Parke R. Kolbe administration records, 1932-1941.

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Parke R. Kolbe administration records, 1932-1941.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62501757

The bulk of the collection consists of Dr. Kolbe's correspondence, mostly with faculty but also including parents and students. The collection also includes copies of surveys of university faculty salaries from 1940 and 1941, as well as a brief set of records relating to the survey.

2.5 linear ft.

Drexel University Libraries, W. W. Hagerty Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7817204

Drexel University Libraries, W. W. Hagerty Library

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Drexel Institute of Technology. Office of the President.

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Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry. Office of the President.

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Kolbe, Parke Rexford, 1881-1942

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Parke Rexford Kolbe, the Drexel Institute's fourth president, served from 1932 to 1942. He was educated as a linguist and was a scholar of higher education. Before coming to Drexel, Dr. Kolbe was president of the University of Akron from 1913 to 1925 and of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn from 1925 to 1932. As Drexel's president, Dr. Kolbe presided over the changing of the school's name from the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry to the Drexel Institute of Technology, the decen...

Drexel University

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