circa 1880s
Beaver Coal Company records
Collection
Identifier: MC-00-086
Overview
The Beaver Coal Corporation (later Beaver Coal Company, Limited) was co-founded by Anthony J. Drexel, Logan Bullitt, and J.P. Morgan sometime after 1889. It owned land in Raleigh County, West Virginia, and leased coal mining and logging rights to other companies. Later, the company also leased natural gas reserves and leased portions of its surface property for farming, commercial, and individual use. The records include Board of Directors minutes, 1908-1959, and a ledger, 1942-1947.
Dates:
1908-1959
Drexel family collection
Collection — Box: OV1
Identifier: MC-00-001
Abstract
The Drexel family, children and descendants of Francis M. Drexel (1792-1863) and Catherine Hookey (1795-1870), have been a prominent Philadelphia family since the 1840s. The fortune of the family was built on Francis Drexel's brokerage firm Drexel & Co., whose business and partnerships were further expanded by Drexel's sons including Anthony J. Drexel (1826-1893), the founder of Drexel University. The collection contains correspondence, memoirs, genealogical charts, newsletters,...
Dates:
1826-1996
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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Drexel family collection
Drexel University Collection 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 2022. 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, floor plans, receipts, insurance policies and...
Dates:
1797-2022; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1988
Drexel University deeds of trust, charter, and by-laws
Collection
Identifier: UR-02-004
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of booklets containing copies of the charter, bylaws, deeds of trust, and other related documents such as extracts from the wills of Anthony J. Drexel. Early booklets also include the names of board members and lists of committees. Also included with the collection are a small set of legal documents pertaining to the 1943 transfer of the securities granted by Anthony Drexel to the institute's endowment fund, and an oversize handwritten exemplar of the 1891 deed of...
Dates:
1891-1977
Estate of Anthony J. Drexel records
Collection
Identifier: MC-00-087
Overview
Following Anthony J. Drexel’s death in 1893, his estate was managed by a group of trustees for over half a century. The Estate of Anthony J. Drexel records include ledgers and other account books for the estate as a whole and for the individual trusts that were set up for Drexel’s descendants in accordance with his will.
Dates:
1893-1976
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
Richard D. Breslin administration records
Collection
Identifier: UR-01-010
Overview
This collection consists chiefly of subject files on administrative, academic, and financial topics compiled during the term of Drexel president Richard D. Breslin. The collection also contains material relating to his inauguration as president, his personal files, speeches, and the implementation of his Strategic Plan. The bulk of the collection covers 1988-1994, the time span Dr. Breslin was in office, but there are many earlier files dating from William S. Gaither's term as president...
Dates:
1966-1996
The Art Treasures of England: the master-pieces of the best English, Irish, and Scottish painters and sculptors, edited by J. Vernon Whitaker, 1875
Item — Volume: 1
Identifier: Series V
Series description
From the Series:
Variety of published and printed materials related to Drexel family genealogy, business, philanthropy, biography, etc.
Dates:
Publication: 1875
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