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 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 1.8 W. W. Hagerty administration records, 1944-1987, 33 cubic feet

Drexel’s eighth president, William Walsh Hagerty (1916-1986), served from 1963 to 1984.  Trained as an engineer, Dr. Hagerty served as an adviser to NASA and a board member of the National Science Foundation and was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to the board of the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT).  The collection consists primarily of two sets of subject files: one that includes mostly papers that Dr. Hagerty inherited from the previous president, James Creese, and one created by Dr. Hagerty and his staff.  The collection also includes the outgoing correspondence of Dr. Hagerty and his staff, several of Dr. Hagerty’s speeches, and some reports submitted to Dr. Hagerty from leaders of the colleges and divisions of Drexel University.

This collection is partially processed.  A preliminary inventory is available in the archives; contact the archivist at archives@drexel.edu for more information.  Because the collection may contain confidential information, portions are currently restricted pending review by the archivist.

PC 6 Joseph Nelson Hicks collection, 1927-1931, 0.17 cubic feet

Joseph Nelson Hicks, a native of Trenton, New Jersey, graduated from the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry in 1927 with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering.  It is believed that he worked for the John A. Roebling’s Sons Company, which manufactured wire rope and built suspension bridges, on the construction of the St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Oregon, after graduation.  This collection consists of Mr. Hicks’s diploma from Drexel, dated 1927; a black-and-white photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge, dated Christmas 1937, which accompanied the diploma; and an album containing black-and-white photos of the construction of St. Johns Bridge in 1930 and 1931.

This collection is unprocessed.  A preliminary inventory is available in the archives; contact the archivist at archives@drexel.edu for more information.