Claude Elwood Shannon papers,
Shannon, Claude Elwood, 1916-2001.
Claude Elwood Shannon papers, 1932-1995 (bulk 1938-1989). - 7,000 items. 20 1 1 containers plus classified, oversize, and electronic files. 8 linear feet.
Open to research. Classified, in part.
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, John William Campbell, James U. Casby, Kevin Dowling, Peter Elias, Dennis Flanagan, Merrill Meeks Flood, Dennis Gabor, L. Ron Hubbard, Stephen Cole Kleene, Edward Lasker, David N. L. Levy, Anthony F. Liversidge, John McCarthy, Edward F. Moore, John Robinson Pierce, Emanuel R. Piore, G. Baley Price, Carl Sagan, Edwin S. Shneidman, David Singmaster, Julius Adams Stratton, A. M. Uttley, John Von Neumann, and Warren Weaver.
Mathematician, information theorist, and computer scientist. Died 2001.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003071
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Andrew, Merle M.--Correspondence.
Ashby, W. Ross 1903-1972 --Correspondence.
Berkeley, Edmund Callis--Correspondence.
Biunno, Vincent P.--Correspondence.
Bode, Hendrik W. 1905-1982 --Correspondence.
Brown, Gordon Stanley, 1907-1996 --Correspondence.
Campbell, John William, 1889- --Correspondence.
Casby, James U.--Correspondence.
Dowling, Kevin--Correspondence.
Elias, P.--Correspondence.
Flanagan, Dennis, 1919-2005 --Correspondence.
Flood, Merrill M. 1908-1991 --Correspondence.
Gabor, Dennis, 1900-1979 --Correspondence.
Hubbard, L. Ron 1911-1986 --Correspondence.
Kleene, Stephen Cole, 1909-1994 --Correspondence.
Lasker, Edward, 1885-1981 --Correspondence.
Levy, David N. L.--Correspondence.
Liversidge, Anthony--Correspondence.
McCarthy, John, 1927-2011 --Correspondence.
Moore, Edward F.--Correspondence.
Pierce, John Robinson, 1910-2002 --Correspondence.
Piore, Emanuel Ruben, 1908-2000 --Correspondence.
Price, G. Baley 1905- --Correspondence.
Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996 --Correspondence.
Shneidman, Edwin S.--Correspondence.
Singmaster, David--Correspondence.
Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994 --Correspondence.
Uttley, A. M.--Correspondence.
Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957 --Correspondence.
Weaver, Warren, 1894-1978 --Correspondence.
Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Computer chess.
Computer games.
Computers.
Games--Data processing.
Information theory.
Telecommunication.
Computer scientists.
Information theorists.
Mathematicians.
Claude Elwood Shannon papers, 1932-1995 (bulk 1938-1989). - 7,000 items. 20 1 1 containers plus classified, oversize, and electronic files. 8 linear feet.
Open to research. Classified, in part.
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, John William Campbell, James U. Casby, Kevin Dowling, Peter Elias, Dennis Flanagan, Merrill Meeks Flood, Dennis Gabor, L. Ron Hubbard, Stephen Cole Kleene, Edward Lasker, David N. L. Levy, Anthony F. Liversidge, John McCarthy, Edward F. Moore, John Robinson Pierce, Emanuel R. Piore, G. Baley Price, Carl Sagan, Edwin S. Shneidman, David Singmaster, Julius Adams Stratton, A. M. Uttley, John Von Neumann, and Warren Weaver.
Mathematician, information theorist, and computer scientist. Died 2001.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003071
mm2001084831
Andrew, Merle M.--Correspondence.
Ashby, W. Ross 1903-1972 --Correspondence.
Berkeley, Edmund Callis--Correspondence.
Biunno, Vincent P.--Correspondence.
Bode, Hendrik W. 1905-1982 --Correspondence.
Brown, Gordon Stanley, 1907-1996 --Correspondence.
Campbell, John William, 1889- --Correspondence.
Casby, James U.--Correspondence.
Dowling, Kevin--Correspondence.
Elias, P.--Correspondence.
Flanagan, Dennis, 1919-2005 --Correspondence.
Flood, Merrill M. 1908-1991 --Correspondence.
Gabor, Dennis, 1900-1979 --Correspondence.
Hubbard, L. Ron 1911-1986 --Correspondence.
Kleene, Stephen Cole, 1909-1994 --Correspondence.
Lasker, Edward, 1885-1981 --Correspondence.
Levy, David N. L.--Correspondence.
Liversidge, Anthony--Correspondence.
McCarthy, John, 1927-2011 --Correspondence.
Moore, Edward F.--Correspondence.
Pierce, John Robinson, 1910-2002 --Correspondence.
Piore, Emanuel Ruben, 1908-2000 --Correspondence.
Price, G. Baley 1905- --Correspondence.
Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996 --Correspondence.
Shneidman, Edwin S.--Correspondence.
Singmaster, David--Correspondence.
Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994 --Correspondence.
Uttley, A. M.--Correspondence.
Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957 --Correspondence.
Weaver, Warren, 1894-1978 --Correspondence.
Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Computer chess.
Computer games.
Computers.
Games--Data processing.
Information theory.
Telecommunication.
Computer scientists.
Information theorists.
Mathematicians.