Overview

This collection consists of photographs, proof sheets, zip disks and CDs of pictures taken for the Lexerd yearbook. The date range is from 1962 to 2007, but the bulk of the items are from 1999 to 2007. Some of the photographs in this collection can also be found in the Lexerd yearbooks. Subjects of the photographs include athletics, views of the city and campus, Drexel events, faculty and academic departments, fraternities and sororities, and student organizations.

Abstract The Track and Field squad was among the first competitive sports teams formed at Drexel University in 1898, as part of the Department of Athletics. As early as 1911, the team competed at the Penn Relays, the oldest track and field competition in the United States. At the height of the program in the mid 1990s, there were six active track and field teams, which included both indoor and outdoor track and field teams for men and women, and men’s and women’s cross country teams. The teams were...