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Heinz Von Foerster Papers (Digital Surrogates)

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Heinz Von Foerster Papers (Digital Surrogates), 1943, 1947, 1968-1971, 1974, contains digitized published papers and correspondence between Professor Heinz von Foerster, experimental architect Lebbeus Woods and Edwin Schlossberg concerning letters of recommendation on Woods' projects for different grants and fellowships, personal handwritten notes, institutional correspondence, the Brooklyn Children's Museum, alternative ways to teach, and social commentary. Correspondants also include Arnheim Rudolf. Digitized articles include "Uber das Leistungsproblem beim Klystron" Berichte der Lilienthal Gesellschaft fur Luftfahrtforschung 155, 1943; and "Von Pythagoras zu Josef Matthias Hauer", Jedermann: Eine Wochenschrift (1:1), 1 August, 1947.

Original pieces of correspondence can be found at record series 11/6/26, box 12, 28, 54, and 131; Printed articles can be found at the same record series, box 32.

Digitized images pertaining to this record series, are available in the digital archives database. The digitized recording "Understanding Complexity: A Cybernetic Approach," broadcasted by the Old Dominion University Television, includes an interview with Heinz von Forester and Humberto Maturana, by Dr. Fred Steier from the American Society for Cybernetics (ASC) conference, November 9-12, 1989, Virgina Beach, VA, can be accessed here.

This collection is managed by the University of Illinois Archives and does not feature precise descriptive information for each item. Discover its contents by browsing the folders and files. For more information, contact an archivist at illiarch@illinois.edu.
Box 12 — Lebbeus Woods