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 Streets.

Next time you’re in Main, be sure to step up to the third floor to see the University Archives’ newest exhibition,  Scholars who Served: a History of Drexel’s Veterans. The exhibition runs for one week only, November 9-13, and features photographs, news clippings, brochures, and letters that illustrate Drexel’s long history of participation in the United States Armed Forces.

Veterans Day Exhibition Poster

This week is Banned Books Week! A new exhibition titled,

“Banned Books, Banished Writers and Historic Bonfires:

Tales from the Rare Book Collection”

is currently on display on the lower level of Hagerty Library. The collection of books featured are from Drexel’s Special Collection and chronicles several significant events in the early history of book censorship.

An Opening Reception for the Exhibition is tomorrow,

Wednesday, September 30th from 4 to 6 p.m.

The event is open to all and includes complimentary refreshments.

Constantine Papadakis (1946-2009) served as president of Drexel University from Aug. 1, 1995, until his death on April 5, 2009.  He presided over Drexel’s growth into the realms of medicine and law, doubled undergraduate enrollment, and increased the endowment from $90 million to $650 million.

~Shaun Kirkpatrick

Constantine Papadakis

Friday will be the last day for you to see the exhibition The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel.  Come downstairs in Hagerty and check it out, a new exhibition begins on Monday!

Join us for a reception TODAY from 4 to 6 p.m in W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets) on the lower.  It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.

Join us tomorrow, September 23rd, for a reception for the exhibition “The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel“, curated by Shaun Kirtpartrick. This exhibit highlights some of the many images and items the Drexel Archives holds from the terms of the university’s past leaders.

The reception will be held in W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets) on the lower level of Hagerty Library.  It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.

Richard David Breslin (b. 1937/38) served as president of Drexel University from Sept. 1, 1988, until 1994, including its centennial year of 1991.

~Shaun Kirkpatrick

Richard Breslin

The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel, a exhibition of notable documents and photographs are on display downstairs in Hagerty.

Join us for a reception for this exhibition on Wednesday September 23rd from 4 to 6 p.m in W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets) on the lower.  It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.

The reception for the exhibition, “The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel,” currently on display in the W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets).

The reception will be on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, from 4 to 6 p.m. on the lower level of Hagerty Library.  It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.

William S. Gaither (b. 1932) served as the president of Drexel University from May 1984 through his resignation on Oct. 21, 1987, a period of difficulty but also of Drexel growth as a research university and as a residential campus.

~Shaun Kirkpatrick

William Gaither

The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel is on display on the lower level in Hagerty.

Join us for a reception for this exhibition on Wednesday September 23rd from 4 to 6 p.m in W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets) on the lower.  It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.

William Walsh Hagerty (1916-1986) served as president of Drexel from September 1, 1963, to his retirement in 1984 — at nearly 21 years, Drexel’s longest presidency.  Like his predecessor James Creese, Hagerty also oversaw a long period of expansion for Drexel; most notably, the school’s transformation from an institute of technology into Drexel University in 1970.

~Shaun Kirkpatrick

William Hagerty, 1983

Come and learn more about Drexel’s Presidents through an exhibition  The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel, on display in the lower level of Hagerty.

Join us for a reception for this exhibition on Wednesday September 23rd from 4 to 6 p.m in W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets) on the lower.  It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.

James Creese (1896-1966) presided over the Drexel Institute of Technology from December 1945 to September 1963 — Drexel’s second-longest serving president.

~Shaun Kirkpatrick

James Creese

See the exhibition The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel on display on the lower level of Hagerty.

Join us for a reception for this exhibition on Wednesday September 23rd from 4 to 6 p.m in W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets) on the lower.  It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.