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Record Id:

032-003099590

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003099590

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026015788.0x000001

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 89153

Title:

The Papers of William Ross Ashby (1903-1972)

Scope & Content:

The British Library archive consists of journals, index cards, books, manuscripts, notes and offprints, glass slides and letters to and from W. Ross Ashby as well as a small number of letters received by Mrs Elsie Ashby following W. Ross Ashby's death.

The archive is arranged as follows:

Journals (Add MS 89153/1-25)
Correspondence of W. Ross Ashby (Add MS 89153/26)
Index cards (Add MS 89153/27-30)
Books (Add MS 89153/31-32)
Manuscripts (Add MS 89153/33-35)
Notes and offprints (Add MS 89153/36-39)
Slides (Add MS 89153/40)
Miscellaneous (Add MS 89153/41)
Correspondence of Elsie Ashby (Add MS 89153/42)

As a companion to this archive the W. Ross Ashby Digital Archive is an excellent resource. Maintained by the Ashby family it contains an illustrated biography, digitised images of correspondence, journals and letters as well as a comprehensive database of all of W. Ross Ashby's index cards. It can be accessed at: http://www.rossashby.info/

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

42 files

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1928

End Date:

1973

Date Range:

1928-1973

Era:

Access:

Available for research unless otherwise stated

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Former Internal References:

Deposit 10113

Source of Acquisition:

Donated to the British Library by Mr and Mrs J. Ashby, Mrs R. Pettit and Mrs S. Bannister, January, 2003.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Ashby, William Ross, psychiatrist, pioneer in cybernetics and systems theory, 1903-1972

Related Material:

W. Ross Ashby Digital Archive: http://www.rossashby.info/