Want to visit the University Archives but can't get here during the day? Starting on April 1, the Archives will be open every Tuesday evening until 8:00 p.m. You can visit the Archives any and every Tuesday evening until the end of the Spring Quarter (June 13).

Visitors who are not members of the Drexel community will need an advance appointment to enter Hagerty Library after 5:00 p.m. Click here to read our full access policies.

Come see us on the Lower Level of Hagerty Library!

At right, Unidentified Drexel Basketball Player, 1895.

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University Archivist Rob Sieczkiewicz has announced, on the new DrexelArchives Blog, a photo collection created on Flickr:

One of the interesting things about working in an archives is that you never know what you'll find when you open a box. We have two large boxes of photographs in the archives that have little or no information - no photographer, no names, no date. In order to find out more about the people, places and things featured in these images, we've scanned them and uploaded them to Flickr.com, one of the most popular photo sharing sites on the web. Check them out here:

http://www.flickr.com/drexelarchives/

Any registered Flickr user can add tags and descriptions to the photos. So if you see someone or someplace you recognize, please tag the photo!

Thanks to students Katelyn Wolfrom and Amy Chernekoff for scanning, uploading and arranging the photos. I hope you enjoy them.

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Emanuel Kelly, FAIA, was raised in West Philadelphia and has been managing the design, documentation, and construction of architectural, urban design, and planning projects for thirty-six years. He graduated with a degree in architecture from Drexel University in 1971 and received his master’s degree in city planning and urban design from Harvard University in 1974. He returned to Philadelphia in 1976 and, along with Vincent Maiello, AIA, established the architectural and planning firm Kelly/Maiello, Inc.

The Drexel University Archives has created an online exhibit to honor the work of Drexel graduate Emanuel Kelly. This exhibit highlights just a few of the many projects completed by the Kelly/Maiello firm.

Questions or comments about this exhibit should be directed to the Drexel University Archives at archives@drexel.edu.

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African American architect William Sidney Pittman graduated from the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry in 1900. Ten years later, a profile written on the young architect stated simply: “Mr. Pittman is considered the leading architect of his race.” Over the course of a relatively short career, Pittman is credited with forty designs or additions mainly in the vicinity of Washington D.C. and the state of Texas.

The Drexel University Archives has created an online exhibit focusing on W. Sidney Pittman’s time at Drexel. Most of what we know about Pittman’s student days comes from a series of letters he wrote to Booker T. Washington between 1897 and 1900. Those letters are part of the Booker T. Washington papers at the Library of Congress.

Questions or comments about this exhibit should be directed to the Drexel University Archives at archives@drexel.edu.

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On Thursday, March 1, Drexel’s University Archivist, Kevin Martin, will begin a new job at the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, Delaware. The Hagley collects documents, photographs, and artifacts that celebrate American business and technology, especially the industries and activities of the mid-Atlantic region. It is situated on the site of the original DuPont gunpowder works and includes Eleutherian Mills, the original DuPont family home. Kevin will be joining the Hagley Library as Digital Projects Archivist.

In the past two years, under Kevin’s leadership, Drexel’s University Archives has created a web presence (Drexel University Archives and Special Collections); launched an institutional repository (iDEA); moved key historic materials to an off-site storage facility that provides better environmental conditions; and made possible the creation of a single point of service for the central University Archives and the Archives and Special Collections on Women in Medicine and Homeopathy.. At the same time Kevin has worked closely with Drexel’s offices of Institutional Advancement and Alumni Relations to promote the University’s history and to collect additional resources that document Drexel’s past and present.

We wish Kevin the very best. He’ll be sorely missed by all his colleagues at Drexel. If you wish to contact Kevin, his new e-mail address is: kmart1944@gmail.com

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In celebration of African American history month, the Hagerty Library is currently exhibiting the work of Drexel graduate Emanuel Kelly. Mr. Kelly co-founded and is the president of Kelly/Maiello, Inc. a general practice architectural firm located here in Philadelphia. He has more than thirty years of experience in the design, documentation and construction of architectural, urban design and planning projects. The exhibit is located on the first floor of the library.

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