Box 48
Container
Contains 21 Collections and/or Records:
Lectures and Speeches
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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
Benjamin Miessner Speeches, 1926 - 1938
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1926 - 1938
Engineers and Patentry, July 1963
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
July 1963
Electronic Musical Instrument Lectures, circa 1930s
File — Box: 48, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
circa 1930s
Veteran Wireless Operators Association, DeForest Audion Award, 1963-1964, 1973
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1963-1964, 1973
Miessner's Notes, 1934 - 1937
File — Box: 48, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1934 - 1937
Miessner Inventions, Inc. Safe Deposit Box Content List, 1939 - 1947
File — Box: 48, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1939 - 1947
Purdue Fund Contributions, 1963, 1969-1970
File — Box: 48, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1963, 1969-1970
Photographs, Negatives, and Newspaper Clippings from Miessner's Navy Career, circa 1908-1910
File — Box: 48, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
circa 1908-1910
Personal Files
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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
Navy Career
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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
Hammond, Jr. Electronic Piano Infringement Claims, circa 1936-1939
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This sub-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
Loftin and Purington Testimonies Against Miessner, 1938
File — Box: 48, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 7
Scope and Contents
The Loftin testimony occurred on March 29, 1938, and is located on pages 1-72. The Purington testimony occurred on February 19, 1938, and is located on pages 73-104.
Dates:
1938
John Hays Hammond, Jr. Controversy Negatives, circa 1963
File — Box: 48, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This sub-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 1963
John Hays Hammond, Jr. Feud, 1910 - 1965
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 7
Scope and Contents
This sub-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
Publications
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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
Subject Files
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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
Emil J. Simon Records, circa 1917-1920, 1943-1963
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 10
Scope and Contents
Emil J. Simon's records include the publications "Simon Radio" and "U.S. Navy 1/2 KW Aircraft Radio Transmitter," both of which include prefaces by Miessner; a mailing list including Simon's address; Emil J. Simon's obituary; and photographs from the Emil J. Simon 25th Anniversary Dinner.
Dates:
circa 1917-1920, 1943-1963
Railroad Signal Relays, 1913 - 1919
File — Box: 48, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1913 - 1919
Acoustics, 1918 - 1925
File — Box: 48, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1918 - 1925
Frequency Modulation, circa 1920-1948
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
circa 1920-1948