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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 drawings

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

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.

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 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 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.

Traylor : essays in philosophy

File consists of essays in philosophy written by Trist's first wife, Virginia Traylor, while studying at the University of California.

Poems

File consists of poetry written or compiled by Trist.

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).

Writings about Eric Trist

File consists of articles, speeches, introductions, interviews, and other writings about the life and work of Eric Trist.

Writings about Eric Trist

File consists of articles, speeches, introductions, interviews, and other writings about the life and work of Eric Trist.

Bibliographies

File consists of bibliographies of writings by Eric Trist.

Bibliographies

File consists of subject-related bibliographies used or compiled by Trist, including reading lists for various courses he taught over the course of his career.

Action research and adaptive planning

File consists of draft and published versions of Eric Trist's epilogue to Experience in Action Research, edited by A.W. Clark and P.M. Foster (Jossey-Bass, 1973).

Andras Angyal and systems thinking

File consists of typescript drafts of a chapter published in a Festschrift for Russell Ackoff. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

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).

A concept of organizational ecology

File consists of draft and published versions of an article published in the Australian Journal of Management, vol. 2, no. 2 (1977). This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

The serviceman comes home

File consists of an article by A.T.M. Wilson, published in Pilot Papers: Social Essays and Documents, vol. 1, no. 2 (April 1946). Accompanying note reads: "'The Serviceman Comes Home' is credited to Tommy Wilson. It would undoubtedly have had major input from Eric Trist."

Some additional reflections on working with Bion in the 'forties

File consists of a paper delivered as part of a Symposium on W.R. Bion organized by the Group Analytic Society in 1985, as well as the subsequent article, published in Group Analysis, vol. 20 (1987). This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

What the worker really thinks

File consists of a typescript paper with notes. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Pava, Cal and Mary

File consists of correspondence, as well as a video memorial for Calvin Pava.

Snow, Roberta

File consists of correspondence with Roberta Snow and Jean-Marc Choukroun.

Writing projects

File consists of correspondence and proposals pertaining to the efforts of Trist and his colleagues to garner funding for a series of writing projects.

Wider organizational networks and their environments

File consists of a working paper delivered at the Third Social Science of Organizations Seminar, Pittsburgh, June 1964. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Perlmutter/Trist tapes

File consists of audio recordings of a series of conversations between Harold Perlmutter and Eric Trist.

Sutherland, Jock

File consists of clippings and the March 1992 issue of the British Journal of Medical Psychology (vol. 65, part 1), containing the obituary of Jock Sutherland, written by Eric Trist and Douglas Haldane.

Teaching records

Series consists of lecture notes, syllabi, reading lists, articles, and other materials pertaining to courses taught by Trist over the course of his career as an academic.

Study of the future

File consists of notes, clippings, correspondence and other material pertaining to a course, The Study of the Future, taught at York University by Eric Trist.

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