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SBU 102 Students Make Discoveries in Special Collections

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On Wednesday, February 11, students in the SBU 102 course, “Reacting to New Technology,” visited SBU Libraries’ Special Collections with Kristen Nyitray, and explored items that showcased ways new technologies and ideas were impacting society from approximately 100 years ago. Amongst the items they explored were The Subways and Tunnels of New York (1912), The Romance of Business (1917), The Flight Across the Atlantic (1919), and Use of Electricity on the Face and Scalp (1924). Thanks to Kristen Nyitray and Lynn Toscano for creating such a rewarding and fun morning for our 8:00 AM class!

Students looking at a telephone directory from 1936.
Students looking at a telephone directory from 1936, with Kristen Nyitray. Photo by Christine Fena
Title page to the book, The Flight Across the Atlantic
Title page to The Flight Across the Atlantic, 1919. Photo by Magda Przybylowska
Illustration of a woman applying an electricity node to another woman's face.
Illustration in Use of Electricity on the Face and Scalp, 1924. Photo by Sandra Oo
Students looking at different materials.
Students exploring their items. Photo by Christine Fena
Page from a 1936 Long Island Telephone Directory.
Page from a 1936 Long Island telephone directory. Photo by Ashley Lee

Christine Fena

Undergraduate Success Librarian at Stony Brook University Libraries

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