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The Kerr Cup

Submitted on May 12, 2008 - 8:00AM

On April 19, 2008, the Drexel University men's crew team came in 1st place at the 51st annual Kerr Cup. To commemorate his efforts and the fiftieth anniversary of the team he founded, the Drexel University archives takes a look back at Dr. Thomas Kerr.

Week of Writing - Maya literary magazine

Submitted on May 5, 2008 - 8:00AM

To celebrate Drexel's Week of Writing, the Drexel University Archives takes a look at the history of Maya, Drexel's long-running literary magazine.

Special Training for Nurses at Drexel

Submitted on April 21, 2008 - 8:00AM

In the early twentieth century Drexel participated in training for nurses.

Student Life for Women at Drexel During the 1950's

Submitted on April 18, 2008 - 8:00AM

The Sarah van Rensselaer Dormitory was the home of female students at Drexel for many decades. In promotional pamphlets Drexel accentuated the educational and social aspects of college life for female students.

The Federation of Engineering Societies Fourth Annual Engineers' Day

Submitted on April 15, 2008 - 8:00AM

The growth of the School of Engineering at Drexel is evident in a program for the Federation of Engineering Societies, Engineers' Day held at the Drexel Institute of Technology in 1952.

'Industrial Science in Relation to Full Employment'

Submitted on April 15, 2008 - 2:40AM

To browse the records of the Office of the President during the tenure of Dr. James Creese is to gain an understanding of the Institute's place in the world as much as it is a view to the development of the Institute itself.

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.

Discover Open Access Resources in Engineering

Submitted on October 21, 2019 - 2:49PM

In celebration of Open Access Week, Librarian Jay Bhatt shares his list of go-to Engineering Open Textbooks.

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Senior Design Resources

Submitted on October 3, 2017 - 1:28PM

Resources for Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Senior Design

InfoSci-Engineering Science and Technology through IGI Global Engineering and Science collection

Submitted on May 3, 2016 - 4:50PM

A collection of e-books in emerging technology areas of engineering, such as simulations, geotechnical, robotics, and mechatronics.

Materials Genome Initiative

Submitted on November 11, 2015 - 7:00PM

The Materials Genome Initiative is a multi-agency initiative designed to create a new era of policy, resources, and infrastructure that support U.S. institutions in the effort to discover, manufacture, and deploy advanced materials twice as fast, at a fraction of the cost.

Four Drexel Students Test Their Peers' Research Knowledge in the Knovel Academic Challenge

Submitted on October 8, 2015 - 8:49AM

The Fall Knovel Academic Challenge launched on Monday, September 28th at midnight, kicking off five weeks of questions to challenge STEM students in engineering concepts and questions. Each week, students are challenged to answer new problem sets, learn more about engineering resources and in doing so are entered to win prizes. There are four Drexel students who aren't invited to participate in this year's challenge - because they designed the questions. The questions utilize Libraries resources and test students' research knowledge.

NISO Launches New Primer Series with the Publication of Primer on Research Data Management

Submitted on September 3, 2015 - 3:57PM

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has launched a new Primer Series on information management technology issues with the publication of the first primer on the topic of Research Data Management.

InterNano - Resources for Nanomanufacturing

Submitted on July 22, 2015 - 5:47PM

InterNano, a service of the National Nanomanufacturing Network, informs and connects the nanomanufacturing community of researchers and practitioners.

Full text conference papers published by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and a few other resources from ASEE

Submitted on June 8, 2015 - 3:49PM

View full-text conference papers published by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and more.

Registry of Research Data Repositories: re3data.org

Submitted on May 29, 2015 - 4:32PM

Learn about re3data.org, a global registry of research data repositories that covers research data repositories from different academic disciplines.