Guide to the Herbert and Mercedes Matter archive of Buckminster Fuller's World Game M1378
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Series 1: Administrative
Correspondence, 1968-1980
Correspondence from others
Biographical information on Fuller
Fuller Town Hall, New York, New York, Feb. 26, March 5 and March 12, 1971
World Game budget and expenses
Invoices and receipts for film
Draft regarding fundraising for World Game film
Matter contract with Fuller
Class information -- roster, reading list
Draft: agenda and schedule of World Game by Ed Schlossberg
Notes regarding the dynamics of playing the World Game
World Game Report -final and drafts
Unknown manuscript fragment -- could be RBF, "World Game how it came about"
Brainstorming notes
Transparencies used for World Game class
Series 3: Promotional materials
Notes, drafts of articles, press releases, promotional brochures
Handwritten drafts and notes for World Game article in newsletter
Layout for Ed Schlossberg's article
Typed report: "How to make the world work: a unique educational experience"
Drafts of New York Studio School's involvement in World Game
Drafts of July 1969 press release
Various drafts of typed paper entitled "World Game" for article in New York school newsletter by M. Matter
Notes and articles by M. Matter, flyers
Advertisement for Fuller's town hall speeches (first proofs)
Miscellaneous posters and mock ups of posters
Poster for town hall speeches, mock up for Alberto Giacometti exhibit, New York, 1974
Series 4: H. Matter's film on the World Game
Drafts "The World Game" and "Fuller Concepts Operative World Game"
Drafts by Herbert Matter on motivation behind film
Narrative account of World Game film (draft)
"Fuller July 28, 29, 30" (typed transcript)
Film script (typed draft)
Film roll 20 & 22 (typed draft)
Film Roll 6 (typed draft)
Typed document: "reels 1-8"
Typed document: "reels 9-16"
Typed document: "reels 17-23"
Typed document: "reels 24-28"
Typed document: "reels 29-34"
Typed document: "reels 35-41"
Typed document: "reels 42-46"
Typed document: "reels 47-52"
Miscellaneous mock ups of poster boards, credits, photo shots
Draft of World Game on poster board
Miscellaneous negatives
Maps and charts of World Game, negatives (first choice)
Maps and charts, World Game, negatives (second choice)
"Maps to enlarge", black and white photographs and negatives
Contact sheets
Miscellaneous photographs
Oversize photographs
Oversize photographs
Miscellaneous artwork, drawings and posters
Miscellaneous artwork drawings and posters
Series 7: Publications and books
The New York Times. 1 August 1969. Vol CXVIII, No. 40,732.
Newsweek. 11 August 1969. "Moonwalk in Color."
Look. "Apollo 8: Voyage to the Moon." By the staff of The New York Times.
Look. "Apollo 11: On the Moon." By the staff of The New York Times. 15 July 1969.
Life, Special Edition. "To the Moon and Back." 1969.
Life. "Barnstorming the Moon." 6 June 1969.
Life. "The View From the Moon." Vol 46, No. 1.
Life. "The Incredible Year '68." 10 January 1969.
Life. "On the Moon." 8 August 1969.
Life. "Johnny Carson: The Lonesome Hero of Middle America." 23 January 1970.
Life. "The Cruel Dilemmas of Duty." 7 February 1969.
Life. "Off to the Moon." 4 July 1969.
The New York Times. "The Moon: A New Frontier." 3 August 1969.
Life. "Our Moon Trip." 22 August 1969.
Life. "Leaving For the Moon." 25 July 1969.
Life. "Our Journey to the Moon."17 January 1969.
The New Yorker. 8 Jan 1966. New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, Inc.
Art News. September 1952. Schwabacher-Frey.
"Design of Alternative Futures" Syllabus. Jon Dieges, 1969.
"About Crystal Consciousness: Involvement in Building Curvicostate." Keith Critchlow.
"Universal Requirements Check List." Buckminster Fuller. Reprinted from "Architectural Design" March 1960.
Saturday Review. "Education Reform 1957-67: It Didn't Start with Sputnik." 16 Sept 1967.
Architectural Forum: The Magazine of Building. August 1951.
Architectural Design. Reprinted from the July 1961 issue.
Time. 2 February 1970. 2 Copies.
The New York Times. "Automation House." 1 Feb 1970.
Life. "The Inauguration: Rhetoric Meets Reality." 31 Jan 1969.
"Ecological Surveys from Space." National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Washington D.C.
"Vertical is to Live--Horizontal is to Die." R. Buckminster Fuller. Reprinted from The American Scholar, Vol. 39, Number 1, Winter 1969-70.
The New Journal. "Can Bucky Fuller or Clem Markert Save the World Before Ed Logue Destroys It?" Vol. 2, #11. 11 May 1969.
"The World Game." R. Buckminster Fuller. 18 June 1969. Joint National Meeting of the American Astronautical Society and the Operations Research Society.
Whole Earth Catalog. "The World Game."
"50 Years of the Design Science Revolution and the World Game." R. Buckminster Fuller. Southern Illinois University. 4 Copies.
Miscellaneous clippings
Buckminster Fuller, "Bucky Balls", Kodak Videocassette, N/A
Buckminster Fuller, Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape, Jan. 29 1969 Part 1
Buckminster Fuller, Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape, Jan. 29 1969 Part 3
Buckminster Fuller, (sound roll G), Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape, "June 16, [1969]"
Buckminster Fuller, (sound roll I), Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape, "June 23, [1969]"
Buckminster Fuller, (sound roll 6), Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape, "June 24, [1969]"
Buckminster Fuller, (sound roll 5), Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape, "June 24, [1969]"
Buckminster Fuller, (sound roll E), Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape, "June 13, [1969]"
Buckminster Fuller, (sound roll D), Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape, "June 13, [1969]"
Buckminster Fuller, (sound roll C), Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape, "June 12, [1969]"
Buckminster Fuller, (sound roll B), Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape, "June 12, [1969]"
Buckminster Fuller "B. Fuller Talk - Tails Out" - Camera B - Film Roll 1, Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape
Buckminster Fuller, "B. Fuller Talk - Tails Out"" - Camera A - Film Roll 2, Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape
Buckminster Fuller, "B. Fuller Talk - Tails Out" - Camera B - Film Roll 3, Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape
Buckminster Fuller, "B. Fuller Talk - Tails Out" - Camera A - Film Roll 4, Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape
Buckminster Fuller, "B. Fuller Talk - Tails Out" - Camera B - Film Roll 5, Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape
Buckminster Fuller, Leo Steinberg, Helical Scan Tape, V-32, 3/2/1973
Buckminster Fuller, Studio School, Helical Scan Tape (2 tapes), V-30 H, NY Studio School 5/2/74
Buckminster Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller, Helical Scan Tape-tape 3, V-32, "dub from old format to new 1/2"
Buckminster Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller, Helical Scan Tape--tape 3, V-32, "dub from old format to new 1/2"
Buckminster Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller, Helical Scan Tape--tape 5, V-32, "dub from old format to new 1/2"
Buckminster Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller, Helical Scan Tape--tape 4, V-32, "dub from old format to new 1/2"
Buckminster Fuller, Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape, Jan. 29 1969 Part 2
Buckminster Fuller, (sound roll J) , Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape, "June 23, [1969]"
Buckminster Fuller, (sound roll H) , Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape, "June 16, [1969]"
Buckminster Fuller, (sound roll A), Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape, 12-Jun-69
Buckminster Fuller, (sound roll F) , Scotch brand. 20 1/4 Inch Tape, "June 13, [1969]"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Helical Scan Tape, V-30 H
R. Buckminster Fuller, Helical Scan Tape, V-30 H, "Synergy Map, Electromagnetic Spectrum"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Helical Scan Tape, V-30 H
R. Buckminster Fuller, Helical Scan Tape, V-30 H, "Garden of Eden, Naga"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Helical Scan Tape, V-30 H, "Definition of World Game, Man's Function in Universe"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Helical Scan Tape, V-30 H
R. Buckminster Fuller, Helical Scan Tape, V-30 H, Worldgame
R. Buckminster Fuller, Helical Scan Tape, V-30 H, (Poor Recording)
R. Buckminster Fuller, Helical Scan Tape, V-30 H, "Playing Worldgame, Energy Network"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Helical Scan Tape, V-30 H, No title