New Archival Collection Highlights Drexel’s Historic Connection to the Society of Women Engineers
Submitted on March 2, 2023 - 3:28PM
The Philadelphia Section of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) recently donated a collection of organizational records to the Drexel University Archives, which are now available for students and researchers to explore in the Archives’ reading room.
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New Online Exhibit Shines Light on Life at Drexel During COVID-19
Submitted on January 30, 2023 - 12:10PM
The new online exhibit from the Drexel University Archives features interviews with members of the Drexel community, giving people from around the world a glimpse of life at Drexel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Time Capsule Provides Glimpse into Drexel Past
Submitted on December 7, 2022 - 4:27PM
During renovations to Kelly Hall in the winter of 2021/2022, staff from Drexel University’s Real Estate and Facilities unearthed an interesting object behind the building’s cornerstone: a time capsule.
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Q&A with Hanna Pistorius, Drexel University Archives’ Archival Metadata Assistant
Submitted on August 26, 2022 - 9:19AM
Meet Hanna Pistorius (they/them), the Drexel University Archives' spring/summer 2022 co-op student, in this new interview.
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Share Your COVID-19 Stories
Submitted 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.
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Drexel's Seventh President: William Walsh Hagerty
Submitted on June 1, 2016 - 9:40AM
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of former Drexel president president William Walsh Hagerty, the Libraries is taking a look back at the many ways that Dr. Hagerty helped to build the institution we know today.
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Archives Acquisitions: January 2016
Submitted on February 3, 2016 - 11:30AM
The University Archives regularly adds new pieces of Drexel history to the collection on a including artifacts, documents, photographs and electronic files. These new acquisitions help to capture and record Drexel's unique story.
This month the Archives acquired documents pertaining to Drexel's name change. In 1970 Drexel changed the name of the institution from the Drexel Institute of Technology to Drexel University.
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Drexel University Libraries Contributes Two Cultural Pieces to Regional Diaries Initiative
Submitted on June 3, 2015 - 10:12AM
Drexel University Archives will extend access to two diaries in the collection through a collaboration with the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries and the University of Pennsylvania's Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts.
Drexel University Archives contributed digitized images of Rebecca Thomas's recipe book and Francis Martin Drexel's travel journal. Rebecca Thomas was a resident of early 19th-century Burlington, New Jersey. She recorded recipes, arithmetic lessons, and folk remedies in a small journal that brings to life the day-to-day concerns of early American women.
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This Just In: A.J. Drexel on the cover of Harpers Weekly magazine
Submitted on August 11, 2014 - 6:27PM
Recently the Archives received a donation from alumnus Richard W. Young ('54): two framed pages from the January 2, 1892 issue of Harper's Weekly.
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A time capsule underneath Disque Hall
Submitted on July 30, 2014 - 3:28PM
Recently, the Archives was alerted to the discovery of a time capsule placed underneath Disque Hall at its dedication 47 years ago.
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This Just In: fraternity and sorority objects from the 1960s and 1970s
Submitted on May 13, 2014 - 4:17PM
Recently, the Archives received donations of material from alums Priscilla Nannos Muir ('75) and Charlie Ruhl ('65).
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A hundred years of Drexel crew
Submitted on May 7, 2014 - 7:19PM
Drexel continues to compete in the Dad Vail regatta on the Schuylkill River. Let's take a quick look back on the history of crew at Drexel.
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Welcome back! It's Drexel's 122nd year
Submitted on January 6, 2014 - 9:59AM
This month marks the 122nd anniversary of the first classes at Drexel. The Drexel Institute was dedicated in December 17, 1891, but classes didn't begin until January 1892.
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The wonder of miniature books
Submitted on August 7, 2013 - 1:28PM
A story in The Atlantic online by Rebecca J. Rosen today made me appreciate our small but lovely miniature book collection even more.
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U.S. Grant, A.J. Drexel and the Siege of Vicksburg
Submitted on July 3, 2013 - 11:55AM
President Grant wrote this letter to his friend and banker, Anthony J. Drexel
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Welcome back students! Spring term begins June 24
Submitted on June 20, 2013 - 12:31PM
Welcome back, students. Hope you enjoyed your Spring Break. When you're ready to study, the Libraries are ready for you!
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New exhibition: A Legacy of Art, Science & Industry
Submitted on April 19, 2013 - 4:50PM
Letters, photographs and objects from the collections of the University Archives are on display now through the end of May in the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery (3401 Filbert St).
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Finding more about a grandfather
Submitted on March 1, 2013 - 10:33AM
Recently the Archives was contacted by the granddaughter of alumnus Charles E. Dougherty '23, who found his Drexel diploma in some family papers.
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Welcome back students! Winter term starts today
Submitted on January 7, 2013 - 9:00AM
Today is the start of Drexel's winter quarter and the campus is already bustling. Drexel adopted the quarter schedule in 1919, as part of the new cooperative education program instituted by then-president Hollis Godfrey.
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Happy Holidays (and holiday schedule)
Submitted on December 21, 2012 - 5:47PM
The University Archives will be closed from December 22 until January 1. We'll be open by appointment only January 2-4. We'll return to our regular schedule on Monday, January 7.
Happy New Year!
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Howard Pyle (1853-1911)
Submitted on November 9, 2012 - 9:00AM
The University Archives' Pyle collection consists of correspondence and pamphlets documenting his time as an instructor in the school of illustration at Drexel as well as publications about Pyle.
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Archives is open and dry
Submitted on October 31, 2012 - 8:49AM
The Archives is open today on our regular schedule. Hagerty Library experienced no flooding and our collections are safe and dry. We share the sentiments of Dean of Libraries, Danuta Nitecki, that we escaped damage 'in large part due to the superb preparation and vigilant watch given us by members of campus Facilities.'
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Closed Monday and Tuesday (October 29-30)
Submitted on October 28, 2012 - 5:57PM
The University Archives will be closed on Monday and Tuesday (October 29-30), due to Hurricane Sandy. We're ready for the storm to be over and look forward to answering your questions about Drexel history on Wednesday, October 31. Stay safe and dry!
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Fall term 2012 has begun! Welcome back, now tell us your story
Submitted on September 24, 2012 - 8:00AM
The Archives staff are pleased as punch with the newly restored Lower Level of W. W. Hagerty Library.
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The Archives is open!
Submitted on August 21, 2012 - 9:49AM
Although the Lower Level of Hagerty is still under renovation, the Archives is open weekday afternoons from 1-5 and mornings by appointment. Please contact us to arrange a time to visit and explore our holdings of Drexel historical material or our rare book and special collections. We look forward to seeing you.
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Hagerty Lower Level (including the Archives) closed temporarily
Submitted on June 25, 2012 - 8:22AM
The Archives will be closed to the public today as we clean up from a weekend flood. There was no damage to our collections and we will reopen as soon as we can. You can still reach us by phone or email.
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Archives open by appointment during break week (June 18-22)
Submitted on June 18, 2012 - 8:00AM
Exams are over and break has begun! The University Archives won't be open during our normal schedule (weekdays 1-5). If you want to use our collections or do research about Drexel history, please contact us to schedule an appointment.
We'll return to our usual schedule on Monday, June 25. Enjoy the break!
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Between the Fog and the Desert: What the Gargoyle Sees Isn't Pretty
Submitted on May 31, 2012 - 9:00AM
To mark the Libraries' current exhibition, Inventing the Page: Student Literary Magazines at Drexel, the Archives' blog is featuring a series of essays about past literary magazines by Drexel alumna and Archives volunteer, Martha Cornog. The exhibition runs until June 11, 2012, on the first floor of W.W. Hagerty Library.
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All's Unfair in Love and War: The Roaring Twenties, the Depression, and World War II in Drexerd
Submitted on April 23, 2012 - 12:00PM
To mark the Libraries' current exhibition, Inventing the Page: Student Literary Magazines at Drexel, the Archives' blog continues its series of essays about past literary magazines by Drexel alumna and Archives volunteer, Martha Cornog. Inventing the Page is on display at W. W. Hagerty Library until June 11.
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