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Biographical Reference File
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-1017
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of reference files assembled by Library and Archives staff beginning in the 1980s documenting the activities of persons directly associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences and with the study of the natural world more generally. This includes early Academy members, staff, trustees, volunteers, donors, and others associated with the Academy and its specimen collections and environmental research. The collection provides background information often found in secondary...
Dates:
circa 1915-2024
Eleanor Reeves scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: unknown container
Identifier: MC-00-034
Scope and contents note
The collection consists of Eleanor Edmunds Reeves’s scrapbook, which dates approximately from 1930-1934. Ms. Reeves attended the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry during those years. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, which document various Drexel sporting and social events, and ephemera such as train tickets, advertisements, and registration cards. The scrapbook also includes correspondence from several “Little Sisters” (incoming freshmen) who were...
Dates:
1931-1934
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
Frank Thomson papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-00-002
Abstract
Frank Thomson (1841-1899) was a senior administrator of the Pennsylvania Railroad and served as its president from 1897 to 1899. This collection documents his career on the railroad, beginning with his service with the United States Military Railroads in the South during the Civil War, detailing an official state visit by the Russian Grand Duke Alexis, and ending with his promotion to president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and his death in 1899. Records include Mr. Thomson’s personal and...
Dates:
1826-1915; Majority of material found within 1863 - 1899
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
Library School scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: UR-04-026
Overview
This collection consists of seven scrapbooks that document the curriculum and operations of Drexel's Library School between the years of 1891-1914.
Dates:
1891-1914
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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