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Printouts of 11 PowerPoint slides used for the Bertalanffy Lecture. Lecture named for Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy an Austrian philosopher who was instrumental in the beginnings of systems studies and was a co-founder of the Society for General Systems Theory a forerunner of the ISSS. Presented at 46th Meeting of International Society for System Sciences 2-6 August 2002, JiaoTong University (and also presented at TongJi University Business School) Shanghai, China. See notes field for details on presentation.

Printouts of 20 PowerPoint slides and correspondence related to talk. It was a talk on overcoming complexity in organizations and prepared for 2 July 2003 presentation at INCOSE 13th Annual International Symposium Washington, D.C. Due to last minute schedule changes, the talk was never given.

Transcript of “Great University Seminar No. 1: Professional Schools & the Great University,” presented at George Mason University, 18 October 1989. Guest speaker at this seminar was Dr. Coleman Raphael, Dean of the School of Business at George Mason University. See, “Great University Seminar No.1: Professional Schools & the great University,” to listen to the seminar.

Transcript of “Great University Seminar No. 2: Five images of the University,” presented at George Mason University, 30 October 1989. Guest speaker at this seminar was Professor Anita Taylor, of the Communication Department at George Mason University. See, “Great University Seminar No.2: Five Images of the University,” to listen to the seminar.

Transcript of “Great University Seminar No. 3: University Infrastructure & Interdisciplinary Work," given 27 November 1989. Guest speaker at this seminar was Dr. Clara M. Lovett, Provost at George Mason University. See, “Great University Seminar No. 3: University Infrastructure & Interdisciplinary Work” to listen to the seminar.

Transcript of “Great University No. 4: Designing the Great University," given 14 February 1990. Guest speaker at this seminar was Dr. Harold J. Morowitz, Robinson Professor of Biology and Natural Philosophy at George Mason University. See, “Great University No.4: Designing the Great University” to listen to the seminar.

Transcript of “Great University Seminar No. 5: The University College and the Great University," given 7 March 1990. Guest speaker at this seminar was Dr. Paula Lewis, Dean of Arts & Sciences at George Mason University. See: The University College & The Great University, Great University Seminar #5 to hear an audiotape of this lecture.

This is the typed transcript of the sixth and final seminar in the Great University Series, given 18 April 1990. The guest speaker for the lecture was Dr. George W. Johnson, President of the George Mason University. Click here for a video of the talk.

Abstracts and outlines from the Great University Seminar Series. See, “Great University Seminar Series.”

A collection of the documents which Warfield prepared for a Picture-Tel (two-way) Presentation to ITESM Virtual University class of Professor Robert Palacios in Mexico City. ITESM Virtual University has produced a videotape of this Picture-tel class. See, "Modulacion Estructural de Sistemas.”  There is not yet a digitized version available for download, but the cassette video is available at Fenwick Library's Warfield Special Collection, in Box 96 Folder 2.