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Nikola Tesla
Correspondence Microfilm Prints |
Prints fromThe Library of Congress Manuscript Division MicrofilmsofNikola Tesla CorrespondenceThe largest group in this series contains 914 images of communications between Nikola Tesla and George Scherff dated January 4, 1899 to December 9, 1939. As Tesla's secretary, Mr. Scherff was responsible for daily operations at the New York laboratory while the historic experiments into the nature of wireless propagation were being conducted in Colorado Springs and they continued their association for a number of years afterwards. Other correspondents represented in the collection include J.P. Morgan (Sr. & Jr.), George Westinghouse, Jr., Robert Underwood Johnson, as well as three letters penned by Samuel Clemens. The microfilm negatives used to create these prints were
made in the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade (former Yugoslavia), and they were
given to the Library of Congress, year 1961, based upon an order made by the
Library on January 12, 1959. While the negative images vary in density an effort
was made to compensate for any such deviations during printing. Nevertheless, some of the images are faint or dark.
In addition,
changes in orientation and relative size sometimes occur. Nevertheless, the 2,316 images contained in this collection will
provide hours of fascinating reading and provide new insights into
the public and private life of this remarkable individual. |
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R.U. Johnson |
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