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Drexel Institute of Technology -- Faculty

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Academics photographs

 Collection
Identifier: PC-00-011
Abstract

This collection consists of photographs of Drexel University academic departments or programs and related colleges, locations, and other subjects.

Dates: circa 1910-1994; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1991
Found in: Drexel University Archives / Academics photographs

J. Theodore Peters correspondence

 Collection — Box SA2
Identifier: MC-00-019
Scope and content note

This collection consists of one folder of incoming and outgoing (carbon copy) correspondence of J. Theodore Peters, Assistant Professor of Physics. The papers include both internal Drexel memoranda and external correspondence, particularly with suppliers of scientific equipment.

Dates: 1959-1964
Found in: Drexel University Archives / J. Theodore Peters correspondence

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
Found in: Drexel University Archives / James Creese administration records

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
Found in: Drexel University Archives / Office of the President records

Parke R. Kolbe, 1899-1942, bulk: 1932 - 1942

 Series
Identifier: Series IV
Scope and content note Series 4: Kolbe, Parke R. 200 Folders This is the largest series in the collection. There is material on the Athletic Departments of Drexel during Kolbe’s tenure including budgets, data from local colleges athletic departments during the 1930’s, and a study from 1931 on athletic departments within the Middle Atlantic region correspondence with the Board of Trustee Committee on Athletics, reports on the responsibilities for the Athletic Departments of various universities, correspondence and...
Dates: 1899-1942; Majority of material found within 1932 - 1942
Found in: Drexel University Archives / UR-01-005, Office of the President records

Parke R. Kolbe administration records

 Collection
Identifier: UR-01-004
Abstract Parke Rexford Kolbe, the Drexel Institute's fourth president, served from 1932 to 1942. Before coming to Drexel, Dr. Kolbe was president of the University of Akron from 1913 to 1925 and of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn from 1925 to 1932. As Drexel's president, Dr. Kolbe presided over the decentralization of Drexel's administration and the development of educational programs to support national defense as the threat of U.S. involvement in World War II loomed. The bulk of the...
Dates: 1931-1941
Found in: Drexel University Archives / Parke R. Kolbe administration records

Richard E. Woodring gradebooks

 Collection
Identifier: UR-04-033
Scope and content note

This collection includes 18 grade books for courses taught by Dr. Richard E. Woodring at the Drexel Institute of Technology's School of Civil Engineering, from the 1956 summer quarter until the winter quarter of 1962. Recorded are student rosters, grades, and attendance lists. The books are arranged in chronological order, as they had originally been organized by Dr. Woodring.

Dates: 1956-1962
Found in: Drexel University Archives / Richard E. Woodring gradebooks

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