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Box 25

 Container

Contains 47 Results:

Serials, 1919 - 1968

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents The Serials sub-series contains regularly published materials written or collected by Miessner. It includes but is not limited to journals, magazines, proceedings, and newsletters. Topics include creativity and inventing, musical instruments, radio and electrical engineering, and sound and acoustics.John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Ellison Purington’s article “A History of Some Foundations of Modern Radio-Electronic Technology,” as well as Lloyd Espenschied’s article critiquing it, can...
Dates: 1919 - 1968

Manuscripts, circa 1911-1963, bulk: 1954 - 1963

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

The Manuscripts sub-series contains Miessner’s drafts and working documents for his publications. Drafts for Miessner’s book “On the Early History of Radio Guidance" can be found in the “John Hays Hammond, Jr. Feud” series.

Dates: circa 1911-1963; Majority of material found within 1954 - 1963

Lectures and Speeches, 1926 - 1963

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains Benjamin Miessner’s speeches and lectures. The subjects of his lectures include but are not limited to creativity, engineers and patentry, and electronic musical instruments. Also included in this sub-series are a lecture and address by John W. Anderson.

Dates: 1926 - 1963

Miscellaneous, 1934 - 1972

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

The Miscellaneous sub-series contains publications that do not fit into the other sub-series, including but not limited to theses, reports, service and owner’s manuals, catalogs, and newspaper clippings. Subjects include electronic pianos and organs, metal alloys, and property rights.

Dates: 1934 - 1972

Personal Files, 1913 - 1972

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5
Scope and Contents The Personal Files series contains documents related to Miessner’s personal and school life. It includes but is not limited to notebooks and class lists from his time as a student at Purdue University, address and guest books, financial and travel records, political materials, and photographs of Benjamin Miessner.Also included are correspondence and articles related to Miessner's philanthropic activities, including donations to a Purdue scholarship fund and donation of a science...
Dates: 1913 - 1972

Publications, 1899 - 1972

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4
Scope and Contents This series contains publications written or collected by Benjamin Miessner. Types of publications include but are not limited to books, periodicals, Miessner’s drafts and manuscripts, and published versions of Miessner’s lectures and speeches. Also included are item catalogs, newspaper clippings, theses, service and owner’s manuals, and other miscellaneous publications.The subjects of the publications include but are not limited to electronic musical instruments, electrical and...
Dates: 1899 - 1972

"Simple Electronic Metal Detector", circa 1963

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 3, File 9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The Manuscripts sub-series contains Miessner’s drafts and working documents for his publications. Drafts for Miessner’s book “On the Early History of Radio Guidance" can be found in the “John Hays Hammond, Jr. Feud” series.

Dates: circa 1963

Sound, January 1962 - December 1963

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 30
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Serials sub-series contains regularly published materials written or collected by Miessner. It includes but is not limited to journals, magazines, proceedings, and newsletters. Topics include creativity and inventing, musical instruments, radio and electrical engineering, and sound and acoustics.John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Ellison Purington’s article “A History of Some Foundations of Modern Radio-Electronic Technology,” as well as Lloyd Espenschied’s article critiquing it, can...
Dates: January 1962 - December 1963

Miessner's Letters to the Editor, Sound, 1963

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 31
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Serials sub-series contains regularly published materials written or collected by Miessner. It includes but is not limited to journals, magazines, proceedings, and newsletters. Topics include creativity and inventing, musical instruments, radio and electrical engineering, and sound and acoustics.John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Ellison Purington’s article “A History of Some Foundations of Modern Radio-Electronic Technology,” as well as Lloyd Espenschied’s article critiquing it, can...
Dates: 1963

Benjamin F. Miessner Letters to the Editor, 1962 - 1963

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 33
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Serials sub-series contains regularly published materials written or collected by Miessner. It includes but is not limited to journals, magazines, proceedings, and newsletters. Topics include creativity and inventing, musical instruments, radio and electrical engineering, and sound and acoustics.John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Ellison Purington’s article “A History of Some Foundations of Modern Radio-Electronic Technology,” as well as Lloyd Espenschied’s article critiquing it, can...
Dates: 1962 - 1963

Journal of the Patent Office Society, March 1963 - May 1964

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 35
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Serials sub-series contains regularly published materials written or collected by Miessner. It includes but is not limited to journals, magazines, proceedings, and newsletters. Topics include creativity and inventing, musical instruments, radio and electrical engineering, and sound and acoustics.John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Ellison Purington’s article “A History of Some Foundations of Modern Radio-Electronic Technology,” as well as Lloyd Espenschied’s article critiquing it, can...
Dates: March 1963 - May 1964

“Today’s Inventor – A Study in Frustration”, April 1963

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 36
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Serials sub-series contains regularly published materials written or collected by Miessner. It includes but is not limited to journals, magazines, proceedings, and newsletters. Topics include creativity and inventing, musical instruments, radio and electrical engineering, and sound and acoustics.John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Ellison Purington’s article “A History of Some Foundations of Modern Radio-Electronic Technology,” as well as Lloyd Espenschied’s article critiquing it, can...
Dates: April 1963

“Tape Teaching and Monitor Systems”, November 1963 - December 1963

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 37
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Serials sub-series contains regularly published materials written or collected by Miessner. It includes but is not limited to journals, magazines, proceedings, and newsletters. Topics include creativity and inventing, musical instruments, radio and electrical engineering, and sound and acoustics.John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Ellison Purington’s article “A History of Some Foundations of Modern Radio-Electronic Technology,” as well as Lloyd Espenschied’s article critiquing it, can...
Dates: November 1963 - December 1963

Articles from Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Publications, March 1964 - April 1964

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, File 38
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Serials sub-series contains regularly published materials written or collected by Miessner. It includes but is not limited to journals, magazines, proceedings, and newsletters. Topics include creativity and inventing, musical instruments, radio and electrical engineering, and sound and acoustics.John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Ellison Purington’s article “A History of Some Foundations of Modern Radio-Electronic Technology,” as well as Lloyd Espenschied’s article critiquing it, can...
Dates: March 1964 - April 1964

Technical Papers, 1911-1913, 1928

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 3, File 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The Manuscripts sub-series contains Miessner’s drafts and working documents for his publications. Drafts for Miessner’s book “On the Early History of Radio Guidance" can be found in the “John Hays Hammond, Jr. Feud” series.

Dates: 1911-1913, 1928

"Scientific Piano Tuning and Servicing" Galley Proofs, 1941

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 14
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 3, File 2
Scope and Contents

Galley Proofs for Alfred H. Howe's book "Scientific Piano Tuning and Servicing".

Dates: 1941

"Creativity - How it Begins and How it Works," Draft, circa 1961

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 3, File 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The Manuscripts sub-series contains Miessner’s drafts and working documents for his publications. Drafts for Miessner’s book “On the Early History of Radio Guidance" can be found in the “John Hays Hammond, Jr. Feud” series.

Dates: circa 1961

“What’s Wrong with Our Patent System?”, circa 1962

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 16
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 3, File 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The Manuscripts sub-series contains Miessner’s drafts and working documents for his publications. Drafts for Miessner’s book “On the Early History of Radio Guidance" can be found in the “John Hays Hammond, Jr. Feud” series.

Dates: circa 1962

"Some Historical Acoustical Reminiscences" , circa 1962-1963

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 3, File 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The Manuscripts sub-series contains Miessner’s drafts and working documents for his publications. Drafts for Miessner’s book “On the Early History of Radio Guidance" can be found in the “John Hays Hammond, Jr. Feud” series.

Dates: circa 1962-1963

Engineers and Patent Rights, circa 1962-1963

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 19
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 3, File 8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The Manuscripts sub-series contains Miessner’s drafts and working documents for his publications. Drafts for Miessner’s book “On the Early History of Radio Guidance" can be found in the “John Hays Hammond, Jr. Feud” series.

Dates: circa 1962-1963

Loud Speaker Manuscripts, undated

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 21
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 3, File 10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The Manuscripts sub-series contains Miessner’s drafts and working documents for his publications. Drafts for Miessner’s book “On the Early History of Radio Guidance" can be found in the “John Hays Hammond, Jr. Feud” series.

Dates: undated

Benjamin Miessner Speeches, 1926 - 1938

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 4, File 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains Benjamin Miessner’s speeches and lectures. The subjects of his lectures include but are not limited to creativity, engineers and patentry, and electronic musical instruments. Also included in this sub-series are a lecture and address by John W. Anderson.

Dates: 1926 - 1938

John W. Anderson Lecture and Address, December 9, 1954, April 21, 1960

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 24
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 4, File 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains Benjamin Miessner’s speeches and lectures. The subjects of his lectures include but are not limited to creativity, engineers and patentry, and electronic musical instruments. Also included in this sub-series are a lecture and address by John W. Anderson.

Dates: December 9, 1954, April 21, 1960

Engineers and Patentry, July 1963

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 4, File 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains Benjamin Miessner’s speeches and lectures. The subjects of his lectures include but are not limited to creativity, engineers and patentry, and electronic musical instruments. Also included in this sub-series are a lecture and address by John W. Anderson.

Dates: July 1963

Schaltungen zur Bestimmung kleiner Kapazitätsänderungen, 1934, 1949

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 26
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 5, File 1
Scope and Contents

Includes a copy of the original German dissertation by Ladislaus Kozma and an English translation entitled "Circuits to determine small variations in capacity".

Dates: 1934, 1949