Box 26
Container
Contains 25 Results:
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
John Hays Hammond, Jr. Feud, 1910 - 1965, bulk: 1957 - 1964
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 7
Scope and Contents
This series contains material relating to the long-standing feud between John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Benjamin Miessner over their competing claims for each other’s inventions and patents, mainly involving innovations in radio and electronics technology.Material located in the collection includes but is not limited to laboratory notebooks and invention disclosures for work done by Miessner is Hammond’s employ; correspondence between Miessner, Hammond, Jr., Lloyd Espenschied, and...
Dates:
1910 - 1965; Majority of material found within 1957 - 1964
Benjamin Miessner in the News, 1963 - 1964
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5, File 13
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:
1963 - 1964
Sigma Pi Fraternity, Eta Chapter (Purdue University), Alumni Address Lists, 1960 - 1962
File — Box: 26, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5, File 11
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:
1960 - 1962
Photographs of Benjamin Miessner, circa 1962-1963
File — Box: 26, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5, File 12
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:
circa 1962-1963
Veteran Wireless Operators Association, DeForest Audion Award, 1963-1964, 1973
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5, File 15
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:
1963-1964, 1973
Political Material, April 1964
File — Box: 26, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5, File 16
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:
April 1964
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Audio and Electroacoustic Group, Membership Directory, 1967
File — Box: 26, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5, File 17
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:
1967
Purdue University Centennial Fund, February 10, 1970 - April 8, 1970
File — Box: 26, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5, File 18
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:
February 10, 1970 - April 8, 1970
Purdue Alumni Foundation, 1970 - 1972
File — Box: 26, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5, File 21
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:
1970 - 1972
Radio Corporation of America vs. The George W. Walker Company; Work with John Hays Hammond, Jr., 1910 - 1928
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 7, File 1
Scope and Contents
This file contains various documents related to Miessner's work for John Hays Hammond, Jr., many of which consist of correspondence between Miessner, John Hays Hammond, Jr, and their mutual contacts. Many of these documents were used in the infringement case Radio Corporation of America vs. The George W. Walker Company, which involved Miessner and Hammond, Jr. and their competing patent claims. Correspondence between Miessner and his lawyers related to this case can be found in...
Dates:
1910 - 1928
Hammond Radio Research Laboratory Notebooks, 1911 - 1912
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 7, File 2
Scope and Contents
These notebooks were used in the Radio Corporation of America vs. The George W. Walker Company infringement case.
Dates:
1911 - 1912
Miessner Invention Disclosures and Picture Postcards of Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1911 - 1912
File — Box: 26, Folder: 25
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 7, File 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains material relating to the long-standing feud between John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Benjamin Miessner over their competing claims for each other’s inventions and patents, mainly involving innovations in radio and electronics technology.Material located in the collection includes but is not limited to laboratory notebooks and invention disclosures for work done by Miessner is Hammond’s employ; correspondence between Miessner, Hammond, Jr., Lloyd Espenschied, and...
Dates:
1911 - 1912
Hammond's Interference in the Publication of "Radio Dynamics", 1914 - 1917
File — Box: 26, Folder: 26
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 7, File 4
Scope and Contents
Correspondence in this file was used in the Radio Corporation of America vs. The George W. Walker Company infringement case.
Dates:
1914 - 1917
Hammond, Jr. Electronic Piano Infringement Claims, circa 1936-1939
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 7, File 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains material relating to the long-standing feud between John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Benjamin Miessner over their competing claims for each other’s inventions and patents, mainly involving innovations in radio and electronics technology.Material located in the collection includes but is not limited to laboratory notebooks and invention disclosures for work done by Miessner is Hammond’s employ; correspondence between Miessner, Hammond, Jr., Lloyd Espenschied, and...
Dates:
circa 1936-1939
Correspondence with Lloyd Espenschied, 1942 - 1963
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 7, File 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains material relating to the long-standing feud between John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Benjamin Miessner over their competing claims for each other’s inventions and patents, mainly involving innovations in radio and electronics technology.Material located in the collection includes but is not limited to laboratory notebooks and invention disclosures for work done by Miessner is Hammond’s employ; correspondence between Miessner, Hammond, Jr., Lloyd Espenschied, and...
Dates:
1942 - 1963
"A History of Some Foundations of Modern Radio-Electronic Technology" and Critique by Lloyd Espenschied, 1957 - 1963
File — Box: 26, Folder: 30
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 7, File 8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains material relating to the long-standing feud between John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Benjamin Miessner over their competing claims for each other’s inventions and patents, mainly involving innovations in radio and electronics technology.Material located in the collection includes but is not limited to laboratory notebooks and invention disclosures for work done by Miessner is Hammond’s employ; correspondence between Miessner, Hammond, Jr., Lloyd Espenschied, and...
Dates:
1957 - 1963
Miessner's Critique of "A History of Some Foundations of Modern Radio-Electronic Technology", 1958 - 1962
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 7, File 9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains material relating to the long-standing feud between John Hays Hammond, Jr. and Benjamin Miessner over their competing claims for each other’s inventions and patents, mainly involving innovations in radio and electronics technology.Material located in the collection includes but is not limited to laboratory notebooks and invention disclosures for work done by Miessner is Hammond’s employ; correspondence between Miessner, Hammond, Jr., Lloyd Espenschied, and...
Dates:
1958 - 1962
"Edward Charles Elliott, Educator" Mailing Letter, May 1970
File — Box: 26, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5, File 19
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:
May 1970
Navy Career, 1908 - 1920, bulk: 1916 - 1917
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 6
Scope and Contents
This series documents Miessner's career with the United States Navy. It includes photographs and newspaper clippings from Miessner's first service with the Navy (1908-1911), as well as correspondence, notebooks, draft and discharge documents, and other records related to his second service with the Navy (1916-1917).Correspondence sent home to family during Miessner’s first service with the Navy can be found in the Personal Correspondence sub-series of the Correspondence...
Dates:
1908 - 1920; Majority of material found within 1916 - 1917
Radio Laboratory Naval Aeronautic Station Books, August 1916 - September 1917
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 6, File 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series documents Miessner's career with the United States Navy. It includes photographs and newspaper clippings from Miessner's first service with the Navy (1908-1911), as well as correspondence, notebooks, draft and discharge documents, and other records related to his second service with the Navy (1916-1917).Correspondence sent home to family during Miessner’s first service with the Navy can be found in the Personal Correspondence sub-series of the Correspondence...
Dates:
August 1916 - September 1917
Navy Notebooks, 1916 - 1917
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 6, File 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series documents Miessner's career with the United States Navy. It includes photographs and newspaper clippings from Miessner's first service with the Navy (1908-1911), as well as correspondence, notebooks, draft and discharge documents, and other records related to his second service with the Navy (1916-1917).Correspondence sent home to family during Miessner’s first service with the Navy can be found in the Personal Correspondence sub-series of the Correspondence...
Dates:
1916 - 1917
Navy Career, Pensacola, 1916 - 1917
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 6, File 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series documents Miessner's career with the United States Navy. It includes photographs and newspaper clippings from Miessner's first service with the Navy (1908-1911), as well as correspondence, notebooks, draft and discharge documents, and other records related to his second service with the Navy (1916-1917).Correspondence sent home to family during Miessner’s first service with the Navy can be found in the Personal Correspondence sub-series of the Correspondence...
Dates:
1916 - 1917
Navy Career, Discharge, and Assistance in Interference Case, 1917 - 1920
File — Box: 26, Folder: 19
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 6, File 5
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series documents Miessner's career with the United States Navy. It includes photographs and newspaper clippings from Miessner's first service with the Navy (1908-1911), as well as correspondence, notebooks, draft and discharge documents, and other records related to his second service with the Navy (1916-1917).Correspondence sent home to family during Miessner’s first service with the Navy can be found in the Personal Correspondence sub-series of the Correspondence...
Dates:
1917 - 1920
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