Drexel
MC 33: William B. Shoe papers
1898-1943
1.0 Linear feet  		William B. Shoe papers

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Table of Contents Scope and content note
This collection contains items relating to the career and life of Drexel alumnus William B. Shoe. The bulk of the collection deals with his business life, with business licenses, blueprints and professional correspondence. There are also a number of photographs related to the launch and construction of his projects. The personal life of Mr. Shoe is primarily represented in his personal narrative, and with the inclusion of some photographs of students taken at the Drexel Institute, though he is not identified in any of these photographs.
Biographical Note
William B. Shoe was an alumnus of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, who enrolled in 1893 and graduated with the Mechanical Arts class of 1896. He went on to work with the United States Navy as an assistant engineer. Mr. Shoe served briefly in the Spanish American War, then as an industrial inspector, a safety engineer, and in aspects of workers compensation insurance in government agencies. He also worked in the commercial and insurance industries, most notably the RCA Victor Company (known as the Victor Talking Machine Company in his time) in Camden, NJ, and the Maryland Casualty Company.

Administrative information
Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.

Provenance
Collection donated by William L. Willis on behalf of Lucy T. Shoe Merritt, daughter of William B. Shoe.

Preferred citation
William B. Shoe papers,, Drexel University Archives.

Additional information
Materials cataloged separately
Two copies of the Eccentric-- from school years 1895 and 1896-- were removed. The collection of matted Drexel Institute photographs are kept in an oversized box.


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Search terms
Subjects
  • Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry--Cooperative Education
  • Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry--Students
  • RCA-Victor Company, inc.

    • Contributors
  • Shoe, William B.
  • Willis, William L.

    • Genre terms
  • Blueprints
  • Correspondence


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    Detailed inventory

    		  Drexel Co-operative System- book cover undated
    		Box 1: Folder 1

    		 Personal narrative 1942
    		Box 1: Folder 2

    		 Copies of correspondence for research use 1907-1942
    		Box 1: Folder 3

    		 Correspondence- original copies 1907-1942
    		Box 1: Folder 4

    		 Business and professional licenses 1902-1909
    		Box 1: Folder 5

    		 Military Records 1898-1943
    		Box 1: Folder 6

    		 Photographs relating to the construction of the boat launch in Kingston, New York 1920
    		Box 1: Folder 7

    		 Matted group photographs taken at boat launch no date
    		Box 1: Folder 8

    		 Blueprints: timber sectional floating dock 1919-1920
    		Box 1: Folder 9

    		 Letter to the Honorable G.N. Holton March 31, 1927
    		Box 1: Folder 10

    		 Telegraph to Dr. Thomas Dunning undated
    		Box 1: Folder 11

    		 Reports on oil fields 1928
    		Box 1: Folder 12

    		 Photographs of Drexel Institute Students undated


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