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Celebrating Drexel's Diamond Jubilee

Submitted on April 11, 2008 - 2:35AM

In 1966, Drexel celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary with its Diamond Jubilee. The theme was 'The Responsible Man in a Free Society of Exploding Technology', which amply illustrated Drexel's history and the current goals of that time period.

The Many Roles of the Modern Woman

Submitted on April 7, 2008 - 8:00AM

Ardenia Chapman wrote a memorandum to the Council of Deans on the place of women in higher education in 1960. It is a very enlightening look at how one woman viewed the position of women in society prior to the second wave of feminism in the 1960's and 1970's.

The Business Curriculum of Drexel: The Pink Collar Track

Submitted on April 4, 2008 - 8:00AM

During the 1950's Drexel continued to offer female students the opportunity to receive a degree in the College of Business Administration.

If you build it . . .

Submitted on March 31, 2008 - 10:00AM

A little over sixty years ago, The Triangle presented this article by Edward Miller unveiling, “The New Drexel.” This was the beginning of Drexel's first master plan, often referred to in the records as the Expansion Plan.

Dorothy R. Young: Dean of Women, Proponent of Co-Education

Submitted on March 28, 2008 - 8:00AM

The Dean of Women in 1949 was Dorothy R. Young.

New Archives Evening Hours

Submitted on March 27, 2008 - 8:00AM

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.

Women Engineering Students at Drexel

Submitted on March 24, 2008 - 8:00AM

The Sarah Drexel Van Rensselaer Dormitory was not only a social home for women students at Drexel, but was also the site of academic conferences designed to assist female students in their educational studies.

Grace Godfrey, Dean of Home Economics

Submitted on March 21, 2008 - 8:00AM

Women during the last quarter of the nineteenth century began to develop new life paths for themselves, including teaching at Drexel University.

Retail Studies in the Depression

Submitted on March 17, 2008 - 8:00AM

In 1933 Drexel applied to the state of Pennsylvania for permission to give a B.S. degree in retailing. The application was denied and the students received a degree in Commerce instead.

Women's Health

Submitted on March 14, 2008 - 8:00AM

In the 1920's, physical exams were required for all female students at the Drexel Institute.

War Courses for Women

Submitted on March 12, 2008 - 8:00AM

During the First World War the Drexel Institute was part of a nationwide patriotic movement to get women into the workforce.

Milestones for Women at Drexel

Submitted on March 5, 2008 - 12:00AM

In 1900, Pauline Conway became the first woman to complete Drexel's architecture program. The first student housing for women was built in 1918. Construction began on the Sarah Drexel Van Rensselaer Dormitory for Women in 1931. In 1919, Drexel awarded its first degrees to women. In 1938, Edith M. Rood became first woman editor of The Triangle. In 1943, women first enrolled in the School of Engineering. The Drexel Society of Women Engineers was founded three years later.

March is National Women's History Month

Submitted on March 3, 2008 - 12:00AM

Drexel University Archives will mark Women's History Month with a series of essays about women's education in the early years of the Drexel Institute.

Check out the Drexel photos on Flickr.com

Submitted on December 14, 2007 - 2:02PM

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.

Welcome to the Drexel University Archives blog.

Submitted on December 10, 2007 - 9:33AM

Welcome to the Drexel University Archives blog. This blog will feature historical photographs and other interesting documents from the Archives' collections, as well as information about the Archives. We hope it will appeal to anyone with an interest in Drexel's history.

Foundations of our Special Collections: George W. Childs

Submitted on May 1, 2009 - 1:58PM

Learn more about Drexel's collection of books donated by George W. Childs was the founder of the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

Drexel Research Day participants: archive your research for fun and profit

Submitted on April 23, 2009 - 3:09PM

Congratulations to all the participants in Drexel Research Day today! Learn how to archive your research in iDEA!

Hillel at Drexel, Past and Present

Submitted on January 15, 2009 - 12:14PM

Meara Lebovitz of Drexel Hillel recently visited the University Archives to research the history of Jewish students at Drexel.