Nikola Tesla letters

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{"value"=>"4641", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 4641", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1895-1915", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1895/1915"}

date_inclusive_start

1895

date_inclusive_end

1915

keydate

1895

unittitle

{"value"=>"Nikola Tesla letters"}

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer. The collection consists of brief letters, three to Stanford White (1901) touching on the construction of Tesla’s transmission tower and building (known as Wardenclyffe); three to Benjamin F. Miessner (1915) concerning Miessner’s forthcoming book on radio dynamics and Tesla’s own work developing remote-controlled and self-propelled devices; and two thank-you letters. Also present are four Library call slips signed by Tesla."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Nikola Tesla letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer. The collection consists of brief letters, three to Stanford White (1901) touching on the construction of Tesla’s transmission tower and building (known as Wardenclyffe); three to Benjamin F. Miessner (1915) concerning Miessner’s forthcoming book on radio dynamics and Tesla’s own work developing remote-controlled and self-propelled devices; and two thank-you letters. Also present are four Library call slips signed by Tesla.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Kenneth M. Swezey, 1959</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Susan P. Waide</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1895

date_end

1915

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