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Series II: Appointment Calendars
Series III: Phone Messages
Series VIII: Tri-wave Productions
Series IX: Clippings and Magazines

Alvin and Heidi Toffler papers, 1955-1984

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Series I: Correspondence

Subseries I.1: Chronological


Box 1 [n.d.]; 1950-52; 1954-55; Jan. 1956 - April 1958


Box 2 May 1958 - Dec. 1959


Box 3 1960-62


Box 4 1963-64


Box 5 Jan. 1965 - June 1966


Box 6 July 1966 - Dec. 1968


Box 7 Jan. 1969 - July 1970


Box 8 Aug. - Nov. 1970


Box 9 Dec. 1970 - April 1971


Box 10 May - Dec. 1971


Box 11 1972


Box 12 1973


Box 13 1974


Box 14 [n.d] (1970-74?); Jan. - Aug. 1975


Box 15 Sept. 1975 - Dec. 1976


Box 16 Jan. 1977 - July 1978


Box 17 Aug. 1978 - May 1979


Box 18 June 1979 - April 1980


Box 19 May 1980 - April 1982


Box 20 May 1982 - March 1983


Box 21 April - Aug. 1983


Box 22 Sept. 1983 - Feb. 1984


Box 23 March 1984 - Jan. 1985

Subseries I.2: Alphabetical


Box 24 . A (1980-81) - C (1982)


Box 25 Chaplain, Richard (1980) - G (1980-81)


Box 26 G (1982) - M (1980-81)


Box 27 M (1982) - P (1981)


Box 28 P (1982) - Strudler, Hal (1980)


Box 29 T (1980-81) - XYZ (1982)

Subseries I.3: Foreign


Box 30 Alphabetical by country, 1980-1982

Subseries I.4: Vox Pop


Box 31 Nonsubstantiative, 1969-1978


Folder 31 Substantiative, 1970-1979

Series II: Appointment Calendars


Box 33 Appointment Calendars, 1963; 1965

Series III: Phone Messages


Box 34 Phone Messages, 1970-1973


Box 35 Phone Messages, 1974-1977


Box 36 Phone Messages, 1978-1980


Box 37 Phone Messages, 1981-1982


Box 38 Phone Messages, 1983-1985

Box 38 Messages from projects, 1972-1984

Series IV: Office Files

Subseries IV.1: General


Box 39 Additives (food) - Powell, Adam Clayton


Box 40 Presidential Politics - Zworykin, V. K.

Subseries IV.2: Projects


Box 41 Advocates for the Arts - Antioch


Box 42 APPROTEC - Center for Adaptive Learning (CAL): Prentice Hall research


Box 43 Center for Adaptive Learning (CAL): Tenth grade correspondence - Committee for Anticipatory Democracy (CAD): Membership


Box 44 Committee for Anticipatory Democracy (CAD): National Participation Act - EcoThinktank


Box 45 Edwin Schlossberg, Inc. - Futuremics


Box 46 Future Option Room - Nihon Marketing Center, Inc.


Box 47 Omnibus Video - Salzburg Seminars 1966-67


Box 48 Salzburg Seminars 1968-72 - Women of the Year 2000

Series V: Administrative Files

Some include correspondence

Subseries V.1: General


Box 49 The Adaptive Corporation - The EcoSpasm Report: Spain


Box 50 The Ecospasm Report: US - Invitations/Requests, 1971


Box 51 Invitations/Requests, 1971-75


Box 52 Invitations/Requests 1976 - Learning for Tomorrow

Subseries V.2: Lecture Files

Lecture files are chronological. General files (such as Lecture expenses) begin each annual sequence


Box 54 Lecture Requests 1971 - May 1971 European Trip


Box 55 June 1971 Japan Trip - 31 May 1972 (U. of Ontario)


Box 56 4 June 1972 (U. of Cincinnati) - 20 Feb. 1973 (Denver)


Box 57 21 Feb. 1973 (Toronto) - Lecture expenses 1974


Box 58 Lecture requests 1974 - Lecture requests 1975


Box 59 11 Jan. 1975 (Washington D. C.) - 5 June 1975 (Washington D. C.)


Box 60 9 June 1975 (Monterey, Mexico) - 15 Dec. 1975 (US Senate)


Box 61 Lecture expenses 1976 - 25 June 1976 (Washington D. C.)


Box 62 24 Aug. 1976 (Louisville) - 29 March 1977 (Miami)


Box 63 1 April 1977 (Fort Myers) - 14 April 1978 (Indianapolis)


Box 64 26 April 1978 (U. of Northern Illinois) - 2 April 1979 (Miami)


Box 65 3 April 1979 (Hilton Head) - 4 Dec. 1979 (Brazil)


Box 66 Lecture requests 1980 - 18 Oct. 1980 (Boston)


Box 67 22 Oct. 1980 (French Lick) - 3 Feb. 1981 (Munich)


Box 68 10 Feb. 1981 (Las Vegas) - 27 April 1981 (Acapulco)


Box 69 1 Sept. 1981 (Japan) - Lecture requests 1982: foreign


Box 70 20 Jan. 1982 (Tokyo) - 21 July 1982 (Venezuela)


Box 71 11 Aug. 1982 (Honolulu) - 21 Oct. 1982 (Washington D. C.)


Box 72 9 Nov. 1982 (Copenhagen) - 13 April 1983 (Boca Raton)


Box 73 18 April 1983 (Palm Springs) - 12 Sept. 1983 (Boston)


Box 74 16 Sept. 1983 (Orlando) - 15 Dec. 1983 (France)

Subseries V.3: General (cont.)


Box 75 75. List of names - Permissions: Future Shock (granted 1972)


Box 76 Permissions: Future Shock (granted 1973) - General 1982 II.


Box 77 Permissions: general 1982 III. - Southend Press


Box 78 Technical requests - Testimonials for Future Shock


Box 79 Third Wave: Bantam (Art) - Offshoot possibilities


Box 80 Third Wave: Press List - Serial (First) I.


Box 81 Third Wave: Serial (First) II. - William Morrow (Advertising)


Box 82 Third Wave: William Morrow (Art) - Triwave Productions: Bank reconciliation


Box 83 Troad Inc. (Wing Project) - Writing by others: Requests

Series VI: Office Files

Subseries VI.1: General


Box 84 Administered prices - Anticipatory Democracy (A/D): Alternatives for Washington II.


Box 85 Anticipatory Democracy (AID) - Alternatives for Washington III. - Hawaii


Box 86 Art and automation - Arts in Detroit I.


Box 87 Arts in Detroit II. - Block, Max


Box 88 Buck, Sgt. Carl. H. - CBS/EVR


Box 89 Child labor: Migrant - Child labor: Used


Box 90 Childs, Lydia Marie - Convention


Box 91 Countries: Algeria - Culture Consumers: Bureaucracy


Box 92 Culture Consumers: Canada - Culture hucksters


Box 93 DiSalle, Michael - Education book: Third wave


Box 94 Education: Brain - Futuristics II.


Box 95 Education: Futuristics III - Scope


Box 96 Education: Second wave - Technology


Box 97 Education: Tenure - Work


Box 98 Eisenhower - Federal Trade Commission


Box 99 Filibuster - Harris, Roy I.


Box 100 Harris, Roy II. - Hoffa, James


Box 101 Housing - IBM automation I.


Box 102 IBM automation II - X


Box 103 Information retrieval - Labor in fiction


Box 104 Labor Racketeering - Leisure (Playboy Panel) II.


Box 105 Leisure (Playboy Panel) III. - Libraries: EFL Project notes


Box 106 Libraries EFL Project: used - McClellan, Sen. John L.


Box 107 McGee, Sen. Gale - Magazines I.


Box 108 Magazines II. - Menshikov, M. A.


Box 109 Merrick, David - Metropolitan Museum


Box 110 Military Justice - Morse, Sen. Wayne


Box 111 Moses, Robert - Natural gas


Box 112 Negro history - Orthodontics: not used


Box 113 Orthodontics: used - Pentagon air power


Box 114 People: Auls, Lawrence - Prigogino, I. (I.)


Box 115 People: Prigogino, I.


Box 116 People: Taylor, Gordon R. - Private bills


Box 117 Quadruplets - Right Wing ultras and bigots


Box 118 Schlesinger, Arthur - Social Indicators I.


Box 119 Social Indicators II. - Stress III.


Box 120 Stress IV - Teacher: Day in the life of


Box 121 Teacher Tenure - Toys


Box 122 Water Pollution I-V


Box 123 Water Pollution VI. - Winston-Salem I.


Box 124 Winston-Salem II - Women (H)


Box 125 Women: Lady Legislators - Work: Leisure II.


Box 126 Work: Leisure III. - Xerox I.


Box 127 Xerox II - Zanuck, D.(Not used I.)


Box 128 Zanuck, D.(Not used II.) - Zworykin, V.K.

Subseries VI.2: Projects


Box 129 ABC/Space Shuttle - Anticipatory Democracy (A/D): New York


Box 130 Anticipatory Democracy (A/D): New York RPA - Suggested programs and learning


Box 131 Anticipatory Democracy: (A/D): Surveys - Center for Adaptive Learning -- (CAL): Asbell


Box 132 Center for Adaptive Learning (CAL): Communications magazine - Eleventh grade text


Box 133 Center for Adaptive Learning (CAL): Maston - Prentice Hall working papers


Box 134 Center for Adaptive Learning (CAL): Proposed projects - Warshofsky


Box 135 Committee on Anticipatory Democracy (CAD) - Financial Services for Education


Box 136 Gingrich/Toffler on Social Security - National Humanistic Education


Box 137 National Volunteer Awards - Society of Magazine Writers (SMW)


Box 138 Russell Sage Foundation proposals - Salzburg Seminar


Box 139 Silberman, Richard T. - State Dept. (Dixon)


Box 140 Technology - Women in the Year 2000

Series VII: Book Files

These include Bound volumes, Proofs, Galleys, Manuscripts, Drafts, Files, Clippings, Notes, and Miscellaneous materials.

Subseries VII.1: The Adaptive Corporation 1985


Box 141 Copies of Social Dynamics and the Bell System, Corrected proofs


Box 142 Corrected proofs


Box 143 Superseded drafts, General research files


Box 144 Research files on AT&T: Articles - Consumer


Box 145 Research files on AT&T: Coporate Goals - Modular Corporation


Box 146 Research files on AT&T: Organization - Regulation


Box 147 Research files on AT&T: Social Consequences - Western Electric


Box 148 Interview files


Box 149 Reel-to-Reel interview tapes

Subseries VII.2: The Culture Consumers 1964


Box 150 Bound copies with corrections; Proofs; Galleys


Box 151 Manuscripts, Superseded drafts, Front matter, Layout materials


Box 152 Superseded drafts


Box 153 General research files: Business - Culture Consumers


Box 154 General research files: Government - Theatre


Box 155 Chapter files: Chs. 1-6


Box 156 Chapter files: Chs. 7-10


Box 157 Chapter files: Chs. 11-13; Miscellaneous files; Comments about the book


Box 158 Clippings: Reviews 1964-66


Box 159 Clippings: Reviews 1971;1973; Random House PR 1973; Notebooks

Subseries VII.3: The EcoSpasm Report 1975


Box 160 Page proofs; Master galleys; Original manuscript


Box 161 Drafts; Research files; Clippings

Subseries VII.4: Future Shock 1970


Box 162 Paperback copy with corrections; Dust jacket; Proofs


Box 163 Proofs


Box 164 Galleys


Box 165 Galleys


Box 166 Drafts


Box 167 Drafts


Box 168 Drafts


Box 169 Drafts


Box 170 Drafts


Box 171 Drafts


Box 172 General research files


Box 173 Chapter files: Chs. 1-8


Box 174 Chapter files: Chs. 9-15


Box 175 Chapter files: Chs. 16-20


Box 176 Files on syndication and excerpts


Box 177 Advertising materials


Box 178 General clippings re: Future Shock and Toffler


Box 179 General clippings re: Future Shock and Toffler


Box 180 Clippings: Best Seller lists - Business II.


Box 181 Clippings: Business III. - Foreign press


Box 182 Clippings: General reviews - Medicine and psychology


Box 183 Clippings: Planning - Youth


Box 184 Clippings: Re: Business: Advertising - Transportation

Box 184 Clippings: Re: Impact: Arts - General I.


Box 185 Clippings: Re: Impact: General II. - Science and technology


Box 186 Clippings: Foreign: Australian - Colombian


Box 187 Clippings: Foreign: Communist Countries - French II.


Box 188 Foreign clippings: French III. - Irish


Box 189 Foreign clippings: Italian - Spanish


Box 190 Foreign clippings: Swedish - Swiss


Box 191 Index


Box 192 Future Shock: Musical: Scripts; Clippings; Related materials

Box 192 French translation (Le Choc du Futur): Manuscripts


Box 193 French translation (Le Choc du Futur): Drafts; Notes; Index


Box 194 German translation: Drafts; Notes; Related materials

Subseries VII.5: The Futurists 1972

Edited by Toffler


Box 195 Proofs; Galleys; Drafts


Box 196 Drafts


Box 197 Biographies of contributors; Clippings; Notes; Photocopied materials

Subseries VII.6: Learning for Tomorrow 1974

Edited by Toffler


Box 198 Galleys


Box 199 Galleys


Box 200 Manuscripts


Box 201 Original manuscript


Box 202 Interview files


Box 203 Research files: The Phillips Program; Outlines

Box 203 Files on contributors: Bart, P. - Buchen, I.


Box 204 Files on contributors: Eurich, N. - Rojas/Eldridge I.


Box 205 Files on contributors: Rojas/Eldridge II. - Toffler, A.


Box 206 Files on contributors: Villegas, J. - Wren-Lewis, J.;

Box 206 Index; Notes; Updates for book; Clippings

Subseries VII.7: The Money Managers


Box 207 Galleys; Manuscripts; Drafts


Box 208 Drafts; Chapter files: Chs. 1-6


Box 209 Chapter files: Chs. 7-12


Box 210 Chapter files: Chs. 13-15;

Box 210 Research files on Mutual Funds: Bibliographies - Effect on Market


Box 211 Research files on Mutual Funds: Future of - Scope and growth;

Box 211 Interview files

Subseries VII.8: Previews and Premises 1982


Box 212 Proofs


Box 213 Proofs


Box 214 Manuscripts


Box 215 Manuscripts; Drafts; Outlines


Box 216 General research files; Interview files


Box 217 Interview files


Box 218 Interview files

Subseries VII.9: The Schoolhouse in the City 1968

Edited by Toffler


Box 219 Proofs; Galleys


Box 220 Manuscripts; Drafts


Box 221 Drafts; Files on contributors: Brain, G. - Graves, G.


Box 222 Files on contributors; Havighurst, R. - Wilcox, P.; Clippings; Notes

Subseries VII.10: Social Dynamics and the Bell System 1972


Box 223 Manuscripts (Part I only); Microform of finished text; General research files;

Box 223 Research files: Chs. 1-11, Part I


Box 224 Research files: Parts 2-4; Files on new goals


Box 225 Research files: 1985 Bell Organization; Interview files; Notes .

Subseries VII.11: The Third Wave 1980


Box 226 Galleys


Box 227 Miscllaneous. galley pages; Manuscripts


Box 228 Manuscripts


Box 229 Manuscripts


Box 230 Manuscripts


Box 231 Manuscripts


Box 232 Manuscripts


Box 233 Manuscripts


Box 234 Manuscripts


Box 235 Manuscripts


Box 236 Drafts


Box 237 Drafts


Box 238-257 Chapter files: Checking copy, Editorial suggestions, Not used, Notes, Superseded drafts, Used.


Box 238 Introduction; Ch. 1

Box 238 Ch. 2


Box 240 Chs. 2A-4


Box 241 Chs. 5-7


Box 242 Chs. 8-9


Box 243 Chs. 10-12 (Not used IV.)


Box 244 Chs. 12 (Not used V. - used)


Box 245 Ch. 13


Box 246 Chs. 14-15 (Not used I.)


Box 247 Chs. 15(Not used II.) - 16


Box 248 Ch. 17


Box 249 Ch. 18


Box 250 Chs. 19-20


Box 251 Ch. 21 (Checking copy - Not used II


Box 252 Ch. 21 (Not used III. - used)


Box 253 Ch. 22 (Checking copy - Superseded drafts)


Box 254 Ch. 22 (Used) ; Chs. 22-23 (mixed)


Box 255 Ch. 23 (Checking copy - Superseded drafts I.)


Box 256 Ch. 23 (Superseded drafts II. - Used); Chs. 24-25


Box 257 Chs. 26-28; General files


Flat Box 366 One Oversize folder: Proofs

Series VIII: Tri-wave Productions


Box 258 Transcripts; US Scripts


Box 259 US Scripts; Japanese Scripts


Box 260 Japanese Scripts; Printed Materials; Files

Series IX: Clippings and Magazines


Box 261 Articles by Toffler, [n.d] 1955-57


Box 262 Articles by Toffler: 1956-78; Articles mentioning Toffler


Box 263 Magazines and pamphlets with articles by Toffler, 1968-84