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Box 2

 Container

Contains 30 Results:

Unidentified Negative Envelope, May 29, 1937

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 36
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 14
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: May 29, 1937
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Upright Piano Action Model, circa 1946

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 37
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 21
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: circa 1946
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Miessner Electronic Piano and Laboratory, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 38
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 4, File 44
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and photographic negatives taken of Benjamin Miessner’s inventions and experiments. Subjects include but are not limited to Miessner's office and laboratory setup; Miessner’s electronic instruments, including musicians performing with them; metal detectors; and sound wave recordings.

Dates: undated
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Photographs and Negatives

Shure Brothers Slide Rule, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 40
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 1, Sub-Series 5, File 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains components from Miessner’s inventions and tools used by Miessner in his work. It includes but is not limited to Bernhardt piano hammers, a crystal accelerometer, and a Shure Brothers slide rule.

Dates: undated
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Benjamin F. Miessner papers / Experiments and Inventions / Artifacts

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections