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LaRouche 1

File consists of clippings pertaining to the LaRouche movement, including those from New Solidarity newspaper, student publications, and others.

LaRouche 2

File consists of clippings from New Solidarity newspaper.

LaRouche 3

File consists of clippings pertaining to the LaRouche movement, including an issue of Executive Intelligence Review and photocopies of an issue of New Solidarity.

Meerloo, A.M.

File consists of a copy of the article, "Psychopathic Reactions in Liberated Countries," published in The Lancet, April 7, 1945.

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).

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.

Yale docs

File consists of records created or compiled by Trist while studying at Yale University. Includes issues of The Newsletter of the Commonwealth Fund, of which Trist was a fellow, the May 1935 issue of the Bulletin of the John Reed Society, the May 1934 issue of The Harkness Hoot, and correspondence from psychologist B.F. Skinner.

Yale : two reports

File consists of two reports Trist wrote on his experience of studying psychology at Yale University.

Poems

File consists of poetry written by Trist.

Sorbonne seminar photograph

Item is a mounted group photograph of Trist and others with inscription, "Prof. Daniel Mornet's seminar, Sorbonne, Paris, summer 1929."

Notes from Beulah, late additions

File consists of miscellaneous notes, correspondence, excerpts, articles, and other material pertaining to the life and work of Eric Trist, compiled by Beulah Trist.

Reference material

File consists of reference books and journals, including: The Symposium, vol. 1, no. 4 (October 1930); Bulletin of the Meninger Clinic, vol. 10, no. 3 (May 1946); and The Social Sciences and the Policies of Government (OECD, 1966).

Socio-technical literature bibliography

File consists of original and updated versions of The Socio-Technical Systems Design (STSD) Paradigm, (Eindhoven University of Technology, 1993), along with supplements.

Adapting to a changing world

File consists of copies of an article published in The Labour Gazette. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

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.

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.

Guilty of enthusiasm

File consists of an autobiographic account of Trist's life, taken from interviews between Trist and Richard Trahair in 1989, published in Management Laureates: A Collection of Autobiographical Essays, 1993.

Organisation et système

File consists of an article, "Organisation et système: Quelques remarques Théoretiques se Rapportant plus Particulièrement aux Recherches d'Andras Angyal," published in Revue Francaise de Sociologie, special issue, 1970-1971.

Quality of working life and community development

File consists of draft and published versions of "Quality of Working Life and Community Development: Some Reflections on the Jamestown Experience," published in The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, vol. 22, no. 3 (1986). Also includes a script for a panel discussion on the same topic, as well as a copy of A Decade of Change: The Ten Year Report of the Jamestown Area Labor-Management Committee (1978).

QWL and the 80's

File consists of the closing address delivered by Trist to the International Conference on QWL and the 80's, Toronto, August 30 - September 3, 1981. Also includes Carl Johnston's introduction to Trist, as well as a photocopy of the version included in Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

The search conference

File consists of a report, entitled "Search Conference Methodology," of a demonstration event held at the Global Futures Conference, Toronto, July 1980, as well as brief explanatory text on the Search Conference method.

Social aspects of science policy

File consists of a presentation delivered by Trist to the Toronto Roundtable on the Social Aspects of Science Policy, Toronto, 27-29 March 1969.

Socio-technical systems, with F.E. Emery

File consists of a reprinted article from Management Sciences, Models and Techniques, Vol. 2 (Pergamon Press, 1960). This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

The unconscious dynamics of transition

File consists of a paper delivered by Trist as discussant for Harold Bridger's paper, "To Explore the Unconscious Dynamics of Transition as it Affects the Interdependence of Individual, Group and Organizational Aims in Paradigm Change," at the Symposium on Interpreting Unconscious Life in Organizations, International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, October 1987. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Work improvement and industrial democracy

File consists of a keynote address delivered by Trist to the Conference on Work Improvement and Industrial Democracy of the European Economic Community, Brussels, 1974, as well as a presentation of the same name delivered at the European Communities on Work Organization, Technical Development and Motivation of the Individual, September 1974.

Learning cell

File consists of notes and correspondence pertaining to learning cells on various subjects organized by Trist.

Bartlett, Frederic Charles

File consists of correspondence from F.B. Bartlett and John T. MacCurdy, as well as a transcription from a video in which Trist describes meeting Kurt Lewin.

Bion, W.R.

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

Clatworthy family

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

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