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Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
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Show moreHandwritten letter from I. Prentiss to Charles F., Sr., congratulating Brush on 80th birthday.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 2
Folder 11
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Show moreTyped letter from John A. McManus to Charles F., Sr., congratulating Brush on his 80th birthday and telling of McManus’s long time working with Elihu Thomson
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 2
Folder 11
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Show moreTyped letter from Charles F., Sr., to his niece Adela, turning down her invitation to visit in the summer due to involving laboratory work that is consuming his attention and also needs temperatures achievable only in the summer. Also relates the various trips of other family members from the Brush estate.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 2
Folder 3
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Show moreTyped letter on onion-skin paper from Charles F., Sr., to his niece Adela, regarding the bill for her aunt’s gravestone, weather in Cleveland including a storm in which his chimney was struck by lightning, and other family affairs.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 2
Folder 3
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Show moreA typed letter from Charles F., Sr. to his sister Alice Barrett, about a potential visit to her in New Castle, family affairs at home, and plans for a trip to Mexico to see the eclipse in the late summer/early fall.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 2
Folder 3
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Show moreTyped letter on onion-skin paper to from Charles F. Sr. to Juliet Rublee regarding his opinions on an Italian inventor friend of Juliet’s and the inventor’s proposed electric car
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 2
Folder 2
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Show moreWestern Union telegram copy from Charles F., Sr. to Juliet Rublee inviting her and her friend Miss Maude Adams to dinner at his house on the Monday of Juliet’s Cleveland visit.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 2
Folder 2
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Show moreTyped letter on onion-skin paper from Charles F., Sr. to Juliet Rublee regarding Albert Einstein’s latest paper which Charles holds in very low regard. Also mentions family life in Cleveland
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 2
Folder 2
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Show moreTyped letter on onion-skin paper from Charles F., Sr. to Juliet Rublee regarding her friend Dr. Hartman, and papers she had asked for by Dr. Miller and Charles himself about the ether and gravitation.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 2
Folder 2
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Show moreTyped letter on onion skin paper from Charles F., Sr., to Juliet Rublee acknowledging her previous letter thanking him for dinner, and describing the deaths of Charles F. Brush Jr., and Charles F., Jr.’s daughter Jane, and the funerals which took place only 6 days apart.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 2
Folder 2
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Show moreTyped letter on onion-skin paper from Charles F., Sr. to Juliet Rublee regarding her friend Dr. Hartman as well as a speech regarding flaws in the Theory of Relativity
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 2
Folder 2
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Show moreHandwritten letter (front and back of one page) from Charles F. Brush, Sr. to Charles F. Brush, Jr., expressing concern for Charles Jr.’s level of fatigue, discussing Charles Sr.’s duck hunting that fall, and closing with an admonition to Charles Jr. to start back and shoulder exercises.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 1
Folder 1
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Show moreHandwritten letter (front and back of single page) from Charles Brush, Sr. to Charles F. Brush, Jr., about Charles Jr.’s grades and need to plan rest of curriculum; also, Charles Sr.’s plans for St. Patrick’s Day.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 1
Folder 1
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Show moreMost of the letters here were written between Charles F. Brush, Sr., and his family members, most notably his son, Charles F. Brush, Jr., and his son’s wife, Dorothy Brush (Walmsley). Unfortunately, not much correspondence exists before 1910. In the letters (dated between 1911 and 1929) between Brush, Sr., his son, and daughter-in-law, they discuss their lives in Cleveland and elsewhere, their travels, scientific experiments, school, and grandchildren. The correspondence also documents how Dorothy and Brush, Sr., coped with the death of Charles F. Brush, Jr., in 1927. The correspondence files also highlight Brush’s efforts to prove his theory of gravitation. This theory suggested that the behavior of gravity could be explained by the action of ether. Ether was thought to be a gas which many believed occupied space in which light traveled. Thus, Brush attempted to prove the existence of ether. After many years of conducting his own experiments in his Euclid Avenue home’s basement laboratory to prove the existence of ether, Brush contracted scientists at the U.S. Bureau of Standards and General Electric to further his work. As the correspondence showed, the experiments done at the U.S. Bureau of Standards and General Electric could not prove, to their satisfaction, the existence of ether.
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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 moreTyped record probably written by Charles F., Sr., listing revised price estimates from various companies regarding Lakeview Cemetery monument, specifically for carving in Barre Granite
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 2
Folder 10
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Show moreTyped record probably written by Charles F., Sr., listing various price estimates from a number of companies regarding the creation of a monument in Lakeview Cemetery
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 2
Folder 10
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Show moreHandwritten note, probably written by Charles F., Sr., totaling cost of Lakeview Cemetery monument, adding up to $32,929.79, probably from 1923 or 1924
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 2
Folder 10
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Show moreTyped letter from Munson Havens, secretary of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, to Charles F., Sr., informing him that he has been awarded the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce’s Medal for Public Service as well as a brief overview of the medal. Includes clipping of a photo of Mr. Brush receiving the medal.
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers
Series 1: Correspondence
Subseries 1: Family and Personal (1889-1929)
Box 2
Folder 6
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