The collection consists of records from Dr. Godfrey's term as president of Drexel and the years immediately following, including his publications and manuscripts, speeches, and correspondence. The majority of the records are dated 1914-1922, except for a small number of newspaper clippings from later in Dr. Godfrey's career.

The correspondence series shows the contacts and daily administration of the Office of the President during this time period. There is a small amount of correspondence from C. L. Eyanson, Director of the Extension Department of Drexel, about administrative matters. These include arranging Godfrey’s schedule and dealing with individuals outside of Drexel who wanted access to Godfrey’s publications. John S. Pearson, Godfrey’s assistant, is also a frequent correspondent included in the collections. The correspondence includes two essays by Godfrey which were sent to interested individuals. The correspondence series contains letters to and from Godfrey during his term as President of the Drexel Institute. These are often interspersed with typewritten addresses written by Godfrey and others.

There is correspondence from Kenneth G. Matheson from 1922 after he had started as the President of the Drexel Institute while Godfrey was working at the Engineering-Economics Foundation. Godfrey’s obituary printed in the Drexel Triangle from 1936 and newspaper articles of his speaking engagements from 1917 are also in this folder. Glen L. Swiggett, was an employee of the United States Board of Education, and frequently corresponded with the Office of the President on conducting research about schools teaching economics. Clarence Wilson Brazer, a prominent architect in the twentieth century, protested the closure of the architectural school at the Drexel Institute in 1914 in a letter he wrote to Godfrey.

There is also a letter from Godfrey to the Honorable Charlemagne Tower, a trustee of Drexel Institute, in which Godfrey requested small changes in Tower’s written address, given at the Founders’ Day convocation in 1917, along with the address Tower gave. Tower was a trustee of the Drexel Institute.

There is also correspondence which may have been copied by Harriet Worrell at a later date and which ranges from 1914-1922.

The second series primarily consists of writings by Godfrey. These include published articles, speeches, statements before Congress and other types of writing. There are pamphlets entitled the “The Drexel Idea” 1919, “Management Education” 1920, and “The Foreman” 1919. Also in this series are published articles taken from commencement addresses he gave and other talks. The subjects of his writings include Drexel and what it has to offer as an educational institution, the best ways for management to be trained to help industry be more productive, and how the foreman in a factory can be used to fully utilize the goals of the company and help workers be more productive.

The writings on Drexel include his ideas on the mission of Drexel, how the school was organized, the budget, and the changing requirements of being a technical school in a major city. This included the role of both faculty and students in the school.

This series includes a written version of Godfrey’s comments before Congress on War Expenditures in 1919 in which he discussed the First World War and his insight into the world situation. This address included an analysis of Godfrey’s own academic work on finances and management and spending during the war. There are also certificates of copyright for two of Godfrey’s publications from 1932.

Series 3, Research and Correspondence contains a Bibliography of Writings by Hollis Godfrey revised in March of 1959 by Frances Wright, a librarian. There is also correspondence from Julius J. Mussuto on research he was conducting on Godfrey. This series includes correspondence between Frances Wright and librarians from Boston on newspaper articles in the Boston newspapers on Godfrey.

The fourth series is a small series consisting of a chart with the administration of Drexel outlined on it.

This collection contains correspondence, charts, pamphlets, bibliographies, addresses, and transcriptions.