Box 51
Container
Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:
"Simple Electronic Metal Detector", circa 1963
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
circa 1963
Submarine Detection, 1939-1945, 1962-1964
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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:
1939-1945, 1962-1964