Neil L. Block Papers

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Title: Neil L. Block Papers, 1912-1987Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

ID: 35/3/418

Primary Creator: Block, Neil (1931-1988)

Extent: 11.5 cubic feet

Arrangement: Arranged into two series based on order of acquisition. Series 1: Original Acquisition is arranged alphabetically by folder title. Series 2: Subsequent Acquisitions is arranged into three sub-series: Sub-series 1: Astrology Papers, arranged chronologically and alphabetically thereunder; Sub-series 2: Astronomy and Computer Science, arranged by subject with astronomy first and computer science second, then chronologically and alphabetically thereunder; and Sub-series 3: Personal Papers, arranged chronologically and alphabetically thereunder.

Date Acquired: 03/05/2015

Subjects: Astronomy, Computers, Computer Science, Lunar exploration

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Papers of Neil L. Block [also "Neil Bloch"] (1931-88), computer programmer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory senior research engineer (1960-66), and astrologer, including articles, certificates, computer printouts, correspondence, magazines, memoranda, notebooks, notes, photographs, and resumes relating to American Federation of Astrologers, astrology, astronomy, Donald Bradley, bridge, celestial mechanics, computer programming, ephemerides, Cyril Fagan, Fortran, fortune-telling, horoscopes, the International Society for Astrological Research, Charles Jayne, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, mathematics, Neil Michelsen, minicomputers, the National Council for Geocosmic Research, Pascal 2, Rosicrucian Fellowship, Sidereal Astrologers' Guild, South Western Astrological Conference, space exploration, and stock market prediction. The series also contains a letter box of Block's mother, Eleanor, as well as a small number of papers of Michael Erlewine (1941- ), founder of Matrix Software and the Heart Center Astrological Library.

Block used the pseudonym Gary Duncan for his astrological projects.

Subject/Index Terms

Astronomy
Computers
Computer Science
Lunar exploration

Administrative Information

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Access Restrictions: None.

Acquisition Source: UIUC Social Sciences Health and Education Library

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Series 1: Original AcquisitionAdd to your cart.
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Series 2: Subsequent AcquisitionsAdd to your cart.
Sub-Series 1: Astrology Papers, 1919-1987Add to your cart.
Consists of birth data, birth charts, horoscopes, research, ephemerides, presentations, publications, correspondence, FORTRAN programs used for astrology, Duncan’s Sidereal Forecasts, conference programs and awards from the American Federation of Astrologers, newsclippings, and notebooks used in the course of Block’s astrological work.
Box 8Add to your cart.
Folder 1: 127 Reformers, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: 750 Over-the-Counter-Stocks, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Articles, Address Lists, Horoscope Program Outputs, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Astrological Charts, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Astrological Charts - J.F.K and "Accident Prone Male", UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Astrolgical Grid, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Astrological Tables and Graphs, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Astrology Notebook, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Astronomical Computations for Astrologers Promotional Material, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: Birth Data - Academics, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Birth Data - American Academics, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Birth Data - American Artists, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: Birth Data - American Authors, Jazz Musicians, Musicians, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Birth Data - American Congress A-K, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: Birth Data - American Congress K-Z, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: Charts and Horoscopes - Lyle DeVore, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: Compendium of Sidereal Astrology by James Eshelman - Manuscript, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: Draft for Book on Astrological Calculations, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: Drafts: Disturbing Function and its Derivations, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 20: Drafts: A Mathematical Investigation of the Placides System by David Bennett, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 21: Duncan's Yearly Sidereal Forecast - Robert Russell, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 22: Ephemeris, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 23: Horoscopes - Jack Douglass Tennis Matches, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 24: List of Historically Significant Birthdates, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 25: List of Significatn Birthdates and Historical Events, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 26: Lists of Historical Disasters, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 27: Maps and Graphs, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 28: Mathematical Notes, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Box 9Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Natal Charts, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Natal Charts and Statistical Research Notes, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Notes and Manuscripts for Astrology Instruction Material, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Paper: "Research Directions : What's Ahead?", UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Paper: "Some Historical Notes", UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Personal Astrology File, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Sexuality Research (1 of 2), UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Sexuality Research (2 of 2), UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Solar Ephemerides, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: Statistical Zodiac Research Graphs, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Transparencies for Science of Astrology Presentation, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Unlabeled Ephemeris, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: Early Life Astrology Texts, 1919-1949Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Earthquake and Weather Prediction Books, 1938-1982Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Graphs and Charts of Astrological Phenomena, 1941Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Horoscope Birthday Book, 1941Add to your cart.
Folder 17: "Zodiacal Influences on the States and Cities of the U.S." by Katherine Q. Spencer, 1949Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Internations Society for Investigtaion of Extra-Terrestrial Influence, 1949-1956Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Personal Horoscopes, 1949-1951Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Correspondence - Donald Bradley, Cyril Fagen, Rupert Gleadow, 1949-1968Add to your cart.
Folder 21: On Science fo Astrology - Papers, Manuscripts, Notes, 1950Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Astrological Charts A-M, ca. 1950Add to your cart.
Folder 23: Astrological Charts N-Z, ca. 1950Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Lecture - "Mathematics of Astrology" and Personal ChartsAdd to your cart.
Folder 25: Natal Charts - Football Players, ca. 1952-1953Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Birth Data - Baseball Players, 1954Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Birth Data - Baseball Players, 1954Add to your cart.
Folder 28: Birth Data - Baseball Players, Alphabetical by Last Name, with Corrections, 1954Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Birth Data - Baseball Players, Chrological by Date of Birth, 1954Add to your cart.
Folder 30: Birth Data - Baseball Players, Chrological by Date of Birth, with Corrections, 1954Add to your cart.
Box 10Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Astrology Projects, 1955-1982Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Astrology Papers - Newsclippings, Charts, Articles, Newsletters, 1955-1987Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Astrology Journals and Correspondence RE: Mail-in Home Astrology Course, 1957-1975Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Research Projects Correspondence and Newsclippings, 1959-1973Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Correspondence - Carl Tobey, Carl Weschke, Zip Dobyns, Paul Grell, Edward Dewey, Doris Doane, 1962-1963Add to your cart.
Folder 6: AFA Lectures, 1962-1968Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Correspondence - Arthur Blackwell and Edd Van Deusen, 1962-1976Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Sidereal Astrologer's Guild of Los Angeles, 1963Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Moon Sign Books, 1964-1966Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Sidereal Astrologer's Guild and CA Ordinances Banning Astrology, 1965Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Notes and Materials for Astrology Course and Astro Computing Service Order, ca. 1968Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Planetary Transit Analysis, 1970-1974Add to your cart.
Folder 13: "Fixed Stars: 2500 B.C. to 2500 A.D." by Marvin V. Layman, 1972Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Correspondence and News Clippings on Presentations, 1972-1973Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Correspondence - James Eshelman, 1972-1975Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Assorted Horoscopes, 1972-1978Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Research Methods Presentation Notes, ca.1974Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Resume, Astrology Biography, and Duncan's Yearly Sidereal Forcast Introduction, 1974Add to your cart.
Folder 19: American Federation of Astrologers Convention Programs, 1974-1976Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Duncan and Associates, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 21: "Entrance of the Moon into each Tropical Zodiac Sign: 1400AD-2100AD" - Ephemerides by Robert Fowler, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 22: FORTRAN Astrology Software, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 23: FORTRAN Astrology Programs by Robert Fowler, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 24: "Geodesy and Maps" Chapter, 1975Add to your cart.
Box 11Add to your cart.
Folder 1: John Jones Ephemeris and Natal Chart, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Solar Ephemeris and John Jones Horoscope, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Computed Horoscopes and Ephemerides, 1975-1976Add to your cart.
Folder 4: "Astrogenetics" Manuscript by Edward L. Van Deusen, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Correspondence - G. Kent McClung RE: Transits for Presidential Events, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Omega Magazine, 1976Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Misceallaneous Astrology File - Birt Charts, Mailing Lists, and Correspondence, 1979Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Birth Data - NFL Players, 1980Add to your cart.
Folder 9: WDELIN.TXT Output, 1980Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Transits Notebook and WASTO01 Mailing List Output, 1982Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Duncan's Yearly Sidereal Forecast - John Jones, 1982-1984Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Duncan's Yearly Sidereal Forecast - Advertisements and Zine Materials, ca. 1983Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Duncan's Yearly Sidereal Forecast - John F. Kennedy, 1983Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Letter from Michael Erlewine with Christopher's Journal, 1983Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Articles from J. Van Zandt, 1984Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Astrolog, 1984Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Certificates of Appreciation from American Federation of Astrologers, 1984Add to your cart.
Folder 18: Matrix Software Astro Index Draft #2, 1984Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Research - 18,686 Clinical Psychologists, 1984Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Chart and Horoscope for Joe Montana, 1985Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Astrologer's Birthdays, Matrix Software Contract, Stock Market Research, 1987Add to your cart.
MapDrawer 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Stock Market Posters, 1987-1988Add to your cart.
Sub-Series 2: Astronomy and Computer Science, 1950-1985Add to your cart.
Consists of JPL articles, technical memos, reports, ephemera, FORTRAN programs, technical manuals, and instruction notes.
Box 11Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Attempted Translations, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 23: Autographed Reprints by Longman and Leonard, 1950-1959Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Douglas Aircraft Co. Reports, Astronomy Papers, 1951-1966Add to your cart.
Folder 25: On Hansen's Method for Computing Special Perturbations by W.T. Kyner, 1959Add to your cart.
Folder 26: Theorem of Image Trajectories in the Earth-Moon Space by Angelo Miele, 1960Add to your cart.
Folder 27: Jet Propulsion Lasboratory Newsletters and Programs, 1960-1962Add to your cart.
Folder 28: On the Estimation fo the Error in the Numerical Integration of Equations in Ceslestial Mechanics, 1961Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Planetary Position - Velocity Ephemerides Obtained by Special Perturbations, 1962Add to your cart.
Folder 30: Jet Propulsion Lab Technical Report - On the Lunar Ephemeris 1850-2000, 1961-1963Add to your cart.
Folder 31: JPL Lunar Ephemeris, 1963-1966Add to your cart.
Folder 32: "Planetary Inverse Distances" - JPL Report, 1963Add to your cart.
Folder 33: "Relativistic Equations of Motion" Jet Propulsion Laboratory Technical Memo, 1965Add to your cart.
Folder 34: "Computer Implementation of Newcomb's Ephemerides for the Unner Planets" JPL Memo, 1966Add to your cart.
Folder 35: "The Motion of a Lunar Satelite" Naval Weapons Laboratory Report No. 2050, 1970Add to your cart.
Folder 36: JPL Export Ephemeris User's Guide and American Astronomical Society Meeting, 1982-1984Add to your cart.
Folder 37: JPL Export Ephemeris User's Guide and American Astronomical Society Meeting, 1982Add to your cart.
Folder 38: Digital Research Report, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 39: Programming Flow Charts and Approximations for Digital Computers Newsletters, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 40: Versaplot Graphics Plotting Software Manual, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 41: Analogue Coding Manual by Block for Douglas Aircraft Company, 1955Add to your cart.
Box 12Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Programming Instruction, 1958-1973Add to your cart.
Folder 2: "Fourier Series Manipulation Subroutines" by J.J Szelong, 1963Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Symbol Generator, 1963Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Chebyshev Polynomials Program, 1973Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Unix Operating System Source Code Level Six, 1977Add to your cart.
Folder 6: New WASTR0 FORTRAN Program, 1980Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Z80 Assembler Version 1, 1980Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Computer Programming - Correspondence, Job Application, FORTRAN Code, 1980-1987Add to your cart.
Folder 9: WORDS FORTRAN Program, 1981Add to your cart.
Folder 10: FORTRAN Word Puzzle Program, 1983Add to your cart.
Folder 11: FORTRAN Subroutine for Interpreting JPL Ephemeris, 1984Add to your cart.
Folder 12: PLOTLIB FORTRAN Program, 1984Add to your cart.
Folder 13: PLOTLIB FORTRAN Program, 1985Add to your cart.
Sub-Series 3: Personal Papers and Business Records, 1937-1983Add to your cart.
Consists of correspondence, schoolwork, piano performance programs, business records, photographs, year books, newsclippings, and notebooks.
Box 12Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Datalogics Ruler, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: "My Biography" Grade School Assignment, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: Notebooks, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: Photgraphs, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: Real Estate, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: Rosicrucian Philosophy Course, UndatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 20: Personal File, 1937-1968Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Franklin Institute Planetarium Booklet, 1943Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Piano Studies, 1944-1945Add to your cart.
Folder 23: Junior High School Awards, 1944-1945Add to your cart.
Folder 24: Piano Concert Programs, 1946-1949Add to your cart.
Folder 25: High School Yearbook, 1947Add to your cart.
Folder 26: General Files and Correspondence (1 of 3), 1947-1953Add to your cart.
Folder 27: General Files and Correspondence (2 of 3), 1947-1953Add to your cart.
Folder 28: General Files and Correspondence (3 of 3), 1947-1953Add to your cart.
Folder 29: High School Yearbook, 1948Add to your cart.
Folder 30: Correspondence, Correspndence Records, Lecture Notecards, 1949Add to your cart.
Folder 31: High School Yearbook, 1949Add to your cart.
Folder 32: Music of the West Magazine, 1949Add to your cart.
Folder 33: UCLA Alumni Magazine and Santa Analyzer, 1949Add to your cart.
Box 13Add to your cart.
Folder 1: University Records and Applications, 1949-1974Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Typesetting Catalogs and Computype Promotional Material, 1964-1967Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Correspondence - Tom Raber, 1965-1967Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Resumes and Job Applications, 1969-1987Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Duncan and Associates Articles of Incorporation, 1970Add to your cart.
Folder 6: "The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities", 1973Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Simulation of  a Turning Machine Class Assignment, 1974Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Astronomy Classwork, 1975Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Contract with California Minicomputer Systems, inc., 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Microcomputer Firm Business Plan and Requests for Capital, 1979-1981Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Compiler for the C Language Class Project, 1981Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Multi-Level Astrologer, Inc. Articles of Incorporation and Business Records, 1983Add to your cart.

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