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Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Board of Trustees records
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-1990-013
Overview
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) is a natural history museum which was founded in 1812, “for the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning.” The ANSP Board of Trustees, was established in 1925, as one of the institution’s primary administrative bodies. The Board of Trustees was charged with establishing financial policies, selecting the Academy President, assisting with fund raising and community relations, and serving as a...
Dates:
1925 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1989
ANSP Treasurer Reports
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0605
Overview
This collection contains the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Treasurers' reports and other financial documents. Annual reports, appropriation documents, a budget report, two building fund reports, minutes, correspondence, one Treasurer's final account and a Trustees lease are included from the timeperiod of 1815 through 1927. The largest portion of the collection consists of Treasurers' annual reports. The financial documents in this collection provide a unique view into the...
Dates:
1815-1927
College of Engineering records
Collection
Identifier: UR-04-007
Overview
The College of Engineering is among the oldest colleges at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since its establishment in 1914, it has achieved many firsts. In 1915, it became the first school at Drexel permitted to grant a four-year degree; in 1919, it was the first to implement a cooperative education program, placing students in business, industrial and professional assignments as a component of their education; and, later, in 1925, it was the first to extend the cooperative...
Dates:
1930 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1973
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
Evening College records
Collection
Identifier: UR-04-002
Overview
The Drexel Evening College was founded in 1891, as the Department of Lectures and Evening Classes within the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, and held its first classes in 1892. A program of study geared towards working adults, it offered courses in drawing, decorative painting, modeling, woodcarving, stained glass, mathematics, bookkeeping, stenography and typewriting, chemistry, physics, shop work in wood and iron, cookery, dressmaking, millinery, physical culture,...
Dates:
1921 - 1993; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1988
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
Library records
Collection
Identifier: UR-05-002
Overview
The Library records contains documentation of the Drexel University Library from its creation in 1891 to 2003. Drexel University Library has been housed in three different buildings; the Main Building (1891-1958), the Korman Center (1959-1982) and W.W. Hagerty Library (1983-2010). The library was also responsible for running the library school until 1962, with the exception of the years 1914 to 1922 when the library school was suspended. The documents in this collection constitute a record...
Dates:
1891-2013
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
President's Office and Administrative Records
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0990
Overview
The oldest natural science research institution and museum in the Americas, the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (ANSP) was founded in 1812 "for the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, and the advancement of useful learning." Since the founding of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, there have been twenty-eight presidents and five acting presidents. From 1937 to 1995, there were four presidents and one acting president who left their administrations well...
Dates:
1907-2003; Majority of material found within 1939-1993
Samuel Gibson Dixon papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0241
Scope and Contents
The Samuel Gibson Dixon Papers include correspondence from, to, or copied to Samuel Gibson Dixon, who was President of the Academy of Natural Sciences from 1891-1918. A large chunk of this correspondence pertains to the discussion of renovations being made to the Academy building, most particularly building a new library, and the collection includes continuous conversation between Dixon, The Snead & Co. Iron Works, the Otis Elevator Company, Wilson, Harris & Richards (architects),...
Dates:
1892-1918
George A. Hay collection of administrative files of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Collection
Identifier: WM-293-b
Overview
From 1925 to 1970, the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMC) underwent significant change, adapting to both survive and prosper in a transforming society. Administrative change was brought about and explored to spark institutional growth and/or to mollify financial stress. Among the more significant events in the College’s history was the 1930 move to new and larger facilities in East Falls, and an administrative reorganization in 1942. In the 1940s and 1960s, WMC also explored...
Dates:
1890 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1965
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