Capra (Fritjof) Papers

Correspondence 1971-2015

Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 1-13

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically with Capra's inventory listing first, followed by general correspondence and lecture correspondence.

Scope and Contents

First folder contains a 62 page inventory listing provided by Capra (including these papers plus digital materials and books given to The Bancroft Library in 2019) and a personal autobiographical introduction by Capra. Includes notable correspondence from friends and colleagues including scientists, artists, philosophers, and politicians such as Jerry Brown, Joseph Campbell, Geoffrey Chew, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gordon Onslow Ford and Oliver Sacks. Letters are international in scope with many written in the German language. Lecture correspondence contains letters regarding lectures given by Capra. See Scope Notes of each folder for more detailed correspondent information as listed by Capra in his inventory noted above.

carton 1, folder 1

Listing of complete Capra inventory with Personal Introduction written by Frtijof Capra (62 pages) 2019

Language of Material: English.

carton 1, folder 2

General correspondence 1971-1975

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

David Bolun, Geoffrey Chew, Werner Heisenberg (2 letters), Brian Josephson, Jorgen Kalkar (Bohr Institute), Trevor Leggett, Bernard Lovell, Henry Margenau, Phiroz Mehta, Yoichiro Nambu, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Yuval Ne'eman, Susumu Okubo, Linus Pauling, Nancy Wilson Ross (2 letters), Joel Scherk (7 pages), George Sudarshan, Masao Sugawara, Walter Thirring, Alan Watts, Victor Weisskopf (2 letters), John Wheeler.

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General correspondence 1976-1980

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Irmgard Bartenieff, Oliver Caldecott, Joseph Campbell, Geoffrey Chew (2 letters), Werner Erhard, Erich Jantsch, Brian Josephson, Hazel Henderson, Bernard Lovell, Victor Mansfield, Henry Margenau, Magoroh Maruyama, Phiroz Mehta, Jacob Needleman, Joseph Needham (2 cards), Gordon Onslow Ford, Carl Rogers (3 letters), Dane Rudhyar, Mendel Sachs (2 letters), Vreni Schumacher, David Shainberg, Walter Thirring, George Vithoulkas, Victor Weisskopf (2 letters), Bill Whitehead, Ken Wilber (2 letters).

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General correspondence 1981-1985

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Ali Akbar Khan, Gunter Altner, Joachuim-Ernst Berendt, Ellen Burnstyn, Graf Karlsfried Von Durckheim (2 letters), Werner Erhard, Bede Griffiths, Olga Jantsch, Rollo May, Phiroz Mehta, Gordon Onslow Ford (2 letters), Vimla Patil, Jonathon Porritt, Mendel Sachs, John Seed, Rupert Sheldrake, David Steindl-Rast, Ken Wilber.

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General correspondence 1986-1990

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Oliver Caldecott (3 letters), Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Heinz von Foerster, Leopold Kohr, Bruno Kreisky, Satish Kumar, R.D. Laing, Rollo May (2 letters), Helena Norberg-Hodge, Michel Odent, Vimla Patil, Wei Saying (Chinese translator, 9 letters), Diana Schumacher, Liv Ullmann, Francisco Varela, Giorgio Vernizzi.

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General correspondence 1991-1995

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Russell Ackoff (2 letters), Erhard Busek (2 letters), Raffi Cavoukian, John Cleese, Mikhail Gorbachev, Al Gore, Manon Grisebach, Tom Hayden, Chungliang Al Huang, Satish Kumar, Michael Lerner, Jose Lutzenberger (2 letters), Phiroz Mehta, Rob Mehta, Arne Naess (5 letters), Gordon Onslow Ford, Jonathon Porritt, Karl-Henrik Robert, Theodore Roszak, Vandana Shiva, David Steindl-Rast, Mark Swilling, Walter Thirring, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsacker.

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General correspondence 1996-2000

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Joachim-Ernst Berendt (2 letters), Jerry Brown, Manuel Castells, Gerald Edelman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Roger Fouts, Al Gore, Ivan Havel, Stuart Kauffman, Lee Klinger, Frances Moore Lappe, Ervin Laszlo (2 letters), Michael Lerner, James Lovelock, Pier Luigi Luisi, Arne Naess, Carey Perloff, Ilya Prigogine (2 letters), Karl-Henrik Robert, Oliver Sacks, Arnold Schultz, Neil Smith, David Steindl-Rast, Tom Stoppard, Mitchell Thomashow, Elie Wiesel.

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General correspondence 2001-2005

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Vera van Aaken (German author of book on male violence; 7 letters), Matthew Fox, Brian Goodwin, Tom Hayden, Green Press, Vaclav Havel, Hazel Henderson, Pier Luigi Luisi, Humberto Maturana, Gerald Midgley, John Mingers, Sherwin Nuland, Telmo Pievani, Thomas Riedelsheimer (2 letters), Rupert Sheldrake, David Steindl-Rast, David Suzuki, John Urry.

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General correspondence 2006-2015

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Lester Brown, University of Cambridge, Chile Senate, Jacques Chirac, Anthony Cortese, Antonio Damasio, David Diamond (2 letters), Nelson Diaz (2 letters), Claire Farago, Rob Hopkins, Marjorie Kelly, Martin Kemp, Sol Kjok, David Lorimer, William McDonough, Dennis Meadows, Mattia Sella, Sharada Srinivasan (art historian and dancer, 4 letters), Alarmel Valli, Francoise Viatte.

carton 1, folder 10-13

Lecture correspondence 1998-2006

Language of Material: English.

Writings and Other Works 1950-2018

Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 14-59; Carton 2-6; Carton 7, folders 1-38

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged into six subseries: 2.1 Physics papers; 2.2 Articles; 2.3 Books; 2.4 Film; 2.5 Unrealized projects; 2.6 Subject files

Scope and Contents

Contains professional work written by Fritjof Capra including physics papers, articles, books and contributions to forewords and other sections of books by other authors. Contains documentation of Capra's film Mindwalk such as correspondence, screenplay treatments and film production information. Also includes subject files that have articles about and by the subjects and limited correspondence.

Physics papers 1966-1984

Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 14-26

Language of Material: Most content in English, some content in German

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Contains physics papers and notes by Fritjof Capra and an interview by Capra with theoretical physicist Geoffrey Chew.

carton 1, folder 14

Ph.D. dissertation, University of Vienna, "Feldtheoretisches Modell des Gravitationskollapses von Neutronensternen" (loosely translated: Field theoretical model of the gravitational collapse of neutron stars) 1966

Language of Material: German.

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Physics papers 1967-1968

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"Gravitational Collapse of Neutron Stars," Acta Phys. Austriaca 4, 327-38 (1967). "Gravitational Collapse of Neutron Stars," Nuovo Cim. 51B, 217-20 (1967). "Current-Divergence Commutator," Nuovo Cim. 50, 984-88 (1967). "Current Algebra and K+ - Ko Mass Difference," Nuovo Cim. 54A, 479-86. "Spectral-Function Sum Rules and Massless Mesons, Nuovo Cim. 53A, 1056-58 (1968).

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Physics notes 1968

Language of Material: English.

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Physics papers 1969

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"Veneziano Models for ... Scattering without the ...," Nuovo Cim. 2, 786-90 (1969). "Remarks on a Veneziano-Type Formula with Logarithmic Trajectories," Phys. Lett. 30B, 1, 53-55 (1969). "Effective Lagrangians and Chriral Gauge Invariance" (unpublished ms.)

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Physics notes 1969

Language of Material: English.

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Physics notes and papers 1970

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"Is there Any 'Scaling' in Elastic Proton-Proton Scattering?," Nuovo Cim. Lett. 4, 215-18 (1970).

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Physics notes and papers 1972

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"Covariant T-Product for Fermion Fields and Gauge-Invariant Vacuum Polarization Amplitude," Acta Phys. Austriaca 36, 222-28 (1972). "Particle Physics and Eastern Philosophy," Acta Phys. Austr. Suppl. IX, 874-93 (1972).

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Physics papers 1975-1976

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"Topological Classification of Duality Diagrams," LBL-4295 Preprint (1975). "Topological Expansion and Cxutkosky Rules," PBL-5338 Preprint (1976).

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Physics papers 1977

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"Incorporation of Baryons into the Topological Expansion," Phys. Lett. 68B, 1, 93-95 (1977). "Unification of ordered S-Matrixz Approach and Topological Expansion for Baryons and Mesons" (unpublished ms.). "Cylinder Model of Baryons" (preliminary notes). "Cylinder Model of Baryons" (unpublished ms.).

carton 1, folder 23

Physics papers 1979

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"Quark Physics Without Quarks: A Review of Recent Developments in S-Matrix Theory," Am. J. Phys. 47, 1, 11-23 (1979).

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Interview with theoretical physicist Geoffrey Chew 1983

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"Interview with Geoffrey Chew," July 1983 (91-page ms.). "Bootstrap Physics: A Conversation with Geoffrey Chew (ms. for publication in C. DeTar, J. Finkelstein, and Ch.-I. Tan, A Passion For Physics: Essays in Honor of Geoffrey Chew, World Scientific, 1985; pp. 247-86; includes hand-written corrections by Geoffrey Chew).

carton 1, folder 26

Physics papers 1984

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Bootstrap Theory of Particles," Surveys in High Energy Physics 4, 127-202 (1984)

Articles 1970-2014

Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 27-36

Language of Material: Most publications are in English with some in German, Italian and other languages.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper, journal and magazine articles written by Fritjof Capra and published in popular and scientific publications.

carton 1, folder 27

Articles by Fritjof Capra 1970-1975

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"The Beautiful People" (unpublished ms.), 1970; "But what's confusing you is just the nature of my game" (unpublished ms.), 1971; "The Dance of Shiva," Main Currents in Modern Thought, Vol. 29, 1972; "Bootstrap and Buddhism," American Journal of Physics, Vol. 42/ 1, 1974; "Modern Physics and Eastern Philosophy," Human Dimensions, Vol. 3/2, 1974; "Waar Ost en West Samengaan," Bres 48, 1974; "The Way of Physics," ZCLA Journal, Vol. 5/3, 1975

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Articles by Fritjof Capra 1976-1980

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism," J. of Transpers. Psych., Vol. 8/ 1, 1976; "Zen and Subatomic Physics," New Society, Vol. 34 / 685, 1975; "Werner Heisenberg: Explorer of the Limits of Human Imagination," East West Journal, March 1976; "The Tao of Physics: Reflections on the Cosmic Dance," Saturday Review, Dec 1977; "The Feminine Principle," The Ley Hunter, Vol. 81, 1978; "The Cosmic Dance," The Laughing Man, 1978 (?);r3w 'The New Physics as a Model for a New Medicine," J. of Social and Biol. Structures, Vol. 1 / 1, 1978; "Can Science Explain Psychic Phenomena?", Re Vision, Winter/ Spring 1979; "The New Physics: Implications for Psychology," The American Theosophist, Vol. 68 / 5, 1980; "The New Physics: A Basis for Social Change?", The American Theosophist, Vol. 68 / 10, 1980

carton 1, folder 29

Articles by Fritjof Capra 1981-1985

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"The Tao of Physics Revisited" (with Renee Weber), ReVision, Spring 1981; "The Roots of Violence in Contemporary American Society," Corona, Vol. II, 1981; "The Dance of Life," Science Digest, April 1982; "The Turning Point: A New Vision of Reality," The Futurist, December 1982; "The New Vision of Reality and the Nature of Ch'i" (with Manfred Porkert), J. of Trad. Acupuncture, Vol. VII/2, 1983; "Es gibt nur eine Krise" (with Bild-der-Wissenschaft staff), Bild der Wissenschaft, August 1983; "Abschied von Mr. Newton," Wiener Journal, Juni 1983; "Krise und Wandel in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft," W & L Aktuell, Nr. 1, 1983; "Die Wende wird kommen - wird die Zeit reichen?" (with Hans-Peter Durr), Psychologie Heute, Juli 1983; "Holistic Health - Holistic Peace," The New Holistic Health Handbook, 1984; "Die neuen Informationstechnologien: Ende oder Wende?", Borsenblatt, 4.9.1984; "Green Politics: A New Paradigm" (with Charlene Spretnak), National Forum, Summer 1984; "Ende oder Wende? - Optionen der Informationsgesellschaft," GDI Impuls, September 1984; "The New Vision of Reality: Toward a Synthesis of Eastern Wisdom and Modern Science," in S. Grof (Ed.), Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science, SUNY Press, 1984; "Krise und Wandel in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft," Hochschule St. Gallen, ISC, 1985; "Criteria of Systems Thinking," Futures, October 1985

carton 1, folder 30-31

Articles by Fritjof Capra 1986-1990

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"Systemdenken in der Naturwissenschaft als Grundlage einer okologischen Ethik," IFF, Universitat Innsbruck, 1986; "Wholeness and Health," Holistic Medicine, Vol. 1, 1986; "Totalita e salute," Fondamenti 5, 1986; "The Tao of Physics Revisited," Prabuddha Bharata, Dec. 1987 and Jan. 1988; "Deep Ecology: A New Paradigm," Earth Island Journal, Fall 1987; "Werner Heisenberg: Wissenschaftler an den Grenzen der menschlichen Vorstellung," in Werner Heisenberg, Ausgewahlte Texte, Goldmann 1987; "Ganzheit und Gesundheit," in A. Stacher (Ed.), Wiener Dialog uber Ganzlzeitsmedizin, J & V, 1988; "What Is Peace?", Peaceletter, Vol. 6 / 1, 1988; "National Insecurity," New Age, March/ April 1988; "The Role of Physics in the Current Change of Paradigms," in R. F. Kitchener (Ed.), The World View of Contemporary Physics, SUNY Press, 1988; "Crisis of Perception: Why are the real issues of our time excluded from the political dialogue?", City Lights Review, Number 3, 1989; "Interdependence of World Problems" (a conceptual map), Elmwood Newsletter, Spring 1989; "Life as Mental Process," The Quest, Summer 1990; "Crisis of Perception," The Futurist, January-February 1990; "The Challenge of the Nineties," Insight, Winter 1990

carton 1, folder 32

Articles by Fritjof Capra 1991-1995

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"Ecology and Health," Center for Ecoliteracy, 1991; "Ecologically Conscious Management," Environmental Law, 1991; "War in the Gulf-A Crisis of Perception?", The Elmwood Institute, 1991; "Changes in Management - Management of Change: The Systemic Approach" (with Axel Exner and Roswita Konigswieser), Perspectives, Vol. 6/ 3, 1992; "A Physicist Talks Management," Business Ethics, January-February 1992; "Balance-Sheet Ecology" (with David Mager), Sky Magazine, August 1994; "Ecology and Community," Center for Ecoliteracy, 1994; "From the Parts to the Whole: Systems Thinking in Ecology and Education," Center for Ecoliteracy, 1994; "The Principoles of Ecology," Center for Ecoliteracy, 1994

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Articles by Fritjof Capra 1996-2000

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"Lebensnetz," Conturen, Vol. 4, 1996; "Tiefenokologie als Grundlage einer neuen Ethik," in Konigswieser-Haller-MaasJarmai (Eds.), Risiko-Dialog, DIV, 1996; "Emergence and Design in Human Organizations," with Morten Flatau, August 1996 (unpublished); "The Web of Life," Resurgence, 1996; "The Resurgence of the Real" (book review), Los Angeles Times, 1997; "The Nature of Life" (book review of The Web of Life), Perspectives, 1997; "Turn, Turn, Turn: Understanding Nature's Cycles," Center for Ecoliteracy, 1997; "Creativity and Leadership in Learning Communities," Center for Ecoliteracy, 1997; "Ecology, Systems Thinking and Education," The Journal of Contemporary Health, Issue 6, Autumn 1997; "L'alfabeto ecologico," Pluriverso, Italy, No. 4, 1997; "Ecological Literacy," Future Generations Journal, Malta, No. 24, 1998; "Ecology and Community," J. of the School of Architecture, University of New Mexico, Vol. XI, Fall 1998; "The Challenge of the Twenty-First Century," Tikkun, January 2000; "Network e conoscenza", Pluriverso, Italy, June 2000; "The Coming Era of Ecoliteracy," Timeline, 2000

carton 1, folder 34

Web page by Fritjof Capra - a series of 8 columns in the journal Resurgence (UK), discussing scientific issues related to the systems view of life 1996-1998

Language of Material: English.

Related Materials

These columns can also be found in the digital files of the Capra archive.

carton 1, folder 35

Articles by Fritjof Capra 2001-2005

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"The Human Condition at the Dawn of the 21st Century," SGI Quarterly, Japan, January 2001. "The Challenge of the New Century," Lapis, Summer 2001. "Trying to Understand: A Systemic Analysis of International Terrorism" (unpublished), 2001; "The Turning Point" (Preface to Czech edition), 2001; "The Tao of Ecology" (interview), Ascent, 2001; "The School Garden: Education for Sustainable Living," Roots, 2001; "The Hidden Connections" (book review), Kindred Spirit, 2002; "Ffsico unico" (interview), Vida Simples, 2003 · "Natur, der Management-Berater" (interview), MQ, 2004; "Security and Sustainability," The Ecologist, 2002 (published in 2005); "Comprendre la nature" (interview), metro, 2005 "Eco Literacy," Adbusters, 2005

carton 1, folder 36

Articles by Fritjof Capra 2006-2014

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

"A New Conception of Life," Adbusters, 2006; "Le reti dell a vita," Multiverso, 2006; "Qualitative Growth" (with Hazel Henderson), ICAEW, 2009; "Es gibt nicht immer nur Wachstum" (interview), Salzburger Nachrichten, 2012; "Learning from Leonardo," Network Review, 2014; "Tutto e rete" (book review of The Systems View of Life), Corriere della Sera, 2014

Books circa 1975-2018

Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 37-59; Cartons 2-4; Carton 5, folders 1-4

Language of Material: Most content in English. Some content (such as book reviews) in German, French, Italian and other languages.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by book title.

Scope and Contents

Contains documentation on Capra's book publications including correspondence, proofs and manuscripts, permissions, artwork and illustrations, research, bestseller lists, book tour information and reviews and articles about the books and Capra.

carton 1, folder 37

The Tao of Physics - Reviews circa 1975-1981

Language of Material: English.

carton 1, folder 38

The Tao of Physics - Comments circa 1975

Language of Material: English.

carton 1, folder 39

The Tao of Physics - Artwork circa 1975

Language of Material: English.

carton 1, folder 40-42

The Tao of Physics - Particle tracks circa 1975

Language of Material: English.

carton 1, folder 43-50

The Turning Point - Reviews 1982-1986

Language of Material: English.

carton 1, folder 51

The Turning Point - Consultants 1978

Language of Material: English.

carton 1, folder 52

The Turning Point - Bestseller Lists 1983-1984

Language of Material: English.

carton 1, folder 53

The Turning Point - Condensed edition for Japan, Kosaku Sha 1983

Language of Material: English.

carton 1, folder 54

Uncommon Wisdom - Reviews 1987-1989

Language of Material: English.

carton 1, folder 55

Uncommon Wisdom - Bestseller List 1987

Language of Material: English.

carton 1, folder 56-58

The Web of Life - illustrations, including Chauvet cave paintings in France circa 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 1, folder 59

The Web of Life - permissions 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 1

The Web of Life - corrections 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 2

The Web of Life - reviews of Anchor edition 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 3

The Web of Life - reviews of HarperCollins edition 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 4

The Web of Life - reviews of Schert edition 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 5

The Web of Life - endorsements 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 6

The Web of Life - catalogues 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 7

The Web of Life - German public relations booklet 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 8

The Web of Life - questionnaire for Anchor edition 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 9

The Web of Life - book tour for Anchor edition 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 10

The Web of Life - book tour for Schert edition 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 11

The Web of Life - book tour for HarperCollins edition 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 12

The Web of Life - Dutch translation 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 13

The Web of Life - audio Renaissance, edited text 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 14

The Web of Life - miscellaneous notes 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 15-26

The Web of Life - chapters 2-12 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 27

Die Capra-Synthese (Capra Synthese) circa 1998

Language of Material: German.

carton 2, folder 28

Hidden Connections - reviews 2002-2003

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 29

Hidden Connections - illustrations 2001-2002

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 30

Hidden Connections - editing notes 2001-2002

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 31

Hidden Connections - endorsements circa 2001-2002

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 32-47

Hidden Connections - chapter 1-7 circa 2001-2002

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 48

Hidden Connections - epliogue circa 2001-2002

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 49

The Science of Leonardo - Leonardo's science, conceptual map circa 2007

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 50

The Science of Leonardo - Leonardo's language circa 2007

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 51

The Science of Leonardo - The Nature of Design circa 2007

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 52

The Science of Leonardo - Claire Farago circa 2007

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 53

The Science of Leonardo - Laurenza circa 2007

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 54

The Science of Leonardo - Vasari circa 2007

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 55

The Science of Leonardo - biography The Life of Leonardo by Jane Roberts (photocopied pages) 1989

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 56

The Science of Leonardo - articles about art 1989, 2001

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 57

The Science of Leonardo - articles about technology circa 1980-2006

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 58

The Science of Leonardo - articles about drawings circa 2006

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 59

The Science of Leonardo - article about The Da Vinci Code 2004

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 60

The Science of Leonardo - The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (play) at Berkeley Rep circa 2003

Language of Material: English.

carton 2, folder 61

The Science of Leonardo - reviews 2005-2010

Language of Material: English.

carton 3, folder 1

The Science of Leonardo - illustrations circa 2006

Language of Material: English.

carton 3, folder 2-3

The Science of Leonardo - permissions 2007

Language of Material: English.

carton 3, folder 4

The Science of Leonardo - handwritten pages 2005

Language of Material: English.

carton 3, folder 5-15

The Science of Leonardo - chapters circa 2005-2007

Language of Material: English.

carton 3, folder 16

The Science of Leonardo - bibliography circa 2005-2007

Language of Material: English.

carton 3, folder 17

The Science of Leonardo - cross references circa 2005-2007

Language of Material: English.

carton 3, folder 18

The Science of Leonardo - Grey's Anatomy circa 2005-2007

Language of Material: English.

carton 3, folder 19

La Botanica di Leonardo (Leonardo's Botany) - final English text 2008

Language of Material: English.

carton 3, folder 20

La Botanica di Leonardo (Leonardo's Botany) - Italian proofs 2008

Language of Material: Italian.

carton 3, folder 21

La Botanica di Leonardo (Leonardo's Botany) - quotations 2008

Language of Material: Italian.

carton 3, folder 22

La Botanica di Leonardo (Leonardo's Botany) - images 2008

Language of Material: Italian.

carton 3, folder 23

La Botanica di Leonardo (Leonardo's Botany) - plates 2008

Language of Material: Italian.

carton 3, folder 24

La Botanica di Leonardo (Leonardo's Botany) - reviews 2008

Language of Material: Italian.

carton 3, folder 25

Learning from Leonardo - book production 2013

Language of Material: Italian.

carton 3, folder 26-27

Learning from Leonardo - Belt Library (quotes) 2013

Language of Material: Italian.

carton 3, folder 28-29

Learning from Leonardo - permissions circa 2012-2013

Language of Material: Italian.

carton 3, folder 30

Learning from Leonardo - reviews 2012

Language of Material: Italian.

carton 3, folder 31-49

Learning from Leonardo - research for chapters 1-7 2013

Language of Material: Italian.

carton 4, folder 1-2

Learning from Leonardo - chapter 8 and epilogue 2013

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 3

Green Politics - interviews circa 1983-1984

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 4

Green Politics - permissions 1983-1984

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 5

Green Politics - reviews 1984-1985

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 6-7

Green Politics - photographic materials circa 1984

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 8

Die Seele Indiens (The Soul of India): Tamil Nadu circa 1984

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 9

Belonging to the Universe 1991-1992

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 10

Belonging to the Universe - photographic materials 1991-1992

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 11

EcoManagement - reviews 1994

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 12

The Systems View of Life - original figures 2013

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 13

The Systems View of Life - permissions 2013

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 14

The Systems View of Life - manuscript on CD-R 2012-2013

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 15-26

The Systems View of Life - chapters 2, 3, 6, 8-18 2012-2013

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 27

The Ecology of Law - summaries circa 2013-2015

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 28

The Ecology of Law - editorial comments circa 2013-2015

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 29

The Ecology of Law - Berrett-Koehler Publishers book catalog 2015

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 30-31

Forwards and contributions to books by other authors 1982-2017

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 32-36

The Tao of Physics - manuscript with corrections 1975

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 37

Turning Point - manuscript with corrections 1982

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 38

Green Politics - manuscript circa 1984

Language of Material: English.

carton 4, folder 39

Conversations with Remarkable People: An Intellectual Journey (Uncommon Wisdom) - manuscript 1987

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 1

A Sense of Belonging (Belonging to the Universe) - manuscript 1991

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 2

The Web of Life - manuscript circa 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 3

The Hidden Connections - manuscript circa 2002

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 4

Leonardo da Vinci (The Science of Leonardo) - manuscript 2006

Language of Material: English.

Mindwalk (Film) 1982-2002

Physical Description: Carton 5, folders 5-32

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arrangement mostly chronological, with correspondence and production business documents first.

Scope and Contents

Contains files documenting the process of making the film Mindwalk, based on Frtijof Capra's book The Turning Point. Capra was very involved in not only the concept for the film (originally to be produced as a documentary), Capra co-wrote the screenplay (with Floyd Byars) and co-produced the movie with his brother Bernt Capra, who directed the film. Includes photographic documentatation of the film shoot and actors on location at Mont-Saint-Michel (France), a VHS commercial copy of the film and proclamations awarded for Capra and the film production. Also includes files on a book proposal based on the film and a proposed sequel to the film.

carton 5, folder 5

Mindwalk Productions - contracts 1982-1995

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 6

Mindwalk Productions - correspondence 1988-1989

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 7

Mindwalk Productions - articles of incorporation 1988-1992

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 8

Mindwalk - screenplay treatment 1982-1984

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 9

Mindwalk - screenplay treatment, proposal 1986

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 10

Mindwalk - screenplay treatment 1988

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 11-13

Mindwalk - screenplays including final uncorrected version 1988-1989

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 14

Mindwalk - shooting script, annotated 1989

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 15-19

Mindwalk - reviews and public relations, including Brazil, Germany and United States 1989-2002

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 20-22

Mindwalk - proclamations 1992-1993

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 23

Mindwalk - complete screenplay, book manuscript, with director's notes ad Capra's scientific commentary 1991

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 24

Mindwalk - book proposal circa 1989-1991

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 25

Mindwalk - two compact audio cassette tapes with commentary by Fritjof Capra recorded for Liv Ullman circa 1989

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 26

Mindwalk - commercially produced VHS tape recording of film 1990

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 27-31

Mindwalk - photographs, slides and negatives taken on location during film shoot circa 1989

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 32

Mindwalk 2 - concept and screenplay treatment 2002

Language of Material: English.

Miscellaneous unrealized projects Undated

Physical Description: Carton 5, folders 33-34

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents

Includes files on two unrealized projects by Fritjof Capra.

carton 5, folder 33

A history of quantum physics - monograph undated

Language of Material: English.

carton 5, folder 34

Earth Household documentary - proposal undated

Language of Material: English.

Subject files 1950-2017

Physical Description: Carton 6; Carton 7, folders 1-38

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents

Contains subject and research files on various people and topics relevant to the professional work of Fritjof Capra.

carton 6, folder 1

Abraham, Ralph 1987-1989

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 2

Altieri, Miguel A. 2000-2014

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 3

Arcadia (1993 play by Tom Stoppard) - Capra's work with A.C.T. Theater's productions 2013

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 4

Bacchia, Anna 2017

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 5

Bacon, Francis 1996-2003

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 6

Barili, Amelia - includes interviews with Fritjof Capra undated

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 7

Barometer (photocopied 1964 reprint) circa 1990

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 8

Bateson, Gregory - correspondence and articles 1978-1987

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 9

Berry, Wendell 2008

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 10

Blaustein, Arthur 1980-2007

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 11

Bowers, C.A. 1994

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 12

Brower, David 1997-2000

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 13

Brown, Juanita 2001

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 14

Brown, Lester circa 2008

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 15

Byron, Ada 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 16

Castaneda, Carlos 1994

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 17-23

Castells, Manuel - includes reports and mind map by Fritjof Capra; interviews by Capra; news articles and reviews circa 1996-2002

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

See also: The Hidden Connections.

carton 6, folder 24

de Chardin, Teilhard 2001-2003

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 25-28

Chew, Geoffrey F. - papers by and manuscript by Chew 1950-2010

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 29

Chinese language circa 1972

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 30

Clark, Edward T., Jr. circa 1981, 1990

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 31

Cohn-Bendit, Daniel circa 1987

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 32

Confucious 1997

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 33

Consciousness Studies (Journal of) 1994-1999

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 34

Consilience / E.O. Wilson 1998-2001

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 35

Copenhagen (the theatrical play) circa 2000-2002

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 36

Crop circles 1998

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 37

Daly, Herman 2001-2002

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 38-40

Deep Ecology / Arne Naess circa 1964-1993

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 41

Derrida, Jacques 1998

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 42

Diamond, David / Headlines Theatre (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) 2004-2005

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 43

Diaz, Nelson 2002

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 44

Eco audits (Germany) 1992-1998

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 45

Ecology (Jorgensen, Sven) 1992-1999

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 46

Economics and complexity 1995-1998

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 47

Edelman, Gerald M. 1994-1999

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 48

Einstein, Albert 1979-2005

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 49

Flowforms circa 1995

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 50

Gaia theory circa 1987

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 51

Galileo circa 1982

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 52

Ginsberg, Allen - In Memoriam by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1997

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 53

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 2002

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 54

Goldsworthy, Andy circa 2005-2010

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 55

Goodwin, Brian 1994-1999

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 56

Gore, Al 1992

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 57

Gould, Stephen Jay circa 1980-2002

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 58

Gulf War 1991 1990-1991

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 59

Habu, Junko circa 2004-2013

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 60

Harding, Stephan 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 61

Hawken, Paul 1992-2003

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 62

Heisenberg, W. circa 1976

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 63

Hempen, Carl-Hermann circa 2009

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 64

Holography circa 1980

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 65

Homeopathy 2003, 2010

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 66

Humanistic psychology circa 1999

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 67

Intelligences (Gardner) 1994, 1996

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 68

Jakobsen, Ove 2009-2015

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 69

Jantsch, Erich circa 1979-1981

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 70

Juarrero, Alicia 1985

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 71

Kiuchi, Tachi 1997

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 72

Krishnamurti circa 1984

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 73

Kuhn, Thomas circa 1970

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 74

Laing, R.D. 1967-1990

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 75

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste circa 1998

Language of Material: English.

carton 6, folder 76

Lascurain, Maria circa 2011

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 1

Lerner, Jaime undated

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 2

Lietaer, Bernard 2008-2009

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 3

Lovins, L. Hunter 2004-2006

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 4

Luhmann, Niklas circa 1998

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 5-7

Luisi, Pier Luigi 1993-2007

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 8

Lutzenberger, Jose 1987-1995

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 9

Margulis, Lynn 1996-1998

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 10-12

Maturna 1978-2005

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 13

Meadows, Donella circa 2001

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 14

Medd, William circa 1999-2000

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 15

Merchant, Carolyn 2005-2008

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 16

Miller, James Grier circa 1992

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 17

Morin, Edgar 2005

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 18

Nanowires circa 2010-2011

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 19

Native American paradigm circa 1992

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 20

Nauenberg, Michael 2003-2007

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 21

Needham, Joseph undated

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 22

Neural networks 1991-1995

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 23

Neuwaldegg papers 1987

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 24

Nunez, Rafael 1995-2000

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 25

Orr, David 2000

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 26

Pauli, Gunter 1999, 2004

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 27

Pert, Candace circa 1992

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 28

Pollan, Michael 2003-2008

Language of Material: English.

carton 7, folder 29

Prigogine 1989-1993

carton 7, folder 30

Prigogine notes circa 1996-1999

carton 7, folder 31

Rich, Adrienne circa 1976

carton 7, folder 32

Salgado, Sebastiao 2002

carton 7, folder 33

Schultz, Arnold circa 2002

carton 7, folder 34

Schumacher, E.F. undated

carton 7, folder 35

Searle, John 1994-1997

carton 7, folder 36

Seattle - W.T.O. 1999-2000

carton 7, folder 37

van Aaken, Vera circa 2002

carton 7, folder 38

von Foerster, Heinz circa 1979

Lectures and Seminars 1972-2014

Physical Description: Carton 7, folders 39-54; Carton 8; Carton 9, folders 1-28

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged into five subseries: 3.1 Lectures and seminar texts; 3.2 Seminar and sympoisa audio-visual; 3.3 Amana-Key audio-visual; 3.4 Schumacher College; 3.5 International conferences.

Scope and Contents

Texts and audio-visual documentation of seminars and courses taught by Fritjof Capra, international conference presentations, symposia held at Esalen Institute and other locations, Amana-Key messages and evidence of Capra's work as a Fellow with Schumacher College (U.K.) beginning in 1992.

Lecture and seminar texts 1972-2000

Physical Description: Carton 7, folders 39-54

Language of Material: Primarily in English, with some texts in German.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically within two groups: lecture texts and seminar and course texts.

Scope and Contents

Contains text copies of lectures given by Fritjof Capra as lecturer at numerous universities, conferences, symposia and executive leadership programs including for the American Psychological Association Conference (New York), Bioneers Conference, Conference on Intuition at University of California at Berkeley, Forum 2000 (Prague, Czech Republic), Imperial College (U.K.), and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at University of California. Course and seminar texts include Capra's work in the Department of Physics at University of California at Berkeley, the Commonweal Center (Bolinas, California), and the Institute of Philosophy at U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences (Moscow). Topics include education, philosophy, physics, psychology, health, medicine, nuclear power, the Gulf War, and ecology.

carton 7, folder 39-50

Lecture texts 1972-2003

carton 7, folder 51-54

Seminar and course texts 1976-1979, 1991, 2000

Language of Material: English.

Seminar and symposia A/V 1982-2000

Physical Description: Carton 8, folders 1-9

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Contains select audio-visual documentation of Capra's seminar and symposia conversations recorded on compact audio cassette tapes and VHS video tapes.

carton 8, folder 1

Audio cassette recordings of R.D. Laing and James Fadiman "Altered States and The Transpersonal" January 30, 1982 1982

Physical Description: 1 audio cassette tape

Language of Material: English.

carton 8, folder 2

Audio cassette recordings of R.D. Laing and Fritjof Capra "On Self and Society" January 30, 1982 1982

Physical Description: 3 audio cassette tapes

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

carton 8, folder 3

Audio cassette recordings of Fritjof Capra "The Turning Point: Residential Seminar on Crisis and Transformation in Science and Society" (Casa de Maria, Santa Barbara, California) November 10-12, 1982 1982

Physical Location: 6 audio cassette tapes

Language of Material: English.

carton 8, folder 4

Audio cassette recordings of Fritjof Capra, Brother David and Friar Thomas Matus "Continuing Dialogue: New Paradigm in Science and Theology" (Esalen, Big Sur, California) December 16-17, 1987 1987

Physical Location: 6 audio cassette tapes

Language of Material: English.

carton 8, folder 5-7

Audio cassette recordings of Fritjof Capra and others "Health and Healing: Common Ground" (Commonweal, Bolinas, California) January 14-15, 2000 2000

Physical Description: 7 audio cassette tapes

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Helmut Milz, George Solomon, Gig Levine, Martha Herbert, Ernest Rossi, Manfred Clynes, Tom Ferguson, Michael Lerner, Leonard Duhl, Susan Reynolds, Peter Schlenzka, Don Johnson, Eleanor Criswell, Robert Hall, Ron Kurtz, Tom Ots, Judyth Weaver, Seymour Carter, David Bresler, Dorothy Waddell, Dieter Kallinke, Marty Rossman, Erik Peper, William Benda, Shelley Brown.

carton 8, folder 8

Video tape recording "Peptide T: A New Therapy for AIDS" with Candace Pert 1992

Language of Material: English.

carton 8, folder 9

Video disc recordings "Education for Life" with Satish Kumar and Gunter Pauli (Mallorca, Spain) 2000

Language of Material: English.

Amana-Key A/V 1998-2013

Physical Description: Carton 8, folders 10-21

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Contains video documentation of Capra's Amana-Key messages. Amana-Key is a leadership development and executive education program based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

carton 8, folder 10-11

Amana-Key messages - VHS video recordings (2) 1998

Language of Material: English.

carton 8, folder 12

The Network Society - VHS video recording 1999

Language of Material: English.

carton 8, folder 14

Amana videos - Mini DV (3) 2002

Language of Material: English.

carton 8, folder 13

Biotechnology at a Turning Point - Mini DV 2001-2002

Language of Material: English.

carton 8, folder 15

Comments on Copenhagen [the play] (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - DVD recording 2000

Language of Material: English.

carton 8, folder 16

Conservation with Amana-Key Team, Parts 1 and 2 - DVD recordings (2) (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 2012

Language of Material: English.

carton 8, folder 17

Fritjof Capra at Tivoli - DVD recording (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 2012

Language of Material: English.

carton 8, folder 18

Event about Leonardo da Vinci - DVD recording (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 2012

Language of Material: English.

carton 8, folder 19

Book advertisment, The Soul of Leonardo - DVD recording (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 2012

Language of Material: English.

carton 8, folder 20

Fritjof Capra at WTC - DVD recording (Sao Paulo,Brazil) 2012

Language of Material: English.

carton 8, folder 21

Short interviews with Fritjof Capra - DVD recording (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 2013

Language of Material: English.

Schumacher College 1992-2014

Physical Description: Carton 9, folder 1-2

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Contains notes, student lists, and groups photographs.

carton 9, folder 1-2

Photographs, class lists, thank you notes 1992-2014

Language of Material: English.

International conferences 1979-2008

Physical Description: Carton 9, folders 3-28

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, conference programs, papers, reports, and video recordings from international conferences attended by Capra.

carton 9, folder 3

"Science et Conscience" (Radio France, Cordoba, Spain) 1979

carton 9, folder 4

"Psychotherapy of the Future" (Zaragossa, Spain) 1980

carton 9, folder 5

"East and West" (Bombay, India) 1982

carton 9, folder 6

"Fundamental Studies Seminar" (Colombo, Sri Lanka) 1982

carton 9, folder 7

"Andere Wirklichkeiten" (Alpbach, Austria) 1983

carton 9, folder 8-9

"Global Forum" (Moscow, U.S.S.R.) 1990

carton 9, folder 10

"Forum 2000" (Prague, Czech Republic) letter of invitation from President Vaclav Havel 1996

carton 9, folder 11

"Forum 2000" (Prague, Czech Republic) - conference report 1997

carton 9, folder 12

"Forum 2000" (Prague, Czech Republic) - video recording 1997

carton 9, folder 13

The Prague Workshop (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) - conceptual design by Fritjof Capra "Is There a Purpose in Nature? How to Navigate Between the Scylla of Mechanism and Charybdis of Teleology 1998

Language of Material: English.

carton 9, folder 14

"Forum 2000" (Prague, Czech Republic) letters of invitation and thanks from President Vaclav Havel 1999

carton 9, folder 15

"Forum 2000" (Prague, Czech Republic) conference program 1999

carton 9, folder 16

"Forum 2000" (Prague, Czech Republic) conference report 1999

Language of Material: English.

carton 9, folder 17-18

Argonaut Nella Noosfera (Rimini, Italy) 1999

Language of Material: Italian.

carton 9, folder 19

"Forum 2000" (Prague, Czech Republic) - letters of invitation and thanks 2000

Language of Material: English.

carton 9, folder 20

"Forum 2000" (Prague, Czech Republic) - conference program 2000

Language of Material: English.

carton 9, folder 21

"Forum 2000" (Prague, Czech Republic) - text of speeches 2000

Language of Material: English.

carton 9, folder 22

State of the World Forum 2000

Language of Material: English.

carton 9, folder 23

Complexity Theory seminar (Institute of Philosophy, Havana, Cuba) 2002

Language of Material: English.

carton 9, folder 24

Brasilia Dialogues - Fritjof Capra opening address "Complexity and Life" 2002-2003

Language of Material: English.

carton 9, folder 25

Brasilia Dialogues - Fritjof Capra response to Philippe Pomier's Critique of Ecological Literacy 2002-2003

Language of Material: English.

carton 9, folder 26-27

Brasilia Dialogues - papers, conceptual maps 2002-2003

Language of Material: English.

carton 9, folder 28

Complexity Science in International Relations 2008

Language of Material: English.

Public Relations and Media 1974-2015

Physical Description: Carton 9, folders 29-42; Carton 10, folders 1-28

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically with photographs at the end.

Scope and Contents

Files containing documentation of media coverage from Frtijof Capra's lectures, seminars and books including interviews with Capra.

carton 9, folder 29-42

Lecture and seminar press announcements, press clippings and interviews 1974-1991

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 1-13

Lecture and seminar press announcements, press clippings and interviews 1992-2015

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 14-16

Lecture and seminar press announcements, press clippings and interviews - Japanese media 1984-1990

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 17-19

Lecture and seminar press announcements, press clippings and interviews - Germany publicity tour 1987

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 20

Scherz book tour 1992

Language of Material: German.

carton 10, folder 21

Brasilia Dialogues 2003

Language of Material: Portuguese.

carton 10, folder 22

Doubleday book tour 2007

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 23

Rizzoli book tour 2007

Language of Material: Italian.

carton 10, folder 24-28

Photographs from lecture tours, press events and interviews 1985-1990

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Capra, Bernt.

Scope and Contents

Gore, Albert "Al" Arnold, Jr.

Scope and Contents

Redford, Robert.

Scope and Contents

Waterston, Sam.

Scope and Contents

Mindwalk (film) premier at the Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Mindwalk (film) screening at Sundance.

Organizations 1984-2016

Physical Description: Carton 10, folders 29-51; Carton 11

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged into two subseries: 5.1 The Elmwood Institute and 5.2 The Center for Ecoliteracy.

Scope and Contents

Includes documentation on two environmental education organizations founded and co-founded by Fritjof Capra in Berkeley: The Elmwood Institute and The Center for Ecoliteracy. The Elmwood Institute was founded in October 1984, following the publication of Capra's book The Turning Point in 1982. The organization was active until the end of 1994; The Center for Ecoliteracy was founded in 1995 from an idea initiated in 1991 within The Elmwood Institute.

Elmwood Institute 1984-1994

Physical Description: Carton 10, folders 29-51; Carton 11, folders 1-3

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

The Elmwood Institute was founded by Fritjof Capra in October 1984 and developed with a group of colleagues, following the publication of Capra's book The Turning Point in 1982. The Elmwood Institute's mission was to promote ecological literacy and systemic thinking through teacher training seminars, publications and grant funding. The group was active until the end of 1994; The Center for Ecoliteracy was founded in 1995 from an idea initiated in 1991 within The Elmwood Institute. This subseries includes brochures, directories, newsletters, reports and symposia documentation.

carton 10, folder 29

Brochures circa 1984-1994

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 30

The Elmwood Report 1984-1994

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 31

Global File Monitor - reports 1990

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 32

"The Elmwood Guide to Eco-Auditing and Ecologically Conscious Management" 1990

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 33

Gulf War Analysis Network 1991

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 34

Envisioning a Sustainable World Population - report 1991

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 35

Elmwood Institute Directories 1992-1993

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 36

Guide to Ecoliteracy: A New Context for School Restructuring 1993

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 37-44

Elmwood Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 1-Volume 8, Number 1 1985-1992

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 45-46

Elmwood Newsletter, Volume 9, Number 1 and 2-Volume 10, Number 2 and 3 1993-1994

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 47

Elmwood Newsletter, German edition 1989-1990

Language of Material: German.

carton 10, folder 48

Elmwood Newsletter, Japanese edition 1989-1990

Language of Material: Japanese.

carton 10, folder 49

"Science and Ethics" discussion excerpts from Ojai Foundation seminar "Awakening the Dream: The Way of the Warrior" 1984

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 50

New Paradigm Symposium (Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California) 1985-1986

Language of Material: English.

carton 10, folder 51

New Paradigm Symposium (Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California) - VHS video recording 1985-1986

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 1

Cognition and Creation Symposium (Zen Center, Green Gulch Farm, Muir Beach, California) 1988

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 2

Elmwood Kyoto Symposium - The New Paradigm East and West (Kyoto Brighton Hotel and Kyoto Shimbun Ohara Sanso, Japan) 1989

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 3

Kyoto Conference "Media for the New Millennium - Citizen Participation in the Evolution of Mass Communications' (Kyoto, Japan) 1990

Language of Material: English.

The Center for Ecoliteracy 1991-2016

Physical Description: Carton 11, folders 4-28

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Contains documentation on The Center for Ecoliteracy, co-founded by Fritjof Capra, Peter Buckley and Zenobia Barlow in Berkeley in 1995. The idea of Ecoliteracy was initiated in 1991 within The Elmwood Institute when Capra was asked to design a school curriculum centered on ecology for the Portland Public Schools in Oregon. The Center for Ecoliteracy works toward sustainability through education and continues to be active at present. This subseries includes a history of the organization, brochures, guides, reports, curriculum and discussion guides.

carton 11, folder 4

Early History of Ecoliteracy, 1991-94 by Fritjof Capra circa 1995

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 5

Cultivating 20 Years of Ecoliteracy 1995-2015

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 6

Brochures and report on grantmaking 1995-1999

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 7

Learning in the Real World: Computers in Education 1997

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 8

The Edible Schoolyard 1999

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 9

Working Systematically: STRAW (Students and Teachers Restoring a Wetland) and Food Systems Project 1999

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 10

Ecoliteracy: Mapping the Terrain 2000

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 11

Exploring Ecoliteracy: Growing a network for community-based learning - North Coast Rural Challenge Network (Mendocino County, California) 2000

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 12

Ecoliteracy: Dancing Earth article in Resurgence magazine special issue 2004

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 13

Road Map: Rethinking School Lunch Guide 2004

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 14

Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World (The Bioneers Series), ed. Michael K. Stone and Zenobia Barlow, preface by Fritjof Capra 2005

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 15

Alphabetizacao Ecologica (Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World, ed. Michael K. Stone and Zenobia Barlow, preface by Fritjof Capra - Brazilian edition 2005

Language of Material: Portuguese.

carton 11, folder 16

Getting Started: A Guide for Creating School Gardens as Outdoor Classrooms: Rethinking School Lunch 2006

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 17

Big Ideas: Linking Food, Culture, Heath and the Environment; A New Alignment with Academic Standards 2008, 2014

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Foreword by Michael Pollan.

carton 11, folder 18

Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability - by Michael K. Stone 2009

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 19

Food, Inc. (a Robert Kenner film) - discussion guide 2009

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 20

What's the Story of Your Food? - curriculum guide 2010

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 21

Model Wellness Policy Guide 2010

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 22

The Last Mountain (a Bill Haney film) - discussion guide 2011

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 23

Eco Literate: How Educators are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett, Zenobia Barlow 2012

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 24

Elemental: Three Stories, Three Continents, One Commitment to Change (a Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee and Gayatri Roshan film) - discussion guide 2013

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 25

School Meals Featuring California Food - Rethinking School Lunch, California Food for California Kids 2013

Language of Material: English.

carton 11, folder 26

Designing a Resilient Community: Three Lessons 2013

Language of Material: English.

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Resilient Communities Lessons: From the Oak Woodland 2013

Language of Material: English.

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California Tastes Amazing: Delicious Meals to Cook with Your Child at Home 2016

Language of Material: English.

Photographs 1955-2006

Physical Description: Oversize Box 1

Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

Contains black and white and color photographic prints documenting Fritjof Capra's personal and professional life, from his youth in 1950s Europe to professional achievements in the early 2000s.

Photographs from childhood and youth 1955-1962

Scope and Contents

Four (4) black and white photographic prints.

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Fritjof Capra high school group picture, Austria 1955

Scope and Contents

Capra in back, third from left.

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Fritjof Capra with parents at Lake Como, Italy 1955

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Fritjof Capra selling the Herald Tribune in Paris 1958

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Fritjof Capra in Vienna with brother Bernt 1962

Photographs from 1960s and 1970s 1968-1979

Scope and Contents

Eleven (11) black and white and color photographic prints.

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Fritjof Capra in Positano, Italy with wife Jacqueline 1968

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Fritjof Capra writing the Tao of Physics in London 1972

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Fritjof Capra in Innsbruck, Austria 1973

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Fritjof Capra writing The Tao of Physics in London 1974

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The Tao of Physics in the window of City Lights Bookstore 1974

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Fritjof Capra lecture in Washington, D.C. 1977

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Fritjof Capra working on The Turning Point 1978

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The Big Sur Dialogues, advisors for The Turning Point 1979

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Fritjof Capra in Delphi, Greece 1979

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Fritjof Capra with Gregory Bateson, Lois Bateson, and Jill Purce, Esalen Institute 1979

Photographs for publicity 1977-1978

Scope and Contents

Four (4) black and white photographic prints.

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Fritjof Capra portraits by Roger Ressemeyer

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Fritjof Capra portrait by Caroline Wyndham

Photographs 1980-1989

Scope and Contents

Thirty-one (31) black and white and color photographic prints.

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Fritjof Capra with Gregory Bateson at his home in Big Sur

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Fritjof Capra with Deidre English, Berkeley

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Fritjof Capra with Henry Stapp at Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Berkeley

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Fritjof Capra with R.D. Laing, Jutta Laing, and Jill Purce, Zaragoza, Spain

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Fritjof Capra with R.D. Laing, Stan Grof, and Roland Fisher, Zaragoza, Spain

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Fritjof Capra with painter Gordon Onslow Ford in Inverness, California 1980

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Fritjof Capra with Hazel Henderson, Berkeley, California 1982

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Fritjof Capra with Stan Gorf, Esalen seminar 1982

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Fritjof Capra interviews with Green politicians in Bonn, Germany (including Manon Grisebach, Rudi Bahro, Roland Vogt, Marie-Luise Beck-Oberndorf and Jo Muller, Wilhelm Knabe) 1983

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Fritjof Capra first discussion of a film (Mindwalk) with brother Bernt, Malibu, California 1984

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Fritjof Capra with Charlene Spretnak, co-author of Green Politics, Berkeley, California 1984

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Fritjof Capra discussing physics with Geoffrey Chew, Berkeley, California 1984

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Fritjof Capra in Geoffrey Chew's home 1984

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Founding Conference of the Elmwood Institute (Walt Anderson, volunteer, Charlene Spretnak, Randy Hayes, Ernest Callenbach, Sierra Zephyr, Fritjof Capra, Gloria Goldberg, Hazel Henderson, Eleanor Le Cain, Seth Ellner, Robert LIvingston, Elizabeth Hawk, Janice Perlman, Nancy Morita, volunteer, Michale Phillips) 1984

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Italian book tour for The Turning Point, Milan 1985

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Conference of European Greens, Dover (with wife Elizabeth Hawk) 1985

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Dover Green: panel discussion with Petra kelly and Jonathon Porritt 1985

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Fritjof Capra publicity photo by Michiel Weijnbergh, Amsterdam 1986

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Fritjof Capra with translator Shin Yoshifuku, Tokyo 1986

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Fritjof Capra with anthropologist Masao Yamaguchi, Tokyo 1986

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Fritjof Capra with Rollo May, AHP Conference, Washington, D.C. 1988

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"Greening the West" Conference, California (Brian Swimme, Elizabeth Hawk, Fritjof Capra, unidentified, Ernest Callenbach, Randy Hayes, Roger Pritchard) 1988

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Fritjof Capra with Brother David Steindl, Esalen Institute 1989

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Fritjof Capra workign with Liv Ullmann on the set of Mindwalk, Mont Saint Michel 1989

Photographs 1990-2000

Scope and Contents

Eleven (11) black and white and color photographic prints.

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Fritjof Capra with brother Bernt at Sundance film festival 1991

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Fritjof Capra with Robert Redford at Sundance film festival 1991

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Fritjof Capra with Al Gore and brother Bernt at Mindwalk premiere in Washington, D.C. 1991

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Fritjof Capra with Satish Kumar, David Steindel-Rast, and Guy Claxton at Schumacher College 1992

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Fritjof Capra with Oscar Motomura and Deise Fukamati in Sao Paulo, Brazil 1993

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Fritjof Capra with mayor Luiza Erundina, Sao Paolo, Brazil 1993

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Fritjof Capra writing The Web of Life, Berkeley, California 1995

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Fritjof Capra with Pier Luigi Luisi, Cortona, Italy 1998

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Fritjof Capra at Forum 2000 Symposium, Prague 1999

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Fritjof Capra with Francesco Varela, Pio Manzu Conference, Rimini, Italy 1999

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Fritjof Capra with the Dalai Lama at Forum 2000, Prague 2000

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Photographs of Fritjof Capra receiving honorary doctorate from University of Plymouth (U.K.), includes one photo with college rector 2006

Language of Material: English.