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<div class="extent-groups"> <div class="extent-group"> 5.25 Cubic Feet </div> <div class="extent-group"> in four filing cabinet drawers. </div> </div> </div> <div class="md-group langmaterial" id ="aspace_6ae0ec218690d5cf33a3fb07726503c9"> <h2 class="formattednote-header">Language of Materials</h2> <div>Materials almost entirely in English.</div></div> <div class="md-group formattednote arrangement" id ="aspace_2e3aebafe40b5d2035d0c251c989ae15"> <h2 class="formattednote-header">Arrangement</h2> <div> <p>The folders in the collection are arranged alphabetically with the relevant portion of the title in asterisks if not the first text.</p> <p>Individuals not identified by individually titled folders may have related materials in the "People" alphabetical folders.</p> </div> </div> <div class="md-group formattednote scopecontent" id ="aspace_b056c7966e511afa03603212226c6b24"> <h2 class="formattednote-header">Scope and Contents</h2> <div> <p>The collection covers people, places, and institutions that relate to Polytechnic in a variety of ways. This includes material about staff and alumni, current and former departments or locations, and records of different groups and events at Poly.</p> </div> </div> <div class="md-group controlaccess"> <h2 class="label formattednote-header">Subjects</h2> <div class="controlaccess-inner"> <div class="controlaccess-corpname-group"> <h3 class="sub-label">Organizations</h3> <div> <span class="controlaccess-value"><a href="https://specialcollections.library.nyu.edu/search/?utf8=%e2%9c%93&f%5Brepository_sim%5D%5B%5D=poly&q=Brooklyn+Collegiate+and+Polytechnic+Institute">Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute</a></span> <span class="role">(Role: Former owner)</span> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="md-group formattednote accessrestrict" id ="aspace_8ea92ead44a8b8009604802fa3152753"> <h2 class="formattednote-header">Conditions Governing Access</h2> <div> <p>Materials are open for research without restriction.</p> </div> </div> <div class="md-group formattednote userestrict" id ="aspace_745deadbcd6484c8e410eef4e5a42fd8"> <h2 class="formattednote-header">Conditions Governing Use</h2> <div> <p>Permission to publish materials must be obtained from:</p> <p>Poly Archives Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology 5 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201</p> <p>Phone: (646) 997-3943 E-mail: polyarchives@nyu.edu</p> </div> </div> <div class="md-group formattednote prefercite" id ="aspace_4554f20982aaff1584c8740b449013c9"> <h2 class="formattednote-header">Preferred Citation</h2> <div> <p>Identification of item, date; Ready Reference Collection; RG 040; box number; folder number or item identifier; Poly Archives at Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, New York University.</p> </div> </div> <div class="md-group formattednote physloc"> <h2 class="label formattednote-header">Location of Materials</h2> <div><span id ="aspace_81cdaccd589d809c9f986e097ad5501e">Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology 5 MetroTech Center Brooklyn, New York, 11201 (646) 997-3943 polyarchives@nyu.edu</span> </div> </div> <div class="md-group formattednote acqinfo" id ="aspace_31e026b1802547399c321d6aac86fbae"> <h2 class="formattednote-header">Immediate Source of Acquisition</h2> <div> <p>Materials found in collection; there is no documentation concerning the provenance of these materials.</p> </div> </div> <div class="md-group author"> <h2 class="formattednote-header">Collection processed by</h2> <div>Zoe Blecher-Cohen</div> </div> <div class="md-group profiledesc"> <h2 class="label formattednote-header">About this Guide</h2> <div class="creation">This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <span class="ead-date">2023-08-22 10:07:49 -0400</span>.</div> <div class="descrules">Using <i>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</i></div> <div class="langusage">Language: English</div> </div> <div class="md-group formattednote revisiondesc"><h2 class="label formattednote-header">Revisions to this Guide</h2> <div class="revisiondesc-change"> <span>November 2021:</span> 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.</div></div> <div class="md-group repository"> <h2 class="label formattednote-header">Repository</h2> <div><span class="corpname">Poly Archives at the Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, NYU Libraries</span></div> </div> <h2 class="formattednote-header">Container</h2> <div class="md-group ead-container-wrapper" > <div class="ead-container"><span id="aspace_fee9b1b538ac0146c6bb11e805a8cfbb" class="label formattednote-header">drawer: </span><span class="ead-container-parent">1</span> <span class="ead-container-mat-type">(Material Type: Mixed Materials)</span></div> <div class="ead-container"><span id="aspace_578939f70f86706c0040a833263da350" class="label formattednote-header">drawer: </span><span 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