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The Drexel University Archives and Special Collections acquires, preserves and makes available records, manuscripts, visual materials, and publications related to the history of Drexel University.  The archives has material related to Drexel’s founders as well as Drexel students, faculty, academic departments, administrative offices, and campus organizations. The special collections house rare books, historical manuscripts, and other materials donated by the patrons of Drexel.

The university archives relies on the Drexel community to preserve its history and heritage.  If you have materials that you would like to see preserved by the archives, please visit the records transfer/donations page for more information.

The archives welcomes those from outside of the Drexel community to use our material.  For information about our policies visit the about us page.  The first time visitors page includes an introduction to archives and guides on using archival material.

Please direct all questions to the university archivist at archives@drexel.edu or 215-895-1757.

November's Spotlight

Veterans Day 2009 - "Scholars Who Served"

Drexel students, faculty and alumni have served in the United States Armed Forces since the earliest days of the Institute in the 1890s. An exhibition of material from the Archives' collections is now on display on the 3rd floor of the Main Building. Can't make it to Main?  See the online version of the exhibition.

Drexel Archives Blog

11/20/09 - Rare Books on Display
On Wednesday afternoon a new exhibition went up in our display cases on the lower level of Hagerty Library and the Archives held an opening reception in honor of the new display. The exhibition titled: It’s (Not) Always On-Line: Reference Materials from the Rare Books Collection. Highlights reference books from the Rare Book Collection.  The materials on [...] >>>

11/11/09 - Collections in process, finding aids coming soon!
In the next few weeks, three of the Archives’ largest unprocessed collections will have new finding aids* online.  Two iSchool graduate students, Laurie Rizzo and Eric Rosenzweig, are processing three of our collections: Evening College records, College of Engineering records, and Library records.  As mentioned in this space earlier this year, this work is possible [...] >>>

11/10/09 - November 18, 2009 exhibition reception at Hagerty
Mark your calendars!  The University Archives will host an opening reception for the new exhibition, It’s [Not] Always Online. Curated by Estelle Markel-Joyet, Archives intern and iSchool student, the exhibition focuses on reference books of the last 500 years.  The reception runs from 4-6 p.m. on the Lower Level of Hagerty Library, 33rd and Market [...] >>>

 

Frequently Asked Questions

What is iDEA?

iDEA is a centralized virtual space to access unique digital resources produced by the Drexel community. Administered by the Drexel Libraries, iDEA is committed to providing permanent open access to the digital works of Drexel University. Examples of works in iDEA include theses and dissertations, presentations, and course projects. If you have questions or would like to submit material to iDEA, please contact archives@drexel.edu.