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Collection Overview

Title: Paul C. Schroeder Papers, 1962-2023

ID: 26/20/207

Primary Creator: Schroeder, Paul C.

Extent: 7.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: By subject.

Date Acquired: 12/04/2016. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Alumni, Biological Computer Laboratory, Centennial, University, Cybernetics, Illinois Politics, Student Activism, Teacher Education, Vietnam War

Languages: English, Spanish;Castilian

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Papers of Paul C. Schroeder (B.A. Political Science '68) including correspondence, publications, event handouts, flyers, notes, a punch card, and a button concerning the University committees, University Centennial, Vietnam War, General Motors Protest, cybernetics and the Biological Computer Laboratory, Horsley Committee, political and social dissent, feminism, pedagogy, campus events, free speech, and events at the Red Herring. Correspondents include Heinz von Foerster, Steve Sloan, Gaylor Nelson, Robert Rogers, Michael Rossman, Pat Mardeus, and Schroeder's parents.

Subject/Index Terms

Alumni
Biological Computer Laboratory
Centennial, University
Cybernetics
Illinois Politics
Student Activism
Teacher Education
Vietnam War

Administrative Information

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: Accruals on 7/7/2017, 6/2/2022, 4/3/2023, and 4/7/2025.

Related Materials: See also the biographical file for Paul C. Schroeder in record series 26/4/1 (Alumni and Faculty Biographical File).

Other Note: 13 pages

PDF Box/Folder List

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/2620207.pdf

PDF finding aid for Paul C. Schroeder Papers (26/20/207)

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Student Activism and Life],
[Series 2: Vietnam War Draft],
[Series 3: Rogers Project and Urbana-Champaign Community Activism],
[Series 4: Cybernetics],
[Series 5: Publications],
[Series 6: Correspondence],
[Series 7: Illinois Constitutional Convention - Consulting Work],
[Series 8: Juvenile Justice],
[Series 9: Family Life],
[Series 10: Dreams],
[Series 11: Restricted],
[Series 12: Oversize Materials],
[All]

Series 6: Correspondence

Sub-Series 1: Heinz von Foerster

Box 16

Folder 29: Heinz von Foerster special editions and drafts, and “Intro to Natural Magic", 1960, 1972-1989, 2011, 2015
Folder 30: Horsley Committee > HVF (Heinz von Foerster), 1970

Box 17

Folder 1: Bonhoeffer: Prison Poems HVF (Heinz von Foerster), 1969, 1970
Folder 2: Heinz von Foerster and Mai, 1970
Folder 3: Heinz von Foerster Lecture Notes and Perception of the Future, 1971, 1976
Folder 4: Chicken Feed, Heinz von Foerster Custom Portfolio, 1971, 1994
Folder 5: Lexicon, Exploring Definitions of Cybernetics, 1984-1990
Folder 6: Heinz von Foerster Pescadero, 1985
Folder 7: Heinz Von Foerster Correspondence, 1985
Folder 8: Wiegleb, Preparation of “Intro to Natural Magic,” Notes on Automata, 1987-1988
Folder 9: Complementary Doubles, 1988
Folder 10: Correspondence with Heinz von Foerster, 1988
Folder 11: KybernEthik, Text on Joseph Matthius Hauer and Circular Causality Draft text, 1993

Sub-Series 2: Steve Sloan

Box 17

Folder 12: Steve and Catherine Sloan, Love and Fear correspondence, 1931, 1977-1978
Folder 13: Sloan, 1979-1995
Folder 14: Sloan Tai Chi of Cybernetics and Cybernetics of Tai Chi, ASC Conference Workbook, "Language, Emotion, The Social, The Ethical", 1989-1992
Folder 15: Sloan Cybernetics and Tai Chi, 1994
Folder 16: Steve Sloan Reality and Mental Illness, 1998, 2000, 2001

Box 17

Folder 17: Russ Norwood – Magazine Proposal Realty and Rapport
Folder 18: Correspondence with Mother and Father, 1970
Folder 19: Gaylord Nelson, 1970
Folder 20: Robert Rogers, 1971
Folder 21: Paul – Course Proposal on Work to Unit 1, 1975: Includes letter of interest for Unit One teaching assistantship.
Folder 22: Michael Rossman Correspondence, typescript of a paper, 1976
Folder 23: Hauschild Eye Symbolism/Basilisk, 1985
Folder 24: Pat Mardeus 3, Research on Nuremberg Funnel, 1987
Folder 25: David Purush, 1988
Folder 26: Correspondence, 1990