Mosteller lectures - available online?

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The discussion centers on the availability of televised lectures by statistician Charles Frederick Mosteller, which were part of the Continental Classroom educational program in 1960-61. This program, supported by the Ford Foundation and broadcast on NBC, reached a vast audience, with 75,000 students taking the class for credit and 1.2 million viewers tuning in. While specific online access to these lectures is not confirmed, some universities, such as Columbia University, may have recordings available. Additional resources and references related to Mosteller's work and the Continental Classroom can be found through various links provided in the discussion. Contacting Butler Library may also yield leads on accessing these materials.
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The current Wikipedia article on statistician Charles Frederick Mosteller mentions he gave a series of televised lectures. Are these available anywhere online?

Mosteller taught a class in probability and statistics as part of the educational television program, Continental Classroom - Mathematics, in 1960-61, supported by the Ford Foundation and broadcast on NBC: 75,000 students took this class for credit at 320 colleges and universities around the country, and 1.2 million watched the lectures on television on 170 stations.[5] The show received its impressively large audience despite being broadcast at 6:30 am. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday covered the statistical material, and Tuesday and Thursday were problem sessions.

quoted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Mosteller
 
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I found this general reference with further references that you could follow up on:

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Continental_Classroom

and this book for the series:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003LCPKR2/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Some universities such as Columbia Univ have collections of recordings that may be accessible online.

and lastly a Mosteller bio:

https://campbellcollaboration.org/images/pdf/plain-language/mosteller-frederick.pdf

Lastly, you might contact Butler Library to gain any leads:

https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/butler/media-services/collections/aboutmedia.html
 
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