- Browse Repository
- Case Western Reserve University Special Collections
- Kelvin Smith Library
- Charles F. Brush, Sr. Papers
- Brush arc-light system (x)
- Charles F. Brush, Sr. Papers: Series 01: Correspondence
Charles F. Brush, Sr. Papers: Series 01: Correspondence
Show more5 Typed letters between Edward Pfeiffer and Charles F., Sr., discussing a book Pfeiffer was writing about major American inventions. Pfeiffer sought Brush's accounts of inventions of arc-light, Brush dynamo, and Brush storage battery. Brush referred Pfeiffer to some articles but gives his own account of the storage battery, to which Brush's name had become detached.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)
Box 5
Folder 10
Show less
Show more2 typed letters between Paul Paddock of Popular Mechanics and Charles F., Sr., discussing the birth of electric lighting through Brush's arc light and the actual date of that event.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)
Box 5
Folder 11
Show less
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
Show less
Show more2 Typed letters from A. Dudley to Charles F., Sr., requesting a photograph, information, or description of an 1880 exhibit of the Brush dynamo in Cincinnati which inspired B. G. Lamme about whom Dudley was preparing a biography.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 3: Business and Professional (1876-1931)
Box 5
Folder 20
Show less