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David F. Noble Papers

1977-2010
16 boxes (22.5 linear feet)
Call no.: MS 879
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David F. Noble was a critical and highly influential historian of technology, science, and education, writing from a strong leftist perspective. Receiving his doctorate at the University of Rochester, Noble began his academic career at MIT. His first book, America By Design (1977), received strong reviews for its critique of the corporate control of science and technology, but proved too radical for MIT, which denied him tenure despite strong support from his peers. A stint at the Smithsonian followed, but ended similarly, and he continued to face opposition in his career for his radicalism and persistence. After several years at Drexel (1986-1994), Noble landed at York University, where he remained committed to a range of social justice issues, including opposition to the corporatization of universities. Among his major works Forces of Production (1984), A World Without Women (1992), The Religion of Technology (1997), Digital Diploma Mills (2001), and Beyond the Promised Land (2005). Noble died of complications of pneumonia in December 2010, and was survived by his wife Sarah Dopp and three daughters.



The challenges of academic freedom and corporate influence that Noble confronted throughout his career, and his trenchant analysis of technology, science, and religion in contemporary culture, form the core of this collection. Although the files relating to his first book were mostly lost, each of his later books is well represented, accompanied by general correspondence, documentation of his lawsuits against his employers, and selective public talks and publications. Noble’s time at York is particularly well documented, including content relating to his principled stand against grading students.

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Background on David F. Noble

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Scope of collection

The David F. Noble papers contain documents and materials from Noble’s career with a significant amount of material relating to his published books and his role in the academic pushback against the involvement of corporations and university administrations in education. Included are materials from courses that he taught at several universities, research, publications, and drafts.

Series descriptions

Series 1. Professional Papers
1977-2010
5 boxes (7.5 linear feet)

Noble’s professional papers include material related to his time at Drexel University, Harvey Mudd College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Smithsonian, and at York University as well as material relating to the International Space University and the National Coalition for Universities in the Public Interest. Included are correspondence, syllabi, course readings, media publications, documents relating to several academic legal cases, and conference CDs, transcripts, and handwritten notes.

Series 2. Writing and Research
1968-2011
10 boxes (13.5 linear feet)

Throughout his career, Noble published several books and numerous articles on technology, society, history, and education. Included in this series are his research, drafts, related conference tapes, and interactions with readers for his professional writing. In addition the series includes some correspondence, as well as publications and articles written by others collected by Noble.

Inventory

Series 1: Professional Papers
1977-2010
5 boxes (7.5 linear feet)
Academic Freedom: General
1992-2005
Box 3: 1
Accuracy in Media
1984
Box 3: 2
American Craft Museum Robot Exhibit
1984
Box 5: 1
Business Forum on Higher Education
1980-1984
Box 3: 3
Campaign to Preserve Access to Quality Higher Education
undated
Box 3: 4
Chapela, Ignacio


Acacia Incorporation
1996-2004
Box 3: 5
Correspondence with Chapela/Noble
2002-2004
Box 3: 6
Correspondence with UC Berkley
1999-2004
Box 3: 7
Corporate Research Documents
2003-2004
Box 3: 8
DFN Notes
1998-2004
Box 3: 9
Media Coverage
2003 Mar
Box 3: 10
Noble Documents
undated
Box 3: 11
Novartis Deal
1999
Box 3: 12
Public Records at Request
2004
Box 3: 13
Rosetta Incorporation
1997-2004
Box 3: 14
Drexel University


Correspondence
1986-1991
Box 3: 15
Molly Yard
1990
Box 3: 16
Research Scholar Award Proposal (Noble)
1986
Box 3: 17
Research Scholar Award Proposal (Ovitt)
1984
Box 3: 18
S151 Central Themes in the Making of Modern America (Spring 90)
1990
Box 3: 19
S203 American History Since 1900 (Fall 86)
1986
Box 3: 20
S2312 The Study of History (Professor Stevens)
1990
Box 3: 21
S231 The Study of History (Spring 91)
1991
Box 3: 22
S248 Labor in the Age of Technology
1985-1986
Box 3: 23
S306 A World Without Women (Fall 87)
1987
Box 3: 24
S306 A World Without Women (Fall 90)
1990
Box 3: 25
S307 Modern Technology (Winter 88)
1988
Box 3: 26
S312 Technology in American Life (Winter 90)
1990
Box 3: 27
S665 Individual Liberty and Governmental Authority (Fall 87) Mostov/Noble
1987
Box 3: 28
Woon Ping Holaday
1986
Box 3: 29
Forum on Higher Education in the Public Interest
1993
Box 3: 30
Good Work
undated
Box 3: 31
Harvey Mudd College


Commencement Disinvitation
1999-2000
Box 3: 32
Correspondence: Alexander Hixon
1997-1999
Box 3: 33
Correspondence: re: Hixon-Riggs
1996-1998
Box 3: 34
Correspondence: Schiller, Genick, and Worthington
1998
Box 3: 35
DFN Notes
1998
Box 3: 36
Engineering Clinic Program/Commercialization
1998-1999
Box 3: 37
History 178 Science, Technology, and Gender (Fall 97)
1997
Box 3: 38
History 178 Science and Technology in Social Context (Spring 98)
1998
Box 3: 39
History 178S The Underside of Progress (Spring 99)
1999
Box 3: 40
History 179 Modernity at the Millennium (Fall 97)
1997
Box 3: 41
History 179S Modernity at the Millenium (Spring 99)
1999
Box 3: 42
Keck Graduate Institute
1999
Box 3: 43
Nader Visit
1999
Box 3: 44
Honeywell/Fuel Air Expenses
1986-1991
Box 3: 45
International Space University (ISU)


Ad Astra Magazine of National Space Society
1990-1991
Box 12: 1
Allied Opposition Groups
1992-1993
Box 12: 2
Annual Report
1990
Box 12: 3
Annual Report
1991
Box 12: 4
Canadian Coalition Against the ISU
1992
Box 12: 5
DFN Notes
undated
Box 12: 6
General ISU Documents
1991-1992
Box 12: 7
Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science
1992
Box 12: 8
Letters of Support
1992
Box 12: 9
Master Plan
1991
Box 12: 10
Master Plan
1992
Box 12: 11
Media
1992-1993
Box 12: 12
Ontario Government Support
ca.1992
Box 12: 13
Promotional Materials
1990
Box 12: 14
Sharing the Vision, Making It Work
undated
Box 12: 15
Stephen Fienberg
1991
Box 12: 16
York Community Concerned about the Future of York University
1992
Box 12: 17
York University Support
1992
Box 12: 18
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)


American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1982
Box 5: 2
Forces of Production as Curriculum
ca.1986-1989
Box 5: 3
Correspondence
1978-1979
Box 5: 4
Correspondence
1980
Box 5: 5
Correspondence
1981
Box 5: 6
Correspondence
1982
Box 5: 7
Correspondence
1983
Box 5: 8
Correspondence
1984
Box 5: 9
Correspondence, General
1981-1992
Box 5: 10
Correspondence: Annette Koloday
1986
Box 5: 11
Correspondence: John T. Parsons
1987-1996
Box 5: 12
Correspondence Party
1978
Box 5: 13
Correspondence: Project Athena
1984
Box 5: 14
Correspondence: Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)
1979-1996
Box 5: 15
Course: Another Look at Progress: Technology and Labor in Industrial America
1981
Box 5: 16
Course: Critical Choices in Technology and Society
1982
Box 5: 17
Course: History of American Engineering
undated
Box 5: 18
Course: History of Technology in America
1979-1980
Box 5: 19
Course: History of Technology in America II since 1880
1982
Box 5: 20
Course: Innovation and Society
undated
Box 5: 21
Course: Technology and Labor Course Proposal
1981
Box 5: 22
Course: Technology as a Social Process
1980
Box 5: 23
Course: Technology as a Social Process
1981
Box 5: 24
Course: Technology as a Social Process Course Proposal
1978
Box 5: 25
Course: Technology and Work
undated
Box 5: 26
Course: TPP21
1979
Box 5: 27
Course: Values Expressed Through Engineering Education: Engineering Curricula
undated
Box 5: 28
Course Materials and Notes: General
undated
Box 5: 29
Course Materials and Notes: Technology and Class
undated
Box 5: 30
Course Materials and Notes: Technolgoy and Economics
undated
Box 5: 31
Course Materials and Notes: Technology and Social Institutions
undated
Box 5: 32
Harvard Course: The Capitalist Empire
1979-1980
Box 5: 33
Lawsuit: Chronology, DFN Statement
1974-1984
Box 5: 34
Lawsuit: Correspondence: American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
1987
Box 5: 35
Lawsuit: Correspondence: American Historical Association
1988-1993
Box 5: 36
Lawsuit: Correspondence: European Support
1988-1990
Box 5: 37
Lawsuit: Correspondence: Japanese Support
1984-1989
Box 5: 38
Lawsuit: Correspondence: New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU)
1982
Box 5: 39
Lawsuit: Correspondence: Support Letters
1983-1989
Box 5: 40
Lawsuit: Legal Support
1984-1986
Box 5: 41
Lawsuit: Scholar's Statement Regarding Noble vs. MIT
ca.1984
Box 5: 42
Lawsuit: Student Support Letters
1984
Box 5: 43
Media
ca.1975-1984
Box 5: 44
Policies and Procedures
1979 Sept
Box 5: 45
The Tech: ID Badges
1977
Box 5: 46
Technology and Policy Proseminar
1979
Box 5: 47
Ups and Downs at MIT
ca.1986
Box 5: 48
Program in Science, Technology, and Society
1979-1983
Box 5: 49
University of Lowell: Course: Sociology of Technology
1981
Box 5: 61
Militarization/Gulf War
1988-1993
Box 3: 46
Military Scientific Complex
1986-1991
Box 3: 47
National Coalition for Universities in the Public Interest (NCUPI)


Academic Freedom: David Noble
1985-1988
Box 3: 48
Academic Freedom: Litigation
1985-1988
Box 3: 49
Academic Freedom: UC Mechanization
1980-1987
Box 3: 50
Academic Freedom: Yeshiva University/Ted Weiss
1989-1990
Box 3: 51
Acccuracy in Academia
1985-1988
Box 3: 52
Admin: Meetings: Organizational Establishment, Minutes
1985-1988
Box 3: 53
Correspondence
1998-1999
Box 3: 54
DFN Notes
1988
Box 3: 55
Documents
1985
Box 3: 56
Minsky Articles
1991
Box 3: 57
Organization/Membership
1986
Box 3: 58
Related Documents
1990
Box 3: 59
Open Society Institute
1999-2000
Box 3: 60
Open University Institute
2000-2001
Box 3: 61
Roskilde University
1992
Box 3: 62
Smithsonian Institution


Automation Madness: Exhibit Documentation
1977-1984
Box 5: 50
Automation Madness: Exhibit Documentation
1984
Box 5: 51
Automation Madness: Exhibit Documentation
undated
Box 5: 52
Correspondence
1981
Box 5: 53
Correspondence
1982
Box 5: 54
Correspondence
1983
Box 5: 55
Correspondence
1984
Box 5: 56
Correspondence
1985
Box 5: 57
Correspondence: General
1984-1989
Box 5: 58
DFN Notes
undated
Box 5: 59
Personnel Files
1981-1988
Box 5: 60
Teach-in on the War in Yugoslavia and US Military Policy
1999 May 23
Box 3: 63
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)


Correspondence
1995-1996
Box 3: 64
Correspondence: Francis Collins, Human Genome Project
1994-1996
Box 3: 65
General
1992
Box 3: 66
Grad 275 Modernity at the Millennium (Spring 96)
1996
Box 3: 67
Grad 275/SF The Underside of Progress (Winter 96)
1996
Box 3: 68
SF 175 Science, Technology, and Gender (Winter 96)
1996
Box 3: 69
York University


Anti-Semitism
1990-2009
Box 10: 23
Anti-Zionist Allies
2005-2008
Box 10: 24
Anti-Zionist/Pro-Palestinian Research
2004-2007
Box 10: 25
Arthur, Harry: Speech: Academic Freedom
2006
Box 10: 26
Board of Director's Meeting Minutes FIPPA #2008-010
2008
Box 10: 27
Canadian Arab Federation Award of Excellence
2008
Box 10
Canadian Jewish Congress Documents
2004-2008
Box 10: 28
Conference CDs
2004-2006
Box 13: 53
Correspondence
ca.1994-2010
Box 10: 29
Correspondence: Virtual University
1996
Box 10: 30
Critical Acclaim for David Noble and Dan Freeman-Malloy
2007
Box 10: 31
Dan Freeman-Malloy: Correspondence
2004
Box 10: 32
Dan Freeman-Malloy: Grievence
2004
Box 10: 33
Dan Freeman-Malloy: Legal
2004-2006
Box 10: 34
Dan Freeman-Malloy: Media
2004-2007
Box 10: 35
Financial Support to York University Foundation FIPPA #2008-004
2008
Box 10: 36
FIPPA Request #05-04 Universities Under FIPPA
2004
Box 10: 37
FIPPA Request #07-04 Agreement Excluding Universities from FIPPA
2004
Box 10: 38
FIPPA Request #MTCU-020012 Superbuild/TEL
2002
Box 11: 1
FIPPA Request #MTCU-020048 Universities Under FIPPA
2003
Box 11: 2
FIPPA Request #MTCU-04003 Universities Under FIPPA
2004
Box 10: 39
Foundation: Documentation
2005-2007
Box 11: 3
Foundation: Tail that Wags the Dog
ca.2004-2007
Box 11: 4
Foundation: Tail that Wags the Dog, Part II
ca.2004-2007
Box 11: 5
Foundation et al Lawsuit: Court Documents
2005-2007
Box 11: 6
Foundation et al Lawsuit: DFN Notes
2005-2007
Box 11: 7
Foundation et al Lawsuit: DFN Notes
2005-2007
Box 11: 8
Foundation et al Lawsuit: Legal Correspondence
2005-2007
Box 11: 9
Foundation et al Lawsuit: Media
2006-2010
Box 11: 10
General Course Grades
ca.1994-2010
Box 11: 11
General Class Notes
ca.1994-2010
Box 11: 12
General Class Notes
ca.1994-2010
Box 11: 13
General Class Notes
ca.1994-2010
Box 11: 14
General Class Notes
ca.1994-2010
Box 11: 15
Grievance/Arbitration: Defamation Arbitration Documents
2004-2007
Box 11: 16
Grievance/Arbitration: Defamation DFN Documents
2004-2007
Box 11: 17
Grievance/Arbitration: Defamation DFN Notes
2004-2007
Box 11: 18
Grievance/Arbitration: Defamation Exhibits and Documentation
2004-2007
Box 11: 19
Grievance/Arbitration: Defamation Legal Correspondence
2004-2007
Box 11: 20
Grievance/Arbitration: Defamation Letters of Support
2004-2007
Box 11: 21
Grievance/Arbitration: Defamation Media
2004-2007
Box 11: 22
Grievance/Arbitration: Defamation Press Releases
2004-2007
Box 11: 23
Grievance/Arbitration: Defamation York University Faculty Association Correspondence
2004-2007
Box 11: 24
Hillel/USA Correspondence FIPPA #2010-027
2010
Box 11: 25
IEEE Spectrum
1993 Sept
Box 11: 26
Legal Fees FIPPA #2009-014
2009-2010
Box 11: 27
Militarism, Defense, War
1987-1991
Box 11: 28
The Nation
1994 Apr 4
Box 11: 29
Observation of Religious Holidays FIPPA #2008-009 IPC Appeal #PA08-205
2008-2009
Box 11: 30
Personal Information FIPPA #2006-003 IPC Appeal #PA06-301
2004-2006
Box 11: 31
Personal Information FIPPA #2009-008 IPC Appeal #PA09-286
2009
Box 11: 32
Personal Information in Office of the President FIPPA #2008-008
2008
Box 11: 33
Public Access
2004-2005
Box 11: 34
Readings: The Dialectics of Reproduction
undated
Box 11: 35
Readings: Heavenly Dreams
1997 Nov-Dec
Box 11: 36
Readings: How Profits Nullified Inventions
undated
Box 11: 37
Readings: The Idea of Progress in Our Time
undated
Box 11: 38
Readings: The Interpretation of the Historical Process
undated
Box 11: 39
Readings: Nations and Nationalism since 1780
undated
Box 11: 40
Readings: The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace
1999
Box 11: 41
Readings: Science Under Seige
undated
Box 11: 42
Readings: Technology in the School Curriculum
1997
Box 11: 43
Readings: Theories of History
undated
Box 11: 44
Readings: The Unabomber Manifesto
1995
Box 11: 45
Religious Holidays: Classes on Rosh Hasana and Yom Kippur FIPPA Request #2008-18
ca.2004-2008
Box 12: 19
Religious Holidays: Colin Heilbut
2005-2006
Box 11: 46
Religious Holidays: Correspondence
2004-2008
Box 11: 47
Religious Holidays: Media
ca.2005-2008
Box 11: 48
Religious Holidays: York University Act and Compliance FIPPA #MTCU-050051 IPC Appeal #PA-050311-1
2004-2006
Box 12: 20
Religious Holidays: York University Act and Compliance FIPPA #MTCU-050051 IPC Appeal #PA-050311-1
2004-2006
Box 12: 21
Social and Political Thought 6121: Modern Western Science and Technology in Critical Perspective Course Materials and Notes
1998-1999
Box 13: 41
Social and Political Thought 6121: Modern Western Science and Technology in Critical Perspective Syllabus
2001-2002
Box 13: 42
Social and Political Thought 6121: Modern Western Science and Technology in Critical Perspective Syllabus and Notes
2004-2005
Box 13: 43
Social and Political Thought 6121: Modern Western Science and Technology in Critical Perspective Syllabus and Notes
2006-2007
Box 13: 44
Social and Political Thought 6121: Modern Western Science and Technology in Critical Perspective Syllabus
2008-2009
Box 13: 45
Social Science 306: A World Without Women
1990
Box 13: 1
Social Science 306: A World Without Women
1991
Box 13: 2
Social Science 1000
2000
Box 13: 3
Social Science 1020: Science and Technology in Western Society
1990-1991
Box 13: 4
Social Science 1020: Science, Technology in Western Society General
undated
Box 13: 5
Social Science 1020: Science, Technology in Western Society Syllabus
1991-1992
Box 13: 6
Social Science 1020: Science, Technology in Western Society Syllabus
1992-1993
Box 13: 7
Social Science 1020: Science, Technology in Western Society Syllabus
1993-1994
Box 13: 8
Social Science 1020: Science, Technology and Western Society Syllabus
1996-1997
Box 13: 9
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Course Materials
ca.1994-2010
Box 13: 10
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Course Materials
ca.1994-2010
Box 13: 11
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Notes
ca.1994-2002
Box 13: 12
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Notes
undated
Box 13: 13
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Syllabus
1991-1992
Box 13: 14
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Syllabus
1992-1993
Box 13: 15
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Syllabus
1993-1994
Box 13: 16
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Syllabus
1996-1997
Box 13: 17
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Syllabus
1999-2000
Box 13: 18
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Syllabus and Notes
2001-2002
Box 13: 19
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Syllabus
2002-2003
Box 13: 20
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Syllabus and Notes
2004-2005
Box 13: 21
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Syllabus
2005-2006
Box 13: 22
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Syllabus and Notes
2007-2008
Box 13: 23
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Syllabus
2008-2009
Box 13: 24
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Syllabus and Notes
2009-2010
Box 13: 25
Social Science 3550: Modernity at the Millenium Syllabi
undated
Box 13: 26
Social Science 4810: Underside of Progress Course Notes
2005-2006
Box 13: 27
Social Science 4810: Underside of Progress Syllabus and Notes
2002-2003
Box 13: 28
Social Science 4810: Underside of Progress Syllabus and Notes
2004-2005
Box 13: 29
Social Science 4810: Underside of Progress Syllabus and Notes
2005-2006
Box 13: 30
Social Science 4810: Underside of Progress Syllabus
2006-2007
Box 13: 31
Social Science 4810: Underside of Progress Syllabus and Notes
2007-2008
Box 13: 32
Social Science 4810: Underside of Progress Syllabus and Notes
2008-2009
Box 13: 33
Social Science 4810: Underside of Progress Syllabus and Notes
2009-2010
Box 13: 34
Social Science 4990: The Underside of Progress Course Kit
undated
Box 13: 35
Social Science 4990: The Underside of Progress Course Materials
1991-2008
Box 13: 36
Social Science 4990: The Underside of Progress Course Materials
1998-2008
Box 13: 37
Social Science 4990: The Underside of Progress Course Proposal
1997
Box 13: 38
Social Science 4990: The Underside of Progress Syllabus and Notes
1999-2000
Box 13: 39
Social Science Course Notes
undated
Box 13: 40
Special Report: Exploring Quality: Public Opinion and Ontario Universities
2001 Oct
Box 13: 46
Strike: Board of Governors
1992
Box 12: 22
Strike: CulTech Research Center
1997
Box 12: 23
Strike: DFN Notes
1997
Box 12: 24
Strike: General Strike Documents
1997
Box 12: 25
Strike: Media Coverage
1997
Box 12: 26
Strike: Mediator's Recommendations
1997
Box 12: 27
Strike: Support Documents
1997
Box 12: 28
Strike: Virtual University
1997
Box 12: 29
Strike: York Administration Press Release
1997
Box 12: 30
Strike: York Unviersity Faculty Association Documents
1997
Box 12: 31
Strike: York University Faculty Association Active Voice
1997
Box 12: 32
Strike: York University Faculty Association Post-Strike Bulletins
1997
Box 12: 33
Strike: York University Faculty Association Press Releases
1997
Box 12: 34
Strike: York University Faculty Association Strike Bulletins
1997
Box 12: 35
Technology Enhanced Learning Administration Documents
2000-2002
Box 12: 36
Technology Enhanced Learning Board of Superbuild
2000
Box 12: 37
Technology Enhanced Learning Correspondence
2000-2002
Box 12: 38
Technology Enhanced Learning DFN Notes
2002
Box 12: 39
Technology Enhanced Learning Media
2000-2002
Box 12: 40
Technology Enhanced Learning Opposition Flyers
2002
Box 12: 41
Technology Enhanced Learning Superbuild Application
2002
Box 12: 42
Time Magazine
1996 Oct 28
Box 12: 43
Toronto Life Correspondence
2008
Box 12: 44
Toronto Life Correspondence: FIPPA Request #2008-016
2008
Box 12: 45
Tuition
1993
Box 12: 46
Universities Under FIPPA: Correspondence
1998-1999
Box 13: 47
Universities Under FIPPA: General
1994-2004
Box 13: 48
Universities Under FIPPA: Media
2003-2004
Box 13: 49
Series 2. Writing and Research
1967-1977
9 boxes (13.5 linear feet))
America by Design
ca.1979-1987
Box 8: 1
America by Design: Reader Responses
1983-1987
Box 8: 2
America by Design: Reviews
ca.1978
Box 8: 3
Articles


Agent
2001
Box 1: 32
Articles
1991-2006
Box 1: 33
Articles
1977-2007
Box 1: 34
Articles
1978-2005
Box 1: 35
Articles
1993-2010
Box 1: 36
Articles
1980-2003
Box 1: 37
Articles
1981-2003
Box 1: 38
Articles
1978-2001
Box 1: 39
Articles
1979-2002
Box 1: 40
Articles
1968-2008
Box 2: 1
Articles
1993-2001
Box 2: 2
Articles
1980-2008
Box 2: 3
Automation Madness
ca.1984 Apr
Box 10: 1
Automation Madness: Drafts and Notes
1984-2000
Box 2: 4
Automation Madness: Drafts and Notes
1979-2007
Box 2: 5
Automation Madness: Drafts and Notes
1983-1996
Box 2: 6
Automation Madness: Drafts and Notes
1981-1985
Box 2: 7
Automation Madness: Notes
1984-1986
Box 2: 8
California Federation of Teachers Convention
2001
Box 2: 9
Campus Times
1968-1969
Box 2: 10
Canadian Dimension
Sept-Oct 2005
Box 2: 11
Commercialization
1991-2000
Box 2: 12
Constitutionalism
1991
Box 2: 13
Corporate Climate Coup
2006-2007
Box 2: 14
Corporation of Higher Education: Notes
1994
Box 2: 15
Corporation of Higher Education: Notes
2000
Box 2: 16
Corporation of Higher Education: Notes
2007
Box 2: 17
Corporation of Higher Education: Notes
1997
Box 2: 18
Discussion Bulletin
Jan-Feb 1996
Box 2: 19
Giving Up Grades: Official Nomination Papers
1999-2010
Box 2: 21
Il Millennio Maschile (Italian)
Aug 1993
Box 2: 22
Horny: A Handbook for American Men
2006-2010
Box 2: 23
Letters to Editors
1990-2007
Box 2: 24
Miscellaneous Articles by Noble
1981-1989
Box 2: 25
Science as Culture
Sept 1998
Box 2: 26
Science Sells Out (Barlow and Noble)
1993 June 19
Box 2: 27
Science Sells Out: DFN Notes
1993
Box 2: 28
Science Sells Out: Drafts
undated
Box 2: 29
The Tragedy of American Diplomacy
undated
Box 2: 30
Beyond the Promised Land


Manuscript
ca.2004
Box 10: 2
Notes
ca.2000-2004
Box 10: 3
Notes
ca.2000-2004
Box 10: 4
Notes
ca.2000-2004
Box 10: 5
Notes
ca.2000-2004
Box 10: 6
Notes
ca.2000-2004
Box 10: 7
Notes
ca.2000-2004
Box 10: 8
Publishers
2001-2004
Box 10: 9
Publishers: Between the Lines
2004-2005
Box 10: 10
Research
ca.2000-2004
Box 10: 11
Research
ca.2000-2004
Box 10: 12
Reviews and Reader Responses
ca.2005-2007
Box 10: 13
Correspondence


American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
1993
Box 1: 1
BCLA - R.O.T.
1997
Box 1: 2
Callaway Award
1998
Box 1: 3
Career Narrative
ca.1992
Box 1: 4
Correspondence: General
1972-1980
Box 1: 5
Correspondence: General
1980-1984
Box 1: 6
Correspondence: General
1985-1989
Box 1: 7
Correspondence: General
1990-1994
Box 1: 8
Correspondence: General
1995-1999
Box 1: 9
Correspondence: General
2000-2004
Box 1: 10
Correspondence: General
2005-2010
Box 1: 11
Correspondence: General
1985-2007
Box 1: 12
Correspondence: General
undated
Box 1: 13
Correspondence: Margaret Wertheim
1995-1999
Box 1: 14
Correspondence: Stan and Mary Knox Weir
1985
Box 1: 15
Curriculum Vitae
undated
Box 1: 16
Education: MIT and Whitehead Institute
1981-1989
Box 1: 17
FBI Files
1971-1989
Box 1: 18
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Applicaton
1992
Box 1: 19
Mellon Project Grant Proposal
1997
Box 1: 20
NSF Proposal Review
1998
Box 1: 21
Public Talks: Promotions
1987-1989
Box 1: 22
Public Talks: Promotions
1990-1999
Box 1: 23
Public Talks: Promotions
1999-2007
Box 1: 24
Public Talks: Promotions
undated
Box 1: 25
Spencer Foundation Grant Correspondence
1999
Box 1: 26
Social Sciences and Humanities Reserch Council of Canada Application
1993
Box 1: 27
University of Florida Appreciation
1993
Box 1: 28
York University Office of Research Application
1980-1993
Box 1: 29
York University Research Grant
1995
Box 1: 30
York University Research Grant
1996
Box 1: 31
Digital Diploma Mill


Book Proposal
1996 Sept
Box 8: 4
California Educational Technology Initiative (CETI)
1998
Box 8: 5
California Virtual University
1997-1999
Box 8: 6
Campus Computing Project
1998-1999
Box 8: 7
Columbia University
undated
Box 8: 8
Columbia University
1999-2000
Box 8: 9
Conference: Harvey Mudd College
1998
Box 8: 10
Conference: Harvey Mudd College: Flyers
1998
Box 8: 11
Conference: Harvey Mudd College: Transcipt
1998
Box 8: 12
Conference: Harvey Mudd College: Transcipts
1998
Box 8: 13
Conference Name Tag
undated
Box 13: 55
Conference Tapes: Day 1 - Day 2
undated
Box 13: 50
Conference Tapes: Day 2 cont.
undated
Box 13: 51
Conference Tapes Day 2 cont.
undated
Box 13: 54
Criticism
1999
Box 8: 14
Drafts
undated
Box 8: 15
First Amendment Project
1998-1999
Box 8: 16
Florida Gulf Coast University
1992-1998
Box 8: 17
General Research
1993-2000
Box 8: 18
General Research
1993-2000
Box 8: 19
General Research
1997-1998
Box 8: 20
General Research
1989-1997
Box 8: 21
General Research
1997-2001
Box 8: 22
Harvey Mudd College
1997-1998
Box 8: 23
Hearing: State of California
1998 Aug 19
Box 8: 24
The Home Education Network
1993
Box 8: 25
Intro
2001 Apr
Box 8: 26
Kent State University
1999 Apr
Box 8: 27
Kobara
1994-1998
Box 8: 28
New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies Virtual University
2000
Box 8: 29
Northern Illinois University
1997
Box 8: 30
Notes
1996-1998
Box 8: 31
Notes
undated
Box 8: 32
Notes
1997
Box 8: 33
Notes
2000
Box 8: 34
Notes
1995-2001
Box 8: 35
Notes
1997-1998
Box 8: 36
Ochoa/Aikotov
1997-1999
Box 8: 37
onlinelearning.net
1998
Box 9: 28
onlinelearning.net Lawsuit
1997-1998
Box 8: 38
Part I: The Automation of Higher Education
1997-1998
Box 8: 39
Part I: The Automation of Higher Education
1997
Box 9: 1
Part II: The Coming Battle Over Online Instruction
1998 Mar
Box 9: 2
Part II: The Coming Battle Over Online Instruction
1998 Mar
Box 9: 3
Part III: The Bloom is Off the Rose
1998 Nov
Box 9: 4
Part IV: Rehearsal for the Revolution
1999-2000
Box 9: 5
Part V: Fool's Gold
undated
Box 9: 6
Penn State University
1998-1999
Box 9: 7
Pomona College
1997
Box 9: 8
Post September 11 Afterword
undated
Box 9: 9
Princeton/Turkey
1995-1996
Box 9: 10
Publishers
1996-20077
Box 9: 11
Reader Responses
1998-2000
Box 9: 12
Research
1996-2004
Box 9: 13
Research CDs
undated
Box 13: 52
Reviews
1997-2004
Box 9: 14
San Francisco State University
1994
Box 9: 29
SFU Telelearning: Telelearning/Virtual University
1996-1998
Box 9: 15
UCLA: Corresondence with Noble
1997-1999
Box 9: 16
UCLA: General
1997-1998
Box 9: 17
UCLA: Responses to Digital Diploma Mills
1998-2001
Box 9: 18
UCLA: Tanner Report
1998
Box 9: 19
UCLA/THEN Deal: Documents
1993
Box 9: 20
UCLA/THEN Deal: Documents
1994
Box 9: 21
UCLA/THEN Deal: Documents
1994
Box 9: 22
UCLA/THEN Deal: Documents
1995
Box 9: 23
UCLA/THEN Deal: Documents
1996
Box 9: 24
UCLA/THEN Deal: Documents
1997
Box 9: 25
UCLA/THEN Deal: Documents
1998
Box 9: 26
UCLA/THEN Deal: Documents
1999-2000
Box 9: 27
University of California Berkley AOL
1995-1999
Box 9: 30
University of California Irvine Embanet
1998
Box 9: 31
University of California Riverside
2000 Feb
Box 9: 32
University of Chicago
1999
Box 9: 33
University of Colorado (Real Education Inc.)
1997-1998
Box 9: 34
University of Pittsburg
1997 Jul
Box 9: 35
University of Utah
1998 Oct
Box 9: 36
University of Victoria
1998
Box 9: 37
University of Washington
1998
Box 9: 38
University of Wisconsin
1999
Box 9: 39
Western Governor's University
1997
Box 9: 40
Forces of Production


Automation Research
1984-2007
Box 14: 14
DFN Notes
ca.1994
Box 14: 15
Drafts
undated
Box 14: 16
Drafts
undated
Box 14: 17
Images
undated
Box 14: 18
John T. Parsons
1981-1995
Box 14: 19
Publishers: Knopf
undated
Box 14: 20
Publishers: Transaction
2011
Box 14: 21
Reader Responses
1988-2002
Box 14: 22
Research Materials
1970-1981
Box 14: 23
Research Materials
ca.1981
Box 14: 24
Research Materials
undated
Box 14: 25
Research Materials
1976-1986
Box 14: 26
Research Materials
ca.1976
Box 14: 27
Research Materials
ca.1980
Box 14: 28
Reviews
1984-1992
Box 14: 29
Source Materials
undated
Box 14: 30
Whitehead/Norbert Weiner
1982-1987
Box 14: 31
Progress Without People


Automation Research
1984-2007
Box 14: 14
Between the Lines Edition Notes
1994-1996
Box 14: 1
Charles H. Kerr Editor Notes
1987-1989
Box 14: 2
DFN Notes
undated
Box 14: 3
Luddism Research
undated
Box 14: 4
Reader Responses
1999
Box 14: 5
Research Sources
1985-1994
Box 14: 6
Research Sources
1988-1993
Box 14: 7
Research Sources
1991-1993
Box 14: 8
Research Sources
1992-1994
Box 14: 9
Research Sources
ca.1989
Box 14: 10
Research Sources
1985-1990
Box 14: 11
Research Sources
ca.1992
Box 14: 12
Reviews
1995-1996
Box 14: 13
Publications


Democracy: A Journal of Poltical Renewal and Radical Change
1982 Apr
Box 10
Micro Futures: Who Pays?
1984
Box 10
Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine
1976 Jul-Aug
Box 10
Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine
1982 Oct
Box 10
Processed World, issues 12 and 14
1984-1985
Box 10: 14
Radical America: An SDS Journal of American Radicalism
1969 May-Jun
Box 10
Radical History Review, 19
1978-1979
Box 10
Radical Science Journal, 1
1974 Jan
Box 10
Radical Science Journal, 4
1976
Box 10
Radical Science Journal, 5
1977
Box 10
Radical Science Journal, 9
1979
Box 10
Radical Science Journal, 12
1982
Box 10
Science for the People Magazine
1971 Sept
Box 10: 15
Science for the People Magazine
1973 May
Box 10: 16
Science for the People Magazine
1975
Box 10: 22
Science for the People Magazine
1977 Mar-Jun
Box 10: 17-19
Science for the People Magazine
1985 Mar-Dec
Box 10: 20-21
The Religon of Technology


The Ascent of the Saints
1995
Box 4: 1
Book Proposal
1997 Sept
Box 4: 2
Correspondence
ca.1995
Box 4: 3
Correspondence: The University of Alabama in Huntsville
1992-1993
Box 4: 4
DFN Notes
ca.1992-1997
Box 4: 5
DFN Notes
ca.1992-1997
Box 4: 6
DFN Notes
ca.1992-1997
Box 4: 7
DFN Notes
ca.1992-1997
Box 4: 8
DFN Notes
ca.1992-1997
Box 4: 9
DFN Notes
ca.1992-1997
Box 4: 10
The Divine Likeness
1995
Box 4: 11
Drafts
ca.1995
Box 4: 12
Drafts
ca.1995
Box 4: 13
Drafts
ca.1995
Box 4: 14
Drafts
ca.1995
Box 4: 15
Freemasonry
1988
Box 4: 16
The Immortal Mind Drafts
1995
Box 4: 17
Introduction
1995
Box 4: 18
The Masculine Millennium Drafts
1995
Box 4: 19
Milleniarism
ca.1992-1995
Box 4: 20
Pubilshers: Knopf
1996-1998
Box 4: 21
Publishers: Penguin
1998 May
Box 4: 22
Research: Artificial Intelligence
undated
Box 4: 23
Research: Artificial Intelligence
undated
Box 4: 24
Research: Artificial Intelligence
undated
Box 4: 25
Research: Eugenics
undated
Box 4: 26
Research: Genetics, Human Genome
undated
Box 4: 27
Research: Genetics, Human Genome
undated
Box 4: 28
Research: NASA
undated
Box 4: 29
Research: NASA
undated
Box 4: 30
Research: NASA
undated
Box 4: 31
Research: NASA
undated
Box 4: 32
Research: NASA Project Adam
ca.1993
Box 4: 33
Research: Wernher von Braun
undated
Box 4: 34
Source Materials
undated
Box 4: 35
Source Materials
undated
Box 4: 36
Source Materials
undated
Box 4: 37
World Without Women


Correspondence/Reader Reviews
1985-1998
Box 6: 1
DFN Notes
undated
Box 6: 2
Drafts
undated
Box 6: 3
Drafts
undated
Box 6: 4
Drafts
undated
Box 6: 5
Drafts
undated
Box 6: 6
Drafts
undated
Box 6: 7
Galleys
1991-1992
Box 6: 8
Galleys
1991-1992
Box 6: 9
Galleys
1991-1992
Box 6: 10
Galleys
1992
Box 6: 11
Galleys
undated
Box 6: 12
Galleys
undated
Box 6: 13
Galleys
undated
Box 6: 14
Galleys
1992
Box 6: 15
Galleys
1992
Box 6: 16
Galleys
1991
Box 6: 17
Galleys
1991
Box 6: 18
Galleys
1991
Box 6: 19
Galleys
1992
Box 6: 20
Galleys
1991
Box 6: 21
Galleys
1991
Box 6: 22
Galleys
1991
Box 6: 23
Galleys
1991
Box 6: 24
Galleys
1991
Box 7: 13
Images
undated
Box 6: 25
Notes
undated
Box 6: 26
Notes
undated
Box 6: 27
Notes
undated
Box 6: 28
Notes
undated
Box 7: 1
Publishers
1993
Box 7: 2
Publishers: Knopf
1992
Box 7: 3
Research: General
1986-1992
Box 7: 4
Research: General
1985-1988
Box 7: 5
Research: General
1986
Box 7: 6
Research: General
1982-1986
Box 7: 7
Research: General
1983-1994
Box 7: 8
Research: General
1990
Box 7: 9
Research: General
1983-1994
Box 7: 10
Research: General
1982-1994
Box 7: 11
Research: General
1991-1993
Box 7: 12
Research: General
1983
Box 7: 14
Research: General
1989-1997
Box 7: 15
Research: General
1983-1994
Box 7: 16
Research: General
1986
Box 7: 17
Research: General
1990-1995
Box 7: 18
Research: General
1981-1994
Box 7: 19
Research: General
1980-1993
Box 7: 20
Research: General
1982-1998
Box 7: 21
Research: General
1983-1995
Box 7: 22
Research: General
1985-1992
Box 7: 23
Reviews
1992-1993
Box 7: 24
Source Materials
1985-1987
Box 7: 25
Macintosh PowerBook 1400c
undated
Box 15
Floppy Discs and CDs
undated
Box 2: 20
Lectures, presentations, and interviews
undated
CDs and DVDs
OS 16
Newspaper clippings and oversized
undated
OS 16

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Provenance

Gift of Sarah Dopp, August 2015.

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Processed by Alexis Handelman and Joanna Nevins, 2017.

Language:

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Copyright and Use (More information )

Cite as: David F. Noble Papers (MS 879). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.

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Subjects

  • Capitalism and education
  • College teachers--Tenure
  • Corporatization
  • Discrimination in higher education
  • Drexel University
  • Harvey Mudd College
  • Historians of technology
  • International Space University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge-MIT Institute
  • Privatization in education
  • Science--Social aspects
  • Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of American History
  • Technology--Social aspects
  • Universities and colleges-Administration--Law and legislation
  • York University (Toronto, Ont.)

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  • Noble, David F. [main entry]
  • Noble, David F.

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