Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry -- Anniversaries, etc.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Hollis Godfrey, 1914-1926, bulk: 1914 - 1922
Series
Identifier: Series II
Scope and content note
Series 2: Hollis Godfrey, 13 folders, consists of writings by Godfrey, including “The Academic Budget”, correspondence and administrative matters connected with the Office of the Presidency. World War I is represented in letters from Drexel students who were part of the S.A.T.C. (Student Army Training Corps). There are also pamphlets and correspondence on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Drexel from 1916.
Dates:
1914-1926; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1922
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