Folder 9
Container
Contains 3 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, 1871 - 1970
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:
1871 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1965
Business Correspondence, 1871 - 1967
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
The Business Correspondence sub-series contains letters and reports detailing the business dealings and work of Benjamin Miessner and his employees. Individuals and organizations present in the sub-series include but is not limited to Emil J. Simon, Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, Edward H. Loftin, Charles T. Jacobs, Baldwin Piano Company, Radio Corporation of American, The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, and Miessner’s employees Victor Mumma and Fred Merrill.The subjects of the...
Dates:
1871 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1965
Bernhardt Electronic Piano Correspondence, 1955 - 1958
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
This file contains correspondence and a patent license agreement between Miessner and Bernhardt's Furniture Limited on the Bernhardt Electronic Piano, drawings of the Bernhardt Electronic Piano, and a page from a Bernhardt sales ledger.
Dates:
1955 - 1958