Folder 8
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Correspondence, 1871 - 1970, bulk: 1918 - 1965
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, bulk: 1918 - 1965
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
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1926-1933, 1941, 1948-1963
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 2, Sub-Series 2, File 17
Scope and Contents
Contains miscellaneous work-related correspondence. Also included are blueprints for a radio circuit and, which were originally included folded with correspondence in the "Miscellaneous Business Correspondence" folder.
Dates:
1926-1933, 1941, 1948-1963
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