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Description: Materials related to mineral flotation technology, including a copy of H.J. Stander's The Flotation Process; depositions from a court case; and copies of Edward Hoit Nutter's patents.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1912-1929
Call number: mssNutter
Creator: Nutter, Edward Hoit(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Susan Nutter and Edward Nutter, May 2022.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Edward Hoit Nutter papers

Manuscripts

Materials related to the life and career of Edward Hoit Nutter, including personal and business correspondence, legal documents, business records, tax documents, scientific reports, stock certificates, patent filings, biographical papers, and photographs. Business materials include correspondence and legal documents regarding patents and patent litigation, the reorganization of Minerals Separation Ltd., and Nutter's other business investments and engineering enterprises. There is correspondence with prominent mining industry figures including John Casper Branner, Ralph Arnold, Herbert C. Hoover and his brother, Theodore Hoover. Other predominant subjects include politics and economics in the United States; Nutter's involvement with Stanford University, both as a mining engineer and as a donor; and his research and personal interest in the Swedenborgian faith.

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Personal

Manuscripts

Personal and biographical information about Edward Hoit Nutter, including resumes and family biographies, his Stanford diploma, and some photographs. There is also a 1906 notebook with Nutter's handwritten notes, some correspondence with his son Sheldon Nutter, and correspondence and papers related to Emanuel Swedenborg and the Swedenborgian faith.

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Files

Manuscripts

Primarily Edward Hoit Nutter's business files, including papers and correspondence related to Minerals Separation company and claims against them, other business ventures, and dealings with Stanford University. Also includes some collected files about American politics, as well as Nutter's personal remembrances, stock certificates, and other correspondence.

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Early correspondence

Manuscripts

The contents of an accordion folder with both business and personal letters dated between 1909 and 1920, including correspondence from Theodore J. Hoover and other business contacts.

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American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers

Manuscripts

Award and invitation mounted on poster.

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Airform patents - Billner/Neff interference

Visual Materials

Legal correspondence and documents regarding a patent interference case: Karl F. Billner vs. Wallace Neff. Materials describe when Neff first thought of and discussed his balloon construction idea, and other details of his invention.

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