PC 16, E. Lee Goldsborough photographs of Tidewater Granary fire, 1956, 47 items
The collection contains forty-seven photographs of the aftermath of the Tidewater Granary elevator explosion in March, 1956. The photographs show firemen working, damaged buildings, rubble, and several surrounding buildings still intact. One of the four surrounding buildings affected by the blast was Drexel’s Student Union Building, which was holding classes for the Evening College at the time of the grain elevator explosion. read more >>>
MC 46 Jacqueline C. Mancall papers, 1974-2003, 6 cubic feet
The Jacqueline C. Mancall papers consist primarily of speeches, publications, conference materials, and grant records projects from the career of a Drexel information science professor. read more >>>
UR 10.3 Buildings and campus reference collection, 1929-2002, 1 linear foot
This collection consists of vertical subject files on organizations, groups, and topics related to Drexel University. Files may contain clippings, press releases, brochures, or other materials. This is an artificial collection assembled and maintained by the Drexel University Archives.
This collection consists of recordings of Drexel University Television productions. most items are VHS tapes. This collection is partially processed. A preliminary inventory is available in the archives; contact the Archives for more information.
UR 7.25, Director of Men’s Physical Education and Intercollegiate Athletics records, 1969-1991, 1 cubic foot
Director of Men’s Physical Education and Intercollegiate Athletics John Semanik led the men’s athletics program from his appointment as director of athletics and business manager in 1962 until his retirement in 1991. Born in Philadelphia in 1930, Mr. Semanik graduated from Drexel in 1956 with a B.S. in business administration. read more >>>
UR 1.12 Assistant to the President patent records, 1966-1982, 2 Cubic feet
This collection consists of administrative files relating to both patents and the Patent Advisory Committee. It also contains a series of files on individual patent applications where ownership was considered by the Patent Advisory Committee. read more >>>
MC 41 Mary S. Irick Drexel scrapbook, 1917-1956, 1 volume
This scrapbook contains news clippings describing Mary S. Irick Drexel’s work as the Chairman of the Bureau of Canteen Service of the Pennsylvania-Delaware Division of the American Red Cross during World War I. read more >>>
MC 9 Rosalind Schulman papers, 1974-1978, 1 cubic foot
Rosalind Schulman was a professor of economics in Drexel’s College of Business Administration from 1965 to 1979. Before earning a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1964, she spent twenty years as national research director for the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America. read more >>>
MC 8 Bohdan T. Hnatiuk papers, 1963-1998, 2.33 cubic feet
Bohdan Taras Hnatiuk was a member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics from 1960 until 1995. He was born in the Ukraine in 1915; earned his doctorate in engineering from the Technical University in Danzig, Germany, in 1945; and emigrated to the U.S. in 1949. Before coming to Drexel he taught at the University of Notre Dame from 1951 to 1957 and at West Virginia University from 1957 to 1960. read more >>>
MC 6 Belver Griffith papers, 1969-1986, 1 cubic foot
Belver Griffith was a professor at Drexel’s College of Information Studies from 1962 until his death in 1999. He was widely known in the field of information studies for his work on scholarly communication in the sciences, bibliometrics, and citation analysis. The Belver Griffith papers consist primarily of his correspondence with scholars studying scientific communication and information science, chiefly during the 1970s and 1980s. read more >>>
MC 35 Manuscript and printed leaves from books, 1115-1769, 1 cubic foot
Twenty-four individual leaves representing the history of books from early manuscript leaves on vellum to printed texts on biblical, legal and natural history subjects. read more >>>
MC 13 Genevieve A. Shryock notebooks, 1910-1911, 6 volumes
The notebooks of library school student Genevieve Shryock contain class notes, class schedules, copies of exams and other examples of her academic work, as well as a few photographs.
UR 7.3, Men’s Basketball records, 1895-2001, 3.33 cubic feet
The collection contains a large series of newspaper clippings related to men’s basketball dating from 1953 to 1988; game and player statistics dating as early as 1895 through 1990; series containing media guides, game programs, calendars, and other printed ephemera; and a small set of slides from circa 1997. read more >>>
MC 43 Kathryn Musser Smith collection, 1914-1966, .25 linear feet
This collection contains the papers of Kathryn Musser Smith, 1916 graduate of the Drexel Institute. The collection which ranges from 1914-1966 consists of ephemera generated during Smith’s tenure as a student and includes commencement programs, dance cards, class schedules and correspondence. read more >>>
MC 4 Howard Pyle collection, 1894-1940, .25 linear feet
Howard Pyle, noted American illustrator, was an art instructor who headed the Drexel Institute’s School of Illustration from 1894 to 1900. This collection contains correspondence and pamphlets documenting Howard Pyle’s time as an instructor in the school of illustration at Drexel. read more >>>
UR 3.15 Inventory of buildings, furnishings, and items, 1921-1922, 0.5 cubic feet
This collection consists of an inventory of buildings, furnishings and items in the Main building, East Hall (now Randell Hall), North 33rd Hall, and Powelton Hall. The inventory was conducted between 1921-1922 and consists of 3×5 index cards arranged by floor/room number. read more >>>
