World War, 1939-1945
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Acceleration of curricula , 1942
File — Box 18: Series Series V; Series Series VI; Series Series VII, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series V
Scope and contents note
Drexel publications, memorandum
Dates:
1942
Dean's list, 1942
File — Box 18: Series Series V; Series Series VI; Series Series VII, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series V
Scope and contents note
reports
Dates:
1942
Engineering, science, and management war training program, 1941-1942
File — Box 18: Series Series V; Series Series VI; Series Series VII, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series V
Scope and contents note
brochure, reports, pamphlets
Dates:
1941-1942
George P. Rea, 1941-1945
Series
Identifier: Series V
Scope and content note
Series 5: George Peters, Rea, 13 folders,The Rea Series is another small series due to the limited time that Rea was President at Drexel. There is a radio address by him, correspondence, interviews, meeting minutes, and academic programs at Drexel. The academic programs include the war effort and its affect on Drexel, such as an acceleration of curricula for the School of Engineering specifically for defense industries. There were also reduced entrance requirements for high...
Dates:
1941-1945
Memorial service ['in honor of the Drexel men who have died in World War II'] , 1945
File — Box 18: Series Series V; Series Series VI; Series Series VII, Folder: 16
Identifier: Series VI
Scope and contents note
program, memoranda, newspaper articles, correspondence
Dates:
1945
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
Robert Disque, 1945
Series
Identifier: Series VI
Scope and content note
Series 6: Disque, 4 folders,This series is small because Disque was the interim President for approximately a year. There are interesting items in this series because he was President during the end of World War II. There was a memorial service to the students who had died in the war. This includes correspondence, a program and memoranda on the event. Grace Godfrey was the Dean of Women at Drexel for many years and she died during Disque’s tenure. There is a memorial to...
Dates:
1945
Unites States Maritime Commission: Drexel Victory, 1945
File — Box 18: Series Series V; Series Series VI; Series Series VII, Folder: 17
Identifier: Series VI
Scope and contents note
photographs, correspondence, annotations, programs
Dates:
1945
War emergency courses June, 1940 to June, 1941 [1], 1940 June - 1941 June
File — Box 17: Series Series IV, Folder: 8
Identifier: Series IV
Scope and contents note
correspondence, pamphlets, reports, questionaires
Dates:
1940 June - 1941 June
War emergency courses June, 1940 to June, 1941 [2], 1940 June - 1941 June
File — Box 17: Series Series IV, Folder: 9
Identifier: Series IV
Scope and contents note
correspondence, telegrams, newspaper articles, memorandum, reports, pamphlets
Dates:
1940 June - 1941 June