Drexel Institute of Technology -- Students
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 15 Collections and/or 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
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
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
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Phi Sigma Kappa records
Pi Kappa Phi records
Collection
Identifier: UR-13-001
Scope and content note
This collection consists of records of the Alpha Upsilon chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, also known as Pi Kapp. This is an artificial collection, consisting of material donated by Drexel Pi Kapp alumni. Currently, the collection consists of show programs, sheet music and lyrics, photographs and a scrapbook. The scrapbook covers the early days of the Kappa Sigma Delta fraternity, founded at Drexel in 1919, through its affiliation with the national Pi Kappa Phi fraternity in 1933....
Dates:
1928-circa 2004; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1969
Found in:
Drexel University Archives
/
Pi Kappa Phi records
Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA) records
Collection
Identifier: UR-06-022
Scope and content note
The collection contains nine boxes of records related to the Undergraduate Student Government Association (USGA) covering the period 1963-2008. The collection contains primarily meeting minutes, reports, correspondence and subject files. The collection consists of eight series: Meeting Minutes and Agendas, Committee Meeting Minutes and Agendas, Photographs, Reports and Subject Files, Senator and Officer Records, Constitutional Files, Faculty Senate and Board of Trustees (restricted).
Dates:
1963-2008