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Bennett S. LeBow College of Business records

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Held at: Drexel University Archives [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. 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:
04.011
Repository:
Drexel University Archives
Extent:
2 cubic feet (6 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Bennett S. LeBow College of Business records, 1934 - 2012 (UR 4.11), Drexel University Archives
Date:
1934-2012 (inclusive)
Creator:
Drexel University. College of Business Administration
Abstract:

The Bennett S. LeBow College of Business originated as the Business Department of the Drexel Insitute of Art, Science, and Industry in 1891, and changed its name to the Department of Commerce and Finance in 1896. Drexel President Hollis Godfrey reorganized it as the Secretarial School in 1914, apparently intended to provide instruction specifically for women. The school was renamed the School of Business Administration in 1922 (later the College of Business Administration in 1945) and began granting bachelor's degrees in 1923. The MBA program was established in 1949. The college was first accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in 1966 for its undergraduate program and in 1976 for its MBA. A PhD program was launched in 1980. It became the Bennett S. LeBow College of Business in 1999.

The bulk of this collection consists of an application for accreditation by the American Assembly of Collegiate schools of Business from 1966, as well as reports prepared for reaccreditation in 1986. It also includes annual reports from the dean to Drexel's president from 1978 to 1981; a strategic plan from the 1980s; a report on the founding of the PhD program; and MBA and PhD curricular materials. Also included is a box of LeBow ephemera from 2005, and a box of the time capsule contents from 1965. The collection also includes two boxes of videos from Accession 2006-132.

Physical arrangement was updated to match the intelectual arrangement by Alex Buckton in 8/2024.

Organization
Subject

Publisher
Drexel University Archives
Finding Aid Author
Laura Bees
Finding Aid Date
2014
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Collection Inventory

Accounting CPE seminar and alumni reception flyer, 2010 October.
Box 1 Folder 1
Adjunct faculty guide, ca. 1975.
Box 1 Folder 2
The American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), volumes I to IV, 1966 October. 4 volume(s).
Box 1 Folder 3-6
Physical Description

4 volume(s)

Biz Ed magazine, 2006 November-December.
Box 1 Folder 7
Business Administration Day program, 1963.
Box 1 Folder 8
Classification of business administration school courses, 1975.
Box 1 Folder 9
College of Business Administration Prospectus, 1988-1989.
Box 1 Folder 10
Continuing review follow-up report AACSB reaccreditation of undergraduate and masters program, volume I, 1987-1988.
Box 1 Folder 11
Dean's annual reports, 1978-1981, 2012. 4 volume(s).
Box 2 Folder 1-3a
Physical Description

4 volume(s)

Dean's records on vacancy occupancy survey, 1953.
Box 2 Folder 4
Drexel MBA programs pamphlet, circa 2010.
Box 2 Folder 5
Faculty meeting minutes, 1962-1963.
Box 2 Folder 6

LeBow College of Business/Baiada Center wine tools, undated.
Box 4
2005 Business Leader of the Year golf balls, 2005.
Box 4
LeBow College of Business Jump Drive, undated.
Box 4
Business Card Case, undated.
Box 4
Drexel University Coffee Mug, undated.
Box 4
LeBow College of Business Executive Education, 2005-2006.
Box 2 Folder 7
LeBow College of Business Institute for Strategic Leadership booklet, circa 2002. 1 folder(s).
Oversize 1
Physical Description

1 folder(s)

MBA foundation course, financial management, visuals used for tape presentation, 1987.
Box 2 Folder 8
MBA foundation course, self study guide, circa 1985.
Box 3 Folder 1
MBA resume book, 1989.
Box 3 Folder 2
Membership application and supporting information, 1934.
Box 3 Folder 3
Ph.D. handbooks, 1980-1981, 1986-1987. 3 volume(s).
Box 3 Folder 4-5
Physical Description

3 volume(s)

Preliminary academic budget request, 1986-1987.
Box 3 Folder 6
Proposed doctoral program in business administration, 1980 August.
Box 3 Folder 7
Self-study report AACSB reaccreditation of undergraduate and masters program, volume IA, common knowledge base course syllabi, 1986-1987.
Box 3 Folder 8
Self-study report AACSB reaccreditation of undergraduate and masters program, volume I, 1986-1987.
Box 3 Folder 9 Box 4 Folder 1
Self-study report AACSB reaccreditation of undergraduate and masters program, volume II faculty data sheets, 1986-1987.
Box 4 Folder 2
Self-study report AACSB reaccreditation of undergraduate and masters program, volume III appendices, 1986-1987.
Box 4 Folder 3-4
Ten-year plan, 1985.
Box 4 Folder 5

Answers to your questions about Drexel and the Drexel plan of cooperative education, brochure, undated.
Bus Ad Day bookmark, circa 1965.
Box 5
Cigarette with handwritten names on it in box, circa 1965.
Box 5
Scope and content note

names on cigarette: W. Martin, Ed. Martin, Macaulay, S. Smith, Carlo, Cauri Barry Lucke' Halpia McNamara Mueller

Drexel Institute of Technology blue book, circa 1965.
Drexel Institute of Technology Bulletin undergraduate curricula, 1965-1966.
Box 5
Drexel profile booklet, 1964.
Box 5
Federal Tax Course textbook, 1964.
Box 5
The graduate program in business administration brochure, circa 1965.
The Ledger, quarterly journal of the undergraduate College of Business Administration, volume 9 number 3, volume 10 numbers 1 and 2, 1963. 3 volume(s).
Box 5
Physical Description

3 volume(s)

The Triangle, volume XLII number 10, 1965 April 23.
Box 5

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