Finding Aid to the Fritjof Capra Papers
Lisa M. Monhoff
The Bancroft Library
2020
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Fritjof Capra papers, 1966-2016
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2019/173
Physical Description:
17.5 linear feet
11 cartons, 1 oversize box
Date (inclusive): 1966-2016
Abstract: The Fritjof Capra Papers include documentation of Capra's professional work as a physicist, educator, author, activist and
founder of Berkeley-based environmental organizations The Elmwood Institute and The Center for Ecoliteracy. The collection
includes limited personal documentation, consisting primarily of photographs in Series 6.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Accruals
No future additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Fritjof Capra's papers were gifted to The Bancroft Library by Fritjof Capra in 2019.
Biographical / Historical
Fritjof Capra is an Austrian-born American physicist, author and environmental educator and activist. Capra was born in Vienna,
Austria on February 1, 1939 and received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Vienna in 1966. He then spent
two decades conducting research in theoretical high-energy physics at the Imperial College London (U.K.), Stanford Linear
Accelerator Center, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at University of California, University of California at Santa Cruz, University
of London (U.K.), and University of Paris (France). Capra was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University
of Plymouth (U.K.) in 2006.
Following the publication of Capra's internationally best-selling book The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels
Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism in 1975, Capra worked toward developing a conceptual framework that integrates
the four dimensions of life as he views it: the biological, the cognitive, the social, and the ecological. The Tao of Physics
has been published in dozens of editions and in more than 20 languages. Subsequent titles authored by Capra include: The Turning
Point: Science, Society and the Rising Culture (1982), Uncommon Wisdom (1988), The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding
of Living Systems (1996), The Hidden Connections (2002), The Science of Leonardo: Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the
Renaissance (2007), Learning from Leonardo: Decoding the Notebooks of a Genius (2013).
Capra co-authored several books including Green Politics (1984) with Charlene Spretnak, Belonging to the Universe: Explorations
on the Frontiers of Science and Spirituality (1993) with David Steindl-Rast and Thomas Matus, and The Systems View of Life
(2014) with Pier Luigi Luisi. He also co-wrote the motion picture Mindwalk (1990), along with his brother, writer/director
Bernt Capra. The film starred Liv Ullman, Sam Waterston and John Heard and was based on Capra's 1982 book The Turning Point.
In 1984, Capra established The Elmwood Institute as an ecological think-tank in Berkeley and became a founding director of
The Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley in 1995. He has taught at many institutions, including San Francisco State University
and the University of California's Berkeley and Santa Cruz campuses, and serves as a Fellow of Schumacher College (U.K.).
Capra is a Council member of Earth Charter International and is the recipient of many awards and honors, including the Gold
Medal of the UK Systems Society, the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity from the Media
Ecology Association, the Medal of the President of the Italian Republic, the Leonardo da Vinci Medallion of Honor from the
University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Arizona, the Bioneers Award, the New Dimensions Broadcaster Award, the American
Book Award, and the Gold IndieFab Award from Foreword Reviews.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Fritjof Capra papers, BANC MSS 2019/173c,The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level. Original order of creator kept almost entirely intact.
Content Description
The Fritjof Capra Papers include documentation of Capra's professional work as a physicist, educator, author, activist and
founder of Berkeley-based environmental organizations The Elmwood Institute and The Center for Ecoliteracy. The collection
includes limited personal documentation, consisting primarily of photographs in Series 6. Materials in Capra's papers include
correspondence, notes, article and lecture texts, research papers, newsletters, discussion guides and curriculum, manuscripts
and drafts of book publications, book permissions and reviews, book tour schedules and photographic documentation, book illustrations,
screenplays and film treatments, audio-visual documentation of lectures, interviews and appearances, and personal and professional
photographs. Capra is fluent in German, English, French and Italian and the collection includes materials in those languages
as well as Japanese, Italian, Portugese, and others. Capra's inventory and personal introduction to his archive (as given
to the Library with these papers) is included in the first folder of the first carton.
Separated Materials
Books have been removed to the Library's Cataloging Unit for separate cataloging.
Conditions Governing Use
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html
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.
carton 1, folder 3
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).
carton 1, folder 4
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.
carton 1, folder 5
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.
carton 1, folder 6
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.
carton 1, folder 7
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.
carton 1, folder 8
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.
carton 1, folder 9
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.
carton 1, folder 15
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).
carton 1, folder 16
Physics notes
1968
Language of Material:
English.
carton 1, folder 17
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.)
carton 1, folder 18
Physics notes
1969
Language of Material:
English.
carton 1, folder 19
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).
carton 1, folder 20
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).
carton 1, folder 21
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).
carton 1, folder 22
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).
carton 1, folder 24-25
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
carton 1, folder 28
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
carton 1, folder 33
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 30
Prigogine notes
circa 1996-1999
carton 7, folder 31
Rich, Adrienne
circa 1976
carton 7, folder 33
Schultz, Arnold
circa 2002
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 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
Dolphin Tapes: Post Office 71, Big Sur, California, 93920 // Copyright 1981.
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.
carton 11, folder 27
Resilient Communities Lessons: From the Oak Woodland
2013
Language of Material:
English.
carton 11, folder 28
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.
oversize_box 1, folder 1
Fritjof Capra high school group picture, Austria
1955
Scope and Contents
Capra in back, third from left.
oversize_box 1, folder 1
Fritjof Capra with parents at Lake Como, Italy
1955
oversize_box 1, folder 1
Fritjof Capra selling the Herald Tribune in Paris
1958
oversize_box 1, folder 1
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.
oversize_box 1, folder 2
Fritjof Capra in Positano, Italy with wife Jacqueline
1968
oversize_box 1, folder 2
Fritjof Capra writing the Tao of Physics in London
1972
oversize_box 1, folder 2
Fritjof Capra in Innsbruck, Austria
1973
oversize_box 1, folder 2
Fritjof Capra writing The Tao of Physics in London
1974
oversize_box 1, folder 2
The Tao of Physics in the window of City Lights Bookstore
1974
oversize_box 1, folder 2
Fritjof Capra lecture in Washington, D.C.
1977
oversize_box 1, folder 2
Fritjof Capra working on The Turning Point
1978
oversize_box 1, folder 2
The Big Sur Dialogues, advisors for The Turning Point
1979
oversize_box 1, folder 2
Fritjof Capra in Delphi, Greece
1979
oversize_box 1, folder 2
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.
oversize_box 1, folder 3
Fritjof Capra portraits by Roger Ressemeyer
oversize_box 1, folder 3
Fritjof Capra portrait by Caroline Wyndham
Photographs
1980-1989
Scope and Contents
Thirty-one (31) black and white and color photographic prints.
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra with Gregory Bateson at his home in Big Sur
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra with Deidre English, Berkeley
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra with Henry Stapp at Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Berkeley
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra with R.D. Laing, Jutta Laing, and Jill Purce, Zaragoza, Spain
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra with R.D. Laing, Stan Grof, and Roland Fisher, Zaragoza, Spain
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra with painter Gordon Onslow Ford in Inverness, California
1980
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra with Hazel Henderson, Berkeley, California
1982
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra with Stan Gorf, Esalen seminar
1982
oversize_box 1, folder 4
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
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra first discussion of a film (Mindwalk) with brother Bernt, Malibu, California
1984
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra with Charlene Spretnak, co-author of Green Politics, Berkeley, California
1984
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra discussing physics with Geoffrey Chew, Berkeley, California
1984
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra in Geoffrey Chew's home
1984
oversize_box 1, folder 4
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
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Italian book tour for The Turning Point, Milan
1985
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Conference of European Greens, Dover (with wife Elizabeth Hawk)
1985
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Dover Green: panel discussion with Petra kelly and Jonathon Porritt
1985
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra publicity photo by Michiel Weijnbergh, Amsterdam
1986
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra with translator Shin Yoshifuku, Tokyo
1986
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra with anthropologist Masao Yamaguchi, Tokyo
1986
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra with Rollo May, AHP Conference, Washington, D.C.
1988
oversize_box 1, folder 4
"Greening the West" Conference, California (Brian Swimme, Elizabeth Hawk, Fritjof Capra, unidentified, Ernest Callenbach,
Randy Hayes, Roger Pritchard)
1988
oversize_box 1, folder 4
Fritjof Capra with Brother David Steindl, Esalen Institute
1989
oversize_box 1, folder 4
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.
oversize_box 1, folder 5
Fritjof Capra with brother Bernt at Sundance film festival
1991
oversize_box 1, folder 5
Fritjof Capra with Robert Redford at Sundance film festival
1991
oversize_box 1, folder 5
Fritjof Capra with Al Gore and brother Bernt at Mindwalk premiere in Washington, D.C.
1991
oversize_box 1, folder 5
Fritjof Capra with Satish Kumar, David Steindel-Rast, and Guy Claxton at Schumacher College
1992
oversize_box 1, folder 5
Fritjof Capra with Oscar Motomura and Deise Fukamati in Sao Paulo, Brazil
1993
oversize_box 1, folder 5
Fritjof Capra with mayor Luiza Erundina, Sao Paolo, Brazil
1993
oversize_box 1, folder 5
Fritjof Capra writing The Web of Life, Berkeley, California
1995
oversize_box 1, folder 5
Fritjof Capra with Pier Luigi Luisi, Cortona, Italy
1998
oversize_box 1, folder 5
Fritjof Capra at Forum 2000 Symposium, Prague
1999
oversize_box 1, folder 5
Fritjof Capra with Francesco Varela, Pio Manzu Conference, Rimini, Italy
1999
oversize_box 1, folder 5
Fritjof Capra with the Dalai Lama at Forum 2000, Prague
2000
oversize_box 1, folder 6
Photographs of Fritjof Capra receiving honorary doctorate from University of Plymouth (U.K.), includes one photo with college
rector
2006
Language of Material:
English.