Box 32
Container
Contains 19 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
Technical Information, 1910 - 1964
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
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:
1910 - 1964
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
Miessner Fountain Pen Patents, 1952 - 1965
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:
1952 - 1965
Benjamin Miessner Inventions, 1918 - 1931
File — Multiple Containers
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:
1918 - 1931
Miscellaneous Technical Information, 1924-1936, 1954-1962
File — Multiple Containers
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:
1924-1936, 1954-1962
Radio Inventions, 1910-1911, 1919-1925
File — Box: 32, Folder: 3
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:
1910-1911, 1919-1925
Synthetic Music Chart, April 1916
File — Box: 32, Folder: 4
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:
April 1916
Staten Island Loop, 1920
File — Box: 32, Folder: 5
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:
1920
Alternating Current Set and Tube Notes, 1920 - 1922
File — Multiple Containers
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:
1920 - 1922
Telephone Receivers, circa 1922
File — Box: 32, Folder: 8
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:
circa 1922
Alternating Current Amplifier, 1922 - 1925
File — Multiple Containers
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:
1922 - 1925
Alternating Current Receiver, Radio, 1923 - 1924
File — Box: 32, Folder: 10
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:
1923 - 1924
Diagrams and Notes, 1925 - 1926
File — Box: 32, Folder: 12
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:
1925 - 1926
Miessner Alternating Current Inventions
File — Multiple Containers
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:
1910 - 1964
Experiments by Charles T. Jacobs, 1926 - 1927
File — Multiple Containers
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:
1926 - 1927
Miscellaneous Sketches and Expenses, circa 1928-1930
File — Box: 32, Folder: 16
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:
circa 1928-1930
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