Drexel University -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
Office of the President records
Collection
Identifier: UR-01-011
Abstract
Four presidents of Drexel University are represented in the collection: James Creese (1896-1966, president 1945-1963), William Walsh Hagerty (1916-1986, president 1963-1984), William Samuel Gaither (b. 1932, president 1984-1987), and Richard Breslin (b. 1937 or 1938, president 1988-1994). This collection consists of subject files, reports, and other materials compiled by the staff of the Office of the President between 1950 and 1989, overlapping the terms of several presidents....
Dates:
1950-1989
Richard D. Breslin administration records
Collection
Identifier: UR-01-010
Overview
This collection consists chiefly of subject files on administrative, academic, and financial topics compiled during the term of Drexel president Richard D. Breslin. The collection also contains material relating to his inauguration as president, his personal files, speeches, and the implementation of his Strategic Plan. The bulk of the collection covers 1988-1994, the time span Dr. Breslin was in office, but there are many earlier files dating from William S. Gaither's term as president...
Dates:
1966-1996
William S. Gaither administration records
Collection — Box 2
Identifier: UR-01-009
Overview
This collection consists chiefly of a set of subject files on organizations, university offices and departments, special projects, and administrative topics compiled by Drexel's ninth president, William S. Gaither. The collection also contains a record of Dr. Gaither's outgoing correspondence from June 1984 to December 1986 and a box of certificates presented to him at his inauguration held in 1985. The collection contains correspondence, memorandum, speeches, reports, memos, drafts,...
Dates:
1981-1987