Drexel Family Digital Archive Project
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Drexel Family Digital Archive Project
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This is a parent-collection showing all materials on this site that are included in the digital exhibit, Drexel Family Digital Archive Project. This may include Drexel University materials and more held by different repositories.
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Collection Items
Carbon copy of a letter from James MacAlister to Katharine Drexel, circa 1899-1900.
This letter from James MacAlister, the first president of the Drexel Institute of Arts, Science, and Industry, to Katharine Drexel, circa 1899-1900, asking for Mother Katharine to send funds to cover Nash’s tuition and expenses. The letter preserved…
“Rules Governing Catholic Pupils at the U.S. Indian Industrial School Carlisle, PA,” 1907.
A four-page pamphlet printed double-sided on a single sheet of paper and folded in half. The document was created by H. G. Ganss, Rector of St. Patrick‘s Church and School Chaplain to Catholic students at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in…
"Drexel Fund Aids Negroes and Indians," November 2-5, 1945.
!["Drexel Fund Aids Negroes and Indians," November 2-5, 1945.](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/53843/archive/square_thumbnails/0140d148dcfb9654dcb6c36e7db17287.jpg?Expires=1715212800&Signature=nWWbTSoRoG9xgrO-N4vMQgO8g2HhnXn8QR5s%7E9nZTQXcIAyBeY0lvhWAOgCCxm6qEsr4ROG4eo7QmWCEUJl3CGRUv0vY8pAj4QppYy6vaTVn1gNbcEZFEA8vXYJkgLcHnHPdyfGkoi3m8-BuxsuE16yZjg7EkRa48edDJw1UmvJRWAES55Cu7mjrrPbyi5koiq-B3oALyHRJimunmVv%7EKbTswKEJ%7EoiKdtIpgmME-G-Mt5c2mNvNjFIiRLx0aLo4vj%7EA30LTu4dEugYOWN2LOGj9E5GWWBJwEBcj7hw9jl%7EsMPzNqjmOaCnFOmRl46d18Z9bqZhY8WSLk7kHtjy66w__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ""Drexel Fund Aids Negroes and Indians," November 2-5, 1945.")
After the death of Louise Bouvier Drexel Morrell in 1945, the bulk of the inheritance went to Saint Katharine to continue to fund schools and missions serving African American and Native American communities.
“S.Y. Sultana off Dartmouth, England. My second Home for 15 Years. World 3 Year Cruise.” William Rasmussen diary excerpt [photocopy].
![“S.Y. Sultana off Dartmouth, England. My second Home for 15 Years. World 3 Year Cruise.” William Rasmussen diary excerpt [photocopy].](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/53843/archive/square_thumbnails/807932d661f3ca8c425ab0ddee4a30bf.jpg?Expires=1715212800&Signature=Vkl4vWLs6Q4TxShyPMRwd48bXguyZtGsXZfkQF6vSzZQx52dZ88PQL-k6A5RK2DB3SHdDF1yhKakod0VWKjLSc4ypY-WP49cngKLotXNXjJQEytGE1bwu%7ExbeYqKXpgIZoeUFTvEQBgQOKmOQTqJ9SVyI5HG4jTZIkcOsurfDvs4EaAPcjlfrY1Q%7ESSkG4eaWJZ0mTV6WhqmR0QSWNu2VuEPwhbVnnvcPM9sk96aFtvwzo2sjX54v28b6ae79xLPrpSKKcQ3HRzDT%7Ec7hbIZsDhQVmIponIHdXnMJniQd%7EN--i5CcJJkgp24kI37JNsLhYptSSWuqm2L1emkLFqRtg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM "“S.Y. Sultana off Dartmouth, England. My second Home for 15 Years. World 3 Year Cruise.” William Rasmussen diary excerpt [photocopy].")
Photocopy of a diary page showing a picture of the Sultana and an 1893 portrait of William Rasmussen.
![“Mother M. Katharine outside mission, 1930. [Houck,] Arizona.” Circa 1930.](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/53843/archive/square_thumbnails/7f6c02aa013a298434d5c2326d2ffc0e.jpg?Expires=1715212800&Signature=K2AzY9%7ElEctM%7EfGoAHzpN3N%7EB3ZxiRHar0nvuSWv7uXUYram6IvkmSpIcNmFN3e9ZY50VRbe6B0vt0YGkZgbXpDD8l7MiZMtFVZLsdRkpS1Cn63bJaPVC4Lt5EQgJ7SRqNVHMUbHDkoYsu4%7Esvkv6NiIQ4PQrl1DLVMdU2OcTXviK6YtVhZ31tbFcNK8cLYPkeJrfjobB1%7E2gHwhFkAHnozHBt1rsBggswTLSYPQx8%7EmL%7EmK3Fn%7E6AZq8oYRg2ct0BOem1f4%7EYygoqf9AtEb%7Ex8HCkOA119ZAv4GOSa-IV-gwrxYjtQ6DxTB1tzAoXyIgFmiQcagdSUjdWQoSr5ssQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM "“Mother M. Katharine outside mission, 1930. [Houck,] Arizona.” Circa 1930.")
Typed copy of a letter from Captain John L. Bullis to Daniel M. Browning, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. May 29, 1895.
In this letter, Bullis voices support for Katharine Drexel's request for a government contract with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and funding for St. Catherine's Indian School. Bullis wrote the letter in his capacity as an “Indian agent” to the…
!["Music collection given institute: Rare instruments of Mrs. George Drexel [Mary S. Irick Drexel] put on display." June 2, 1938.](https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/53843/archive/square_thumbnails/b07491ab3e79cdc53e9cb2b875874452.jpg?Expires=1715212800&Signature=Sz%7Eyn8VPftF8x4MhJvQYmK-H9bmwjKQTbFItg-Otf-qaZ7SMQ218syeCZZDMETRnteMC2AlDi5NcmDh9rDEnGo3RUGT50KVqwj1dXaP-WeXpaTI7GmYhqLjZIGnvPRNfTXEoZDrFwiURFKyx7iOhpxezo7f-RgiXTLP7T2UqAJ5hIwZLeupxHwBTHdNyFQJy8GIaWSl9dI1xbDrzQG8p4VqRHr1GJWo1WbTJ7P0-6-NDckmBSES22OuxoEHI%7EoeuMJaDswu-Q1GPzURjsN1wL76zYlvWyUPTCvQzmaJFJE8UujmGcBqmrNOPDJIcmKQduoPfEnMGmnRGSMNYaNkrQw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM ""Music collection given institute: Rare instruments of Mrs. George Drexel [Mary S. Irick Drexel] put on display." June 2, 1938.")