While processing the Evening College records, I was aware that Drexel University Archives was putting together an exhibition in honor of Veterans Day, I came across two folders worth of materials related to students of the Evening School who fought in World War II. I informed the Head Archivist about the materials and several items from the collection did in fact become part of the exhibition.

In 1941, Dean Laura Campbell organized a memorial service in honor of the students who lost their lives in the war. The memorial service program, a newspaper article about the service and a few of the letters from parents to Dean Campbell stating if they could attend or not, and if so how many tickets they required are included.

An online version of the exhibition titled, “Scholars Who Served: A History of Drexel’s Veterans” is now available!

The materials from the Evening College records can be seen in the World War II section or in a list format following this link.

It was wonderful to see how our work with minimal processing made a collection immediately useful for the archives and its patrons.