Davis Pratt papers, 1959-1981.

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Davis Pratt papers, 1959-1981.

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Correspondence, annual reports, journal articles, teaching materials and other professional papers of Davis Pratt, a professor of design at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, who specialized in tools for developing countries. Collection contains class readers, syllabi and student assignments for a class on cross-cultural problem-solving, and two mimeographed books produced by his students: "Bicycle Brainstorms" (by 1975 class of Design-391) and "The Limerick as an Instrument of Social Comment" (by 1977 class of Design-102). The papers also include a 1959 plan for disposable housing for laboratory mice for Labline, Inc., papers relating to Professor Pratt's tenure with the Design Research Institute, a joint project of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and the Government of Thailand, and annual reports, correspondence, and journal articles from Intermediate Technology, and its journal, Appropriate Technology.

1.5 linear ft.

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Design Research Institute (Project for Thailand)

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Southern Illinois university at Carbondale

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Established in 1869. From the description of Southern Illinois Normal University photograph collection, 1860-1940. (Southern Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 367589142 Southern Illinois University was established in 1869. From the description of Southern Illinois University Carbondale Student Affairs photographs, 1947-1965. (Southern Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 319871718 From the description of Southern Illinois University Carbonda...