Series II: 2021 Accretion, circa 1930-1965, inclusive

Language of Materials

English.

Location of Materials

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

Scope and Contents

These items mainly include engineering equipment such as slide rules, drafting tools, and scales from the 1930s-1960s. They are located in bay 29 shelf 4C.

Arrangement

This donation is housed in two boxes and arranged into two sub-series: Sub-series A: Engineering Equipment, circa 1930-1965 and Sub-series B: Academia, 1954. Items are listed alphabetically.

Biographical / Historical

Frank Baranowksi was born on November 1, 1921 in Bayonne, New Jersey and received a BS in Chemical Engineering from New York University Heights on June 5, 1943 and an MS from the University of Tennessee. Baranowski was a World War II vet and an engineer on the Manhattan Project. He passed away in Williamsburg, Virginia on August 30, 2017.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These items were donated to the Poly Archives by Frank Baranowski's daughter, Susan Baranowski in February 2021. Accession 20-001.

Sub-series A: Engineering Equipment, circa 1930-1965, inclusive

Clay Adams Co. Scale with Weights in Wooden Box, circa 1940s

box: 1, item: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dietzgen Drafting Instruments (11 piece) in Black Case, circa 1930

box: 1, item: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Engineering Instruments Inc. 10-inch Slide Rule, undated

box: 1, item: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Keuffel & Esser Beginner's Slide Rule, undated

box: 1, item: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Keuffel & Esser Slide Rule and Leather Case with Instruction Booklet, circa 1940s

box: 1, item: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lutz Architect's Triangular Ruler, undated

box: 1, item: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sterling Slide Rule and Black Plastic Case, 1965

box: 1, item: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Frederick Post Company Small Slide Rule and Leather Case, circa 1940s

box: 1, item: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sub-series B: Academia, 1954-06

Beginnings of Tau Beta Pi by Edwin S. Stackhouse, undated

box: 2, folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York University Copy of June 5, 1943 Commencement, undated

box: 2, folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Thesis Inserts and USB Drive Content Note, undated

box: 2, folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Thesis: "Steady State Forced Heat Convection in Non-Compressible Fluids in Laminar Flow Through Circular Pipes," June 1954, 1954-06

box: 2, item: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

USB Drive Containing Thesis Files, undated

box: 2, item: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)