Finding Aid for Stuart Umpleby Papers, 1969-97 | University of Illinois Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Stuart Umpleby Papers, 1969-97

ID: 7/13/20

Extent: 0.6 cubic feet

Arrangement: By subject.

Date Acquired: 09/07/1978. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: American Society for Cybernetics, Computer Based Communications, Cybernetics, PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations)

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Papers of Stuart Umpleby, graduate research assistant in the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory, include PLATO-produced transcripts of electronic discussions concerning the impeachment of Richard Nixon, other local and national events, and the use of PLATO to discuss political issues; correspondence with Eleanor Blum; and photocopied articles (mainly from the journal Computers and Automation) concerning the use of computer networks to discuss political and social affairs, and media coverage of government-issued information, including the report of the Warren Commission. This series also includes materials on the American Society for Cybernetics concerning articles of incorporation, a bibliography on cybernetics and systems theory, by-laws, declaration of the ASC, "A Ten Year History of the ASC," "How the Society was Founded," "A Group Project to Assist the ASC," and materials related to membership, publications, conferences, and related organizations.

Subject/Index Terms

American Society for Cybernetics
Computer Based Communications
Cybernetics
PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations)

Administrative Information

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 2/18/2001; 2008

Access Restrictions: None.

Other Note: 0 Pages

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1

Folder 1: Forum Program, 1973
Folder 2: Photocopies of articles concerning secrecy in government, 1974
Folder 3: Computer-based Communications, 1975
Folder 4: PLATO Discussion Transcripts, 1974
Folder 5: PLATO Discussion Messages 1-3, 1973
Folder 6: PLATO Discussion Messages 4-15, 1973
Folder 7: PLATO Discussion Messages 16-24, 1973-74
Folder 8: PLATO Discussion Messages Reports, 1973
Folder 9: PLATO Discussion Messages, 1974

Box 2

Folder 1: PLATO Discussion Messages, 1974-75
Folder 2: PLATO Discussion Messages, 1975
Folder 3: Bibliography on Cybernetics and Systems Theory, 1980-85
Folder 4: By-laws, 1979
Folder 5: Declaration of the ASC, 1983
Folder 6: Articles of Incorporation and Organization of ASC, 1969, 1980
Folder 7: Draft: A Ten Year History of the ASC, 1980
Folder 8: Membership, 1980-81
Folder 9: Materials related to Office, Publications, Conferences, related organizations, 1997
Folder 10: "How the Society was Founded," by Tom Murray, ed. S. Umpleby, 1990
Folder 11: "A Group Project to Assist the ASC" (Van Oder, Price, Zech), 1980

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