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Box 35

 Container

Contains 28 Results:

Miessner Electronic Piano Negatives, circa 1930s

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: circa 1930s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Experiments and Devices, circa 1930s-1960s

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: circa 1930s-1960s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Water Wave Photographs and Negatives, circa 1910s-1920s

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: circa 1910s-1920s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Miessner Electronic Musical Instruments, circa October 1937 - April 1938

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 15
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: circa October 1937 - April 1938
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Miessner Invention and Experiment Negatives, circa 1910s-1930s

 File — Box: 35, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: circa 1910s-1930s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) Paper Films, circa 1930s

 File — Box: 35, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: circa 1930s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Electronic Orchestra and Instruments Negatives, circa 1930s

 File — Box: 35, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: circa 1930s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Musicians Playing Electronic Instruments, circa 1930s-1940s

 File — Box: 35, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: circa 1930s-1940s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Miessner Electronic Piano, Unidentified Lab/Studio, circa 1930s-1940s

 File — Box: 35, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: circa 1930s-1940s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Miessner Electronic Piano, Unidentified House, circa November 1931

 File — Box: 35, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: circa November 1931
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Miessner and Charles T. Jacobs Lecture Slides, November 18, 1933

 File — Box: 35, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: November 18, 1933
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Miessner, Story and Clark Piano and Organ Negatives, April 14, 1938

 File — Box: 35, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 16
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: April 14, 1938
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Miessner Electronic Piano, Equipment, circa 1938

 File — Box: 35, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 17
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: circa 1938
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Miessner Electronic Piano Tests, circa 1940s-1950s

 File — Box: 35, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 18
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: circa 1940s-1950s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Walkie-Talkie Transmitters, September 14, 1942

 File — Box: 35, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 20
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: September 14, 1942
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Miessner Telephone and Airfone Patents, 1918 - 1929

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 2, File 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Business Correspondence sub-series contains letters and reports detailing the business dealings and work of Benjamin Miessner and his employees. Individuals and organizations present in the sub-series include but is not limited to Emil J. Simon, Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, Edward H. Loftin, Charles T. Jacobs, Baldwin Piano Company, Radio Corporation of American, The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, and Miessner’s employees Victor Mumma and Fred Merrill.The subjects of the...
Dates: 1918 - 1929
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Correspondence / Business Correspondence

Miessner Radio Corporation Correspondence and Legal Agreements, 1925 - 1927

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 2, File 12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Business Correspondence sub-series contains letters and reports detailing the business dealings and work of Benjamin Miessner and his employees. Individuals and organizations present in the sub-series include but is not limited to Emil J. Simon, Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, Edward H. Loftin, Charles T. Jacobs, Baldwin Piano Company, Radio Corporation of American, The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, and Miessner’s employees Victor Mumma and Fred Merrill.The subjects of the...
Dates: 1925 - 1927
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Correspondence / Business Correspondence

Edward Loftin and Radio Corporation of America Correspondence, 1924 - 1936

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 2, File 10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Business Correspondence sub-series contains letters and reports detailing the business dealings and work of Benjamin Miessner and his employees. Individuals and organizations present in the sub-series include but is not limited to Emil J. Simon, Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, Edward H. Loftin, Charles T. Jacobs, Baldwin Piano Company, Radio Corporation of American, The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, and Miessner’s employees Victor Mumma and Fred Merrill.The subjects of the...
Dates: 1924 - 1936
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Correspondence / Business Correspondence

Experiments and Inventions, 1862 - 1966, bulk: 1915 - 1964

 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...
Dates: 1862 - 1966; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1964
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers

Photographs and Negatives, circa 1910-1963

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: circa 1910-1963
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions

Correspondence, 1871 - 1970, bulk: 1918 - 1965

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2
Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence between Miessner and various companies, organizations, and individuals. Correspondents whose letters are present in the collection include but are not limited to members of Miessner’s family, including his brother William Otto Miessner, his father, and his two daughters; piano manufacturers, including but not limited to the Wurlitzer company, Story and Clark Piano Company, and Baldwin Company; his patent lawyers, especially Edward H. Loftin and Charles T....
Dates: 1871 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1965
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers

Business Correspondence, 1871 - 1967, bulk: 1918 - 1965

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents The Business Correspondence sub-series contains letters and reports detailing the business dealings and work of Benjamin Miessner and his employees. Individuals and organizations present in the sub-series include but is not limited to Emil J. Simon, Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, Edward H. Loftin, Charles T. Jacobs, Baldwin Piano Company, Radio Corporation of American, The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, and Miessner’s employees Victor Mumma and Fred Merrill.The subjects of the...
Dates: 1871 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1965
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Correspondence

Benjamin Miessner Reports to Emil J. Simon, circa 1918-1920

 File — Box: 35, Folder: 18
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 2, File 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Business Correspondence sub-series contains letters and reports detailing the business dealings and work of Benjamin Miessner and his employees. Individuals and organizations present in the sub-series include but is not limited to Emil J. Simon, Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, Edward H. Loftin, Charles T. Jacobs, Baldwin Piano Company, Radio Corporation of American, The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, and Miessner’s employees Victor Mumma and Fred Merrill.The subjects of the...
Dates: circa 1918-1920
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Correspondence / Business Correspondence

Licensing Miessner Radio Receivers, 1925 - 1926

 File — Box: 35, Folder: 22
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 2, File 11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Business Correspondence sub-series contains letters and reports detailing the business dealings and work of Benjamin Miessner and his employees. Individuals and organizations present in the sub-series include but is not limited to Emil J. Simon, Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, Edward H. Loftin, Charles T. Jacobs, Baldwin Piano Company, Radio Corporation of American, The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, and Miessner’s employees Victor Mumma and Fred Merrill.The subjects of the...
Dates: 1925 - 1926
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Correspondence / Business Correspondence

Personal Correspondence, 1908 - 1961, bulk: 1930 - 1956

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents This sub-series contains correspondence of a personal nature. It consists primarily of letters between Benjamin Miessner and members of his family or friends. Subjects of the letters include Miessner’s time stationed in Europe while in the United States Navy, paintings that Miessner made and gifted to friends, and his daughter Janie. Also included is a letter from the Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien (Royal Swedish Academy of Music) thanking Miessner for the donation of some of his...
Dates: 1908 - 1961; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1956
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Correspondence