Immediate Source of Acquisition
Conditions Governing Use
Preferred Citation
Conditions Governing Access
Scope and Contents
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: R. Buckminster Fuller: Conversations
Identifier/Call Number: M1915
Physical Description:
7 Linear Feet
(9 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 2002-2004
Abstract: Audiovisual interviews with scholars and associates of Buckminster Fuller, including records of two symposia on Fuller.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Library creation; 2012; Accession MSS 2012-182. Gift of Jeffrey Schnapp; 2016. Accession MSS 2016-214. Copyright transferred
to Stanford Libraries.
Conditions Governing Use
© Stanford University. All Rights Reserved.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], R. Buckminster Fuller: Conversations (M1915). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Most material from this
collection has been digitized and is available via Searchworks: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9948063.
Scope and Contents
In 2002, to celebrate the acquisition of the Fuller archive, the Stanford Libraries and the Stanford Humanities Laboratory
launched a series of Conversations on R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the Dymaxion car, the Dymaxion Dwelling Unit, and
the geodesic dome, author of
Utopia or Oblivion,
4D Timelock,
Synergetics,
Tetrascroll and
Critical Path. The series consists of filmed interviews with Fuller's key collaborators, interlocutors and contemporaries, and is designed
to enhance critical understanding of this enigmatic polymath.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Schlossberg, Edwin
Snyder, Allegra Fuller
Roszak, Theodore
Snelson, Kenneth, 1927-2016
Foster, Norman
Brand, Stewart
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster)
Applewhite, E. J.
Zung, Thomas T.K.
Sadao, Shoji
Cunningham, Merce
Asawa, Ruth
Lanier, Albert
Pogue, Richard W.
Finley, Dale
Morrison, Hunter
Strawbridge, Holly
Wolf, Herman, 1912-2005
De Varco, Bonnie