I'm looking to write a paper on the obvious similarities between Buckminster Fuller's philosophies and that of Ralph Waldo Emerson. I learned that Fuller's great aunt was Margaret Fuller, which ties him to the transendentalists, but I'm looking for the smoking gun that ties both thinkers together. If anyone has any suggestions of where to look for this smoking gun, I would be very appreciative.
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Andrew,
You may have spotted this already, but just in case you have not, a partial list of books in Fuller's personal library can be found at http://bfi.org/node/107
Best,
Joshua
I think Stanford takes questions online even though I haven't tried yet. I do have a question in the making for them about the me-ball and Bucky's twelve degrees of freedom minimum bicycle wheel problem, so I'll let you know if the archives help me or not.
Questions about the archive can be sent here:
speccollref@stanford.edu
The general help page about Bucky is here:
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/fuller/findingaids.html
Dick
Dear ksnyikes,
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Buckminster Fuller kept one of the largest personal archives of any human who ever lived. I believe that the best place to find what you're looking for, if it exists, is in what Bucky called his 'Chronofile', which is part of the archives. The problem is that you will have to go to Stanford University in Palo Alto, California to research it yourself. I assume that if Bucky read Emerson, he would have written about it in the Chronofile. I am also doing research on Bucky, and am trying to find a master list of the books in his personal library. If you happen to go to visit the archives, could you email me in advance, because the list I'm looking for is there, and I live in Japan. Please let us know what you find. Good Luck!
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Sincerely,
Andrew Owens