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Box 50

 Container

Contains 28 Collections and/or Records:

Patent Applications

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 4
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: 1906 - 1978

Creativity and Invention, 1953 - 1961

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, 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: 1953 - 1961

Benjamin Miessner Patent Application No. 485,471 Electronic Piano, 1955 - 1958

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 4
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: 1955 - 1958

Benjamin Miessner Patent Application No. 660,787 Tuned-Vibrator Musical Instrument, 1957 - 1958

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 4
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: 1957 - 1958

Benjamin Miessner Patent Application No. 722,214 Improvement in Electronic Piano, March 1958

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 4
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: March 1958

Benjamin Miessner Articles, 1937, 1962-1963

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2
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: Majority of material found within 1937, 1962-1963

Piano Trade Magazine, "Department of Technology" Articles, August 1938 - November 1941

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2
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: August 1938 - November 1941

Creativity Advertisements and Clippings, 1961 - 1968

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2
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: 1961 - 1968

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

Personal Files

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5
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: 1906 - 1978

Legal Matters

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, 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: 1906 - 1978

Patent Legislation and Reform

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, 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: 1906 - 1978

Publications

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4
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: 1906 - 1978

Serials

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2
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: 1906 - 1978

Electronics Clippings, 1920 - 1963

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2
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: 1920 - 1963

Miscellaneous Publications, 1926 - 1964

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2
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: 1926 - 1964

Subject Files

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 10
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: 1906 - 1978

Miessner Polyphone Demonstrations, February 26, 1932 - March 12, 1932

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 10
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: February 26, 1932 - March 12, 1932

Electronic Instruments, circa 1930s

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 10
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 1930s

Correspondence

 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: 1906 - 1978

Miessner Fountain Pens, 1950 - 1965

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 2
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: 1950 - 1965

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 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: 1955 - 1964

Calvin W. Taylor, 1962 - 1965

 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: 1962 - 1965

United States Water Reservoirs, September 1950 - November 1950

 File — Box: 50, Folder: 5
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: September 1950 - November 1950

Business Correspondence

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 2
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: 1906 - 1978