Manuscripts

Dennis Gabor letters

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Description: Letter to Professor E. N. da C. Andrade (1961, July 28, HM 69389) and letter to Robert F. Allen, Jr. (1974, June 3, HM 69390). Both letters are on letterhead of Imperial College of Science and Technology.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1961-1974.
Call number: mssHM 69389-69390
Creator: Gabor, Dennis (1900-1979)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.
Associated organization: Burndy Library,

Ernest Shackleton, South Georgia, letter to Miss Brookes

Manuscripts

Letter signed. Thanking her for interest and assistance for expedition. In hand of and postscript by Thomas Orde-Lees; on Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition letterhead. (1 page)

mssShapiro

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Orville Wright letters

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First letter: signed letter by Orville Wright to Italian-born US aviation enthusiast and magazine publisher Henry Woodhouse (1915, July 22 - on The Wright Company letterhead, Dayton) regarding visiting Woodhouse in New York that next week. HM 79892

mssHM 79892-79893

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Albion C. Sweetser letters to Alvah Littlefield and A. Blood

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In these three letters, dated 1850, June 16 (HM 4167), June 28 (HM 4168), and July 12 (HM 4169), Albion Sweetser writes of various business dealings with Mr. Littlefield and Mr. Blood, particularly of the delivery of packages and bills. In HM 4167, Sweetser mentions a "great fire" at San Francisco that caused millions of dollars in property damage. HM 4168 finds Sweetser engaged in the construction of a three-story church building of his own design, located in Sacramento. Sweetser reports in HM 4169 that he has opened the firm of Sweetser & Pratt, architect and builder, though proper building material is scarce.

mssHM 4167-4169

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Charles P. Steinmetz letters

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Letter by Steinmetz to J. S. Van Bylevelt regarding graduate engineering education in Germany and the United States (1909, October 26). With envelope. Written on General Electric Company letterhead. HM 79881.

mssHM 79881-79883

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Dennis Searles letter to Carrie Searles

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The letter, which was written by Dennis Searles in San Francisco and addressed to his sister Carrie, discusses the Searles' mines and a mill that they are building. Dennis mentions that John "left for the mines about three weeks ago," and was doing well. Dennis also talks about their frustration in business and their recent purchases of new mining equipment. Dennis signed the letter "John and Dennis Searles."

mssHM 66766

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George Bush, Washington, D.C., letter to L. Dennis Shapiro

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Typescript letter signed. Regarding Justice Department's antitrust litigation against Massachusetts Institute of Technology, student financial aid. (1 page and envelope)

mssShapiro

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