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Drexel Institute of Technology -- Students

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 12 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

Alpha Sigma Alpha records

 Collection
Identifier: UR-13-009
Scope and content note

This collection documents the activity of the Nu Nu chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority. The most substantial records include scrapbooks and scrapbook pages from 1958-1982 which depict rush events, initiation celebrations, philanthropic events, and mixers. Other records include administrative documents which contain a copy of the Alpha Sigma Alpha constitution, chapter awards and membership certificates, chapter cookbook, a paddle, and two wood plaques.

Dates: 1958-2010

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

E. Wilkins Reeve chemistry lab notebook

 Collection — Box SA2
Identifier: MC-00-075
Scope and Contents

This collections consists of a chemistry laboratory notebook kept by Drexel student E. Wilkins Reeve.

Dates: 1934-1937

Events photographs

 Collection
Identifier: PC-00-008
Abstract

This collection consists of photographs of Drexel University campus and organizations' events.

Dates: 1909-2005

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

Nicholas Reitter III memorabilia

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MC-00-099
Content Description

The collection includes thirteen captioned photos of Alpha Phi Omega fraternity parties and other events at Drexel, 1961-1964; two issues of Dragon Tales, newsletter of the Alpha Phi Omega's Zeta Theta chapter, 1964-1965; one issue of Torch and Trefoil, Alpha Phi Omega's national magazine, 1964; a Drexel homecoming tour guide information sheet, 1964; and other items.

Dates: 1961-2002; Majority of material found within 1961-1965

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

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

Phi Sigma Kappa records

 Collection
Identifier: UR-13-007
Overview The Phi Sigma Kappa records provide evidence of various events and activities of the fraternity from the 1960s to 2004. The bulk of the items are from the 1960s and were donated by Charles A. Ruhl, former fraternity officer. The collection documents various aspects of the fraternity during the 1960s which include social events, governance, and publications. The collection includes a number of items from Delta Kappa Rho, a local Drexel fraternity that later joined Phi Sigma Kappa. Also...
Dates: 1956-2004