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Held at: Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections [Contact Us]W. W. Hagerty Library, 3300 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
UR.06.004
Repository:
Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections
Extent:
6.0 cubic feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Student Record Books, Drexel University Archives.
Date:
1892-1916 (inclusive)
Form:
School records
Abstract:
This collection of record books lists Drexel Institute students from the years 1892-1914.  It includes student records from the following classes and departments: art (1893-1905), domestic science (1892-1915), architecture (1895-1902, 1912-1914), mechanic arts (1892-1906), mechanical drawing (1899-1900), machine construction (1899-1900), and normal course/teacher training (1893-1916).  The collection also includes a record of scholarships (1892-1902), a record of diplomas and certificates awarded (1893-1914), and a record of enrollment by department (1892-1893).  Student record books for the art department during the years of Howard Pyle's School of Illustration are a part of this collection.

The Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry was founded in 1891 and began enrolling students in 1892. Under its first president, James MacAlister, the earliest academic departments included art (including a School of Illustration run by noted illustrator Howard Pyle), business, domestic economy, a library school, mechanic arts, teacher training, the scientific department, the technical department, and lectures/evening classes. The second president of Drexel, Hollis Godfrey, consolidated these departments into four schools: engineering, domestic science and arts, the secretarial school, and the evening school.

This collection of record books lists Drexel Institute students from the years 1892-1914.  It includes student records from the following classes and departments: architecture (1895-1902, 1912-1914), art (1893-1905), domestic science (1892-1915), mechanic arts (1892-1906), mechanical drawing (1899-1900), machine construction (1899-1900), and normal course/teacher training (1893-1916).  The collection also includes a record of scholarships (1892-1902), a record of diplomas and certificates awarded (1893-1914), and a record of enrollment by department (1892-1893).

Arranged by department.

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Subject

Publisher
Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Megan Manchester
Finding Aid Date
2006
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Collection Inventory

Enrollment of pupils by department, 1892-1893.
Box 1 Volume 1
Record of scholarships, 1892-1902.
Box 1 Volume 2
List of graduates, 1893-1894.
Box 1 Volume 3
Evening classes, [1890s].
Box 1 Volume 4
Domestic Science, day classes, 1892-1910.
Box 2 Volume 1
Domestic Science, entered 1898-1900, 1898-1900.
Box 2 Volume 2
Domestic Science, evening classes, 1893-1907.
Box 2 Volume 3
Domestic Science, evening classes, 1892-1909.
Box 2 Volume 4
Domestic Science, [detail about participants w/ class photographs], [1892-1899].
Box 2 Volume 5
Domestic science, entered 1892-1897, 1892-1897.
Box 3 Volume 1
Domestic science, 1892-1910.
Box 3 Volume 2
Georgia Estella Thomas, circa 1910.
Domestic science, nurses preparatory course, 1904-1907.
Box 3 Volume 4
Domestic science, normal course, 1911.
Box 3 Volume 5
Domestic science, [normal course], [1910].
Box 3 Volume 6
Normal course classes, 1904-1906. 1 folder.
Box 7 Folder 1
Physical Description

1.0 folder

Physical Description

1.0 folders

Genovesa Llamas postcard.
Domestic science normal course, 1909. 1 folder.
Box 7 Folder 3
Physical Description

1.0 folder

Domestic science normal course, 1910. 1 folder.
Box 7 Folder 4
Physical Description

1.0 folder

Junior class, normal domestic science A-J, 1911-1913 (Bulk, 1911-1912). 1 folder.
Box 7 Folder 5
Physical Description

1.0 folder

Junior class, normal domestic science J-W, 1911-1912. 1 folder.
Box 7 Folder 6
Physical Description

1.0 folder

Domestic science normal course, junior class A-F, 1912-1913. 1 folder.
Box 8 Folder 1
Physical Description

1.0 folder

Domestic science normal course, junior class G-W, 1914. 1 folder.
Box 8 Folder 2
Physical Description

1.0 folder

Domestic science normal course, junior class, 1913-1914. 1 folder.
Box 8 Folder 3
Physical Description

1.0 folder

Housekeepers' class, 1912-1913. 1 folder.
Box 8 Folder 4
Physical Description

1.0 folder

Record of diploma and certificates, 1893-1914.
Box 4 Volume 1
Index – Record of diplomas and certificates, 1893-1903.
Box 4 Volume 2
Normal students and number of graduates [teacher training], 1893-1916.
Box 4 Volume 3
Art department, 1900-1901.
Box 5 Volume 1
Art department, 1902-1903.
Box 5 Volume 2
Art department, day students, 1899-1900.
Box 5 Volume 3
Art department, day students, 1901-1902.
Box 5 Volume 4
Art department, day students, 1903-1905.
Box 5 Volume 5
Art department, record of reports, 1893-1894.
Box 6 Volume 1
Art department, day students, 1895-1896.
Box 6 Volume 2
Art department, day students, 1898-1899.
Box 6 Volume 3
Architecture, evening class, 1912-1914.
Box 6 Volume 4
Architectural course, 1895-1902.
Box OV Volume 1
Mechanic arts, class roll, 1892.
Box OV Volume 2
Mechanic arts, class roll, 1896-1897.
Box OV Volume 3
Mechanic arts, class roll, 1897-1898.
Box OV Volume 4
Mechanic arts, class roll, 1898-1899.
Box OV Volume 5
Mechanic arts, class roll, 1900-1901.
Box OV Volume 7
Mechanic arts, class roll, 1901-1903.
Box OV Volume 8
Mechanic arts, class roll, 1899-1900.
Box OV Volume 6
Mechanic arts, class roll, 1903-1904.
Box OV Volume 9
Mechanic arts, class roll, 1904-1906.
Box OV Volume 10
Mechanical drawing and machine construction, class roll, 1899-1900.
Box OV Volume 11

Scope and content note

Individual grade reports for Chas. Barker (Mechanic Arts, June 1894 and June 1895) and Julia Gilman (Domestic Science and Arts, Oct. 1899 - March 1900); Gilman's 1899-1900 "Basket-Ball Association" (women's basketball team?) membership card.

Physical Description

2.0 folders

Barker, Chas., 1894-1895. 1 folder.
Box 7 Folder 1
Physical Description

1.0 folder

Gilman, Julia, 1899-1900.
Box 7 Folder 2

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