Poly Archives

Poly Archives & Special Collections @ NYU. Engineering school. Materials & records of the former Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn/PINY/Polytechnic University.

[NYU Libraries @NYULibraries]

Have you seen Shu Lea Cheang’s 1994 cult fave Fresh Kill? Our Department of Preservation was recently awarded a National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF) grant to preserve this eco-feminist work. (NYU Special Collections, MSS 381) https://t.co/orTlDGQzvg @nyupreservation

[Poly Archives @PolyArchives]

Ah, but is it a record group of archivists or a fond of archivists?

#archives #veryimportantquestions #archivists

[Poly Archives @PolyArchives]

Welcome back to all our @nyutandon students! See any differences between this 1957 #polytech Freshman Orientation and yours?

(Besides some obvious answers, see if you can find the student smoking!)

[Poly Archives @PolyArchives]

A handwritten thesis for #NationalHandwritingDay from the NYU Engineering class of '78 -- 1878, that is!

After the 1973 merger of NYU Heights with #polytech, our archive got their collection of engineering theses and dissertations - so we have Poly and (old) @nyutandon theses.

[Poly Archives @PolyArchives]

For #NationalHatDay - here's our mystery hat! It's been sitting on our shelves for years but no one knows where it came from...or if anyone will ever come back for it #archives #polyarchives

[Princethorpe Foundation Archives @PFdn_Archives]

Ha - I’ve just seen this helpful flowchart on an archivist group for when to wear gloves 😂 Thanks to Rebecca Goldman aka Derangement and Description for this! #StepAwayFromTheGloves

[Poly Archives @PolyArchives]

Keeping with the #hindsightis2020 theme - here's a depiction of a #Polytech engineer from the 1920's. Look anything like our @nyutandon students?? #archives #engineering

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Hindsight is 20/20 = here's a look at our #Polytech Alma Mater from the 1920 yearbook (written by Bern Dibner, of @DibLib fame) #archives @NYULibraries

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Part of a new accretion to our Memorabilia Collection! From the short-lived (2014) Polytechnic School of Engineering - which became @nyutandon in 2015

[Soc Amer Archivists @archivists_org]

History prof Judy Kutulas writes about the importance of bringing students to the archives: "We rely on evidence and examples to tell stories, to document the past, assess our present, and plan our future. Our students want to be part of it."
https://t.co/w3GTmzjAQF

[Poly Archives @PolyArchives]

We're digitizing old Poly photos with NYU's DLTS - check out their #insta ftg. some Poly pix: https://t.co/ldLJyYT3qK or look through our finding aid w/ all of them @ https://t.co/Vt5bOBcDd7! #digitization #archives

[Archive Hashtag @ArchiveHashtag]

It’s almost #Halloween19 why not play along and find out what your wicked archivist’s #halloween costume should be!

[Poly Archives @PolyArchives]

Very happy to have helped w/ "NYU Engineering, Polytechnic: A History of Engineering" which features many images and documents from our archives!

[NYU Tandon @nyutandon]

There is still time to register for the programming hosted by Tandon @nyualumni Weekend! Come to Bklyn for a film screening of “NYU Engineering, Polytechnic: A History of Engineering", followed by Tandon’s Made in Brooklyn Showcase at @nyumakerspace https://t.co/RAmdBwSygA #NYU

[Poly Archives @PolyArchives]

Some selections from the #PolyEngineer, printed in a student handbook from the mid-1900s - if only they could see @nyutandon now!

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When you get so emotionally attached to the person whose collection you're processing that you talk about them like they're your best friend: first name only, crying over something sad in their life, etc. #AskAnArchivist

[Poly Archives @PolyArchives]

Here's an old favorite.... #AskAnArchivist

[Soc Amer Archivists @archivists_org]

This itself raises a great question for archivists: what are some of your favorite archives/archivist jokes? #AskAnArchivist

[Poly Archives @PolyArchives]

Couldn't do our work with out it! We have cards for our large thesis and dissertation collection, engineering technical reports, and people mentioned in Poly publications.

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The memoir of Herbert Morawetz - important polymer scientist, Poly alumni, and long-time Poly professor. Moving account of being a Jewish Czech scientist before/during/after WWII: https://t.co/oS8nQaPZFe

[NSULA Watson Library @NSULAWatson]

For my fellow archivists, is there an object/collection/document that affected you deeply when you came across it? #AskAnArchivist

[Poly Archives @PolyArchives]

Darnley Howard! A 1920 Poly graduate, taught at Poly and then went to teach at @HowardUniv (field trip?) and head the Mech. Eng. dept #nyutandon #AskAnArchivist

[Julia Westblade @JuliaGSpencer]

#AskAnArchivist who is someone in your archive that more people need to know about?

[Poly Archives @PolyArchives]

@johntrendler Scanning - definitely scanning.
1) handling delicate materials
2) takes forever for hi-res
3) makes lots of noise

But, access is important!