Claude Elwood Shannon papers, 1932-1995 (bulk 1938-1989).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 7,000 items; 20 containers plus 1 classified, 1 oversize, and electronic files; 8 linear feetSubject(s): - 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
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
There are no comments on this title.