Shannon, Claude Elwood 1916-2001 creator mixed material monographic eng 7,000 20 1 1 8 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. Open to research. Classified, in part. 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 Andrew, Merle M Correspondence Ashby, W. Ross (William Ross) 1903-1972 Correspondence Berkeley, Edmund Callis Correspondence Biunno, Vincent P Correspondence Bode, Hendrik W. (Hendrik Wade) 1905-1982 Correspondence Brown, Gordon Stanley 1907-1996 Correspondence Campbell, John William 1889- Correspondence Casby, James U Correspondence Dowling, Kevin Correspondence Elias, P. (Peter) Correspondence Flanagan, Dennis 1919-2005 Correspondence Flood, Merrill M. (Merrill Meeks) 1908-1991 Correspondence Gabor, Dennis 1900-1979 Correspondence Hubbard, L. Ron (La Fayette 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 (Griffith 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 mm2001084831 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003071 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003071.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003071 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003071.3 Open to research. Classified, in part. DLC 011004 20260227111728.0 mm2001084831