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Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers: Series 09: Brush Companies
Show moreReprints of advertisements and testimonials regarding equipment and services of the Brush Electric Company including a testimonial for the Nevada Mill and Mining Company in Virginia City, Nevada, originally printed in Electrical Power, June 1889, as well as other single page advertisements with price lists and illustrations for Brush arc light, electric battery, and electric dynamo products
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 2: The Brush Electric Company (1880s-1898)
Box 30
Folder 1
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Show moreArchival copy of typed and illustrated instructional manual for installing and operating the Apparatus for Arc Lighting Brush System, published by General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, July 25, 1898
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 2: The Brush Electric Company (1880s-1898)
Box 29
Folder 19
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Show moreTyped audit report of the Brush Laboratories Company, by Nau, Taylor, and Swearingen, certified Public Accountants, dated December 31, 1927. Includes balance sheets, cost of research and development, distribution of development costs, surplus account, and schedule for equipment and apparatus
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 1: The Brush Laboratories Company (1921-1933)
Box 29
Folder 8
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Charles F. Brush, Sr
Show moreTyped publication, no date, describing the Specifications of the Brush Dynamo Electric Machines made by the Brush Electric Company
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 2: Brush Electric Company (1878-1890)
Box 29
Folder 20
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Show moreThermal print copy of typed publication with illustrations, probably dated circa 1880, entitled, The Brush Electric Light and Electroplating Apparatus, printed by the Brush Electric Company. Includes description of and pricing for electric lighting system, as well as testimonials dated 1879 and 1880
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 2: Brush Electric Company (1878-1890)
Box 29
Folder 21
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Show moreCatalog with text and illustrations, printed in 1892, which describes different installations of the Brush Incandescence System of lighting. Includes a general description of the electric generator and incandescent lamp system. Lists example installations for the New York Life Insurance Company buildings in Kansas City, Missouri, Omaha, Nebraska, Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, Montreal, Canada, and New York City. Also describes installations in Japan, including the Grand Hotel in Yokohama, and the Hotel Fuji in Miyanoshita, as well as the U.S.S. Cruiser Boston
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 2: The Brush Electric Company (1880s-1898)
Box 30
Folder 2
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Show moreTyped and illustrated publication, probably dated circa 1887, entitled Electric Lighting, The Brush Electric Company, Cleveland, Ohio, Brush Incandescent System. Includes general introduction to the advantages of using electric light, as well as the specific advantages to using the Brush Incandescent Machine with the Swan Incandescent Lamp. Also includes testimonials given by customers from the years 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, and gives partial lists of installations
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 2: Brush Electric Company (1878-1890)
Box 29
Folder 22
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Show moreOne publication, three typescripts describing the Brush arc light system. Article, no date, entitled, The Brush System of Electric Lighting, from unknown publication, describes the history of and advantages of using the Brush Arc Light system. Typescript by unknown author, dated 1927, with handwritten note of unknown date attached, describes the development of the arc light. Typescript by unknown author, dated 1928, identical to former typescript. Anecdotal typescript by Earl Hamer, dated 1929, describing the electric lighting test Brush conducted in Wabash, Indiana on March 31, 1880
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 2: Brush Electric Company (1878-1890)
Box 29
Folder 23
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Show morePublication entitled, Brush Electric Motors, by the Brush Electric Company, probably published circa 1887, describing the uses of the Brush System of Electric Power Distribution, particularly using Brush electric dynamos and batteries. Also includes testimonials from customers, dated 1887, and list of specifications for Brush electric motors
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 2: Brush Electric Company (1878-1890)
Box 29
Folder 24
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Show moreTyped building lease, made on November 4, 1921, in which Charles F. Brush, Sr. leases to the Brush Laboratories Company the Laboratory Building at 3701 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, for a term of three years
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 1: The Brush Laboratories Company (1921-1933)
Box 29
Folder 9
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Show moreTyped and handwritten purchase orders and invoices for February 1922, for products purchased by the Brush Laboratories Company from The Chemical Rubber Company. Supplies include glassware, Pyrex stoppers, acetone, filter paper, tubing, and other materials used in experiments at Brush Laboratories
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 8: Other Papers (1842-1960)
Subseries 1: The Brush Laboratories Company (1921-1933)
Box 29
Folder 10
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Show moreTwo typed confidentiality agreements, signed October 24, 1932. One agreement signed by C. J. Tobin of the General Motors Corporation, the other agreement signed by E. A. Canning of the Delco Remy Corporation
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 1: The Brush Laboratories Company (1921-1933)
Box 29
Folder 11
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Show moreTyped contracts of employment and other contracts and correspondence related to employees of the Brush Laboratories Company. Contracts outline duties, pay, stock options, and tenure for the employees, as well as a confidentiality clause outlining inventions or discoveries made or developed by the employee. Contracts for Theodore C. Brown, Melvin R. Jenney, Charles Baldwin Sawyer, I. N. Zavarine, Nelson P. Tapp, Bengt Kjellgren, Robert T. Cleveland, John J. Talaj, Raymond T. Sawyer, Jr., J. Kent Thompson, Frank O Dea, William J. Cain, Clover Tryon, Douglas Mackey, F. A. Truesdell, L. Wayne Anderson, Leonard H. Schaefer, Mary F. Gillette, and Roy Krivanek covering years 1921, 1925, 1931, 1932, 1933. Resignation for Jenney, dated 1922. Mutual Release form signed by Browne, May 1, 1925. Correspondence includes typed letter from W. R. Kiefer, attorney at law, to J. Baldwin Sawyer, dated April 30, 1925. Typed letter from Lloyd L. Evans to Brush Laboratories, dated March 26, 1926.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 1: The Brush Laboratories Company (1921-1933)
Box 29
Folder 12
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Show moreTyped letter from J. C. Foster to Charles B. Sawyer, dated December 28, 1945, regarding enclosed blueprints, dated 1883 and 1893, from Brush Electric Company machines. Blueprints are for parts of machines built by the Brush Electric Company, including incandescent machine, alternators, and arc with foundation
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 2: The Brush Electric Company (1880s-1898)
Box 29
Folder 25
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Show moreNotarized letter with illustrations by P. L. Patterson, signed by Patterson and Chester B. Leott, notary public, May 17, 1933. Describes the Hoopes Aluminum Refining Process, created by William Hoopes and Francis C. Frary, in which an alloy with aluminum is electrolyzed using the Hoopes Cell in order to separate the aluminum from the other metals, and how Patterson plans to apply this method to beryllium refining
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 1: The Brush Laboratories Company (1921-1933)
Box 29
Folder 13
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Show moreOne typed contract and one typed license agreement regarding the Brush Laboratories Company. Contract between Brush Laboratories and the Acme Apparatus Company, dated January 2, 1923, stating that Brush Laboratories will be the exclusive agent for the sale of Acme Apparatus products in certain states. License Agreement between Brush Laboratories and the Iceless Cooler Company, dated June 21, 1924, discussing patent rights and development
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 1: The Brush Laboratories Company (1921-1933)
Box 29
Folder 14
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Show moreTwo typed documents and one typed letter related to patent issues with the Brush Laboratories Company. First document is a Transfer of Interest in Patent between the Brush Laboratories, the Hayes-Fay Laboratories, Kenneth D. Bryson, and Theodore Browne, dated April 19, 1923, in which ownership of a patent by the first three is transferred to Browne. Letter from Evans and McCoy, Patent Lawyers, to the Brush Laboratories, dated June 28, 1930, and an enclosed Assignment of Patent from Charles B. Sawyer, dated August 24, 1927, stating that Sawyer hands over patent rights for a Thermostat Cartridge to the Brush Laboratories Company
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 1: The Brush Laboratories Company (1921-1933)
Box 29
Folder 15
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Show moreTyped correspondence, typed and signed forms, handwritten notes and illustrations relating to Brush Laboratories Company and Piezo electrical crystals. Typed letter from Edward R. Alexander to Charles F., Jr., dated December 14, 1926, regarding patents for Brush Laboratory Piezo electrical crystals and related technology. Typed response from Charles F., Jr. to Alexander, dated December 16, 1926. Nineteen separate typed and signed forms, dated 1930, 1931, 1932, or 1933, stating that the signer has been shown, in confidence, the experimental works being carried out at Brush Laboratories on Piezo Electric Crystals or machines using these crystals. Handwritten notes and illustrations regarding Piezo electric technology, no date, unknown author
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 1: The Brush Laboratories Company (1921-1933)
Box 29
Folder 16
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Show moreTyped agreements and correspondence related to stock and the Brush Laboratories Company. Typed and signed agreement between the Brush Laboratories Company and Charles F. Brush, Jr., dated July 15, 1923, regarding sale of Brush Laboratories Company Stock to Charles F., Jr. Typed letter from Edward R. Alexander to Charles B. Sawyer, dated May 2, 1925. Typed and signed Depository Agreement, dated April 1925, between The Sears Manufacturing Company, Alexander, Charles F., Jr., and Walter L. Flory, regarding placement of company stock, and designation of trustees. Typed and signed Proposal of Gift of Common Stock, no date, in which Charles F., Jr. gifts stock of the Brush Laboratories Company to the same company
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 1: The Brush Laboratories Company (1921-1933)
Box 29
Folder 17
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Show moreTyped legal materials and correspondence between Charles F. Brush, Jr. and the United Machine and Manufacturing Company and The Worchester Bank and Trust Company from the years 1923 and 1924, regarding the financial interest Brush has in the former company. Including Notices of Special Meeting of the Stockholders, proxy agreement between stockholders of the company and company representatives, subscription for stock, and reports from United Machine and Manufacturing to its investors. Also includes legal document and correspondence between The Worchester Bank and Trust Company and Charles F., Jr. regarding stock certificates of the United Machine and Manufacturing Company, dated 1924
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 9: Brush Companies (1880s-1933)
Subseries 1: The Brush Laboratories Company (1921-1933)
Box 29
Folder 18
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