Alvin and Heidi Toffler papers, 1955-1984
Alvin and Heidi Toffler papers, 1955-1984
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1247
- Bib ID:
- 4078547 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Toffler, Alvin
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 110 linear feet (263 boxes 1 oversize folder)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Scope and Content
Correspondence, telephone logs, lecture/administrative files, manuscripts, research files, personal papers, reviews, press clippings, tearsheets, and memorabilia relating to the many projects Toffler and his wife worked on from 1950 to 1985. The collection is divided into closed and open series. Closed files include all correspondence; telephone logs; administrative files pertaining to lectures, contracts, and business memos; and personal papers. Open files consist of clippings, notes, manuscripts, publishers' "dead matter," tearsheets of articles and books, press clippings, interviews, and galleys. The correspondence includes letters from a great variety of people, such as Betty Friedan, Jonas Salk, Newt Gingrich, Ed Koch, and many other politicians and celebrities. There are research files for virtually every project that Toffler was involved with, including his books "Future Shock" and "The Third Wave." The press clippings files are extensive and range from research topics to reviews, and cover countries from Australia to Switzerland. Lecture files also from Toffler's television/video production compnay, Triwave Productions, Inc., which include scripts, contracts, and materials relating to all stages of production. The many manuscripts, proofs, and galleys are in various stages of revision and include Toffler's extensive corrections and notes.
Arrangement
Sorrespondence is in several files, both alphabetical and chronological. Administrative files are alphabetical by project.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alvin and Heidi Toffler papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Alvin and Heidi Toffler, 1987.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Toffler, Alvin and Heidi. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--06/17/87. Accession number--M-87-06-17.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Processed 06/20/88.
All restrictions lifted July 2019. Boxes 1-83 were closed pending death of Alvin, Heidi, and Karen Toffler.
Revision Description
2010-03-31 Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
2019-07-19 Restrictions lifted
Biographical sketch
Alvin (1928-2016) and Heidi Toffler, authors and futurists. A journalist and intellectual best know for his popular books Future Shock and The Third Wave in which he speculates on the nature and effects of dynamic social change. Toffler was born on 28 October 1928, in New York City and married Adelaide Heidi Farrell on 29 April 1950. He was educated at New York University (B.A. 1949) and worked as a journalist for various newspapers and magazines in the 1950s. He became a full-time writer in the 1960s. He was on the faculty of the New School for Social Research from 1965-1967.
Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Series I: Correspondence
Box 1
Box 2
Box 3
Box 4
Box 5
Box 6
Box 7
Box 8
Box 9
Box 10
Box 11
Box 12
Box 13
Box 14
Box 15
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Box 17
Box 18
Box 19
Box 20
Box 21
Box 22
Box 23
Box 24
Box 25
Box 26
Box 27
Box 28
Box 29
Box 30
Box 31
Folder 31
Series II: Appointment Calendars
Box 33
Series III: Phone Messages
Box 34
Box 35
Box 36
Box 37
Box 38
Box 38
Series IV: Office Files
Box 39
Box 40
Box 41
Box 42
Box 43
Box 44
Box 45
Box 46
Box 47
Box 48
Series V: Administrative Files
Some include correspondence
Box 49
Box 50
Box 51
Box 52
Lecture files are chronological. General files (such as Lecture expenses) begin each annual sequence
Box 54
Box 55
Box 56
Box 57
Box 58
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Box 83
Series VI: Office Files
Box 84
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Box 88
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Box 90
Box 91
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Box 140
Series VII: Book Files
These include Bound volumes, Proofs, Galleys, Manuscripts, Drafts, Files, Clippings, Notes, and Miscellaneous materials.
Box 141
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Box 188
Box 189
Box 190
Box 191
Box 192
Box 192
Box 193
Box 194
Edited by Toffler
Box 195
Box 196
Box 197
Edited by Toffler
Box 198
Box 199
Box 200
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Box 204
Box 205
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Edited by Toffler
Box 219
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Box 222
Box 223
Box 223
Box 224
Box 225
Box 226
Box 227
Box 228
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Box 231
Box 232
Box 233
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Box 237
Box 238-257
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Box 246
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Box 248
Box 249
Box 250
Box 251
Box 252
Box 253
Box 254
Box 255
Box 256
Box 257
Flat Box 366
Series VIII: Tri-wave Productions
Box 258
Box 259
Box 260
Series IX: Clippings and Magazines
Box 261
Box 262
Box 263