UR 4.12 War courses for women collection, circa 1918, 1 folder
During World War I, the Drexel Institute undertook a number of efforts to prepare its graduates to serve the nation in wartime, including initiating programs to prepare women for government jobs. A new major in dietetics, begun in 1918, was the first in the nation to be recognized by the Army Medical Corps as preparation for government service. Likewise, the Secretarial School’s course for women was the first to be considered an official preparatory course for employment as a statistical secretary by the Federal Civil Service Commission. This collection consists of promotional brochures advertising wartime courses for women in dietetics and commerce, as well as posters outlining the courses of study, requirements, and curricula.
This collection is partially processed. A preliminary inventory is available in the archives; contact the archivist at archives@drexel.edu for more information.
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, press releases, match programs, score books, brochures, and photos, photographic negatives, and contact sheets. Materials are currently interfiled chronologically.
This collection is partially processed. A preliminary inventory is available; for more information, contact the archivist atarchives@drexel.edu.
UR 8.1 Drexel Women’s Club records, 1927-1980, 5 cubic feet
The Drexel Women’s Club was founded in 1927 by the wife of Drexel’s president, Kenneth G. Matheson. Membership was opened to female faculty and staff as well as the wives of faculty and administrators. To fulfill its stated purpose of “promot[ing] good fellowship and to further the interests of the Institute in every way possible,” the Women’s Club began to offer student loans, scholarships, and awards. In 1942, the club began to publish the Drexel News Letter, a publication sent to Drexel men serving in the armed forces during World War II, with news about happenings at Drexel and from its readers. The Women’s Club has also sponsored card parties, plays, teas, and other benefit events such as fundraisers for its scholarship and loan funds. Records in the collection include the club’s constitution, financial records, minutes, membership rosters, annual reports, subject files on events sponsored by the Women’s Club, newsletters, and a history of the club written in 1947.
This collection is unprocessed. A preliminary inventory list is available in the archives; contact the archivist at archives@drexel.edu for more information
