Historic Stop: Syracuse and the PME Archives

Syracuse is the birthplace of Mary and Irma, and, 100 years ago, Pi Mu Epsilon, the national mathematics honors society.

We walked along the streets where the Servatius' first house was, Theo always with his violin case.

 and then parked our huge van by Jack Graver's house, who welcomed us with smiles, and took us on a personal guided tour of Syracuse University, the Pi Mu Epsilon archives, and the surroundings.

 Each photograph in the archives room required a legal form to be filled out. Names, addresses, promise not to publish, reason for photo, date, and signature. In fact, Dr. Graver tried to get permission to bring these archives to a conference last year, and was told he could not take them out of the archives. He tried to explain "I brought them in."

 A geometric art photo of a generic staircase:

Watching an enormous globe turning, and being predictably wowed by the size of the Pacific Ocean.