NOTES

1 The dedication of Drexel Institute was widely publicized with the complete proceedings published as Dedication Ceremonies of the Drexel Institute (Philadelphia: Drexel Institute, 1893). The list of guests was published on pages 10-12. Drexel has been the subject of a number of histories, notably Edward D. McDonald and Edward M. Hinton, Drexel Institute of Technology, 1891-1941: A Memorial History (Philadelphia: Drexel Institute of Technology, 1942); and Miriam N. Kotzin, A History of Drexel University, 1941-1963 (Philadelphia: Drexel University, 1983).

2 The first of these pieces appeared in Journal of the Franklin Institute 129, no.2 (February 1890): 81 ff. and continued monthly until 130, no. 4 (October, 1890): pp. 241-265.

3 Ibid., pp. 264-5.

4 For a brief biography of Drexel, see Dictionary of American Biography (DAB), vol. 5. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. pp. 455-456.

5 The Drexel commissions included the bank at 5th Street of 1884-85, its massive enlargement, 1887-88; the Drexel Institute, 1889-91; a house for George W. Childs Drexel at 39th and Locust streets, of 1891, and numerous later additions and alterations including the 1901 Randall Hall. The first record of the projected Drexel Institute appears to have been a listing in The Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide 4, no. 51 (25 December 1889) which reported that the Wilson Brothers were at work on plans and specifications for the new "Drexel School," to be built at 32nd and Chestnut streets, with work to begin "...in the coming building season."

6 DAB, vol. 20, pp. 339-340. The Wilson Brothers are discussed in [Wilson Brothers], A Catalogue of Work Executed, (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1885); Sandra Tatman and Roger Moss, Biographical Dictionary of Philadelphia Architects (Boston: G.K. Hall, 1985) pp. 868-871.

7 George E. Thomas, "Design for the Main Exhibition Building, Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition," James F. O'Gorman, et al, Drawing Towards Building, Philadelphia Architectural Graphics, 1732-1986 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986) pp. 140-142.

8 Joseph M. Wilson, The Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition (Philadelphia: Gebbie and Barrie, 1876), vol. 3. History, Mechanics, Science, pp. c-cvi.

9 [Wilson Brothers], A Catalogue..., p. 6.

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celebration of the Centennial of Drexel University.

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