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Polytechnic and New York University Course Materials

Call Number

RG.032

Date

1947-1983, inclusive

Creator

Extent

4.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Biographical / Historical

The course materials and seminar series in this collection contain insight into teachings at Polytechnic from the 1940s-1980s. Notable professors papers and course materials, such as chemical engineer Herbert Morawetz and mathematician Heinrich Guggenhiemer, are included in this collection.

The course materials were transferred from departments to the library's circulating collection in the 1970s and 1980s. They were transferred from the circulating collection to the archives in 2015.

Arrangement

Course materials are arranged by department, then by course or seminar series.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains course materials from the Chemistry Department in polymer science and organic chemistry, and from the Mathematics Department in linear algebra. The Chemistry Department course materials span the 1940s - 1960s. The Mathematics Department materials are from the early 1980s.

Subjects

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Polytechnic University in all its forms are maintained by New York University. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from the Poly Archives. Please contact the Poly Archives, polyarchives@nyu.edu, 646-997-3530.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Polytechnic Course Materials; RG 032; box number; folder number or item identifier; Poly Archives at Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, New York University.

Location of Materials

Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology 5 MetroTech Center Brooklyn, New York, 11201 (646) 997-3943 polyarchives@nyu.edu

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials found in collection; there is no documentation concerning the provenance of these materials.

Collection processed by

Lindsay Anderberg

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-22 10:09:13 -0400.
Using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language: English

Revisions to this Guide

November 2021: Finding aid revised and edited by Zoe Blecher-Cohen, Mandy Abokhair, and Aileen Thong in 2021 to update the institutional change from NYU-Poly to NYU and for compliance with DACS Required Elements for Archival Description.

Repository

Poly Archives at the Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, NYU Libraries
Poly Archives at Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology
Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology
5 MetroTech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11201