Pictured with the items
Maynard E. Pirsig, enjoyed keeping up with the latest technology. He usually had the latest versions of cameras, dark-room equipment, audio recorders, computers, cars, watches and pens. In 1946 he used the first SoundScriber dictaphone--introduced in 1945--to cut a series of classroom lectures onto ten vinyl records. At one point during these lectures he mentioned the idea of using punch-card data processing to make some legal procedures more economical, faster and more accessible to those of less means (The 1946 lectures are linked in an entry below).
The photos above are of Pirsig's Rolleiflex 3.5F film camera and his Mont Blanc Meisterstuck fountain pen. Maynard is picture with these items. These items now have the honor of being held by the University of Minnesota Law School Library. They have been donated to the law school by Pirsig's grandson, David Lindberg, through the Curator of Rare Books and Special Collections, Ryan Greenwood. Thanks to Wendy Pirsig for her help.
