SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 • TBR NEWS MEDIA • SBU BRIDGES • PAGE S23
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Special Collections: Preserving and Uncovering History
Spy letters written by George Washington during the American Revolution. A history of the world published in 1493. One of the first maps depicting Long Island as an island. Photographs of Stony Brook’s original train station. These are just a few examples of the one-of-a-kind, library collections awaiting you in Special Collections and University Archives, a division of Stony Brook University Libraries. The department acquires, preserves and provides access to SBU’s most rare, historic and unique books, maps/manuscript collections. Much of the collection has been digitized and can
be viewed online at stonybrook.edu/libspecial. Appointments to see specific items can be made with Kristen Nyitray, director and university archivist, by emailing her at Kristen.Nyitray@stonybrook.edu.
COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
• George Washington spy letters: original correspondence written in 1779 and 1780 to Major Benjamin Tallmadge about the Culper Spy Ring and espionage activities in Setauket during the American Revolutionary War. • Long Island: an extensive collection of books,
Simons Center:
Where Math Meets Art The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics (SCGP) is a hidden gem on the Stony Brook campus. Not only does it offer faculty and students a great environment for collaboration, it also features a café for indoor and outdoor dining, beautiful gardens and incredible art on display. The Center hosts lectures, workshops and art installations every semester that are open to the community. This fall, the Simons Center Gallery welcomes the works of world-renowned Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher. Escher crafted an extraordinary graphic language inspired by mathematics, puzzles and patterns. As part of the Center’s ten-year celebration, the
SCGP is hosting this special exhibition. In addition to Escher’s iconic mathematical art, the show will also feature some of his lesserknown early work that focused on nature and landscapes. M.C. Escher®: A Mini-Retrospective Curated by Lorraine Walsh October 7 through November 15, 2021 The Simons Center Gallery Please visit the SCGP website at http://scgp.stonybrook.edu/ for upcoming information on gallery hours and to make reservations to view the exhibit.
View the works of M.C. Escher at the Simons Gallery. Works will include pieces such as Relativity, 1953, a lithograph, 10 7/8 x 11 ½ inches. All art courtesy of the Collection of ROCK J. WALKER / WALKER FINE ART , LTD. All M.C. Escher’s Works and Text © The M.C. Escher Company, Baarn, The Netherlands. All Rights Reserved. M.C. Escher ® is a Registered Trademark.
maps and papers on regional history, including the Robert M. Emery Long Island Rail Road Collection. • Environmental Defense Fund Archive: efforts by this organization founded in Stony Brook led to the nationwide ban on DDT and the birth of modern environmental law. • Senator Jacob K. Javits Collection: nearly 2 million items that document modern United States history and the career of Senator Javits. • Early printed books: a 1493 edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle, the first attempt to tell the history of the world with text and illustrations. George Washington’s signature on a Culper Spy Ring letter to Benjamin Tallmadge, September 24, 1779. The letter is one of the many unique items held in SBU’s Special Collections.
WUSB: Your Radio Connection to Stony Brook Earlier this year, WUSB 90.1 FM Stony Brook marked 44 years of Long Island noncommercial college radio broadcast service. The station provides a community forum for innovative and commercial-free radio in the form of public service announcements, educational use, music of varied genres and cultures, community affairs and events, campus and local news, collegiate and national sports, and other student and communityoriented programming. WUSB has succeeded due to the efforts of a supportive administration at Stony Brook University, as well as the students, staff, faculty, alumni and community volunteers who have provided creative and innovative radio programming to listeners on Long Island and in Southern Connecticut for more than four decades. Since WUSB’s “sign on” more than 40 years ago, more than 2,000 campus and community volunteers have served as staff members; thousands of nationally acclaimed artists, musicians, newsmakers, public figures and educators have participated in live broadcasts; more than 30,000 public service announcements have been aired; and tens of thousands of listeners have enjoyed quality, commercial-free, thought-provoking, inspired and creative radio programs. WUSB Stony Brook can be heard on Long Island and the surrounding areas on your FM radio at 90.1 and 107.3 and all over the world on the internet via wusb.fm. For more information about any WUSB event, broadcast special, sponsorship opportunities, underwriting or volunteering, please email info@wusb.fm or call the WUSB media office at (631) 632-6828.
