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Box 40

 Container

Contains 23 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, 1871 - 1970

 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

Subject Correspondence, 1900 - 1970

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents The Subject Correspondence sub-series contains letters organized topically by Miessner, and which don’t relate to his work as an inventor. Subjects include Miessner’s letters to the editor of, and attempts to publish articles in, various periodicals, including Electronics, Piano Trade Magazine, and Radio-Electronics; lectures that Miessner gave at various institutions, including a presentation on creativity at Rutgers University; the role of inventors and inventions in America; and his...
Dates: 1900 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1964

Nikola Tesla, 1900, 1933-1967

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Subject Correspondence sub-series contains letters organized topically by Miessner, and which don’t relate to his work as an inventor. Subjects include Miessner’s letters to the editor of, and attempts to publish articles in, various periodicals, including Electronics, Piano Trade Magazine, and Radio-Electronics; lectures that Miessner gave at various institutions, including a presentation on creativity at Rutgers University; the role of inventors and inventions in America; and his...
Dates: 1900, 1933-1967

Miessner Presentations on Creativity at Rutgers University, 1955 - 1964

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Subject Correspondence sub-series contains letters organized topically by Miessner, and which don’t relate to his work as an inventor. Subjects include Miessner’s letters to the editor of, and attempts to publish articles in, various periodicals, including Electronics, Piano Trade Magazine, and Radio-Electronics; lectures that Miessner gave at various institutions, including a presentation on creativity at Rutgers University; the role of inventors and inventions in America; and his...
Dates: 1955 - 1964

Franklin Institute Award Nomination, 1960 - 1964

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Subject Correspondence sub-series contains letters organized topically by Miessner, and which don’t relate to his work as an inventor. Subjects include Miessner’s letters to the editor of, and attempts to publish articles in, various periodicals, including Electronics, Piano Trade Magazine, and Radio-Electronics; lectures that Miessner gave at various institutions, including a presentation on creativity at Rutgers University; the role of inventors and inventions in America; and his...
Dates: 1960 - 1964

Correspondence with Audio Engineering Staff, 1947 - 1954

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Subject Correspondence sub-series contains letters organized topically by Miessner, and which don’t relate to his work as an inventor. Subjects include Miessner’s letters to the editor of, and attempts to publish articles in, various periodicals, including Electronics, Piano Trade Magazine, and Radio-Electronics; lectures that Miessner gave at various institutions, including a presentation on creativity at Rutgers University; the role of inventors and inventions in America; and his...
Dates: 1947 - 1954

Piano Trade Magazine, 1947 - 1963

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Subject Correspondence sub-series contains letters organized topically by Miessner, and which don’t relate to his work as an inventor. Subjects include Miessner’s letters to the editor of, and attempts to publish articles in, various periodicals, including Electronics, Piano Trade Magazine, and Radio-Electronics; lectures that Miessner gave at various institutions, including a presentation on creativity at Rutgers University; the role of inventors and inventions in America; and his...
Dates: 1947 - 1963

National Inventors Council, January 1958 - March 1958

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Subject Correspondence sub-series contains letters organized topically by Miessner, and which don’t relate to his work as an inventor. Subjects include Miessner’s letters to the editor of, and attempts to publish articles in, various periodicals, including Electronics, Piano Trade Magazine, and Radio-Electronics; lectures that Miessner gave at various institutions, including a presentation on creativity at Rutgers University; the role of inventors and inventions in America; and his...
Dates: January 1958 - March 1958

The Music Trades (Journal), 1958 - 1963

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Subject Correspondence sub-series contains letters organized topically by Miessner, and which don’t relate to his work as an inventor. Subjects include Miessner’s letters to the editor of, and attempts to publish articles in, various periodicals, including Electronics, Piano Trade Magazine, and Radio-Electronics; lectures that Miessner gave at various institutions, including a presentation on creativity at Rutgers University; the role of inventors and inventions in America; and his...
Dates: 1958 - 1963

Soil Moisture, March 1962 - July 1962

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Subject Correspondence sub-series contains letters organized topically by Miessner, and which don’t relate to his work as an inventor. Subjects include Miessner’s letters to the editor of, and attempts to publish articles in, various periodicals, including Electronics, Piano Trade Magazine, and Radio-Electronics; lectures that Miessner gave at various institutions, including a presentation on creativity at Rutgers University; the role of inventors and inventions in America; and his...
Dates: March 1962 - July 1962

Correspondence on Siegfried Hansing's Book "Das Pianoforte in seinen akustischen Anlagen", circa 1950s

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Subject Correspondence sub-series contains letters organized topically by Miessner, and which don’t relate to his work as an inventor. Subjects include Miessner’s letters to the editor of, and attempts to publish articles in, various periodicals, including Electronics, Piano Trade Magazine, and Radio-Electronics; lectures that Miessner gave at various institutions, including a presentation on creativity at Rutgers University; the role of inventors and inventions in America; and his...
Dates: circa 1950s

Frederick V. Hunt, circa 1950s-1960s

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Subject Correspondence sub-series contains letters organized topically by Miessner, and which don’t relate to his work as an inventor. Subjects include Miessner’s letters to the editor of, and attempts to publish articles in, various periodicals, including Electronics, Piano Trade Magazine, and Radio-Electronics; lectures that Miessner gave at various institutions, including a presentation on creativity at Rutgers University; the role of inventors and inventions in America; and his...
Dates: circa 1950s-1960s

Legal Matters, 1919 - 1967

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3
Scope and Contents The Legal Matters series consists of documents which are legal in nature, or which discuss legal reform. It includes legally binding contracts, court documents, correspondence and publications on patent legislation and reform, and applications for patents.
Dates: 1919 - 1967

Contracts, 1919 - 1965

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents The Contracts sub-series contains legally binding documents between Miessner and individuals and companies with whom he did business. It includes legal agreements, general release documents, patent assignments, and bills of sale.
Dates: 1919 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1936

Emil J. Simon Agreement, 1919 - 1922

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Contracts sub-series contains legally binding documents between Miessner and individuals and companies with whom he did business. It includes legal agreements, general release documents, patent assignments, and bills of sale.
Dates: 1919 - 1922

Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company Agreements, November 1920 - November 1921

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Contracts sub-series contains legally binding documents between Miessner and individuals and companies with whom he did business. It includes legal agreements, general release documents, patent assignments, and bills of sale.
Dates: November 1920 - November 1921

Agreement Between Benjamin Miessner, Edward H. Loftin, and Edwards, Sager and Bower, October 5, 1925

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Contracts sub-series contains legally binding documents between Miessner and individuals and companies with whom he did business. It includes legal agreements, general release documents, patent assignments, and bills of sale.
Dates: October 5, 1925

General Release Forms, March 8, 1926 - March 15, 1926

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 16
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Contracts sub-series contains legally binding documents between Miessner and individuals and companies with whom he did business. It includes legal agreements, general release documents, patent assignments, and bills of sale.
Dates: March 8, 1926 - March 15, 1926

Miessner Radio Corporation Bill of Sale, March 9, 1926

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 17
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Contracts sub-series contains legally binding documents between Miessner and individuals and companies with whom he did business. It includes legal agreements, general release documents, patent assignments, and bills of sale.
Dates: March 9, 1926

Edward H. Loftin Agreement and General Release, 1926 - 1931

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 18
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Contracts sub-series contains legally binding documents between Miessner and individuals and companies with whom he did business. It includes legal agreements, general release documents, patent assignments, and bills of sale.
Dates: 1926 - 1931

Radio Licensing Agreements, 1927 - 1928

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 19
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Contracts sub-series contains legally binding documents between Miessner and individuals and companies with whom he did business. It includes legal agreements, general release documents, patent assignments, and bills of sale.
Dates: 1927 - 1928

Agreement with Thomas A. Edison, Inc., March 1928 - September 1928

 File — Box: 40, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Contracts sub-series contains legally binding documents between Miessner and individuals and companies with whom he did business. It includes legal agreements, general release documents, patent assignments, and bills of sale.
Dates: March 1928 - September 1928

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