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Add MS 89153/42
- Record Id:
- 040-003099654
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003099590
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026019848.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89153/42
- Title:
- W. Ross Ashby: correspondence of Elsie Ashby
- Scope & Content:
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Letters of condolence to Elsie Ashby:
1. Letter (21 November, 1972) from [Mr] Thomas.
2. Letter (25 November, 1972) from Stafford Beer. Also included is a clipping of an obituary for W. Ross Ashby taken from The Times newspaper (25 November, 1972).
3. Letter (5 December, 1972) from Dr Roy Herrman.
4. Letter [c 1972] from Gordon Pask. Also a copy of the American Society for Cybernetics journal, ‘Forum’ Volume V, Number 1 (March, 1973), which includes an obituary for W. Ross Ashby by Pask.
5. Letter (18 April, 1973) from Roger Conant. Also a typescript of an obituary [c 1973] for W. Ross Ashby by Conant along with a copy as it appeared in International Journal of General Systems, Vol. 1, 1974, pp. 4-5.
Other correspondence:
1. Letter (27 March, 1973) from Theodore J. Olack (IBM) concerning the loan of Notebook 11 for an exhibition.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003099590
040-003099654 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89153 : The Papers of William Ross Ashby (1903-1972)
Add MS 89153/42 : W. Ross Ashby: correspondence of Elsie Ashby - Hierarchy:
- 032-003099590[0015]/040-003099654
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89153
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1972
- End Date:
- 1973
- Date Range:
- 1972-1973
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ashby, Elsie Maud, née Thorne, wife of William Ross Ashby, 1908-1988
Beer, Stafford, management cybernetician, 1926-2002
Pask, Andrew Gordon Speedie, cybernetician and psychologist, 1928-1996