Hollis Godfrey papers, 1920-1936.

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Hollis Godfrey papers, 1920-1936.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62501771

The collection contains correspondence, including a series of letters between Godfrey and the poet Vachel Lindsay; Dr. Godfrey's publications, manuscripts, and speeches; administrative records from the Engineering Economics Foundation; and publications collected by Dr. Godfrey, including pamphlets and periodicals dealing with economics, national security, and the Jewish "threat."

0.54 cubic ft.

Drexel University Libraries, W. W. Hagerty Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7817206

Drexel University Libraries, W. W. Hagerty Library

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Edmondson Economic Service.

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Engineering-Economics Foundation.

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Godfrey, Hollis

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Hollis Godfrey served as president of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry from 1913 to 1921. He was educated as an engineer at Tufts, Harvard, and MIT, and he later taught at MIT and served as an administrator at the School of Practical Arts in Boston. He was interested in scientific management, management in education, and the role of engineering education in national defense. Dr. Godfrey left Drexel in 1921 to establish and direct the Council for Management Education. He later b...

Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931

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Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was born in Springfield, IL. He studied in Ohio, Chicago, and New York and acquired a reputation as a poet and lecturer. Lindsay became famous for his walk from Springfield, IL to New Mexico in 1912, and for an unusual method of writing poetry. In 1924 he arrived in Spokane where he worked as a columnist for the "Spokesman-Review". He returned to Springfield in 1929, and at the time of his death was a major figure in American poetry. From the description of Co...