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Collection Overview

Title: Heinz von Foerster Papers, 1921-2005, 2015, 2018

ID: 11/6/26

Primary Creator: Von Foerster, Heinz (1911-2002)

Extent: 39.4 cubic feet

Arrangement: By subject

Subjects: Biological Computer Laboratory, Biophysics, Computers, Cybernetics, Ecology, Faculty Papers, Futurism, Heuristics, Photographs, Science and Technology, Student Counseling

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language, notation of body movement and departmental and BCL matters including Ph. D. committees, staff and administration, student counseling and recommendations on students and associates (1950-2000), courses files for electrical engineering, biophysics, heuristics and LAS 199 (1966-72), course projects including Whole University Catalog (1969), Ecological Source Book (1970), Metagames (1972) and Cybernetics of Cybernetics (1974), publications (1943-2000), notes for talks (1962-95), and photographs (c. 1925-2000). Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babcock, Stafford Beer, Herbert Brün, Paul Drake, Victor Frankl, Erich Fromm, Herbert Goldhor, Gottard Gunther, Ivan Illich, Howard Lawler, John Lilly, Lars Lofgren, Warren McCulloch, Humberto Maturana, Margaret Mead, Gordon Pask, Rowena Swanson, Stuart Umpleby, and Margaret Engemann Wiener.

Subject/Index Terms

Biological Computer Laboratory
Biophysics
Computers
Cybernetics
Ecology
Faculty Papers
Futurism
Heuristics
Photographs
Science and Technology
Student Counseling

Administrative Information

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 7/29/1974; 4/23/2007; 3/22/2023; 4/1/2024

Other Note: 52 Pages

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URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1106026.pdf

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