Box 2
Container
Contains 12 Collections and/or Records:
Experiments and Inventions, 1862 - 1966
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1
Scope and Contents
This series consists of materials that document the inventions created and patented by Benjamin Miessner, as well as experiments conducted by him and his employees. Materials located in this series include but are not limited to patents assigned to Benjamin Miessner; technical drawings, notes, and reports written by Miessner; laboratory notebooks documenting the experiments of Miessner, as well as his employees Charles T. Jacobs, Frederic D. Merrill, and Victor Mumma; developed photographs and...
Dates:
1862 - 1966; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1964
Patents, 1862 - 1966
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
This sub-series contains patents assigned to or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It includes patents for Miessner’s inventions; patents granted to Miessner’s company, Miessner Inventions, Inc.; and other inventors’ patents that Miessner collected and referenced when working on his own inventions.Types of inventions for which there are patents include but are not limited to electronic musical instruments, fountain pens, and smoking devices.Some patents may be located in...
Dates:
1862 - 1966
Laboratory Notebooks, circa 1915-1964
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents
This sub-series contains the laboratory notebooks created by Benjamin Miessner, as well as three of his employees at Miessner Inventions, Inc.: Charles T. Jacobs, Frederic D. Merrill, Jr., and Victor Mumma. The notebooks document the experiments conducted by Miessner and his employees throughout his career, including but not limited to his work for Brunswick Balke Collender Company, Splitdorf, and his own company, Miessner Inventions, Inc.Miessner’s notebooks from his work for John...
Dates:
circa 1915-1964
Lists of Benjamin F. Miessner's Patents, 1932-1963, circa 1955, 1963
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains patents assigned to or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It includes patents for Miessner’s inventions; patents granted to Miessner’s company, Miessner Inventions, Inc.; and other inventors’ patents that Miessner collected and referenced when working on his own inventions.Types of inventions for which there are patents include but are not limited to electronic musical instruments, fountain pens, and smoking devices.Some patents may be located in...
Dates:
circa 1955, 1963
Wurlitzer Patents - Pianos and Organs, 1951 - 1961
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains patents assigned to or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It includes patents for Miessner’s inventions; patents granted to Miessner’s company, Miessner Inventions, Inc.; and other inventors’ patents that Miessner collected and referenced when working on his own inventions.Types of inventions for which there are patents include but are not limited to electronic musical instruments, fountain pens, and smoking devices.Some patents may be located in...
Dates:
1951 - 1961
Non-Miessner Electronic Musical Instrument Patents, July 1957 - December 1962
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains patents assigned to or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It includes patents for Miessner’s inventions; patents granted to Miessner’s company, Miessner Inventions, Inc.; and other inventors’ patents that Miessner collected and referenced when working on his own inventions.Types of inventions for which there are patents include but are not limited to electronic musical instruments, fountain pens, and smoking devices.Some patents may be located in...
Dates:
July 1957 - December 1962
Patent Search: Condenser-Type Loudspeaker, January - February 1958
File — Box: 2, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains patents assigned to or collected by Benjamin Miessner. It includes patents for Miessner’s inventions; patents granted to Miessner’s company, Miessner Inventions, Inc.; and other inventors’ patents that Miessner collected and referenced when working on his own inventions.Types of inventions for which there are patents include but are not limited to electronic musical instruments, fountain pens, and smoking devices.Some patents may be located in...
Dates:
January - February 1958
Analysis of Prior Patents and Publications Relating to Vibratory Translations Devices and Electro Musical Insturments, 1939
File — Box: 2, Folder: 21
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series consists of visual and textual documents explaining the functions of technical devices or inventions, or documenting research and experiments being conducted by Miessner. It includes but is not limited to blueprints of Miessner’s inventions or devices being used by Miessner in his experiments; descriptions and sketches of inventions being worked on by Miessner and his associates; notes on experiments conducted by Miessner or his associates; and user manuals for devices used by...
Dates:
1939
Technical Data on Hydrogen Thyratron and Nickel Alloys, 1946 - 1954
File — Box: 2, Folder: 24
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series consists of visual and textual documents explaining the functions of technical devices or inventions, or documenting research and experiments being conducted by Miessner. It includes but is not limited to blueprints of Miessner’s inventions or devices being used by Miessner in his experiments; descriptions and sketches of inventions being worked on by Miessner and his associates; notes on experiments conducted by Miessner or his associates; and user manuals for devices used by...
Dates:
1946 - 1954
Benjamin F. Miessner Record Book, circa 1915-1920
Item — Box: 2, Item: 1
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains the laboratory notebooks created by Benjamin Miessner, as well as three of his employees at Miessner Inventions, Inc.: Charles T. Jacobs, Frederic D. Merrill, Jr., and Victor Mumma. The notebooks document the experiments conducted by Miessner and his employees throughout his career, including but not limited to his work for Brunswick Balke Collender Company, Splitdorf, and his own company, Miessner Inventions, Inc.Miessner’s notebooks from his work for John...
Dates:
circa 1915-1920
Crystal Accelerometer, circa 1964
File — Box: 2, Folder: 38
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This sub-series contains components from Miessner’s inventions and tools used by Miessner in his work. It includes but is not limited to Bernhardt piano hammers, a crystal accelerometer, and a Shure Brothers slide rule.
Dates:
circa 1964
Benjamin F. Miessner papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2
Scope and Contents
The Benjamin F. Miessner papers document the working career and interests of the American inventor. It includes a large collection of patents awarded to Miessner or assigned to his company, Miessner Inventions, Inc., as well as various North American and European patents researched by Miessner; lab notebooks, blueprints, sketches, graphs, photographs, and other items documenting the experiments conducted by Miessner and his employees; correspondence between Miessner and various individuals and...
Dates:
1906 - 1978