Secretarial school photographs

Business education at Drexel began with the opening of the Institute in 1892.  The original business department aimed to prepare men and women for employment as clerks, bookkeepers, and secretaries.  Business education was divided by gender, with a two-year course geared toward men and a one-year course in stenography and typewriting designed for women.  Hollis Godfrey, apparently intending to restructure the department specifically for women, established the secretarial school in 1914.  In 1922, the secretarial school was retitled the School of Business Administration and, for the first time, offered programs that led to a bachelor of science degree. 

For access to high-quality versions of these images or other materials related to the secretarial and business schools at Drexel, please contact the university archives at archives@drexel.edu.

	Secretarial class [circa 1915]
	Typewriting room [circa 1915]
	[Accounting class] [no date]
	[Typewriting class] [no date]