Drexel University -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Academic Council records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UR-03-001
Overview
The Academic Council was established by President James Creese in 1960 to coordinate university-wide academic policies. This collection consists of the meeting minutes of the council from its founding in 1960 through 1967, as well as supplemental items such as agendas, correspondence, notes, and aggregate statistics about the student body. The material is arranged chronologically.
Dates:
1960 - 1967
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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Academic Council records
Assistant Director of Women's Physical Education records
Collection
Identifier: UR-07-026
Scope and content note
This collection consists of administrative files compiled by Ms. McClellan on student affairs and management. Records include brochures on continuous quality improvement (CQI) and diversity, records of student life committees including Ms. McClellan's meeting notes, and files on student health insurance.
Dates:
1991-1994
Assistant to the President patent records
Collection
Identifier: UR-01-012
Scope and content note
This collection consists of administrative files relating to both patents and the Patent Advisory Committee. It also contains a series of files on individual patent applications where ownership was considered by the Patent Advisory Committee. Files were created by the following: Carl Gatlin, vice president for academic affairs, 1965-1969; S. Herbert Raynes, assistant vice president for academic affairs, 1966-1970, and later assistant to the president, 1970-1974; and M. Jerry Kenig, assistant...
Dates:
1966-1982
Belver Griffith papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-00-006
Scope and Contents
The Belver Griffith papers shed much light on the acclaimed professor’s scholarly activities from the 1960s until the late 1980s, including his work at Drexel University. The majority of the collection consists of Dr. Griffith's correspondence with collaborators and scholars studying scientific communication and information science, and date primarily from the 1970s and 1980s. Included with these correspondences are drafts and edited manuscripts that Griffith co-authored. Notations suggest...
Dates:
1962-1989
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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Belver Griffith papers
Bennett S. LeBow College of Business records
Collection
Identifier: UR-04-011
Scope and Contents note
The bulk of this collection consists of an application for accreditation by the American Assembly of Collegiate schools of Business from 1966, as well as reports prepared for reaccreditation in 1986. It also includes annual reports from the dean to Drexel's president from 1978 to 1981; a strategic plan from the 1980s; a report on the founding of the PhD program; and MBA and PhD curricular materials. Also included is a box of LeBow ephemera from 2005, and a box of the time capsule contents...
Dates:
1934-2012
Board of Trustees and Executive Committee records
Collection
Identifier: UR-02-001
Scope and Contents
This collection consists chiefly of the minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees, the Board of Managers, and the Executive Committee from 1891 to 1995. It is divided into four series:
(1896-1915).Series I, Meeting Minutes (1891-2007), contains brief written records of events that took place during the Board of Trustees, and their subcommittees, meetings is divided into four subseries. Subseries I A, The Board of Trustees (1891-1996), contains...
Dates:
1891-2015
Charles Morscheck papers
Collection
Identifier: UR-04-030
Scope and content note
The Charles Morscheck papers are divided into five series across 12 boxes; Subject files, Name files, Faculty Senate files, Law School files and General Correspondence. These series cover the dates of 1977 to 2008, with the bulk of the material available from 1995 to 2005. Series are arranged alphabetically, with homogenous subjects arranged chronologically. Items within individual folders are arranged chronologically whenever possible. All materials originate from the office of Dr. Charles...
Dates:
1979-2008; Majority of material found within 1995 - 1997
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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Charles Morscheck papers
Clubs and organizations photographs
Item
Identifier: PC-00-012
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs of members of Drexel University clubs and organizations.
Dates:
1935-2000
College of Engineering records
Collection
Identifier: UR-04-007
Overview
The College of Engineering is among the oldest colleges at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since its establishment in 1914, it has achieved many firsts. In 1915, it became the first school at Drexel permitted to grant a four-year degree; in 1919, it was the first to implement a cooperative education program, placing students in business, industrial and professional assignments as a component of their education; and, later, in 1925, it was the first to extend the cooperative...
Dates:
1930 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1973
College of Information Science and Technology records
Collection
Identifier: UR-04-010
Abstract
The records of the College of Information Science and Technology (iSchool or IST) contain documentation of various aspects of the college which include accreditation, administrative activities, curriculum development, grants, university, faculty, and student governance, publications, media and public relations, and strategic planning. The materials date from 1892-2004, with the bulk of the records from the 1950s through the 2000s. Materials are largely in paper format comprising annual...
Dates:
1892-2007; Majority of material found within 1950 - 2002