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,...

Series description From the Series:

Small collection of photographs made up mainly of head shots. Francis Martin Drexel folder contains photos of his paintings. A.J. Drexel folder includes a duplicate photo of Drexel and George W. Childs, one of the earliest known photos of either man.

Scope and content note

This scrapbook contains news clippings describing Mary S. Irick Drexel's work as the Chairman of the Bureau of Canteen Service of the Pennsylvania-Delaware Division of the American Red Cross during World War I. Most of the articles relate to Canteen Services in Philadelphia. All the clippings are from the years 1917-1919, except for one clipping from 1956, which describes the removal of the Red Cross Booth from the City Hall courtyard.

Overview

The collection contains coursework by Drexel students in graduate programs in the Library Science program, the College of Business Administration, and the College of Home Economics. Their topics all cover an aspect of Drexel's history or the Drexel family.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains coursework and theses created by Drexel students in graduate programs in the Library Science program, the College of Business Administration, and the College of Home Economics. Their topics all cover an aspect of Drexel's history or the Drexel family. These works are useful as sources for their subject matter, but they also have historic value in how they reflect the development of Drexel's graduate programs and the lives of the students themselves....