Drexel University Archives

Archival image of the Great Hall in Drexel's Main Building.

NOTICE: The Drexel University Archives is Operating Remotely.

Our reading room and physical collections are closed until further notice, but our digital collections are still open for use. University Archives staff are available to answer questions and provide remote research consultations, consultations about donating or transferring records to the Archives, rights and reproductions support, and advice about implementing the Records Management policy. Send all questions and requests to archives@drexel.edu

Mission Statement

Drexel University Archives collects, preserves, and shares the stories of Drexel University.

The Archives stewards institutional records and other physical and digital documents of enduring value related to the University’s history. This evidence supports scholarship, teaching, and life-long learning by Drexel faculty, students, staff, alumni/ae, and members of the public.

About the Archives

Researchers may visit the Archives in-person by appointment. For staffed hours of operation for the W. W. Hagerty Library, see the Library Hours page.

Get Involved

You can help preserve Drexel history by donating materials to the Archives, sharing your Drexel experience by recording an oral history, or submitting published papers and research materials to iDEA, Drexel's digital repository. For more information on ways to get involved, visit our 'What We Collect' page.

Contact Information

Drexel University Archives
W. W. Hagerty Library, Lower Level
3300 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Phone: 215.895.6706
Fax: 215.895.2070
Email: archives@drexel.edu

Archives Blog

Share Your COVID-19 Stories

Submitted by on May 6, 2020 - 1:58PM

The Drexel University Archives is working on a new project to document the University's responses to COVID-19, and we want to hear from you! Send us your unique accounts of the pandemic through writing, photographs, videos, audio recordings, or other creative means.

Archives Staff Continue Their Work to Digitize University Yearbooks

Submitted by on April 6, 2020 - 10:22AM

This month, our Digital Archivist added even more issues of The Lexerd yearbooks Drexel’s digital repository.

Deaccessioning Materials: Methods for Managing Archival Collections

Submitted by on March 5, 2020 - 3:02PM

The Drexel University Archives regularly reports on newly acquired—as well as existing—collections. But what happens when an organization needs to remove an object from a collection? Learn more about why archivists deaccession materials as part of their work to build and maintain archives.

Drexel Yearbooks Now Available Online in iDEA

Submitted by on February 5, 2020 - 11:41AM

Did you ever want to look at Drexel's old yearbooks? Now you can by visiting iDEA, Drexel's digital repository.

CHSTM Fellowship Opportunities Now Available

Submitted by on November 1, 2019 - 3:02PM

Apply today! The Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM) is now offering fellowships for scholars in the history of science, technology or medicine who would like to conduct research in the collections of its member institutions.