University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Dr. Richard B. Wells papers
Wells, Richard B., 1953-2024
MG 670
3 cubic feet
3 banker boxes
1972-2018
Richard B. Wells' papers from 1972 – 2018, including notes, manuscripts, calculations, and correspondence; on the topics of electrical engineering, philosophy, education, politics, and neuroscience.
English
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These materials span Dr. Wells' work from 1972 – 2018, and include notes, notebooks, lab work, written manuscripts and monographs, and professional and personal correspondence. Dr. Wells' research covers electrical engineering and communication technology, neuroscience and cognition, philosophy and metaphysics, and theories of education and politics.
This collection is arranged by type of material (notebooks, looseleaf papers, manuscript pages, etc.) and then organized by subject matter (neuroscience, philosophy, electrical engineering, etc.) Where items had a preestablished order, that order has been retained.
Richard B. Wells was born in Maquoketa, Iowa on September 6th, 1953. He studied electrical engineering at Iowa State University, receiving his B.S. with distinction in May of 1975. He went on to work at Hewlett-Packard in California and earned an M.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford University in May of 1979. He moved to Boise, Idaho and earned his doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Idaho in May of 1985. Wells taught at the University of Idaho from 1981 until 2013. He retired in 2013 and passed away in February of 2024 in Boise, Idaho.
Wells' teaching and research focused on electrical engineering, coding and information theory, computational neuroscience, cognitive computing, and philosophy, especially the work of Immanuel Kant. By the time of his retirement, Wells was a professor of both electrical and computer engineering and neuroscience, and an adjunct professor of both philosophy and materials science and engineering.
Collection is open for research.
Materials were donated to Special Collections in 2024 by Melody Witt, Dr. Wells sister, following his death.
FOR DOCUMENTS Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.
Related materials may be found in:
University fo Idaho Personnel Vertical File
University of Idaho College of Engineering Vertical File.
Richard B. Wells - Retried MRCI Associate Director
Richard B. Wells Full Curriculum Vita.
Richard Wells Obituary.
University of Idaho
Engineering
Electrical engineering
Correspondence
Education
Computational neuroscience
Idaho
Series I: Notes on Texts
Subseries A: Neuroscience Notes
Green Stuart Hall Notebook
1 item
A bright green 8 and 1/2 by 11 inch spiral notebook. The first 30 pages contain notes from various texts about neural structures and brain functions. The remaining pages are blank.
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Cascade Steno Notebook
1 item
A white 6x9 inch Cascade brand spiral steno notebook. The first 10 pages contain notes on philosophical concepts from various sources and neuroscience notes. The remaining pages are blank.
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Subseries B: Philosophy Notes
Kant's Anthropology
1 item
A green 7 and 3/4 by 5 inch spiral notebook, labeled "Kant's Anthropology." The first four pages contain a narrative about Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus. The rest of the pages are blank.
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Kant's Logic
1 item
A yellow 8x5in spiral notebook, labeled "Notes on Kant's Logic" on the front cover. The first 133 pages contain notes on Aristotle, Kant, logic and cognition. The remaining pages are blank.
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Various Philosophy Notes: CPR, PFM, etc.
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/4 by 6 and 7/8 inch spiral notebook, labeled "Philosophy Notes from Critique of Pure Reason, Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics, Guide to Philosophy, History of Philosophy." The entire notebook contains notes on Kant, cognition, logic, and notes from various related texts.
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Epistemology of Kant
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/4 by 6 and 7/8 inch spiral notebook, labeled "The Epistemology of Kant's Philosophy: System Theory of Psycho-practical reason." The first 55 pages contain notes on Kant and Piaget, logic and cognition. The remaining pages are blank.
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Kant's Metaphysical Foundations
1 item
A red 7 and 3/4 by 5 inch spiral notebook, labeled "Kant's Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science." The first 80 pages contain notes on Kant, metaphysics, and other related texts. The remaining pages are blank.
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General Logic
1 item
A yellow 8x5 inch spiral notebook, labeled "General Logic & Intuition." The first 106 pages contain notes on Kant & related texts, as well as logical proofs and axioms. The remaining pages are blank.
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Composition Notebook
1 item
A 10 by 7 and 7/8 inch composition notebook. It contains notes, diagrams, and calculations about sensory processing, cognition, and metaphysics.
1997
1
9
Grey Embassy Notebook
1 item
A gray Embassy brand 6x9 inch spiral notebook. The first 103 pages contain notes on Kant and related texts, as well as logical proofs and calculations. The remaining pages are blank.
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The Great Books
1 item
A blue-green 7 and 3/4 by 5 inch spiral notebook, labeled "The Great Books NBI." The first 51 pages contain notes on Aristotle, Plato, Aristophanes, and Plutarch, as well as a list of proverbs. The remaining pages are blank.
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Husserl, Aristotle, etc.
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/2 by 7 inch spiral notebook labeled "Husserl, Aristotle, Plato, Cicero Notes" on the front cover. The first 15 pages contain notes on writing by Husserl, Aristotle, Plato, and Cicero. The remaining pages are blank.
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Damasio (unmarked notebook)
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/2 by 7 inch spiral notebook without a label. The first 18 pages contain notes on "The Feeling of What Happens" by Antonio R. Damasio, as well as diagrams and calculations about neuroscience and electrical engineering. The remaining pages are blank.
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William James
1 item
A maroon 7 and 3/4 by 5 inch spiral notebook, labeled "Notes from William James: The Principles of Psychology." The first 65 pages contain notes from William James. The remaining pages are blank.
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Piaget
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/4 by 6 and 7/8 inch spiral notebook, labeled "Piaget Notes." The entire notebook contains notes on the works of Jean Piaget and related works.
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Subseries C: Education
Misc. Notes (red notebook)
1 item
A red 9.5 by 6 inch spiral notebook, labeled "Misc Notes." The first 151 pages contain notes on philosophy, cognition, electrical engineering, and related texts. The remaining pages are blank.
2018
1
16
Red Notebook (Glossary)
1 item
A red 9.5 by 6 inch spiral notebook without a label on the cover. The first page reads "Glossary of Principles." The notebook contains notes and comments on psychology, philosophy, and related texts.
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Red Notebook (Philosophy)
1 item
A red 9.5 by 6 inch spiral notebook without a label on the cover. The first page reads "Philosophy of Dewey." The notebook contains notes and comments on politics, philosophy, and related texts.
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Series II: Writing Notebooks
Subseries D: Mental Physics and Critical Idealism
Vol I
1 item
A yellow 8x5 inch spiral notebook, labeled "Mental Physics and Critical Idealism - Vol. I Cognitive Reasoning Structure Analysis Notes." The notebook contains notes on cognition, philosophy, and logic.
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Vol II
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/4 by 6 and 7/8 inch spiral notebook, labeled " Mental Physics and Critical Idealism - vol. II." The notebook contains notes on mental physics, cognition, and logic.
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Vol III
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/2 by 7 inch spiral notebook, labeled "Mental Physics and Critical Idealism Vol. III." The first 41 pages contain notes on mental physics, philosophy, and cognition. The remaining pages are blank.
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Vol IV
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/4 by 6 and 7/8 inch spiral notebook, labeled " Mental Physics: vol. IV" and "Practical Reason and Judgement Notes Kant's Critique of Judgement, Critique of Practical Reason, Resume of Critique of Judgment." This entire notebook contains notes on various texts about philosophy, mental physics, Kant, reason and judgment.
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Vol V
1 item
A blue 7 and 3/4 by 5 inch spiral notebook, labeled "Mental Physics: vol. V: reflective judgment & practical reason." The entire notebook contains notes on mental physics, philosophy, and cognition.
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Vol VI a (purple notebook)
1 item
A purple 7 and 3/4 by 5 inch spiral notebook, labeled "Mental Physics Vol. VI." The entire notebook contains notes on mental physics and philosophy.
1999
1
24
Vol VI b (yellow notebook)
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/2 by 7 inch spiral notebook labeled "Mental Physics vol. VI." The entire notebook contains notes on mental physics, philosophy, cognition and perception.
2000
1
25
Vol VII
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/2 by 7 inch spiral notebook labeled "Mental Physics vol. VII." The entire notebook contains notes and comments on mental physics, philosophy, and cognition.
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Vol VIII (cont. from Vol VII)
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/2 by 7 inch spiral notebook labeled "Mental Physics vol. VIII (cont. from vol. VII)." The entire notebook contains notes on moral philosophy, cognition, and behavior.
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Vol VIIIa (Concordia and Discordia)
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/2 by 7 inch spiral notebook labeled "Mental Physics vol. VIIIa Concordia and Discordia, (i) Bergson, (ii) Piaget and the Development of Thought." The first 47 pages contain notes on psychology, philosophy, cognition and behavior. The remaining pages are blank.
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Vol IX
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/2 by 7 inch spiral notebook labeled "Mental Physics vol. IX." The entire notebook contains notes on psychology, perception, and mental physics.
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Vol X
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/2 by 7 inch spiral notebook labeled "Mental Physics vol. X." The entire notebook contains notes and comments on mental physics, philosophy, sensory perception, and emotion.
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Vol XI
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/2 by 7 inch spiral notebook labeled "Mental Physics vol. XI." The first 110 pages contain notes on mental physics, philosophy, and cognition. The remaining pages are blank.
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Vol I: Avalanche Networks
1 item
A yellow 8 and 1/2 by 7 inch spiral notebook labeled "The Mental Physics of Neural Network Theory. vol. I: Avalanche Networks, Richard B. Wells." The first 101 pages contain notes, calculations, and comments about neural network theory and machine learning. The remaining pages are blank.
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Subseries E: Writing Notes
2012 Vol I
1 item
A red 5 and 1/2 by 4 inch spiral notebook, labeled "2012 Writing Notes Vol. I R.B. Wells." The entire notebook contains notes about moral philosophy, politics, logic, and history.
2012
1
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2012 Vol II
1 item
A blue 5 and 1/2 by 4 inch spiral notebook, labeled "2012 Writing Notes Vol. II R.B. Wells." The first 276 pages contain notes on politics, philosophy, psychology, and related texts. The remaining pages are blank.
2012
1
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2013 NB I
1 item
A blue 5 and 1/2 by 4 inch spiral notebook, labeled "2013 Writing Notes Vol. II, Critique of the American Institution of Education, NBI R.B. Wells." The entirety of this notebook contains notes and calculations about education, history, and politics.
2013
1
35
2013-2014 NB II
1 item
A black 5 and 1/2 by 4 inch spiral notebook, labeled "2013-2014 Writing Notes, N.B. II, 1. Notes for vol. II, critique of the American Institution of Education ... pp 1-44, 2. Notes for organizing vol. III pp. 45-52 3. Notes for vol. III pp. 53-400" The entire notebook contains notes on education, psychology, politics, and history.
2013-2014
1
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2014-2015 NB III
1 item
A red 5 and 1/2 by 4 inch spiral notebook, labeled "2014-2015 Writing Notes NB III The institution of Public Education (cont.) pp 1-86, Civic Free Enterprise: pp. 87-332, Pre-Wells genealogy pp 333 - " The entire notebook contains notes, comments, and calculations about education, history, politics and philosophy.
2014-2015
1
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Series III: Drafting/Writing Notes
Subseries F: Index Cards
Green Box
1 item
A green metal box of index cards. The index cards give definitions of various terms related to politics, religion, and philosophy.
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Black Box
1 item
A black plastic box of index cards. The first card reads "contract." The index cards are definitions of various terms related to politics, philosophy, and economics.
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Black Box
1 item
A black plastic box of index cards. The first card reads "topics for papers." The index cards are definitions of various terms related to economics, politics, and philosophy. Some of the index cards contain data and calculations.
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Black Box
1 item
A black plastic box of index cards. The first card reads "pledge." There are four paper-clipped sections at the front of the box, and then an alphabetical section. The index cards contain definitions of various terms related to politics, society, history, and philosophy.
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Loose Index Cards
1 item
An envelope of loose index cards. The index cards are definitions of various terms related to politics, economics, society, and philosophy.
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Subseries G: Looseleaf Notes
Folder: History Notes
3 items
A folder containing three items; notes and timelines on various historical figures and philosophical movements.
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Folder: Definitions and Quotations
14 items
A folder containing fourteen items. These items are loose-leaf handwritten notes on definitions and quotations from various texts.
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Folder: Notes on Texts
27 items
A folder containing twenty-seven items. The items are looseleaf notes on various texts, along with some commentary.
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Folder: Translations and Terms
6 items
A folder containing six items; looseleaf notes on translations of Kant and other key terms used in philosophical discussions.
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Folder: Sensorimotor Notes
11 items
A folder containing eleven items. The items are handwritten looseleaf notes on "the sensorimotor idea" and related concepts to do with perception.
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Folder: Handwritten Draft Chapters
22 items
A folder containing twenty-two items. The items are handwritten draft chapters for various projects to do with mental physics and sensory perception.
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Folder: Notes on the Psyche
4 items
A folder containing four items; 1) handwritten notes and diagrams of various philosophical ideas related to perception, aesthetics, neuroscience, and the psyche (6 pages). 2) handwritten notes, diagrams, and drafts on the topic of neuroscience, perception, and the psyche (11 pages). 3) handwritten notes on the psyche, including diagrams and definitions (4 pages). 4) handwritten notes and writing plans on the topic of action in the context of philosophy and neuroscience (1 page).
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Folder: Diagrams and Drawings
15 items
A folder containing fifteen items. The items are loose-leaf sheets of paper with diagrams and logical proofs on the topics of perception and judgement.
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Folder: Notes on "The Mental Act"
25 items
A folder containing twenty-five items. The items include handwritten notes, definitions, drafts, and diagrams on the subject of mental action, psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, judgement, and perception.
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Folder: Annotations on Draft Pages
9 items
A folder containing nine items. The items are draft manuscript pages with significant notes and annotations.
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53
Folder: Writing Notes and Synthesis
11 items
A folder containing eleven items. The items are handwritten drafts and writing notes on various topics related to mental physics, knowledge, history, judgement, and perception.
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Series IV: Manuscript Pages
Subseries H: EE & Communications
Folder: Manuscript Pages (Textbook)
10 items
A folder containing ten items. The items are sections from a manuscript draft of an electrical engineering textbook.
1997
2
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Folder: Calculations and Notes for Textbook
9 items
A folder containing nine items. The items are looseleaf pages of electrical engineering calculations.
1997
2
56
Subseries I: Critique of the American Institution of Education (Complete Chapters)
Folder: Critique, Ch. 7
1 item
A folder containing one item: a draft manuscript of chapter 7 of "Critique of the American Institution of Education." The chapter is in order and complete.
2012-2013
2
57
Folder: Critique, Ch. 8
1 item
A folder containing one item: a draft manuscript of chapter 8 of "Critique of the American Institution of Education." The chapter is in order and complete.
2013
2
58
Folder: Critique, Ch. 10
1 item
A folder containing one item: a draft manuscript of chapter 10 of "Critique of the American Institution of Education." The chapter is in order and complete.
2013
2
59
Subseries J: Critique of the American Institution of Education (Incomplete Chapters
Folder: Critique, Cover Materials
1 item
A folder containing one item: a draft manuscript of the title page and introductory information of "Critique of the American Institution of Education." The chapter is in order but incomplete.
2013
2
60
Folder: Critique, Ch. 9
1 item
A folder containing one item: a draft manuscript of chapter 9 of "Critique of the American Institution of Education." The chapter is in order but incomplete.
2013
2
61
Folder: Critique, Ch. 11
1 item
A folder containing one item: a draft manuscript of chapter 11 of "Critique of the American Institution of Education." The chapter is in order but incomplete.
2013
2
62
Folder: Critique, Ch. 12
1 item
A folder containing one item: a draft manuscript of chapter 12 of "Critique of the American Institution of Education." The chapter is in order but incomplete.
2013
2
63
Folder: Critique, Ch. 13
1 item
A folder containing one item: a draft manuscript of chapter 13 of "Critique of the American Institution of Education." The chapter is in order but incomplete.
2013
2
64
Folder: Critique, Ch. 14
1 item
A folder containing one item: a draft manuscript of chapter 14 of "Critique of the American Institution of Education." The chapter is in order but incomplete.
2013
2
65
Folder: Critique, Ch. 15 & 16
1 item
A folder containing one item: a draft manuscript of chapters 15 and 16 of "Critique of the American Institution of Education." The chapters are in order but incomplete.
2013
2
66
Subseries K: Critical Idealism
Folder: Critical Idealism Ch. 1-4
1 item
A folder containing one item; the first four chapters of a manuscript for a book on critical idealism. The pages are in order and complete.
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Subseries L: Untitled Philosophy Book, complete chapters
Folder: Philosophy Ch. 13
1 item
A folder containing one item; a draft manuscript of chapter 13 of an untitled book on philosophy and mental physics. The chapter is in order and complete.
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Subseries M: Untitled Philosophy Book, incomplete chapters
Folder: Philosophy, Ch. 1
1 item
A folder containing one item; a draft manuscript of chapter 1 of an untitled book on philosophy and mental physics. The chapter is in order but incomplete.
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Folder: Philosophy, Ch. 8
1 item
A folder containing one item; a draft manuscript of chapter 8 of an untitled book on philosophy and mental physics. The chapter is in order but incomplete.
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Folder: Philosophy, Ch. 10
1 item
A folder containing one item; a draft manuscript of chapter 10 of an untitled book on philosophy and mental physics. The chapter is in order but incomplete.
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Folder: Philosophy, Ch. 11
1 item
A folder containing one item; a draft manuscript of chapter 11 of an untitled book on philosophy and mental physics. The chapter is in order but incomplete.
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Folder: Philosophy, Ch. 12
1 item
A folder containing one item; a draft manuscript of chapter 12 of an untitled book on philosophy and mental physics. The chapter is in order but incomplete.
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Folder: Philosophy, Ch. 14
1 item
A folder containing one item; a draft manuscript of chapter 14 of an untitled book on philosophy and mental physics. The chapter is in order but incomplete.
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Folder: Philosophy, Ch. 16
1 item
A folder containing one item; a draft manuscript of chapter 16 of an untitled book on philosophy and mental physics. The chapter is in order but incomplete.
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75
Folder: Philosophy, Ch. 17
1 item
A folder containing one item; a draft manuscript of chapter 17 of an untitled book on philosophy and mental physics. The chapter is in order but incomplete.
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76
Folder: Philosophy, Ch. 18
1 item
A folder containing one item; a draft manuscript of chapter 18 of an untitled book on philosophy and mental physics. The chapter is in order but incomplete.
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77
Folder: Philosophy, Ch. 19
1 item
A folder containing one item; a draft manuscript of chapter 19 of an untitled book on philosophy and mental physics. The chapter is in order but incomplete.
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78
Subseries N: Sensibility and Intuition
Folder: Ch. 3 Sensibility and Intuition
1 item
A folder containing one item; a draft manuscript of chapter 3, "Sensibility and Intuition" of an unidentified book. The chapter is in order and complete.
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79
Series V: Mental Physics Article Drafts
Subseries O: Mental Physics Articles
Folder: Mental Physics Article Drafts
3 items
A folder containing three items; three manuscripts of different articles on mental physics.
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80
Series VI: EE & Comp. Sci
Subseries P: Notes on Texts/Class Notes
Associated Steno Digital Magnetic Recording
1 item
A 6x9 inch Associated Steno Notebook with a cover that reads "Digital Magnetic Recording." The first few pages of the notebook contain mathematical calculations. The remaining pages are blank.
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81
Associated Steno EE 238
1 item
A 6x9 inch Associated Steno Notebook with a cover that reads "EE 238 Text Notes." The notebook contains electrical engineering notes, mathematical calculations, and neuroscience and anatomical diagrams.
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82
Associated Steno Solid States
1 item
A 6x9 inch Associated Steno Notebook with a cover that reads "Notes on Solid State Physics of Metals." The notebook contains notes from various sources, as well as commentary and calculations.
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83
Iowa State University Green Notebook
1 item
A green 8 and 1/2 by 11 inch Iowa State University brand spiral notebook, labeled "Com Sci 201." The notebook contains class notes, diagrams, and calculations, as well as personal notes.
1972-1978
3
84
Lab Notebook Blue
1 item
A light blue 9 and 1/4 by 11 inch laboratory notebook, labeled "Richard B Wells Microwave Lab Sept 18, 1974 to Feb 20, 1975." The notebook contains lab work, notes, diagrams, and commentary.
1974-1975
3
85
Lab Notebook Electrical Instrumentation
1 item
A brown 9 and 1/4 by 11 inch laboratory notebook labeled "Richard B Wells Electrical Instrumentation & Experimentation Winter '73 to Spring '73." The notebook contains notes, calculations, diagrams, and commentary.
1972-1973
3
86
Lab Notebook Microwave Engineering
1 item
A brown 9 and 1/4 by 11 inch laboratory notebook labeled "R. B. Wells Microwave Engineering March 1975 to May 13 1975." The notebook contains notes, calculations, diagrams, and commentary.
1975
3
87
Folder: Financial Calculations
3 items
A folder containing three items; printed charts and graphs and handwritten calculations on financial topics.
2013
3
88
Yellow SH Notebook (unmarked)
1 item
A yellow 10 and 1/2 by 8 and 1/2 inch Stuart Hall brand notebook with no label. The notebook contains notes and handwritten drafts of manuscript chapters on mental physics, judgement and perception.
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89
Subseries Q: Computation Notebooks/Notes
MRCI BIP 002
1 item
A brown 11 and 3/4 by 9 and 1/4 inch computation notebook. The cover reads "MRCI Biological Information Processing R. Wells BIP 002." The notebook contains notes, diagrams and commentary about neuroscience and thought processing.
2002-2003
3
90
Folder: Removed Neuroscience Notes from MRCI Notebook
10 items
A folder containing ten items. The items are neuroscience notes, removed from object 90, MRCI BIP002.
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MRCI CA 001
1 item
A brown 11 and 3/4 by 9 and 1/4 inch computation notebook. The cover reads "MRC Institute / CCIE Cognitive Automata Research R. Wells CA.001." The notebook contains notes, diagrams, proofs and calculations about "cognitive automata research."
1997-1998
3
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Computer Research A-147
1 item
A brown 11 and 3/4 by 9 and 1/4 inch computation notebook. The cover reads "Computer Research Rick Wells A-147." The notebook contains notes, calculations, and diagrams about computer science.
1977
3
93
Control Theoretic
1 item
A brown 11 and 3/4 by 9 and 1/4 inch computation notebook. The cover reads "Control Theoretic Aspects of Disc Memory Servo Systems Richard B. Wells." All but the name has been crossed out. The notebook contains electrical engineering diagrams and calculations, as well as considerations of Kant, logic, and cognition.
1985-2004
3
94
Small Black Notebook
1 item
A black 5x7 inch hardcover notebook. The first part of the notebook contains mathematical calculations and diagrams. The remaining pages are blank.
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3
95
Associated Steno Blank
1 item
A 6x9 inch Associated Steno Notebook with an unlabeled cover. The notebook contains song lyrics, personal notes, and electrical and mathematic calculations.
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96
Subseries R: Paper Drafts on EE
Folder: Article Drafts
4 items
A folder containing four items. The items are article drafts; "Pulse-Coded Neural Network Mapping of Generic Connectionist Feedforward Neural Networks with Fixed Weights"; "Graph-Theoretic Structure Identification in Dynamic Link Neural Architectures"; "Analytical Evaluation of Finite-Length Equalizer and Colored Noise Effects in Viterbi Decoding" ; and "On Asymptotic Distortion Performance of FIR Channel Equalizers."
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97
Folder: Magnetic Recording
2 items
A folder containing two items. The items are a handwritten outline and draft chapter on digital magnetic recording.
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3
98
Subseries S: Looseleaf Calculations
Folder: Calculations
4 items
A folder containing four items. The items are mathematic and electrical calculations for various unidentified projects.
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99
Folder: Printed Calculations
10 items
A folder containing ten items. The items are printed calculations for various unidentified projects, notes on math texts, and assorted diagrams.
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100
Folder: Assorted EE Calculations
10 items
A folder containing ten items. The items are assorted handwritten electrical engineering and mathematic calculations.
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101
Subseries T: Microcontrollers
8-Bit Microcontrollers
5 items
A white box labeled "TMS320E15s Wells" containing five Texas Instruments TMS320E15JDL 8-bit microcontrollers.
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102
Series VII: University/Teaching
Subseries U: Lecture Notes/Teaching Materials
Intro to Coding Blue Notebook
1 item
A blue 9x11 inch notebook folder, labeled "Solutions Manual Intro to Info & Coding Theory." The notebook contains solutions to problems for Introduction to Information and Coding Theory."
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103
Folder: Intro to Coding Exercises
1 item
A folder containing one item; a printed document of sample exercises for Introduction to Information and Coding Theory, removed from Object 103.
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104
EE 555
1 item
A blue spiral-bound course packet, labeled EE 555 EE 555 Course Packet Rick Wells University of Idaho Spring 1998." The course packet contains scanned pages from various texts.
1998
3
105
EE 452
1 item
A yellow book of course readings, labeled "Wireless Channels EE 452 Supplementary Course Notes." The book contains explanations and sample problems to supplement the main textbook for the course.
1995
3
106
PHIL 404 Yellow
1 item
A yellow 10 and 1/2 by 8 and 1/2 inch Stuart Hall brand notebook labeled "PHIL 404 FALL '05." The notebook contains lecture notes for PHIL 404.
2005
3
107
PHIL 404 Red
1 item
A red 10 and 1/2 by 8 and 1/2 Stuart Hall brand notebook labeled "PHIL 404 FALL '05 vol. 2." The first half of the notebook contains lecture notes for PHIL 404. The remaining pages are blank.
2005
3
108
Folder: PHIL 404 Materials
9 items
A folder containing nine items. The items are teaching materials for PHIL 404.
2005
3
109
Guest Lecture Notes
1 item
A folder containing one item. The item is a handwritten outline for a guest lecture for EE 504.
1995
3
110
Subseries V: Planners and Schedules
Faculty Planner
1 item
A 4x7 inch "Directory of Publishers Faculty Planner, 1997-1998." The planner contains a schedule and calendar for the 1997-1998 academic year.
1997-1998
3
111
At-A-Glance Planner
1 item
An At-A-Glance calendar for 2002-2003, containing notes and appointments.
2002-2003
3
112
Subseries W: Conference Notes/Minutes
Folder: SBOE Minutes
2 items
A folder containing two items. The items are printed copies of the minutes for the Idaho State Board of Education, 2002-2003 and 2004-2005.
2002-2005
3
113
Conference Program
1 item
A conference program for the International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies, 2004.
2004
3
114
Conference Proceedings
1 item
Conference proceedings for the International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies, 2004.
2004
3
115
Folder: Conference Programs & Publications
5 items
A folder containing five items; various conference programs and publications from 2000-2002.
2000-2002
3
116
Series VIII: Correspondence/Personal Documents
Subseries X: Correspondence
Folder: Professional Correspondence
14 items
A folder containing fourteen items. The items are various pieces of university and professional correspondence.
1993-2013
3
117
Folder: University/Professional Documents
8 items
A folder containing eight items. The items are various documents to do with university and professional events and information.
1995-2009
3
118
Folder: Personal Correspondence
14 items
A folder containing fourteen items. The items are various pieces of personal correspondence.
2002-2013
3
119
Small Green Notebook
1 item
A green 5x3 inch spiral notebook. The notebook contains personal notes, song lyrics, and some numerical calculations.
2003
3
120
Commencement Program
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A commencement program for Iowa State University's 1975 commencement.
1975
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121