Home economics -- Study and teaching
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Academics photographs
Collection
Identifier: PC-00-011
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs of Drexel University academic departments or programs and related colleges, locations, and other subjects.
Dates:
circa 1910-1994; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1991
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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Academics photographs
Administrative and academic manuals collection
Collection
Identifier: UR-03-031
Overview
This collection consists of administrative and academic manuals assembled by University Archives staff because they were not already part of a collection, and because together they can provide insight into specific aspects of Drexel’s history. Additional manuals which fit the scope of this collection may be added in the future. The manuals include thesis manuals for graduate students completing theses and dissertations, laboratory manuals written by Drexel faculty for Drexel...
Dates:
1897-2004
Anna Margaret White Powell papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-00-105
Content Description
This collection contains Anna Margaret White Powell's papers from her time as a student at Drexel from 1929 to 1933, as well as items she accumulated as an alumna and as a member of the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. Powell’s papers include class notes and coursework reflecting several subjects, ephemera from Drexel social events, correspondence, fashion magazines and pattern books, and Sigma Sigma Sigma newsletters. Though this collection is small in size, it's a cross-section of...
Dates:
1925 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1929 - 1944
Early photographs of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry
Collection
Identifier: PC-00-003
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry from 1891 to 1936. It includes photographs of the exterior and interior of the Main Building, men’s and women’s athletic teams, and students from various academic departments.
Dates:
1885-1936; Majority of material found within 1891 - 1915
Elizabeth Sutton Jelley papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MC-00-113
Content Description
The collection includes Elizabeth Sutton Jelley's course grades from both undergraduate and graduate quarters at the Drexel Institute, three 20x24-inch hand drawn and lettered course projects (a diagram of a home and gardens, a diagram of a living room, and a chart of colors used for interior decorating), a photocopy of her 1931 diploma, the August 1936 Drexel Institute Bulletin on "Professional College Education for Women," and course work and notes from Home Economics 614 (Nutrition and...
Dates:
1928-1947
Hilda Stuart Wood Jacobs papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC-00-017
Scope and content note
The Hilda Stuart Wood collection consists of cookbooks, a notebook, and a few photographs, ranging from 1885-1937. The eight published cookbooks contain Wood's handwritten notes and loose papers. Annotations on a few of the recipe cards refer to the collection as having belonged to previous generations, leaving the impression that the cookbooks have been passed down through the family. There is no information of a personal nature about Hilda Stuart Wood to be found within the collection. ...
Dates:
1885-1937
James Creese administration records
Collection — Box OV13, oversize: unknown container
Identifier: UR-01-007
Overview
James Creese served as the president of the Drexel Institute from 1945 to 1963. His tenure began with a tremendous influx of students in the post-WWII years and continued to oversee tremendous growth of the Institute, both in the physical expansion of its campus and in the development of its academic programs, especially in engineering and cooperative education. Such extensive development required major capital investments, for which two major fundraising campaigns were undertaken during...
Dates:
1941-1967
Office of the President records
Collection
Identifier: UR-01-005
Overview
This collection consists of subject files created by the Office of the President during the tenures of the first six presidents of the Drexel Institute: James MacAlister (1840-1913, president 1891-1913), Hollis Godfrey (1874-1936, president 1914-1921), Kenneth Matheson (1864-1931, president 1921-1932), Parke R. Kolbe (1881-1942, president 1932-1942), George P. Rea (1894-1978, president 1942-1944), and James Creese (1896-1966, president 1945-1963), as well as during the interim presidency of...
Dates:
1891-1965; Majority of material found within 1913 - 1954