Information Fall-Out: Buckminster Fuller's World Game

Geoscope B01 – C01 R. Buckminster Fuller and John McHale, “Geoscope Project: School of Architecture,” University of Colorado, May 1964. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

A02 – B02 “Press Release: Geoscope Project,” University of Colorado, May 18, 1964.

Southern Illinois University Libraries.

C02 Letter from John McHale to Delyte W. Morris, June 11, 1964. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

A03 – C03 R. Buckminster Fuller, “Vision 65: Keynote Address,” October 1965.

Stanford University Libraries.

D01 R. Buckminster Fuller and John McHale, “Geoscope Project: School of Architecture,” University of Colorado, May 1964, photographic print inserts.

Southern Illinois University Libraries.

D02 The Geoscope: Typical Vertical Data Plane, photographic print from transparency. Stanford University Libraries.

Expo 67 B04 – C05 Letter from Shoji Sadao to John McHale, December 15, 1965.

Attachment: Expo 67 Exhibit Proposal, “How to make the World Work,” October 19, 1964. Stanford University Libraries.

D03 Shoji Sadao, “Fuller’s Initial Concept for the US Pavilion at Expo 67,” Domus 464 (July 1968): 2-3.

D04 “The World Game: An Application Of The New Symbiosis For Peaceful Purposes,” Architectural Design 2000+ (February 1967): 93. Courtesy of Ed Hauben.

D05 R. Buckminster Fuller and Delyte W. Morris at Expo 67, 1967, photographic prints. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

World Resources Inventory B06 – C06 R. Buckminster Fuller, “The World Game.” Courtesy of Ed Hauben.

A07 Letter from Edmund S. Muskie to John McHale, May 2, 1967. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

B07 – B11 Michael J. Paterra, “WRI Information Code Directory,” September 25, 1968.

Stanford University Libraries.

C11 – B12 “World Resources Inventory: Code Book pages.” Stanford University Libraries.

C12 – C13 Raymond Frenchman, “User’s Guide for Fuller-Percap: A Program to Process and Percapitize World Resources Inventory Data,” March 1971. Stanford University Libraries.

A14 – C14 “Introduction to World Game,” author unknown, c. 1972. Courtesy of o.s.

Earth Inc. D06 John McHale, “Status Report: World Game—Centennial Project,” December/January 1967, drawings.

Southern Illinois University Libraries.

D07 Philco Monitors, photographic prints, R. Buckminster Fuller Papers, Stanford University Libraries.

D08 “Norad on the Alert,” Creative Electronics by RCA, magazine

advertisement, R. Buckminster Fuller Papers, Stanford University Libraries.

D09 World Resources Inventories (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1972): 6-7. Copy 1: Southern Illinois University Libraries.

Copy 2: Courtesy of Howard Brown.

D10 World Resources Inventory punch cards. 01. Final Data Card Print Format, July 24, 1963. 02. General Purpose Data Form, July 25, 1963. 03.

All Cards have Left Hand Corner Out, July 25, 1963. 04. Final Data Card Print Format for 60 print spacing, July 29, 1963. Stanford University Libraries.

World Design Science Decade B15 Letter from John McHale to Charles D. Tenney, June 26, 1964. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

C15 – C16 “World Design Science Decade Operation Description,” c. 1967.

Attachment B: “History of the World Resources Inventory and World Resources Simulation Center and The Offices of R. Buckminster Fuller.”

Southern Illinois University Libraries.

D11 Paris 1965, World Design Science Decade 1965-1975 (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University, World Resources Inventory, 1965). Southern Illinois University Libraries.

D12 World Trends Exhibit, World Design Science Decade 1965-1975, ed. John McHale (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University, World Resources Inventory, 1965): 12-13. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

D13 Geoscopes at World Design Science Decade 1965-1975, Paris, 1965, photographic print from transparency.

Stanford University Libraries.

D14 R. Buckminster Fuller and John McHale, World Design Science Decade 1965-1975, Inventory of World Resources Human Trends and Needs: Phase I (1963) Document 1 (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University, World Resources Inventory, 1963). Southern Illinois University Libraries.

D15 R. Buckminster Fuller, World Design Science Decade 1965-1975, The Design Initiative: Phase I (1964) Document 2 (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University, World Resources Inventory, 1964). Southern Illinois University Libraries.

D16 R. Buckminster Fuller, World Design Science Decade 1965-1975, Comprehensive Thinking: Phase I (1965) Document 3 (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University, World Resources Inventory, 1965). Southern Illinois University Libraries.

D17 R. Buckminster Fuller, World Design Science Decade 1965-1975, The Ten Year Program: Phase I (1965) Document 4 (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University, World Resources Inventory, 1965). Southern Illinois University Libraries.

D18 R. Buckminster Fuller, World Design Science Decade 1965-1975, Comprehensive Design Strategy: Phase II (1967) Document 5 (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University, World Resources Inventory, 1967). Courtesy of Ed Hauben.

D19 John McHale, World Design Science Decade 1965-1975, The Ecological Context. Energy and Materials: Phase II: (1968) Document 6 (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University, World Resources Inventory, 1968). Courtesy of Mark Wigley.

World Resources Simulation Center B17 – A18 John McHale, “Notes on the World Game Proposal,” February 1966.

Stanford University Libraries.

C25 – B26 Letter from John McHale to Charles D. Tenney, October 2, 1967. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

B18 Letter from John McHale to Charles D. Tenney, June 13, 1966. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

C26 R. Buckminster Fuller, “World Game.”

Southern Illinois University Libraries.

C18 – C20 Richard Paul Karasik, “A Feasibility Prospectus: The World Game ColiseumMethods of Large Scale Image Generation,” 1966. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

A27 Thomas B. Turner, “Rhetorical devices to present World Resources Center to Federal Agencies,” March 4, 1968.

Southern Illinois University Libraries.

A21 Letter from John McHale to Charles D. Tenney, August 1, 1966. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

B27 Thomas B. Turner, “Questions Federal Executives Most Probably Will Ask About World Resources Center,” March 4, 1968. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

B21 – C21 Letter from Charles M. Pulley to Charles D. Tenney, October 20, 1966.

Southern Illinois University Libraries.

C27 – A28 Washington Kick-Off Conference, introduction, May 1, 1968. Stanford University Libraries.

A22 Letter from Governor Otto Kerner to R. Buckminster Fuller, April 17, 1967.

Southern Illinois University Libraries.

B28 – A33 Transcript of “Presentation by Southern Illinois University on ‘World Resources Simulation Center’ to Representatives of Major US Government Agencies,” Federal Building #6, Conference Room 5546, Washington DC, 9:30 am, May 1, 1968. Stanford University Libraries.

B22 – B23 Geometrics, Inc., “A Preliminary Plan Study for The World Game Center, Southern Illinois University,” March 1967. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

C23 – B25 R. Buckminster Fuller, “World Resources Simulation Center: Presentation Outline,” c. 1967.

Stanford University Libraries.

B33 – C33 “World Resources Center Conference: Participants,” May 1, 1968. Stanford University Libraries.

D20 Offices of R. Buckminster Fuller at Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, photographic print.

D21 “A Bill to authorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to make grants for the construction and operation of a World Resources Simulation Center,” Congress Bill, H.R. 1025, January 22, 1971. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

D22 R. Buckminster Fuller, “The World Game: Presentations to Congress,” 1415. Courtesy of Howard Brown.

D23 World Resources Simulation Center model, photographic prints from transparencies. Southern Illinois University Libraries and Stanford University Libraries.

D24 R. Buckminster Fuller, 50 Years of the Design Science Revolution and the World Game (Philadelphia: World Resources Inventory, 1969), 110-111.

D25 Geometrics, Inc., “Preliminary Plan Study for the Centennial World Resources Center for Southern Illinois University,” September 1967. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale B34 – B40 “Discourse of R. Buckminster Fuller to the Edwardsville Campus Planning Committee of Southern Illinois University,” East St. Louis, April 22, 1961. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

C40 Letter from David T. Kenney to Charles D. Tenney, December 30, 1964.

Southern Illinois University Libraries.

A41 – B41 Letter from David T. Kenney to Charles D. Tenney, August 7, 1964. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

C41 – A43 “Center for Integrated Studies (A Proposed Institute for Study at the Graduate Level),” with foreword from John McHale, September 22, 1964.

Southern Illinois University Libraries.

B43 Letter from Charles D. Tenney to John McHale, January 23, 1968. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

C43 – C44 Memorandum to Delyte W. Morris from Buckminster Fuller, October 24, 1969.

Southern Illinois University Libraries.

A45 – C45 Letter from The Office of the System Vice Presidents to The Members of the Decentralization Committtee, November 4, 1971. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

A46 Letter from I.P. Brackett to Robert G. Layer and John S. Rendleman,

November 23, 1971. Southern Illinois University Libraries.

B46 – C46 Thomas B. Turner, “The Dymaxion Classroom: The World Game,” 1970.

Southern Illinois University Libraries.

Other Games B47 – C47 Letter from Stewart Brand to R. Buckminster Fuller, March 30, 1966.

Stanford University Libraries.

C49 – B50 Letter from Gene Youngblood to R. Buckminster Fuller, August 21, 1970.

Stanford University Libraries.

C50 Letter from R. Buckminster Fuller, “To: All Those Inquiring Or Concerned With The World Game,” September 1970.

Courtesy of Ed Hauben.

B51 – B52 Val Winsey, “Application For Teaching Grant: To Instruct 35 Teachers In The Basic Fundamentals Of Buckminster Fuller’s World Game.” Courtesy of Ed Hauben.

C52 – A53 Letter from Ed Hauben and Medard Gabel to World Game Brothers and Sisters, January 15, 1970. Stanford University Libraries.

B53 – A54 Letter from Gene Youngblood to the World Game Staff, December 15, 1970.

Courtesy of o.s. Earth Inc. B54 – B55 Letter from Phillip J. Halicki to R. Buckminster Fuller, October 8, 1970.

Courtesy of Ed Hauben.

C55 – A56 “San Francisco World Game Philosophy Workshop,” report, c. 1970. Courtesy of Ed Hauben.

C56 “Announcement of First Annual Meeting New York World Game Studies,” February 12, 1972. Courtesy of Ed Hauben.

A57 Letter from R. Buckminster Fuller to Patrick Watson, September 13, 1973.

Stanford University Libraries.

B57 “Support Needed for World Game Workshop Chart,” November 1, 1976.

Southern Illinois University Libraries.

A58 Letter from Warren W. Brandt to R. Buckminster Fuller, June 7, 1976.

Southern Illinois University Libraries.

B58 “Checklist: For Preparing For Doctor Fuller’s Talk,” December 18, 1976.

Southern Illinois University Libraries.

C58 – C59 Thomas B. Turner, “World Resources Inventory Slides: Projection Procedures,” c. 1970. Stanford University Libraries.

A60 – C60 Ed Schlossberg, “First Year Project – Seminar,” Columbia University.

Stanford University Libraries.

D26 “The ‘Tetrahedron’ Report,” cardboard cut-out, Boston College World Game Seminar, 1970. Courtesy of Ed Hauben.

D27 Boston College World Game Seminar, photographic prints, Boston, 1970.

Courtesy of Ed Hauben.

D28 Buckminster Fuller and the World Game - San Francisco, poster, 1970. Stanford University Libraries.

D29 “World Game Detroit Report 1” (Detroit: Human Educational Alternatives Research Inc., 1971). Copy 1: Stanford University Libraries. Copy 2: Courtesy of Howard Brown.

D30 World Game Workshop, photographic prints, Southern Illinois University, c.

1970. Stanford University Libraries.

D31 “World Game Report Two,” (Carbondale: Department of Design, Southern Illinois University, 1970).

Copy 1: Southern Illinois University Libraries. Copy 2: Courtesy of Ed Hauben.

D32 World Man/World Environment Workshop, poster, Carbondale, 1972.

Courtesy of o.s. Earth Inc. D33 World Man/World Environment Workshop, poster, Los Angeles, 1973.

Courtesy of o.s. Earth Inc. D34 World Game Workshop, poster, Philadelphia, 1975. Courtesy of o.s.

Earth Inc. D35 World Game Workshop at University of Colorado, photographic print, 1982.

Stanford University Libraries.

World Game, New York Studio School, 1969 B61 – C61 “Press Release: World Game,” New York Studio School, July 27, 1969.

Stanford University Libraries.

A62 “Class List,” New York Studio School, July 1969. Stanford University Libraries.

B62 “Seminar Readings,” New York Studio School, July 1969. Stanford University Libraries.

C62 – A63 Mercedes Matter, “World Game,” c.

1969. Stanford University Libraries.

B63 – 67 Ed Schlossberg, “World Game Diary,” September 19, 1969. Stanford University Libraries.

C67 – C73 “Seminar transcripts,” New York Studio School, July 28-July 31, 1969. Stanford University Libraries.

A74 – C74 “The World Game of Bucky Fuller,” October 7, 1969. Stanford University Libraries.

D42 World Game Seminar, invitation, New York Studio School, New York, NY, US, June 16-August 1, 1969. Stanford University Libraries.

D43 World Game Seminar at New York Studio School, photographic prints, 1969, New York. Stanford University Libraries.

D44 World Game Seminar at New York Studio School, photographic prints from transparencies, 1969, New York.

Stanford University Libraries.

D45 “World Game Report,” eds. Mary Deren and Medard Gabel (New York: New York Studio School, 1969). Copy 1: Courtesy of Daniel Gildesgame. Copy 2: Courtesy of Ed Hauben.

D46 “Inside Bucky’s Head,” film brochure, R. Buckminster Fuller: The World Game, A series of Ten 30-minute films for colleges and adult groups, directed

by Herbert Matter (New York: Saturn Pictures, 1971). Copy 1: Stanford University Libraries. Copy 2: Courtesy of Ed Hauben.

D47 Gene Youngblood, “Play the World Game – Bypass Politics—Shape Earth’s Destiny—Resources Inv.,” Los Angeles Free Press, December 19, 1969, 35.

D48 Gene Youngblood, “Technoanarchy, Part V: World Game Report,” Los Angeles Free Press, December 26, 1969, 34.

D49 Gene Youngblood, “World Game Part Two. The Ecological Revolution,” Los Angeles Free Press, April 10, 1970, 55.

Information Fall-Out: Buckminster Fuller’s World Game ABC

Facsimiles and Original Documents courtesy of Howard Brown, Ed Hauben, Stanford University Libraries, Southern Illinois University Libraries and o. s.

Earth Inc.

D

World Game, Publications, Reports, and Photographs courtesy of Howard Brown, Ed Hauben, Stanford University Libraries, Southern Illinois University Libraries and o. s. Earth Inc.

E

Fuller and Sadao, Inc., first proposal for US Pavilion Expo 67.

E01 Plan, Section & Elevations. Dwg. No. US-1. Scale: 1”=40’-0”. October 16, 1964. Revision: November 18, 1964.

E02 Reflected Ceiling Plans. Dwg. No. US-2.

Scale: As shown. November 18, 1964.

E03 Perspective. Dwg. No. US-3. October 16, 1964.

E04 Perspective. Dwg. No. US-3 [2]. October 16, 1964.

F

World Game Seminar Maps, Graphs and Data Charts, World Game Seminar, New York Studio School, New York, NY, 1969

G

World Resources Inventory slides projection.

H

I04 Man’s Function in the Universe: I’m only now beginning to understand waterfalls.

I05 From Myth to Technology: The real story of the Garden of Eden.

I06 Design Achievement: When there’s enough to go around, people don’t organize to fight.

35mm transparencies of World Resources Inventory set projected with three Kodak Carousels.

I07 Playing World Game: A hundred million horses going nowhere.

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I08 Playing World Game: How to get energy without using things up.

R. Buckminster Fuller: The World Game, A series of Ten 30-minute films for colleges and adult groups, directed by Herbert Matter, New York, NY: Saturn Pictures, 1971.

I01 The Structure of Nature: I’m going to take you to breakfast yesterday morning.

I02 Synergy: Nobody can throw a straight ball.

I03 More with Less: No scientist has ever looked at the plumbing.

I09 Playing World Game: Getting power to the people.

I10 World Can Work: Politicians will yield to the computer.