Box 14
Container
Contains 22 Collections and/or Records:
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 Inventions, Inc. Fred Merrill and Victor Mumma Reports, July 1936 - September 1939
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:
July 1936 - September 1939
Krakauer Bros. Piano Makers, 1936 - 1940
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:
1936 - 1940
Prospective Licensees, 1938 - 1940
File — Box: 14, Folder: 10
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:
1938 - 1940
Sebastian Gundling and Son, 1938 - 1940
File — Box: 14, Folder: 11
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:
1938 - 1940
Ansley Radio Corporation, 1938 - 1949
File — Box: 14, Folder: 12
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:
1938 - 1949
Radio Corporation of American Correspondence Regarding Miessner Electronic Pianos, 1931 - 1955
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:
1931 - 1955
Everett Piano Company, 1938 - 1952
File — Box: 14, Folder: 13
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:
1938 - 1952
Licensing Prospects for Miessner Electronic Pianos, 1938-1939, 1954-1958
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:
1938-1939, 1954-1958
Variable Resistor Part Acquisition, November 1939 - March 1940
File — Box: 14, Folder: 22
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:
November 1939 - March 1940
A.A. Thornton British Patent Search, 1939 - 1941
File — Box: 14, Folder: 23
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:
1939 - 1941
Correspondence Regarding Miessner Frequency Modulation (FM) Phonograph Pickups, 1940 - 1950
File — Box: 14, Folder: 24
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:
1940 - 1950
Miessner Consultation with the United States Navy, World War 2, 1941 - 1945
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:
1941 - 1945
[United States] Government Work, 1941 - 1947
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:
1941 - 1947
United States Department of Commerce, 1941-1944, 1957
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:
1941-1944, 1957
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1926-1933, 1941, 1948-1963
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:
1926-1933, 1941, 1948-1963
Altimeter Patent Search, March 1943 - April 1943
File — Box: 14, Folder: 33
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:
March 1943 - April 1943
Baldwin Company Interest in Miessner Piano Actions, 1944 - 1945
File — Box: 14, Folder: 34
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:
1944 - 1945
Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Patent License Agreement, 1945, 1949
File — Box: 14, Folder: 35
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:
1945, 1949
Wurlitzer Company Royalty Reports and Miessner Patent License Name Plates, 1945 - 1964
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:
1945 - 1964
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
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:
1906 - 1978