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Claude Elwood Shannon papers, 1932-1995 (bulk 1938-1989)

Claude Elwood Shannon
Correspondence, speeches, writings, subject files, notes, scientific papers, drawings, diagrams, graphs, computer game, and other papers relating chiefly to Shannon's development of the field of information theory and its relation to other scientific and technical fields and to the humanities. Includes material pertaining to his work at Bell Telephone Laboratories, inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey. Also documents his interest in computer programming of chess and other games. Correspondents include Merle M. Andrew, William Ross Ashby, Edmund Callis Berkeley, Vincent P. Biunno, Hendrik W. Bode, Gordon Stanley Brown, J.W. Campbell, James U. Casby, Kevin Dowling, Peter Elias, Dennis Flanagan, Merrill M. Flood, Dennis Gabor, L. Ron Hubbard, Stephen Cole Kleene, Edward Lasker, David N.L. Levy, Anthony Liversidge, John McCarthy, Edward F. Moore, John R. Pierce, Emanuel Ruben Piore, G. Baley Price, Carl Sagan, Edwin S. Shneidman, David Singmaster, Julius Adams Stratton, A.M. Uttley, John Von Neumann, and Warren Weaver
Archival Material, English,
Correspondence
7,000 items. 10 digital files (211.9 KB). 20 containers plus 1 classified, 1 oversize, and digital files. 8 linear feet.
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Andrew, Merle M., 1920-2007 Correspondence
Ashby, W. Ross 1903-1972 Correspondence
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Berkeley, Edmund Callis Correspondence
Biunno, Vincent P. Correspondence
Bode, Hendrik W. 1905-1982 Correspondence
Brown, Gordon Stanley, 1907-1996 Correspondence
Campbell, J. W. 1889-1955 Correspondence
Casby, James U. Correspondence
Computer chess
Computer games
Computer scientists
Computers
Dowling, Kevin Correspondence
Elias, P. Correspondence
Flanagan, Dennis, 1919-2005 Correspondence
Flood, Merrill M. 1908-1991 Correspondence
Gabor, Dennis, 1900-1979 Correspondence
Games Data processing
Hubbard, L. Ron 1911-1986 Correspondence
Information theorists
Information theory
Kleene, Stephen Cole, 1909-1994 Correspondence
Lasker, Edward, 1885-1981 Correspondence
Levy, David N. L. Correspondence
Liversidge, Anthony Correspondence
Mathematicians
McCarthy, John, 1927-2011 Correspondence
Moore, Edward F. Correspondence
Pierce, John R. 1910-2002 Correspondence
Piore, Emanuel Ruben, 1908-2000 Correspondence
Price, G. Baley 1905-2006 Correspondence
Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996 Correspondence
Shneidman, Edwin S. Correspondence
Singmaster, David Correspondence
Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994 Correspondence
Telecommunication
Uttley, A. M. Correspondence
Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957 Correspondence
Weaver, Warren, 1894-1978 Correspondence
Collection material in English
Finding aid
Finding aid (PDF)