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James Creese administration records
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James Creese was born in Leetsdale, Pa., in 1896. He went to Princeton University where he received both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s Degree. At Princeton he concentrated on the humanities and was a poet. Creese fought in the First World War as a Second Lieutenant in the artillery division of the United States Army. After the war ended he became the Secretary General of the American Scandinavian Foundation and traveled extensively in Sweden. He married a fellow Pennsylvanian, Margaret Villiers Morton, in Sweden in 1925. He was named a knight of the Order of Vasa in Sweden in 1928 the year that he was appointed the Vice-President and Treasurer of Stevens Institute of Technology located in Hoboken, New Jersey, where he worked until 1945. At Stevens, Creese instituted an abridged program of cooperative education with the Stevens War Industries Training School. He also focused on funding and public relations at Stevens.
Creese became President of Drexel Institute in 1945, as the Second World War was ending. The war years had brought new focus to war efforts in the curriculum at Drexel, as well as substantial administrative changes. The period immediately following the war saw a surge in students at Drexel, resulting in a need for more buildings for classes and laboratories. Drexel had been continuously updating their facilities, but the post war years demanded an even bigger dedication to increasing the amount of space on campus for student use. Most students lived off campus during this time period.
During Creese’s long presidency at Drexel, many changes occurred in every academic department. One of the changes involved cooperative education which began to be included in the curriculum of more departments and was more connected to academic study. A new emphasis on research resulted in Drexel receiving state aid for projects. During Creese’s administration Drexel aimed to be a school similar to MIT, with an emphasis on technology, but also a strong humanities department in the undergraduate division. Students in all of the individual schools, including engineering and business, received a humanities education.
As Drexel's president, Dr. Creese presided over unprecedented growth in the department of engineering, adding new engineering specialties. The Engineering School began offering graduate courses in the early 1950’s. Female students were first allowed into Drexel’s program in 1943, but they were a small percentage of total students and were often unemployed after finishing at Drexel during the 1940’s and 1950’s. The Evening School became a more integrated aspect of Drexel. Students were allowed to transfer courses from the Evening to the Day School beginning in 1947. The Evening School had been offering a diploma, but in the late 1940’s Drexel began to offer an accredited degree. All of these changes strengthened Drexel as a center for higher education. The growth of Drexel as a graduate school was similar to many other colleges in the country during this time period.
In 1956 Creese went to visit the Soviet Union, as part of an educational mission, solidifying his belief in the importance of the engineering program at Drexel. Creese thought that the Soviets were substantially more technologically advanced than the United States at that time. While Creese’s trip to the Soviet Union reinforced his belief in the need to strengthen the School of Engineering, the entire college benefitted from the increased focus on research and education.
The administration of Drexel became more institutionalized, with succinct departments and new administrative offices. The Dean of Faculty became more responsible for daily operations than in previous decades. There was also an increase in the number of departments and committees in the academic and administrative offices of the college. An Office of Admissions led by George Galphin opened in 1954. Drexel highlighted cooperative education as a strong incentive for students in the 1950’s. The Middle States Association and the Engineering Council for Professional Development made accreditation visits to Drexel in 1953 and 1962, respectively. There were also two major fundraising campaigns, one in 1947 and the other near the end of Creese’s tenure in 1962. There was a huge program for development during his tenure due to the concentration on new academic buildings for the school.
During Creese’s presidency Drexel built a large number of new facilities including the Engineering Laboratories Building (1950), a Basic Science Center (1955), the Korman Library Center (1959), a Campus Activities Center (1962), and a Classroom-Laboratories Building (1963).
Creese was involved with numerous outside organizations while he was president of Drexel. He was a member of the governing boards of Drexel, the Franklin Institute, and the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, the Chamber of Commerce, Philadelphia Fellowship Commission, and the Pen-Jer-Del (Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Delaware Metropolitan Project, Incorporated) among others. He was a chairman of the Pennsylvania Governor’s Committee on Unemployment Compensation. He was a part of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1956 to 1959, the board of the Pennsylvania State Highway Professional Personnel Board, and was a Trustee of the Baldwin School, a private school outside of Philadelphia. Creese was on a panel for the Department of Defense and their Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program (ROTC) in 1950. He was a member of the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation until the time of his death.
He received ten honorary degrees during his lifetime. He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappas and the Phi Kappa Phi societies. He was the President of the National Association of Urban Universities from 1949-1950. He was on the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities from 1962 to 1963. Creese was also on the Board of the American Association for Adult Education from 1942-1949.
Creese announced his resignation from the Presidency of Drexel in February of 1963. He moved to Princeton, New Jersey where he continued to work as a board member on multiple foundations. Creese died of a heart attack on February 8, 1966.
Sources:
See Box 52 Folder 1 for Biographical Information on Creese, including obituaries including the New York Herald Tribune 02/10/1966 and biographical answers to a questionnaire by his widow-Margaret Creese for the Encyclopedia of American Biography
Kotzin, Miriam N. A History of Drexel University. Drexel University Press, Philadelphia, PA. 1983, pp 79-173.
The collection consists of subject files compiled by President Creese on individuals associated with Drexel University; academic departments and administrative committees; national committees, institutions and organizations; and subjects or issues relevant to Creese’s internal and external activities.
The collection is divided and arranged intellectually into three series:
Series I – Drexel University consists of items relevant to Creese’s work within the Institute itself, and includes the following sub-series: Administrative Files; Alumni and Alumnae; Board of Trustees; Buildings and Facilities; Development; Events; Extra-curricular Activities; External Educational Committees; Faculty; ROTC; and Schools and Colleges.
Series II – Outside Organizations includes files related to the external organizations with which Creese was involved during his tenure as president of the Institute. List names of institutions on whose boards Creese sat as well as names of local and national committees on which he served.
Series III - Speeches points to the many speeches given by Creese at various events and functions, from addresses delivered at commencement exercises to keynote speeches given at dinners. Includes supporting materials and related drafts and notes.
Formats in all series include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, brochures, pamphlets, publications and event programs. Graphic materials in the form of photographs and architectural drawings and plans are also included. Dr. Creese's speeches, fundraising efforts, involvement with many external organizations and the administrative history of the university are particularly well documented.
- Drexel University
- Outside Organizations
- Creese Speeches
Transferred from the Office of the President, Drexel University.
This collection was reprocessed by Robin Elliot, Cheryl Klimaszewski, and Katelyn Wolfrom in 2008. The finding aid and box and folder lists were revised and expanded at that time. Though the collection was organized intellectually into series, general physical arrangement of the records was not changed.
People
- Drexel, Anthony J, (Anthony Joseph), 1826-1893
- Drexel
- Ball, Lucina
- Curtis, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar, 1850-1933
- Hamilton, George
- Howland, Anne Wallace
- Kolbe, Parke R.
- McShain, John
- Haase, O.F.
- Creese, James
- Law, Marie Hamilton
Organization
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Faculty.
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Financial.
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Publicity.
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Students.
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Wartime Services--Education.
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Women's Student Government Association.
- Drexel Institute of Technology. College of Home Economics.
- Drexel Institute of Technology. Committee on Scholarships and Loans.
- Drexel Institute of Technology. Cooperative Education.
- Drexel Institute of Technology. Engineering College.
- Drexel Institute of Technology. Evening College.
- Drexel Institute of Technology. Office of Development.
- Drexel Institute of Technology. Office of the Dean of Men
- Drexel Institute of Technology. Office of the Dean of the Faculty.
- Drexel Institute of Technology. Office of the Dean of Women
- Drexel Institute of Technology. School of Business.
- Drexel Institute of Technology. Three Quarter Century Fund.
- Drexel Institute of Technology.
- Drexel University. College of Business Administration.
- Drexel University. Dept. of Athletics.
- United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
- General Motors Corporation.
Subject
- College presidents--Inauguration
- Colleges and universities -- Administration
- Degrees, Academic
- Draft
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Accreditation
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Administration
- Drexel Institute of Technology--African Americans--Education (Higher)
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Alumni and alumnae
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Anniversaries, etc
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Buildings
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Business and education
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Commencements
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Curricula
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Development
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Diamond Jubilee
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Extracurricular Activities
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Faculty
- Drexel Institute of Technology--History
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Inauguration
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Planning
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Public Relations
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Sports
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Student Housing
- Drexel Institute of Technology--Students
- Education, Cooperative--United States
- Education, Higher -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Educational fundraising-Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- Home economics--Study and teaching--United States--History
- Labor--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- Speeches
- Students, Foreign
- Subversive activities
- Universities and colleges--Finance
- Universities and Colleges--Pennsylvania--Administration
- Universities and Colleges--Pennsylvania--Curricula
- Universities and Colleges--Pennsylvania--History--20th Century
- Veterans--Education--United States
- War and education
- Women--Education (Higher)
- Loyalty Acts
- Home economics
- Buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry--Charters
- Endowment Reports
- Fund raising--Three Quarter Century Fund
- Scholarships
- Metallurgical Engineering
- Princeton University--Alumni and alumnae
- Publisher
- Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- Finding aid prepared by Robin Elliot
- Finding Aid Date
- 2008
Collection Inventory
This series contains eleven sub-series. The subjects range from development to events to general administrative records.
96.0 folders
Memos, correspondence.
Philadelphia High School data and Drexel Admissions.
supplementary information on advertising for the President, undated.
Dean of Faculty Reports, Dean of Men Reports, School of Library Science Reports, College of Business Administration Reports, Correspondence, Preliminary Report to the Board of Trustees.
Correspondence, reports, plans.
Addresses, speeches.
Correspondence, receipts.
Mostly photocopies of Rea era controversy on selling of artwork, correspondence, listing of art for sale.
Mostly photocopies of Rea era, Public Aucton Sale Catalog, correspondence.
Correspondence, memoranda, brochures, programs, press releases, articles, and meeting minutes re: athletics and physical education, including events, planning and budgets.
Correspondence, memoranda, brochures and architectural plans re: proposed athletic field.
Correspondence, memoranda, brochures and publications re: Americans for the Competitive Enterprise System, Armed Forces Day, American Association of University Women, American Council to Improve our Neighborhoods, Adult Education and Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
Correspondence, memoranda, articles and publications related to matters of the Vice President and Provost. Includes public relations, development and outreach to other universities. Also includes Bonnell's CV.
Correspondence to and from Richard Brown, mostly with President James Creese
Correspondence and supporting documents with various correspondents. Subjects include development, including donor cultivation and scholarship funds. Family of Lucina Ball, Bethlehem Steel, Mayer I. Blum, and Philadelphia Textile Institute. Also includes two black and white photographs of Mayer I. Blum.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, organizational charts and article clippings of/re: Philadelphia District Civil Defense Council, Philadelphia County Defense Coordinator.
Correspondence, memoranda and reports on matters typical to the office of the comptroller. Includes: Report of the Comptroller, 1954-1955; Statement of Income and Expenditures for year ending August 31, 1945 and Budget of Estimated Receipts and Expeditures for year 1945-1946; Analysis of State Aid Quarterly Reports, 1959-1961
Correspondence, press releases, Computing Center Introduction to Drexel.
Correspondence, minutes.
Obituaries, biographical data, case studies, resumes, correspondence, pamphlets.
Reports, itinerary, programs, correspondence.
Memorandum re: Cyrus H.K. Curtis, elected to Board of Trustees September 18, 1924.
Correspondence, reports, brochures, pamphlets and programs re: commencement, City of Philadelphia, faculty matters, administrative matters and community colleges.
Correspondence and articles regarding faculty matters and successful PR for the Institute.
Various correspondence, news stories about, and college paraphenalia related to the Drexel Institute Dean of Men.
Mostly correspondence.
Mostly correspondence between Deans of Women and President Creese.
Correspondence between the Deans of Women and President Creese. Also includes several women's dormitory handbooks.
Correspondence re: estate of Alice T. Drexel and scholarsip fund; article with news of her death.
Photographs of "Wootton" - Drexel Estate taken by Creese (11 black and white, small); auction tickets and catalog; correspondence; brochures and notices of sale; settlement of the estates of George W. Childs and Mary S. Irick Drexel.
Correspondence, notices of auction and sale, inventory lists, appraisals in re: Wootton and the estates of George W. Childs and Mary S. Irick Drexel.
Correspondence, newspaper articles.
A published report.
A bound proposal.
Copies of the Drexel seal.
Reference Office of the President Records 1.5
Photographs of the SS Drexel Victory including christening ceremony. Also articles and brochures.
Bonds, checks, correspondence, receipts.
Bonds, checks, correspondence, receipts.
Reports.
Reports.
Correspondence, reports, photographs (1) re: English class for foreign students, Emeriti for Employment, Economic Cooperation Administration, UNESCO.
correspondence; information related to Immigration and Naturalization Service, United States Government
Correspondence, reports, studies, photograph re: Fellowship Commission of Philadelphia, Foster, Jeanette Howard, Frankford Arsenal, Fair Employment Practices Commission, Foreign Students Advisors National Association, Fried, Waler, Fischer and Porter.
Bound essays
correspondence, memoranda, resumes, pamphlets
Letters of Recommendation
correspondence; reports: "The Churchman", "The Hoover Report"
Physical Description
Essay "Impressions of Higher Technical Education in Great Britain and the Scandinavian Countries" by James Creese.
Brochures, pamphlets and correspondence re: employee retirement and insurance benefit plans.
Correspondence, program, portrait of Parker R. Kolbe.
Correspondence, program.
Correspondence, pamphlets, addresses, notes re: Organized Labor.
Correspondence, pamphlets, memos, publications re: National Association of Manufacturers.
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, Labor Economic Class Syllabi.
Correspondence, memorandum, list of paintings.
Bulletins, newspaper clippings, correspondence, addresses.
Correspondence, minutes, surveys.
Correspondence, surveys, memorandum of proposal.
Correspondence, proposals, articles.
Correspondence, report.
Correspondence, notes, programs.
Photographs, programs, pamphlets, correspondence, memorandum.
Reports, pamphlets, brochures and correspondence re: selective service and universal military training and education.
Correspondence re: looking for a director of study on maintenance and development of nursing services.
Correspondence, articles and brochures re: attendance of African-American students at Drexel.
Correspondence, reports, pamphlets re: Newcomer, National Association of Manufacturers, New York times Survey, New School of Music, National Research Council, National Research Foundatiom.
Publication: Petroleum and the Drexel Plan.
Development publication: A Precision Tool (two versions).
Report.
Public relations, list of original alumni committee members.
Contains mostly press pieces and University-published press releases.
Contains photographs.
Almost entirely comprised of field visits to nearby junior high schools.
Press releases, reports, article clippings and photographs re: enrollment, women and technology, new PR staff, and campus expansion.
Reports, bulletins, correspondence re: Philco, Pennington (conf), Presbyterian Hospital, Parking Authority, Philadelphia Panorama Citizens Committee, Philadelphia Police Pamphlet, Public Instruction, Department of, Patent Policy.
Correspondence, confidential.
Fact sheet, correspondence, address by Creese.
Correspondence, campaign brochures, memorandum.
Pamphlet, correspondence, NCR Factory News, newspaper clippings, press releases.
Correspondence, addresses, articles, newspaper clippings.
Correspondence: Radford, William H. Dr.
Correspondence, minutes, memoranda, budgets, pamphlets.
Summary report.
Correspondence, "Facts to Combat Communism", government legislation, government publications, magazine articles, sermons, newspaper clippings.
Correspondence, booklet, pamphlets, speeches, memorandum.
Correspondence and budget reports.
Correspondence, reports, articles and meeting minutes.
Bound essay; author listed as Dick Bennett.
Correspondence, reports, addresses.
Correspondence, brochures and newsletters re: Veterans Administration, veterans in higher education and their role at Drexel.
23.0 folders
guest lists, remarks by Creese
reports, correspondence, pamphlets, alumni news bulletins, lists of alumni consultants by state, unsigned memorandum for alumni notepad
correspondence, photographs, reports, pamphlets, handbooks, newspaper articles, alumni membership lists, directories, papers
correspondence, memoranda
correspondence, office memoranda
correspondence, reports
reports, correspondence, notes, lists
correspondence, reports
office memoranda
office memoranda
correspondence, office memoranda, guest lists
correspondence, notes, reports
Reports on gifts of classes 1940-1942
Gifts from classes of 1943-1944
two copies of report
Correspondence and articles re: student request for war memorial on Drexel campus.
Articles, lists of recipients and reports on the war memorial scholarship for children of Drexel alumni killed in Korea.
13.0 folders
report
report
Reports, meeting minutes, budgets, photographs and correspondence.
Correspondence, budgets, projections and reports re: mechanical change-over (utilities).
Correspondence, meeting minutes, contractor bids, reports.
Correspondence and drafts of suggested changes to the charter and bylaws. Copy of 1937 charter and bylaws.
Reports re: expansion program and science building.
Correspondence and meeting minutes re: filling vacancies on the Board.
Correspondence, budgets, meeting minutes and reports.
Reports and meeting minutes of various committees.
External reports and brochures from various universities and corporations consulted by the committee.
Reports, bids, budgets, plans and correspondence re: expansion plan.
Meeting minutes, articles, brochures, correspondence, bids, plans and proposals for buildings and campus, including fundraising strategies.
40.0 folders
correspondence, reports
correspondence, project summary
correspondence, reports, College of Home Economics, agreements for architectural services
correspondence, architect credentials
correspondence, architect reports
correspondence, addresses, newspaper articles, agendas, press releases, programs
correspondence, conference reports
correspondence, Drexel Alumni News, conference report, Chamber of Commerce News with photo of groundbreaking, program
Program from the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Basic Sciences Laboratory Center
report
Correspondence and reports produced by the Drexel Institute Laboratory on Climatology
Correspondence, reports, articles, photographs and illustrations of and about Commonwealth Hall, including the dedication ceremony, bids and construction costs. Reports include: Conversion of the Red Lion Warehouse to Educational Uses, Sept. 9, 1959. Prepared by Frederick C. Wood. Drexel Institute of Technology request for General State Authority Assistance in the renovation, for educational purposes, of the Red Lion Storage Building, February 10, 1960. Report by the Committee on the Academic Use of the Red Lion Building and Rescheduling of Vacated and Other Space in Other Drexel Buildings, February 19, 1960.
correspondence, programs, Alumni News, telegrams, outline of activities and arrangements, addresses; includes convocation address by A.C. Monteith
correspondence, list of speakers, addresses, schedules, outlines, correspondence
correspondence, program, attendance lists, memorandum
correspondence, pamhlets, photographs, newspaper clippings.
Correspondence, biographical information, programs, invitations, newspapers re: Disque.
35 black and white, 8" x 10" prints of the dedication ceremonies.
Published reports of the Educational Facilities Laboratories: The Cost of a Schoolhouse (1960); A College Health Center (n.d.)
Published reports of the Educational Facilities Laboratories: The Things of Education (1961); Design for Educational Television (1961)
Five published reports of the Educational Facilities Laboratories. Notable reports include: Profiles of Significant Schools (1960)- Illinois, Texas and California ; British Prefabricated School Construction 2 (n.d., ca. 1962?)
Correspondence with and reports from Educational Facilities Laboratories, Inc., including reports on Drexel's facilities.
correspondence, contracts, minutes, bulletins
correspondence, reports
"Plant change which are being made because of increased enrollment" (n.d.) includes list of equipment and prices
Reprints of floor plans: main building Randell Hall Curtis Hall Alumni Scientific Laboratories
correspondence, including correspondence to parents of commuter students asking them to house female students because of overcrowding; brochures for low cost housing options; memoranda
agendas, program, memorandum, correspondence, newspaper articles, reports
Hagerty, W.W. correspondence, photographs
reports, notes, tables
Draft text for a brochure to recruit donors to fund basic science, library, engineering, student and physcial education buildings.
Correspondence between Drexel administrators (primarily Dr. Creese), the University of Pennsylvania and the City of Philadelphia regarding the redevelopment of the area bounded by 32nd and 34th Sts and Walnut and Chestnut Streets
Physical Description3.0 Folder(s)
Correspondence, memoranda, plans, budgets re: design and construction of student union building.
Correspondence, reports, budgets, plans and images re: design and construction of student union.
Correspondence, reports and budgets related to the design and building of the student dining hall.
report
photographs, correspondence, bluelines, blueprints, newspapers
Correspondence, notes and reports on war surplus materials alloted to Drexel.
62.0 folders
Correspondence, articles and biographical information re: Lucina Ball, first Secretary of the Institute. Includes information from the memoirs of Frank C. Ball (Ball Brothers Co., Muncie, Indiana).
Correspondence, reports and publications re: development and fundraising, including publications about development and expansion at MIT, Harvard, and Iowa. Some documents also about cooperative education. Publications include: The Journal of Engineering Education, October 1946. Includes article "The cooperative system - a manifesto, report of committee." "Harvard needs an undergraduate library" (ca. 1947) (brochure)"M.I.T. - A new era (n.d. ca. 1947?) (booklet)"Good will through successful fund raising" (1947) (booklet)"Supplement to Drexel surver report 10/17/50" (includes cumulative report of coop placements through 1948)
Correspondence, reports and contracts re: campaign agreement and plan with Dean Anderson Campaigns, Inc., including copies of other Anderson campaigns. Correspondence from other universities re: gymnasiums.
Correspondence, reports, memoranda.
Correspondence, memoranda, pamphlets, newsletters, luncheon guest lists. Includes information relating to the Mary Louise Curtis Bok Foundation, and Three Quarter Century Fund-- Packet of Materials
correspondence, budgets, progress reports, development program
correspondence, newspaper clippings, luncheon programs, summary reports, bulletins, memos. Some notable included items: Drexel Facts as of 1956;Drexel: An Industrial University;Basic Science Center Building Fund Progress Report (1955);"A Compendium of Information About Drexel Institute of Technology"
Physical Description
correspondence, summary reports, memoranda, budgets. Notable reports include: Basic Science Laboratory Center"; "A Condensed and Simplified Report of the Net Worth, Balance Sheets, etc"
Correspondence and memoranda re: progress report-1954, engineering enrollment.
Correspondence, reports, Workers Carry Envelope contents, pamphlets, bulletins.
Correspondence, reports, memoranda.
Minutes, correspondence, reports, pamphlets.
Correspondence, reports, proposals.
Correspondence, reports, financial data.
Agendas, correspondence, Drexel literature, memoranda.
Minutes, reports, quotations, articles, correspondence.
Reports
Correspondence re: Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Alumni dinner-attendance, program, speech.
Correspondence, reports, business cards re: Three Quarter Century Fund, G.A. Brakeley and Company, Incorporated.
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, memoranda, notes re: College of Engineering.
Correspondence, notes on meetings, Drexel promotional literature Jack Durrance, Three Quarter Century Fund
Alumni involvement lists, reports, dinner invitation lists re: Three Quarter Century Fund
Agenda, correspondence.
Correspondence, list of Cooperative Companies Selected for "Direct Mail Solicitation"
Drexel literature
Correspondence, reports Three Quarter Century Fund
Lists of chemical companies, Summary of Gifts and Subscriptions, financial data.
Newspaper clippings, correspondence: "The Aims and Objectives of the Three-Quarter Century Fund"
Office correspondence, correspondence, dinner program re: Three Quarter Century Fund
Correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings photocopied re: Dr. William W. Hagerty
Correspondence, donor information re: Three Quarter Century Fund, Richard King Mellon Foundation, Gulf Oil Company.
Drexel Literature-pamphlet
Correspondence re: Marion Marsh
Agenda, donor information, correspondence re: Wright and Huston, Chemical Companies for Donors, "Pace Setting Gifts Solicitation."
Activities calendars, church calendars, reports re: "Religious Activities at Drexel Institute", "Religious Preference", "Student Christian Movement", "Campus Protestant Churches."
Correspondence, memoranda, notes re: Three Quarter Century Fund.
Correspondence, summary of gifts by donor re: Three Quarter Century Fund.
Memorandum re: "Proposed Seventieth Anniversary Celebration."
Report.
Correspondence, Drexel literature and Publications, summary report, Schedule of Operations re: committee members, committee meetings.
Correspondence, reports, Drexel literature.
Physical Description
Preliminary statement
Data sheets
Correspondence, statements re: Lukens Steel Company, "A Statement of Drexel's Relations With the United States Steel Corporation and United States Steel Foundation."
Newspaper clippings, correspondence.
Correspondence, pamphlets, office memoranda, newspaper clippings, photograph of Allan T. Bonnell.
Correspondence, office memoranda, press releases, pamphlets.
Correspondence, outlines, convocations.
Reports, application forms and correspondence re: Drexel's industrial scholarship plan.
Survey Report and Supplement
Correspondence, Marts and Lundy promotional brochures, fundraising guides for Drexel.
correspondence, surveys of Drexel, addresses; also includes report: "Facing the Future: Development Plans...Drexel Institute"; Marts and Lundy staff writings
Correspondence, recommendations and reports of scholarship recipients.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports re: scholarship winners and donors.
Correspondence, reports.
Correspondence, reports, brochures and advertisements.
Correspondence, memoranda and reports.
Agendas, reports.
Confidential Report
14.0 folders
Hagerty-convocation cards, correspondence, dinner guests, newspaper clippings, convocation program, addresses, dinner menus, seating plans, Diamond Jubilee.
Press release, invitation and guest list for Bowman dinner, at which Prof. Bowman received the Medal of Freedom from the War Department.
Correspondence and articles re: honorary degrees, commencement speakers, and commencement addresses. Notable inclusions: Congressional Record, Monday, June 20, 1955 - includes articles on honorary degree recipients. The Drexel Career Series - Address by Margaret Chase Smith, United States Senator from Maine, 1955.
Correspondence, articles and press releases re: commencement, honorary degree recipients and commencement speakers.
Program, correspondence, schedule.
Correspondence, pamphlets, press releases, programs, remarks, memos, addresses.
Correspondence, programs, outlines, memoranda. Events and subjects covered include: Guest Day For Girls; Honorary Degree to Lenna F. Cooper Department of Nutrition, Montefiore Hospital
Correspondence, commencement addresses, newspaper clippings, pamphlets.
Correspondence, programs, curricula vitae of degree recipients.
Physical Description
Correspondence, invitations.
Correspondence, notes.
Correspondence, memos.
Correspondence, memoranda, promotional literature by Drexel, pamphlets, programs, Triangle article.
17.0 folders
Correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, and reports re: Committee on Educational Television and Committee on Commercial Education Cooperation.
Correspondence, reports and brochures re: the activities of the National Commission on Accrediting. Notable reports included: The National Commission on Accrediting, List of Members, January 1952; National Commissions on Accrediting, Membership list and Constitution, May 1956.
Correspondence, meeting minutes, brochures and reports re: the activities of the National Commission on Accrediting, including the 1950 proof list of members and constitution and bylaws.
Two reports, one authored by the Cmte on Post-High School Education to the Governor; one authored by the PA Assn of Colleges and Universities to the Cmte.
Four publications of the Governor's Committee on Education: The Noble Investment: A statistical study of Pennsylvania's financial support of public education (December 1960); Crisis in Academe: A statistical study of Pennsylvania's institutions of higher learning (March 1961); Our Standing among the States: A statistical comparison of Pennsylvania's tax collections and school expenditures with other states (March 1961); The Final Report of the Committee on Education (April 1961)
Seven publications of the Governor's Committee on Education re: statistics related to public education in Pennsylvania
Reports included: A Respect for Talent: A statistical study of programs for gifted pupils in Pennsylvania public schools (January 1961)
E Pluribus Unum: A statistical study of the organization of Pennsylvania School Districts in 1960 (December 1960)
Johnny Gets a Schoolhouse: A statistical study of Pennsylvania's school building construction program in this decade and next (November 1960)
The Chance to Learn: A statistical study of the subjects and courses taught in Pennsylvania High Schools in 1960 (October 1960)
One End of the Log: A statistical study of Pennsylvania professional public school personnel in 1960 (September 1960)
Keystone High Fifty-Nine: A statistical study of Pennsylvania public high school graduates, Class of 1959 (September 1960)
Facts and Figures on Education in Pennsylvania 1958-1959 (MArch 1961)
Correspondence between Greater Philadelphia Movement and other local government offices re: the Assembly and public education in Philadelphia.
Correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, newspaper articles and reports on the activities of the Educational Home Rule Assembly, relating to public school adminstration in the City of Philadelphia.
Memoranda re: meetings. Reports of the Assembly, Commission on Higher Education and Greater Philadelphia Movement relating to the Assembly's activities. Reporst included: Speaker's Bureau Packet of the Educational Home Rule Assembly of Philadelphia (1962); A report of the Committee on Ways and Means of Establishing a Two-Year Community College endorsed by the Commission on Higher Education and submitted to the Mayor of Philadelphia (1962); A Citizen's Study of Public Education in Philadelphia - Greater Philadelphia Movement (1962)
correspondence, pamphlets, statements, reports
Correspondence, reports, statements, study results, summary of hearings, minutes
agendas, minutes, correspondence, statements, financial reports
correspondence, minutes, agendas, statements, pamphlets, memorandum
correspondence, reports, including the report "Higher Education and the Future of Youth in the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area"
reports, findings
correspondence, articles, reports, memorandum
study outline, conference schedule, pamphlets, notes
6.0 folders
Correspondence between Creese, Hanson and Wagenseller re: Rouge and Robe (drama club) and Glee Club
conference reports, correspondence, pamphlets, photographs
Correspondence, programs, financial information, handwritten notes re: 1957 European trip.
Report to the Experiment in International Living, Inc. on the European Tour of the Varsity Singers of Drexel Institute of Technology April 26 - June 7, 1957 by Dorothy Haworth Bonnell.
Programs, correspondence, newsletters, itineraries.
16.0 folders
bound report on Drexel employment
memorandum to faculty
Correspondence, memorada, contracts, budgets and architectural plans related to the improvement of the student cafeteria and faculty clubs.
correspondence, memoranda, outlines, reports, oversized blueprints
newspaper clippings, correspondence, Drexel Literature and Press Announcements Biographical Information on Disque, Disque's Retirement
correspondence, drafts, reports; information related to College of Home Economics, Women at Drexel, Academic Council
newspaper clippings, correspondence, office memoranda, articles, statements
correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches
Dean Grace Godfrey Recommendations for Promotion in the Department of Home Economics
list of faculty recommendations by Dean Disque
Correspondence and articles re: relatives of Drexel faculty identified as potential Communists.
Correspondence, reports, articles and notes regarding masters program in business administration and related research.
reports, minutes, studies Confidential
reports, newspapers, memos, articles
Correspondence and notes re: faculty salaries
photocopies, obituary
17.0 folders
Minutes, reports, correspondence.
Notes, reports, memorandum, "Harvard Plan."
Reports, committees, memorandum, correspondence.
Minutes, reports, correspondence, bulletins, travel voucher, memorandum, Congressional bill.
Conference proceedings, bulletins, correspondence, memoranda, membership lists.
Report, revised instruction, memoranda, correspondence.
Correspondence, memoranda.
Correspondence, memoranda, photographs.
Correspondence, student records, reports.
Correspondence, reports, telegrams, program of instruction.
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, memoranda.
Newspaper clippings, correspondence, policies, student records.
Correspondence, memorandum, loyalty certificates.
Correspondence, reports and publications.
Correspondence and reports.
Correspondence, reports, brochures.
Correspondence, memoranda, articles, brochures and pamphlets.
42.0 folders
Correspondence, reports, telegrams, guest lists, conference reports
surveys, undergraduate curricula, enrollment: degree data, staff biographies
staff biographies, correspondence, memoranda, report
correspondence, bulletins, drafts
correspondence, reports, book bulletins, request and presentation re: Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia
Key Documents on the Bio-Medical Program of Drexel and Presbyterian Hospital, correspondence
correspondence, reports, bulletins, curricula studies
newsletters, convocation programs, curricula, programs, memorandum
correspondence, reports, conferences, financial, transcripts;
reports, correspondence, pamphlets, addresses, convention programs
correspondence, newspaper clippings; "A Proposal for a Soviet-American Exchange in Labor Relations", Business Administration Day
correspondence, reports, Business Leader of the Year (1954, 1952-1954), Employee Benefit Plans Philadelphia (1952)
correspondence, pamphlets, addresses; Retail Management Courses, Retailing, Enrollment, Blackstone Memorial
correspondence, pamphlets, newspaper articles; Keynesian Economics, Elements of Economics Textbook, Placement Service (1944-1945), Education and Industry at Work for Progress, Cooperative Education
correspondence, curriculum survey, press releases
correspondence, reports, enrollment lists, Amherst Program Pamphlet, student data in College of Engineering
Contains mostly correspondence, memos, and newspaper clippings.
Contains flyers, essays, press pieces, and some correspondence.
correspondence, reports
conference reports, conference bulletins, newspapers,surveys, correspondence Federal Security Agency-creator
Correspondence and business reports
content mostly concerns a psychological study on high school students
correspondence, reports
Contains mostly correspondence, inter-office memos, and meeting minutes.
lists of student employers, and several event programs
undated; bound report on chemical engineering program
Reports on curricula of the evening school.
A review of the evening electrical engineering school's curriculum.
A bound report listing the Engineering Drawing curriculum.
Bound report detailing the evening school's English curriculum.
A bound report detailing the Mathematics curriculum.
A bound report detailing the evening school's mechanical engineering curriculum.
A report on the students enrolled in the evening school.
A bound report detailing the curriculum of the evening school's Physics program.
pamphlets, memorandum, bulletins, student lists, program outlines, correspondence, newspaper clippings
Correspondence, memoranda, annual reports, articles and brochures.
proposed curriculum, correspondence, tribute luncheons, memoranda, pamphlets
memorandums, correspondence, pamphlets, musical scores. Detailed list of contents in file.
Correspondence, reports and brochures discussing possibilties for nuclear education at Drexel. References depts. of physics, chemistry and engineering.
Correspondence, reports, brochures and articles re: discontinuing the nursing school courses in June, 1956.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, meeting minutes, brochures, articles. Includes NCAA and athletics
This series contains the records of Creese's involvement with a multitude of organizations in the outside community. They range from educational groups to business associations.
Physical Description86.0 folders
articles, notes
reports, correspondence, programs, budgets, oversized folders
reports, correspondence, Philadelphia Meeting, Committee Members, "Horizons in Industrial Science from the Viewpoint of the Educator" by Creese, photograph of Creese at Event in Philadelphia
Disque from 1944, correspondence, short course literature, Worrell annotations
Survey of Drexel by the American Council on Education-1941, recommendations by the Council, correspondence to Disque-1945, correspondence, programs
pamphlets, "Civil Defense and Higher Education", reports, meetings
conference-schedules, reports, work papers, talks
reports, correspondence, pamphlets, brochures, annual reports
pamphlets, correspondence, minutes, memos, campaign plans
fundraising campaign, chapter, constitution, bylaws, minutes, correspondence
correspondence, bulletins, pamphlets, reports, news bulletins, President's Newsletter,
bulletins, correspondence
correspondence, meeting programs
"Report on Minority Groups in the Colleges"-racial and religious groups, correspondence, reports, officer list
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, addresses, meeting minutes and programs related to the activities of the Association of Urban Universities.
Newsletters of the Association of Urban Universities
Correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes and reports re: the Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, PA, including budgets and annual giving.
Correspondence regarding Boy Scouts of America Philadelphia Council scholarship.
Reports and publications of the Bureau of Municipal Research. Correspondence and memoranda and board member list. Report topics include a city college for Philadelphia, approach to Philadelphia's industrial renewal problem, Delaware Expressway, free or toll?
Correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding the activities of the bureau. Subjects include: textbooks, City of Philadelphia budget 1954 & 1955, firemen's pension fund.
Correspondence, publications, press releases, pamphlets and reports re: Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia and its Industrial Council. Includes legislative directories and a list of women in prominent positions.
Publications of the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia. Some correspondence and reports of various committees.
Correspondence, reports and publications re: Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia. Reports of real estate assessments, investment in education, committees assigned to revitalize Philadelphia.
Correspondence, reports, meeting notes, newspapers and article clippings from Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia and Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce.
Correspondence, conference proceesings, meeting minutes, newspapers and article clippings re: Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia and Business Climate Action Committee and related conference.
Correspondence, meeting minutes, reports and newspapers re: Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia and Business Climate Conference Committee
Correspondence, reports, brochures and article clippings re: Scientific Manpower Committee of the Commerce and Industry Council.
Includes the following publications from Frontiers of Science Foundation of Oklahoma, Inc.: Oklahoma's new frontiers: Science, industry and education (report of the International Symposium held on June 17, 1957)
Brochure: "So you're thinking about a career in science" for high school students
Annual report of the foundation, 1956
correspondence, publications, by-laws, memorandum, notes, reports
correspondence, minutes, directories, publications
Tentative draft, University Redevelopment Area Plan, City Planning Commission. Consists of reports, site plans and maps re: city planning.
Chart showing organizational structure of the National Conference of Christians and Jews
Correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, reports, plans and articles re: moving Engineering Societies headquarters from New York City to Philadelphia.
Correspondence, articles, reports and publications in re: moving the Engineering Society's headquarters from New York City to Philadelphia. Report titled "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A Superior Location for the New Headquarters Building of the Engineering Societies (1954)" included.
Memoranda and publications re: moving the Engineering Societies' headquarters from New York to Chicago or Philadelphia. Publications included: Mr. Engineer: Here's the Chicago Plan (1955)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A superior location for the new headquarters building for the Engineering Societies (1954)
Engineers - we hope you will make this your new home: The Philadelphia story (1955)
Duplicates of publication found in 1.7/17/2
Correspondence, annual reports and lists of accredited undergraduate engineering programs in the U.S.
correspondence, reports; design report by architectural firm
correspondence, pamphlets, publications
correspondence, publications personnel of the Franklin Institute, Donations by Creese to the Franklin Institute
correpondence, confidential reports, pamphlets, annual report, survey Salary report is marked confidential
Reports (drafts and final), correspondence, articles and photograps relating to the activities of the Governor's Committee on Unemployment Compensation. Includes photographs of Creese with Gov. Lawrence and others.
Meeting minutes and draft reports of the committee.
Reports, photographs, meeting minutes, correspondence and handwritten notes re: committee activities and unemployment compensation law. Includes photograph of Governor Lawrence signing the amendments to the Unemployment Compensation Law.
reports to the President, summary report, college brochures. Information related to the President's Committee on Education Beyond the High School, or which Dr. Creese was a member. The publication "Higher Education and the Future of Youth in Greater Philadelphia Area" is included in this collection.
Includes the report "Inventory of Higher Educational Facilities in the Philadelphia Area."
reports from Civil Service Commission, Highway Career System
correspondence, reports, newspaper articles, agendas, Department of Highways publications, membership, minute
Correspondence, reports and surveys re: enrollments, curriculum, financial aid and faculty/staff salaries/benefits in the engineering departments, meeting minutes
Correspondence, reports and surveys re: enrollments, curriculum, financial aid and faculty/staff salaries/benefits in the engineering departments, meeting minutes
Correspondence, articles, reports, surveys, publications and meeting minutes re: engineering education, curriculum, faculty and staff salaries, financial aid, including information from other engineering schools.
Correspondence, reports and meeting minutes re: all aspects of engineering higher education.
Published reports of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Published reports of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces; includes the bound volume "Emergency Management of the National Economy: Volume XIV: Distribution Logistics." 1955, Benjamin H. Williams, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C.
Correspondence, publications, reports, brochures and newsletters re: activities, events and course offerings of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Correspondence, publications, reports, brochures and newsletters re: activities, events and course offerings of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Correspondence, publications, reports, brochures and newsletters re: activities, events and course offerings of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Two (2) official U.S. Navy photographs dated June 5, 1950 (unidentified men in attendance at ICAF conference or lecture).
Correspondence and reports of the activities of the International Economic Council Includes two (2) black-and-white photographs sent by Mr. Archie Battista of Philco Corporation. Images show Creese with Hon. A. Maxwell stamp, Hon. Douglas Dillon, Mr. Tore Browaldh, and Mr. Harvey Williams.
Report from Junior Achievement of Delaware Valley, Inc. with programs from recognition dinner.
correspondence, pamphlets, articles, memorandum, interim reports
Correspondence, programs and booklets related to the Newcomen Society special events. May 13, 1949 - Creese guest of honor at luncheon honoring A.J. Drexel.
Booklet titles: "A.J. Drexel and his 'Industrial University'" by James Creese, 1949.
"Printing in America -- and American Type Founders" by Thomas Roy Jones, printed by Newcomen Society, 1948.
reports, programs, dinner invitations, pamphlets from functions related to the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Delaware Metropolitan Project, Incorporated (PENJERDEL)
correspondence, reports, press releases, by-laws
reports, newspaper clippings
surveys, pamphlets, newsletters, recommendations for legislation, minutes, statements, correspondence, constitution
surveys, questionnaires, correspondence, convention program, membership lists
surveys, reports, correspondence, legislative reports, addresses
correspondence, meeting minutes, agendas
correspondence, reports, budgets
bulletins, fact sheets, pamphlets
correspondence, library brochures, minutes, memorandum
correspondence, minutes, supplements to minutes, notices
correspondence, addresses, minutes, bulletins
correspondence, Princeton Alumni Weekly, President's Reports of Princeton University, Newspaper Clippings
constitution, correspondence, alumni aricles, members' booklets
correspondence, University memoranda
Correspondence, articles, court filings, re: assessment of taxes on college property.
Report from Creese to PA Governor David L. Lawrence on the committee's activities
Correspondence and reports
Meeting minutes, reports and correspondence.
Correspondence, press releases, reports, publications and articles.
Correspondence and published reports.
Reports issued by the City of Philadelphia and correspondence.
Draft reports from City of Philadelphia.
Draft reports and correspondence from the City of Philadelphia.
Correspondence re: Drexel involvement with veterans' training and veterans' affairs, including establishment of a veterans administration at Drexel.
This series contains copies of many of Creese's speeches during his tenure as Drexel's president.
Physical Description45.0 folders
Bound copies of the speech, "A.J. Drexel and his 'Industrial University'" (two copies)
Copies of speeches with some handwritten notes. Table of contents at beginning of file.
Copies of speeches - some with handwritten notes. Table of contents at beginning of file 1.
Copies of speeches, some with handwritten notes. Table of contents at beginning of file.
Copies of speeches and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file 1.
Copies of speeches, handwritten notes and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file.
Copies of speeches, handwritten notes and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file 1.
Copies of speeches, handwritten notes and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file.
Copies of speeches, handwritten notes and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file 1.
Copies of speeches, handwritten notes and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file.
Copies of speeches and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file 1.
Copies of speeches, handwritten notes and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file.
Copies of speeches and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file 1.
Copies of speeches, handwritten notes and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file.
Copies of speeches and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file 1.
Copies of speeches, handwritten notes and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file.
Copies of speeches and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file 1.
Copies of speeches, some with handwritten notes. Table of contents at beginning of file.
Copies of speeches and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file 1.
Copies of speeches, some with handwritten notes. Table of contents at beginning of file.
Copies of speeches, handwritten notes and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file 1.
Speeches, programs, luncheons.
Copies of speeches and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file.
Copies of speeches with table of contents at beginning of file.
Copies of speeches and commencement programs. Table of contents at beginning of file 1.
Copies of speeches. Table of contents at beginning of file.
Copies of speeches and handwritten notes. Table of contents at beginning of file 1.
Table of contents, speeches.
Testimony, commencement programs, speeches, notes.
Table of contents, speeches, interviews, notes.
Speeches.
speech
speech
Correspondence, drafts, notes, articles and brochres re: Creese's speaking engagements
Correspondence, programs, speeches.
Speeches, addresses, programs, press releases, book chapters.
Speeches, clippings.
Correspondence, notes, articles and reports re: Creese's statement before the Joint Committee on Unemployment of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of PA.
speech
printed speech
Notes, drafts, correspondence, articles, brochures re: speeches potentially given by Creese.
Correspondence, drafts, notes, brochures and other supporting documents for speeches potentially given by Creese.
Reports, articles, drafts, brochures and other supporting materials for speeches potentially given by Creese.
bibliography
speech