Description
Files consist primarily of research material, manuscripts, and chapter drafts related to Turner's book,
From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism. Other materials include Stanford University Department of Communications files, presentations, and miscellaneous articles
and papers.
Background
Fred Turner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford University and Director of Stanford’s
Program in Science, Technology, and Society. He is the author of
From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism (University of Chicago Press, 2006) and
Echoes of Combat: The Vietnam War in American Memory (Anchor/Doubleday, 1996; 2nd ed., University of Minnesota Press, 2001). He has just finished drafting a prequel to his last
book — this time, a history of American multimedia from World War II to the 1960s. It should be published by the University
of Chicago Press some time in 2013. Before coming to Stanford, he taught Communication at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School
of Government and MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He also worked for ten years as a journalist. He has written for newspapers
and magazines ranging from the
Boston Phoenix and the
Boston Globe Sunday Magazine to
Nature.
Extent
6.5 Linear feet 4 cartons, 1 box
Restrictions
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Availability
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy.