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Box 59

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

Books, 1899 - 1970

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents The Books sub-series contains books collected by Benjamin F. Miessner. Subjects include, but are not limited to, electronic musical instruments, electrical and radio engineering, chemical formulas, the physics of hearing, acoustics, creativity, and inventing. Also included is Miessner's book "Radiodynamics".Many of the books in the collection contain annotations and notes from Miessner.Miessner's book "On the Early History of Radio Guidance" can be found in the “John...
Dates: 1899 - 1970

Serials, 1919 - 1968

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents The Serials sub-series contains regularly published materials written or collected by Miessner. It includes but is not limited to journals, magazines, proceedings, and newsletters. Topics include creativity and inventing, musical instruments, radio and electrical engineering, and sound and acoustics.John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Ellison Purington’s article “A History of Some Foundations of Modern Radio-Electronic Technology,” as well as Lloyd Espenschied’s article critiquing it, can...
Dates: 1919 - 1968

Publications, 1899 - 1972

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4
Scope and Contents This series contains publications written or collected by Benjamin Miessner. Types of publications include but are not limited to books, periodicals, Miessner’s drafts and manuscripts, and published versions of Miessner’s lectures and speeches. Also included are item catalogs, newspaper clippings, theses, service and owner’s manuals, and other miscellaneous publications.The subjects of the publications include but are not limited to electronic musical instruments, electrical and...
Dates: 1899 - 1972

The Purchaser's Guide to the Music Industries, 1958 - 1960

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 21
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Serials sub-series contains regularly published materials written or collected by Miessner. It includes but is not limited to journals, magazines, proceedings, and newsletters. Topics include creativity and inventing, musical instruments, radio and electrical engineering, and sound and acoustics.John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Ellison Purington’s article “A History of Some Foundations of Modern Radio-Electronic Technology,” as well as Lloyd Espenschied’s article critiquing it, can...
Dates: 1958 - 1960

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...
Dates: 1862 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1965