Drexel’s two-day commencement begins today. In honor of all the graduates, the Archives presents a new online exhibition, The History of Drexel Commencement. Created by Andrew Beck, an iSchool student and Archives volunteer, the exhibition presents materials from the Archives’ collections that document the ceremony, speakers and locations of this rite of passage. See it here: http://archives.library.drexel.edu/displays/exhibits/show/commencement

Two researchers from the Powelton Village Civic Association visited the Archives recently and found a number of interesting images of the neighborhood in our Buildings and Campus Photographs Collection.  You can read more about that photograph collection in its finding aid.

To learn more about the history of Powelton Village, check out the history page at poweltonvillage.org