Murray L. Babcock Papers, 1942-95

Title: Murray L. Babcock Papers, 1942-95

ID: 11/6/35

Creator: Babcock, Murray L. (1924-1999)

Extent: 0.6 cubic feet

Arrangement: By subject.

Date Acquired: 08/19/2013

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Papers of Murray L. Babcock (1924-1999), Research Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Biological Computer Laboratory, include correspondence, programs, newspaper clippings and newsletters, publications, autograph books, and audiovisual media relating to his cybernetics research; the publication "Doomsday" by Heinz von Foerster et al.; events in the College of Engineering; symposia (e.g. "Science and the Human Condition" symposium, 1967); his membership in fraternities and honor societies (e.g. Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi); the U of I's Centennial celebration in 1968; and events at Assembly Hall and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Audiovisual media contains speech processing data related to the Dynamic Signal Analyzer, an analog machine for research on the ways in which auditory systems process speech.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Correspondence, 1960-1988

Box 1

Folder 1: 1960-1988

Series 2: Fraternities and Honor Societies, 1942-1960

Box 1

Folder 1: Tau Beta Pi, ca. 1946-1947
Folder 2: Sigma Tau, 1942
Folder 3: Sigma Xi, 1948-1960

Series 3: Symposia, 1963, 1967

Box 1

Folder 1: Science and the Human Condition, 1967
Folder 2: Miscellaneous Symposia, 1963, 1967

Series 4: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ca. 1996

Box 1

Folder 1: ca. 1996

Series 5: Centennial, 1968

Box 1

Folder 1: Programs, 1968

Series 6: Newspaper Clippings, ca. 1968

Box 1

Folder 1: ca. 1968

Series 7: Newsletters, 1945, 1995

Box 1

Folder 1: 1945, 1995

Series 8: Publications, 1965-1967, 1990

Box 1

Folder 1: "Doomsday," by Heinz von Foerster, Patricia M. Mora, and Lawrence W. Amiot, 1990
Folder 2: Miscellaneous, ca. 1965-1967

Series 9: Programs, 1968, 1986

Box 1

Folder 1: 1968, 1986

Series 10: Autograph Books, 1946

Box 1

Folder 1: Theta of Sigma Tau and the Alpha Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu, ca. 1946

Series 11: Audiovisual Material

Fourteen 7-inch audio reels and three audio cassette tapes.

(Currently with Preservation unit - 2/25/15)

Murray L. Babcock Papers, 1942-95

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

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Box and Folder Listing