A NOTE
3Over two hundred volumes from Fuller’s working library are detailed on the following pages. Most were sent to him inscribed by friends and colleagues, or were acquired by him, read, annotated, and inscribed at later meetings. Some include his notes, many boast his signature, and nearly every book bears his typed label designating its context, taped to the spine: ‘‘architecture,’’ ‘‘literature,’’ ‘‘philosophy,’’ and ‘‘city planning’’ are just a few of his categories, though many of these works are interdisciplinary, as was his life. The intimate presentations in this collection include words of praise and gratitude from architects and architecture students, city planners, anthropologists, futurists, environmentalists, artists, designers, and others worldwide—bordering, at times, on hagiography—and evince Fuller’s own cross-disciplinary impact.
4 In recognition of his wide-ranging interests, his influence in many fields, and his international stature, we have organized this catalogue for the most part by genre: Anthropology, Architecture, Art, City Planning, Computer Science, Economics, Education, Future Planning, History, Literature, Political Science, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Reference, Religion, Space Science.
5 We have made an exception in the case of those authors of particular importance to Fuller, such as Anni and Josef Albers, Bil Baird, John Cage, Constantines Doxiadis, and others. We have also excepted those authors represented by multiple titles falling into different categories, or by works that can be claimed by more than one discipline. All of these are integrated alphabetically by author or subject. Some interdisciplinary works fall naturally into subject country or country of origin—Australia, India, Israel, Japan, South Africa, for example; in the absence of close personal association or narrowly defined content, these have been catalogued by nationality.