Drexel Institute of Technology -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 12 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
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
Collection on McDonald and Hinton histories of Drexel Institute
Collection
Identifier: MC-00-073
Scope and content note
This collection contains materials related to two histories of Drexel Institute: Edward D. McDonald and Edward M. Hinton, "Drexel Institute of Technology 1891-1941: A memorial history," which was published in 1942; and Edward D. McDonald, Edward M. Hinton, and Margaret S. Hinton, "Drexel Institute of Technology 1891-1966: A Philadelphia story," which apparently was never published. Included are a set of source cards compiled for use in writing the 1942 history, three copies of the...
Dates:
1940-1966
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
Department of Athletics records
Collection — Box 34
Identifier: UR-07-001
Scope and content note
The Department of Athletics Collection is divided into 10 series; Administrative Subject Files, Athlete Name Files, Varsity Club Files, Sports Banquet Files, Press Information, Athletic Conferences, Sports Schedules and Newspaper Clippings, Athlete name files, History of Drexel Athletics Manuscript, Promotional Material. Series are arranged chronologically, except the subject files which are arranged alphabetically. Certain series have subseries which are themselves arranged...
Dates:
1948-2004
Drexelterians: Through the Years scrapbook
Collection — Box 1, Folder: unknown container
Identifier: UR-08-009
Scope and content note
This collection consists of a scrapbook of the Drexelterians, a non-sectarian, Christian student organization. It features officer listings, newspaper clippings from the Triangle newspaper, meeting announcements and event flyers, a calendar of activities, membership cards, booklets from associated Christian organizations, two photographs of unidentified members, and other related ephemera. The information included is from the years 1941-1950 and is spread evenly across these dates.
Dates:
1941-1950
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
James Creese administration records
Collection — Box OV13, oversize: unknown container
Identifier: UR-01-007
Overview
James Creese served as the president of the Drexel Institute from 1945 to 1963. His tenure began with a tremendous influx of students in the post-WWII years and continued to oversee tremendous growth of the Institute, both in the physical expansion of its campus and in the development of its academic programs, especially in engineering and cooperative education. Such extensive development required major capital investments, for which two major fundraising campaigns were undertaken during...
Dates:
1941-1967
John J. Nesbitt, Inc. and family records
Collection
Identifier: MC-00-063
Abstract
Albert J. Nesbitt was the first child of John J. Nesbitt, the founder of John J. Nesbitt, Inc., which manufactured heating and ventilating units for schools in the early twentieth century. In 1941, Albert became the president of the company after his father's death. The company continued producing heating and cooling elements for schools. During World War II, the company devoted their facilities to produce munitions for the Philadelphia Ordinance District for which they were awarded four...
Dates:
1910s-1970s
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