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Box 50

 Container

Contains 32 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSP 2, Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Correspondence / Subject Correspondence

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSP 2, Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Correspondence / Subject Correspondence

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSP 2, Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Correspondence / Subject Correspondence

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 / MSP 2, Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions

Experiments and Devices, circa 1930s-1960s

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4
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 / MSP 2, Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSP 2, Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Correspondence

Subject Correspondence

 Sub-Series — 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: 1906 - 1978
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSP 2, Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Correspondence