Collections

UR 3.15 Dean of the Faculty marketing and management survey records, 1955-1956, 0.33 cubic feet In 1955, the Drexel Institute of Technology initiated a management survey with support from the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Advancement of Education. The consulting firm of Alderson & Sessions was hired to conduct the survey. The study was carried out in two phases: a management phase, which examined Drexel's organizational structure and managerial effectiveness, and a marketing phase, which looked at Drexel's appeal to students and its relationship to other Philadelphia institutions. This collection consists of records compiled by dean of the faculty Harry L. Bowman, who served on the Survey Advisory Committee. It includes three of the four volumes comprising the full final report: detailed analyses from the marketing and management phases of the project and statistical data compiled for the marketing phase. (A copy of the fourth volume, an executive summary of the entire report, is available in the Nesbitt College of Design Arts records). It also includes a file of correspondence and meeting minutes compiled by Dean Bowman. This collection is unprocessed. A preliminary inventory is available in the archives; contact the archivist at archives@drexel.edu for more information.

UR 3.3 Office of Continuing Professional Education records, 1970, 1975-1990, 1 cubic foot

The collection consists chiefly of course catalogs and promotional brochures for classes and special programs offered through the Office of Continuing Professional Education in 1970 and from 1975 to 1986. It also contains a few administrative records and a publication called "Prospectus for Professional Development" published by the Office of Continuing Professional Education from 1977 until 1979.

This collection is unprocessed.  A preliminary inventory is available in the archives; contact the archivist at archives@drexel.edu for more information.

UR 3.1 Academic Council minutes, 1960-1967, 1 cubic foot

This collection consists of minutes of Academic Council meetings from the group's founding in 1960 until 1967.  President James Creese suggested the establishment of what he called a "Council of Deans," chaired by the dean of the faculty, to coordinate academic policies among the colleges of the Drexel Institute.  The group's name was changed to the Academic Council later that year to reflect the group's membership, as many of the institute's non-academic deans did not regularly meet with the council.  By the 1980s, the council met under the leadership of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

This collection is partially processed.  A preliminary inventory is available in the archives; contact the archivist at archives@drexel.edu for more information.  Because the collection may contain confidential information, portions are currently restricted pending review by the archivist.  See the university archives' policy on access to records for further information.

UR 2.2 Investment Committee records, 1924-1996, 1.42 cubic feet

Includes records of:

• Finance Committee
• Endowment Fund Trustees

The Drexel Institute's first finance committee was established in 1891 as a standing committee of the Board of Managers, which merged with the Board of Trustees in 1894.  It appears to have been dissolved or become less active in the early 1920s.  In 1924, when the Institute initiated its first endowment campaign, a group called the "endowment fund trustees" was established to oversee the money raised during the campaign.  The endowment fund trustees stopped meeting in 1943, and a new finance committee took over its oversight of the endowment interest and principal.  The finance committee was renamed the investment committee in 1987.  This collection consists chiefly of the minutes of these committees from 1924 to 1995. A small series of administrative files is also included.

This collection is partially processed.  A preliminary inventory is available in the archives; contact the archivist at archives@drexel.edu for more information.  Because the collection may contain confidential information, portions are currently restricted pending review by the archivist.  See the university archives' policy on access to records for further information.