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Collection Summary

Scope and Content

Restrictions

Preferred Citation

Processing Information

Separated Material

Related Material

Subject Headings

Box and Folder List

Series I: Articles, Excerpts and Papers 

Subseries I: Print Copies  

Subseries 2: Copies on Microfiche 

Series II: Indexes 


Inventory of the Tesla Book Company Collection, 1886-1985

Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District

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Collection Summary

Title Tesla Book Company Collection
Dates (Inclusive) 1886-1985
Creator Tesla Book Company
Abstract Photocopies of newspaper articles, correspondence, and book excerpts written from 1886-1985 about Nikola Tesla and his experiments, as well as a comprehensive index to publications from around the world in which Tesla or his work was mentioned. The articles and index were compiled by the Tesla Book Company which publishes books and information about Tesla and related subjects.
Collection Number MSS 0111
Size 12 boxes (4.4 cubic feet)
Repository Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District, P.O. Box 1579, Colorado Springs, CO, 80901
Language(s) English

Scope and Content

This collection has been divided into three parts: print materials, microfiche and a substantial card index. The print material consists of photocopies of articles, book excerpts, and published papers about Nikola Tesla and his experiments. A portion of the microfiche duplicates the print articles. Other items on the microfiche include U.S. Patent Office records, correspondence, and relevant papers copied from the collections of several libraries around the country. Hundreds of Rolodex cards serve as an index to the printed matter and microfiche and include references to articles published in journals from around the world.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection.

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Preferred Citation

Tesla Book Company Collection, 1886-1985, Special Collections in the 1905 Carnegie Library, Pikes Peak Library District.

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Processing Information

This collection was arranged by Nancy Thaler. Materials were reboxed in 2002.

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Separated Material

There are no separated materials.

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Related Material

There are no related materials.

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Subject Headings

Tesla Book Company

Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943

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Box and Folder List

Series I: Articles, Excerpts and Papers 

Subseries I: Print Copies  

Description Container

Articles, 1886-1887

Box 1 Folder 1

Articles, 1888

Box 1 Folder 2

Articles, 1889

Box 1 Folder 3

Articles, 1890

Box 1 Folder 4

James Clerk Maxwell Scientific Papers, 1890

Box 1 Folder 5

Articles,1891

Box 1 Folder 6

Articles,1892

Box 1 Folder 7

Articles, January-June, 1893

Box 2 Folder 1

Articles, July-December, 1893

Box 2 Folder 2

Articles, 1894

Box 2 Folder 3

Articles, 1895

Box 2 Folder 4

Articles, 1896

Box 2 Folder 5

Articles - Colorado Springs, 1897-1967 and undated

Box 2 Folder 6

Articles, 1898

Box 3 Folder 1

Articles, 1899

Box 3 Folder 2

Articles, 1900

Box 3 Folder 3

Articles, 1901

Box 3 Folder 4

Articles, 1902

Box 3 Folder 5

Articles, 1904

Box 3 Folder 7

Articles, 1905

Box 3 Folder 8

Articles, 1906

Box 3 Folder 9

Articles, 1907

Box 3 Folder 10

Articles, 1908

Box 3 Folder 11

Articles, 1909

Box 3 Folder 12

Articles, 1910

Box 3 Folder 13

Articles, 1911

Box 3 Folder 14

Articles, 1912

Box 4 Folder 1

Articles, 1913

Box 4 Folder 2

Articles, 1914

Box 4 Folder 3

Articles, 1915

Box 4 Folder 4

Articles, 1916

Box 4 Folder 5

Articles, 1917

Box 4 Folder 6

Articles, 1918

Box 4 Folder 7

Excerpts from Books, 1917-1930

Box 4 Folder 8

Articles, 1919

Box 5 Folder 1

Articles, 1920

Box 5 Folder 2

Articles, 1921-1922

Box 5 Folder 2

Articles, 1923-1924

Box 5 Folder 4

Articles, 1925-1926

Box 5 Folder 5

William Burch Rankine Memorabilia, 1926

Box 5 Folder 6

Articles, 1927-1928

Box 5 Folder 7

Articles, 1929-1930

Box 5 Folder 8

Articles, 1931-1932

Box 5 Folder 9

Articles, 1933-1934

Box 5 Folder 10

Articles, 1935-1936

Box 5 Folder 11

Articles, 1937-1938

Box 5 Folder 12

Articles, 1939-1940

Box 6 Folder 1

Articles, 1941-1942

Box 6 Folder 2

Articles, 1943-1944

Box 6 Folder 3

Articles, 1945-1946

Box 6 Folder 4

Articles, 1947-1948

Box 6 Folder 5

Articles, 1949-1950

Box 6 Folder 6

Articles, 1951-1952

Box 6 Folder 7

Articles, 1953-1954

Box 6 Folder 8

Articles, 1955-1956

Box 6 Folder 9

Articles, 1957-1958

Box 6 Folder 10

Articles, 1959-1960

Box 6 Folder 11

Articles, 1961-1962

Box 6 Folder 12

Articles, 1963-1964

Box 6 Folder 13

Articles, 1965-1966

Box 7 Folder 1

Articles, 1967-1968

Box 7 Folder 2

Articles, 1969-1970

Box 7 Folder 3

Articles, 1971-1972

Box 7 Folder 4

Articles, 1973

Box 7 Folder 5

Articles, 1974

Box 7 Folder 6

Articles, 1975

Box 7 Folder 7

Articles, January-June, 1976

Box 7 Folder 8

Articles, July-December, 1976

Box 8 Folder 1

Proceedings – IEEE, 1976

Box 8 Folder 2

Articles, January-June, 1977

Box 8 Folder 3

Articles, July–December, 1977

Box 8 Folder 4

Articles, 1978

Box 8 Folder 5

Articles, 1979

Box 8 Folder 6

Articles, 1980

Box 8 Folder 7

Articles, 1981

Box 9 Folder 1

Toronto Symposium, 1981

Bos 9 Folder 2

Articles, 1982

Box 9 Folder 3

Articles, 1983

Box 9 Folder 4

Articles, 1984

Box 9 Folder 5

Articles, 1985

Box 9 Folder 6

Articles, undated

Box 9 Folder 7

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Subseries 2: Copies on Microfiche 

Description Container

M2 – M1296  

Box 10  

S-1-A – S-62-3-2  

Box 10  

ST1 – ST479A  

Box 10  

C1 – C215  

Box 11  

United States Patent Office  

Box 11  

Tesla – Scherff Correspondence  

Box 11  

Tesla – Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company Correspondence, 1888-1940

Box 11  

Tesla – Samuel Clemens Correspondence, 1894, 1898

Box 11  

Tesla – J. Pierpont Morgan Correspondence, ca 1900-1934

Box 11  

Tesla – Robert Underwood Johnson Correspondence, 1893-1936

Box 11  

Tesla – Robert Underwood Johnson Correspondence (from Columbia University Library), ca 1894-1937

Box 11  

Tesla – Robert Underwood Johnson Correspondence (copy of LIA file), ca 1894-1937

Box 11  

George Ellery Hale Papers [Correspondence] (at Mt. Wilson and Palomar Observatories Library)  

Box 11  

Smithsonian, Prodigal Genius  

Box 11  

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Series II: Indexes 

Description Container

Newspapers – A to New York Times (Rolodex 1)  

Box 12  

Newspapers – New York Times to XYZ; Newspapers – unidentified; Articles – Papers, Tesla's Own Words; Bibliography Errors; New References – Bibliography (Rolodex 2)  

Box 12  

New References – Bibliography, continued (Rolodex 2)  

Box 12  

Newspapers – Foreign; Periodicals – Foreign; Books – Foreign; Unpublished Articles; Tesla – Miscellaneous (Rolodex 3)  

Box 12  

Books and Related Works; Books – Unidentified; Correspondence (Rolodex 4)  

Box 12  

Periodicals – A to English Mechanic and World of Science (Rolodex 5)  

Box 12  

Periodicals – English Mechanic and World of Science to Z; Unidentified Periodicals; Miscellaneous Unidentified References; Columbia University – Card File; Photos – Photos to Obtain (Rolodex 6)  

Box 12  

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