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Collection Overview
Title: Murray L. Babcock Papers, 1942-95
ID: 11/6/35
Primary Creator: Babcock, Murray L. (1924-1999)
Extent: 0.6 cubic feet
Arrangement: By subject.
Date Acquired: 08/19/2013
Subjects: Biological Computer Laboratory, Biophysics, Centennial, University, Computers, Cybernetics, Faculty Papers, Fraternities, Honor Societies
Languages: English
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.
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Administrative Information
Repository:
University of Illinois Archives
Access Restrictions:
None.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Correspondence, 1960-1988],
[
Series 2: Fraternities and Honor Societies, 1942-1960],
[
Series 3: Symposia, 1963, 1967],
[
Series 4: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ca. 1996],
[
Series 5: Centennial, 1968],
[
Series 6: Newspaper Clippings, ca. 1968],
[
Series 7: Newsletters, 1945, 1995],
[
Series 8: Publications, 1965-1967, 1990],
[
Series 9: Programs, 1968, 1986],
[
Series 10: Autograph Books, 1946],
[
Series 11: Audiovisual Material],
[All]
- 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)
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Correspondence, 1960-1988],
[
Series 2: Fraternities and Honor Societies, 1942-1960],
[
Series 3: Symposia, 1963, 1967],
[
Series 4: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ca. 1996],
[
Series 5: Centennial, 1968],
[
Series 6: Newspaper Clippings, ca. 1968],
[
Series 7: Newsletters, 1945, 1995],
[
Series 8: Publications, 1965-1967, 1990],
[
Series 9: Programs, 1968, 1986],
[
Series 10: Autograph Books, 1946],
[
Series 11: Audiovisual Material],
[All]
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