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Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Faculty

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Albert P. Brubaker M.D., physiology and hygiene, standing next to a desk, circa 1897

 File — Box 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of photographs of instructors, students, and classrooms in the Department of Domestic Science and Arts. Also included are photos taken in Wissahickon Creek and three team pictures from the women's basketball team. Identified faculty and students in the collection include: Albert P. Brubaker, Ellen Morris, Katherine J. Coolidge, Helen M. Spring, Anna Anthony, Maude G. Hopkins.

Dates: circa 1897
Found in: Drexel University Archives / PC-00-002, Ellen (Rushmore) McKeon photograph collection / Photographs

Board of Trustees Committee on Instruction minutes book

 Collection — Box SA1
Identifier: UR-02-005
Scope and content note

This collection includes one bound notebook of the minutes of the Drexel Institute Board of Trustees Committee on Instruction. The minutes were compiled by the committee's secretary, Addison B. Burk. Other committee members mentioned include Dr. Howe, Mr. Steele, Mr. Banes, and Dr. MacAlister (president). The main topic noted in these entries is the hiring of new instructors and their salaries. The volume contains five pages of text, plus three loose sheets inserted.

Dates: 1892-1894
Found in: Drexel University Archives / Board of Trustees Committee on Instruction minutes book

Drexel Institute instructor Miss Katherine J. Coolidge writing at a desk, circa 1897

 File — Box 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection consists of photographs of instructors, students, and classrooms in the Department of Domestic Science and Arts. Also included are photos taken in Wissahickon Creek and three team pictures from the women's basketball team. Identified faculty and students in the collection include: Albert P. Brubaker, Ellen Morris, Katherine J. Coolidge, Helen M. Spring, Anna Anthony, Maude G. Hopkins.

Dates: circa 1897
Found in: Drexel University Archives / PC-00-002, Ellen (Rushmore) McKeon photograph collection / Photographs

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
Found in: Drexel University Archives / UR-01-005, Office of the President records

Group of unidentified faculty , 1910

 Item
Identifier: Subseries H
Scope and Contents note From the Series:

This series is arranged into subseries by department: art, domestic science and arts, engineering and science, library school, mechanic arts, secretarial, physical education, and unidentified. The bulk of the photos are from 1903-1904 and 1914-1915. Domestic science is the predominant subject. Folders are arranged chronologically within subseries; folders marked with prefix OV are located in box 2.

Dates: 1910
Found in: Drexel University Archives / PC-00-003, Early photographs of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry / Academic program photographs / No department/unidentified / No department, Faculty

Hollis Godfrey, 1914-1926, bulk: 1914 - 1922

 Series
Identifier: Series II
Scope and content note

Series 2: Hollis Godfrey, 13 folders, consists of writings by Godfrey, including “The Academic Budget”, correspondence and administrative matters connected with the Office of the Presidency. World War I is represented in letters from Drexel students who were part of the S.A.T.C. (Student Army Training Corps). There are also pamphlets and correspondence on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Drexel from 1916.

Dates: 1914-1926; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1922
Found in: Drexel University Archives / UR-01-005, Office of the President records

Hollis Godfrey administration records

 Collection
Identifier: UR-01-002
Overview Hollis Godfrey (1987-1936) served as president of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry from 1913 to 1921. He was educated as an engineer at Tufts, Harvard, and MIT, where he also taught. While living in Boston he was an administrator at the School of Practical Arts in Boston. He came to Drexel in 1913 and was the President until 1921. This collection contains correspondence, speeches, and research done on Godfrey in 1959. There is also a functionalization chart on the...
Dates: 1913-1961; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1922
Found in: Drexel University Archives / Hollis Godfrey administration records

Howard Pyle collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-00-004
Scope and content note This collection contains correspondence and pamphlets documenting Howard Pyle's time as an instructor in the school of illustration at Drexel. It also includes publications and other printed matter written about Pyle after his death in 1911. Items in the Howard Pyle collection were found among unrelated records in the archives. Portions of the collection have been annotated by Harriet Worrell, a Drexel alumna and employee who was actively involved in researching and documenting the...
Dates: 1894-1940
Found in: Drexel University Archives / Howard Pyle collection

Kenneth G. Matheson administration records

 Collection
Identifier: UR-01-003
Overview This collection contains the files of Kenneth G. Matheson, president of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry from 1922 to 1931. As he took office, Matheson and the Institute faced many challenges, including financial difficulties, decreasing enrollments, outdated facilities, and a generally dissatisfied university community. The files contain correspondence with faculty, parents and students which documents the numerous, positive changes Matheson helped to initiate during his...
Dates: 1921-1932
Found in: Drexel University Archives / Kenneth G. Matheson administration records

Miss Anna O. Anthony, Assistant, and Miss Maude G. Hopkins, Director, in a office surrounded by flowers. , circa 1897

 File — Box 1, Folder: 8
Scope and content note

Miss Annie O. Anthony, Assistant, and Miss Maude G. Hopkins, Director

Dates: circa 1897
Found in: Drexel University Archives / PC-00-002, Ellen (Rushmore) McKeon photograph collection / Photographs

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