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Field projects

File consists of a list of field projects, as well as figures excerpted from reports and publications.

Family photographs

File consists of mounted photographs of Trist and his family, including photographs of his cousins, adopted sister, family friend, and father. The latter includes photographs pertaining to his father's career as a British naval officer.

Eric's school reports

File consists of report cards on Trist's progress as a student at the County School in Dover, UK, issued by the Kent Education Committee.

Eric's school reports

  • 2016-004/002(3)
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  • 1925-1956, predominant 1925-1928

    • Part of Eric Trist fonds

File consists of report cards on Trist's progress as a student at the County School in Dover, UK, issued by the Kent Education Committee. Also includes a programme for the dedication and opening of a memorial pavillion, held at the Dover Grammar School for Boys, June 26, 1954.

Eric's drawings

File consists of a drawing of Dover Castle by Trist, as well as miscellaneous prints and invoices.

Eric Trist fonds

  • F0681
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1900]-2014, predominant 1919-1993

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the life and work of social scientist Eric Trist. Records include photographs and textual material pertaining to Trist's early life and education in Dover, England, student records from his time at Cambridge and Yale Universities, and material related to his career as a theorist and academic in the fields of psychology and organizational development. These latter records consist of publications, presentations and other writings authored or co-authored by Eric Trist, records pertaining to Trist's teaching career in both the United States and Canada, and material related to the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, of which Trist was a founding member.

Trist, Eric Lansdown, 1909-1993

Engaging with large-scale systems

File consists of a paper, "Engaging with Large-Scale Systems: Some Concepts and Methods Based on Experience Gained in Field Projects at the Tavistock Institute," contributed by Trist to the McGregor Conference on Organizational Development, Endicott House, 1967.

Employment alternatives for the eighties

File consists of a paper presented to Urban Seminar Six: Full Employment: Social Questions for Public Policy, November 30, 1978. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Early life and biographical records

Series consists of records pertaining to Trist's early life, education and biography. Early life records include family photographs, elementary school records, student records from Cambridge and Yale Universities, drawings and poetry created by Trist, and other material. Biographical records include: writings about Trist by others; curricula vitae; records related to Trist's honorary LLD from York University; obituaries and memorial records; and records pertaining to Trist's biography, Behavior, Technology, and Organizational Development: Eric Trist and the Tavistock Institute, by Richard Trahair (Transaction, 2015).

Dover County School photographs

File consists of mounted group portraits of sporting and military groups of which Trist was a member during his time at the Dover School for Boys, England.

Discovering common ground

File consists of correspondence and drafts pertaining to Discovering Common Ground: How Future Search Conferences Bring People Together to Achieve Breakthrough Innovation, Empowerment, Shared Vision, and Collaborative Action by Marv Weisbord.

Culture as a psycho-social process

File consists of drafts of a paper based on a presentation contributed to the Symposium on the Concept of Culture and later revised for a celebration book in honour of Sir Frederic Bartlett. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Correspondence

Series consists of personal and professional correspondence between Eric Trist and a number of individuals, as well as correspondence created or received by Beulah Trist about the life and work of Eric Trist.

Corporate planning in today's business environment

File consists of Corporate Planning in Today's Business Environment (University of Western Australia, 1977), edited by Kim Roberts. Contains a chapter "Some Concepts on Planning," by E.L. Trist. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Clatworthy family

File consists of correspondence with Frank, Jim and Julie Clatworthy, as well as Mrs. W.M. Hooper.

Children : our number one resource, with David Morley

File consists of copies of and excerpts from a report, "Children: Our Number One Resource: A Report on the Saskatchewan Search Conference on Day Care, June 1-5, 1981," by David Morley and Eric Trist. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Certificates

File consists of two certificates granted to Eric Trist by Dover Elementary School for proficiency in swimming and one certificate awarded to him by the Young Worshippers' League for good attendance.

Cambridge miscellany

File consists of miscellaneous poetry created or compiled by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge lecture notes 4

File consists of lecture notes created by Trist while reading English Literature at the University of Cambridge, including notes from a course on Critical Problems taught by literary critic F.R. Leavis.

Cambridge lecture notes 3

File consists of lecture notes created by Trist while reading English Literature at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge lecture notes 2

File consists of lecture notes created by Trist while reading English Literature at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge lecture notes 1

File consists of lecture notes created by Trist while reading English Literature at the University of Cambridge, including notes from a course on Twentieth-Century Poetry taught by literary critic F.R. Leavis.

Cambridge exams

File consists of examinations for courses taken by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge exams

File consists of examinations for courses taken by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge exams

File consists of examinations for courses taken by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge exams

File consists of examinations for courses taken by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge essays

File consists of essays written by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge essays

File consists of essays written by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge essay notes

File consists of essay notes created by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge entrance exams

File consists of Trist's copies of examination papers for entrance scholarships to the University of Cambridge for candidates in Modern Languages.

Bion, W.R.

File consists of a pamphlet published by Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore, Rome, Italy.

Biography

File consists of notes, correspondence, outlines, and other material pertaining to Richard Trahair's biography of Trist, Behavior, Technology, and Organizational Development: Eric Trist and the Tavistock Institute (Transaction, 2015).

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