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- Charles F. Brush, Sr. Papers: Series 01: Correspondence
Charles F. Brush, Sr. Papers: Series 01: Correspondence
Show more54 typed and handwritten letters between the American Philosophical Society to Charles F., Sr., written in the years 1927, 1928 and 1929, informing Brush of meeting dates and locations, setting lunch appointments, discussion Society matters and especially regarding efforts to publish his works on gravitation through the Society. Includes several Society building and endowment fund bulletins and 1929 annual meeting program
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)
Box 4
Folder 1
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Show moreFive typed letters and telegrams, one pamphlet, regarding Brush and his relationship with the American Society of the French Legion of Honor, including telegram communications about Brush attending the funeral of Myron T. Herrick, as well as telegrams regarding the nomination of Brush for director of the society. Pamphlet about membership in the society
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)
Box 3
Folder 13
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Show more111 typed and handwritten letters between Charles F., Sr., and the US Bureau of Standards. In 1924 and 1925 Brush discusses his theory of gravitation, in 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929 Brush and the Bureau collaborate on research in minerals that spontaneously generate heat, a project Brush funds. Brush correlates his own findings to his theory of gravitation, and hopes the Bureau can support his findings with their own. Includes Bureau of Standards pamphlet from 1928
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)
Box 4
Folder 2
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Show more2 Typed letters, from Charles F., Sr., to W. Campbell and from Robert Aitken to Charles F., Sr., Brush asking Campbell about telescope sizes and astronomical photography, and Aitken thanking Brush for reprint of article concerning surface temperature of Mars.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)
Box 4
Folder 4
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Show more35 Typed letters regarding Henry Ford's attempt to acquire Brush Windmill for Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan, written in 1929, 1930, and 1931 largely between James Bishop, Nona Schirg, and W. Culver, including letters from Charles Sawyer and Roger Perkins regarding their eventual opposition to Ford acquiring Windmill. Also includes letters between R. S. McCrea and W. Culver regarding Brush dynamo in Muskegon, Michigan that Ford offered to buy. Some letters include newspaper clippings and one photograph. Includes February 1929 Electrical World article regarding Ford Museum plans.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)
Box 4
Folder 8
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Show more21 Typed letters mostly between Charles F., Sr., and Howard McClenahan, secretary of Franklin Institute, regarding Brush being awarded Franklin Medal by Institute, Brush speaking at semi-centennial celebration of first dynamo test on April 18, 1928, and Brush receiving medal and speaking at medal ceremony on May 16, 1928. Includes report on Franklin Institute activities written by McClenahan, and 2 typed letters between W. Culver and McClenahan regarding using wood from Brush's house for a room in new Institute building from August 1929.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)
Box 4
Folder 9
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Show more54 Typed letters between Charles F., Sr., various members of the General Electric Company, P. Wold, and students at Union College, written in 1926, 1927, 1928, and 1929, regarding attempts to repeat Brush's free-fall experiments on gravitation, ideas for new apparatuses and refinements on the experiments, and results of other experiments, ending only with Brush's death in June 1929. Several letters includes diagrams of the new apparatuses and charts of results.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)
Box 4
Folder 10
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Show more55 Typed and handwritten letters between Charles F., Sr., and General Electric Company employees, particularly W. Culver and J Hammond, regarding research into the history of General Electric and electrical lighting. Written in 1925, 1926, 1927, and 1928. Culver particularly asking Brush what to include regarding Brush's early work and Brush Electric Company. Includes correspondence concerning plans for 50th anniversary of first dynamo test, a letter from Popular Mechanics writer wishing to write on Brush's contributions to electricity, and letters regarding G. W. Stockley's work with Brush Electric Company. Also includes photograph of newspaper clipping from 1927 regarding Brush's visit to a G.E. plant. Includes letter from Elihu Thomson in 1929 regarding 50th anniversary of incandescent lamp.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)
Box 4
Folder 11
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Show more5 Typed and handwritten letters between Dayton C. Miller and Charles F., Sr., regarding attempting to disprove experiments that support Einstein’s theory of relativity in 1926, Miller's and Brush's experiments in the ether and gravitation in 1928, and Brush's 80th birthday in 1929.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)
Box 5
Folder 5
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Show more16 typed and handwritten letters between John Millis and Charles F., Sr., discussing Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Brush's gravitation experiments, Millis's thoughts on gravity and magnetism, astronomy, and one about the Brush Foundation. Final letter from Millis wishes Brush happy 80th birthday. Includes paper Millis wrote for Scientific American's Einstein contest in 1921, and a letter from Millis to Scientific American regarding the papers they published as a result of the contest. Letters from 1921, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)
Box 5
Folder 7
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Show more5 Typed letters between Charles F., Sr., and Smithsonian Institute secretaries, in 1927 regarding Brush attending Smithsonian Conference and in September 1929 regarding Brush interviewing a Smithsonian Institution representative about new activities, to which Nona Schirg responds that Brush died in June. Includes "The Museum News" from March 1927.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)
Box 5
Folder 15
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Show more12 Typed and handwritten letters between F. Wardlaw and Charles F., Sr., regarding Wardlaw's work creating a historical collection of early electrical inventions for the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, which they planned to display in a safe building, and requesting from Brush any relics or information he could contribute, as Wardlaw respected Brush's contributions very highly. Correspondence continued in 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, and 1929.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)
Box 5
Folder 19
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