Bibliography of Drexel University history

General | Academics | Athletics | Faculty and students | Architecture

General Drexel University history

The Centennial Video.  Philadelphia: Drexel University, 1991.  Videorecording.  [Electronic resource]

Creese, James.  A.J. Drexel and His Industrial University.  New York: Newcomen Society of England, 1949.

Going National: The Drexel Microcomputing Project.  Philadelphia: Drexel University, 1985.  Videorecording.  [Electronic resource]

Kotzin, Miriam N.  A History of Drexel University: 1941-1963.  Philadelphia: Drexel University, 1983.

McDonald, Edward, and Edward M. Hinton.  Drexel Institute of Technology, 1891-1941.  Philadelphia: Drexel Institute, 1942.

Papadakis, Constantine.  “A University with a Difference: The Unique Vision of Anthony J. Drexel.” Address delivered to the Newcomen Society of the United States, Philadelphia, Pa., December 6, 2001.  [Electronic resource]

Paul, David A.  “When the Pot Boils: The Decline and Turnaround of Drexel University.”  Ph.D. diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2004.

Academics

Flood, Barbara.  "Drexel's Information Science M.S. Degree Program, 1963-1971: An Insider's Recollections."  Journal of the American Society for Information Science 51, no. 12 (2000): 1137-1148.

Garrison, Guy.  “A Century of Library Education at Drexel University: Vignettes of Growth and Change (1992).”  Unpublished manuscript, Faculty Author Collection, Drexel University Archives.  [Electronic resource]

Garrison, Guy.  “Alice B. Kroeger and the Origins of the College of Information Studies (1988).”  Unpublished manuscript, Faculty Author Collection. Drexel University Archives.

Janick, Stephen. "Pearlstein Center Inspires a Look at College of Business' Long History." Library News 3, no. 7 (July 2002).  [Electronic resource]

Montgomery, George.  "Establishing Drexel's Evening College: A Tribute to Kenneth W. Riddle (1963)."  Unpublished manuscript, Faculty Author Collection.  Drexel University Archives.

Nehlig, Mary E.  "The History and Development of the Drexel Institute Library School, 1892-1914."  Master’s thesis, Drexel Institute of Technology, 1952.

Athletics

“Football at Drexel.”  Unpublished manuscript, Football Records. Drexel University Archives.

Janick, Stephen. "The Origins of the Drexel Dragon." Library News 1, no. 8 (November 2000).  [Electronic resource]

Thayer, William.  Drexel Lacrosse: A History of the Heart. Philadelphia, Drexel University, 2004.  [Electronic edition]

Faculty and students

Janick, Stephen. "Drexel's 'Illustrious' Beginning -- The Contributions of Howard Pyle." Library News 1, no. 2 (April 2000).  [Electronic resource]

Janick, Stephen. "N. Joseph Woodland -- Inventor of Bar Code and Drexel Grad." Library News 1, no. 3 (May 2000).  [Electronic resource]

Martin, Kevin.  "Booker T. Washington, Sidney Pittman, and the Drexel Institute." Unpublished manuscript, Drexel University Archives (2005). [Electronic Resource]

Architecture

Thomas, George E.  Drexel University: An Architectural History of the Main Building, 1891-1991.  Philadelphia: Drexel University Office of University Relations and Department of Architecture, 1991.  [Electronic edition]