World War, 1939-1945 -- Pennsylvania -- Education and the War
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
General Correspondence, 1891-1958, bulk: 1920 - 1945
Series
Identifier: Series VIII
Scope and content note
Series 8: General Correspondence, 65 foldersThis series includes folders which were from the Office of the President generally without reference to a specific President and those folders which included the papers of multiple Presidents of Drexel. A large section of this series is those folders which were marked “miscellaneous”. These often included a page or two on a specific topic and this had been combined with a few other unrelated items. This series varies greatly but...
Dates:
1891-1958; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1945
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
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