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Box 25

 Container

Contains 47 Results:

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

Oskar Vierling Doctor's Thesis, "The Electro-Acoustic Piano", 1936

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

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: 1936

Wurlitzer Organ Owner's Manuals, circa 1940s-1950s

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 30
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 5, File 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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: circa 1940s-1950s

Wurlitzer Piano and Organ Service Manuals, 1954 - 1957

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 31
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 5, File 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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: 1954 - 1957

Miscellaneous Articles, Clippings, and Catalogs, 1941 - 1964

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 32
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 5, File 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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: 1941 - 1964

Miscellaneous Publications, 1954 - 1962

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 33
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 5, File 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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: 1954 - 1962

The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company Annual Report, 1955 - 1972

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 5, File 8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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: 1955 - 1972

IDEA Conference Program: "Current and Emerging Problems in Property Rights to R and D and Related Information", June 18, 1964

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 37
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 5, File 10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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: June 18, 1964

Miscellaneous Clippings, circa 1964

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 38
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 5, File 11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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: circa 1964

Purdue Notebook, 1913 - 1916

 File — Box: 25, Folder: 40
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5, File 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: 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 - 1916

"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

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...
Dates: 1862 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1965