903 Graphophone C. S. Tainter

CONTENTS OF SMALL CHEST RECEIVED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FROM
MRS. LAURA F. TAINTER, 1947

Books (10) containing the home notes, volumes 1 to 8 and 11 and 12,
inclusive, March 1881-November 1883. (Vols, 9, 10, and 13 were burned
in a laboratory fire, September 1897.)

Binder containing drawings and notes for multiple record duplicator,
October 8, 1897-1908, and miscellaneous inquiries, log, telegraph
recorder, diet, home plans.

Binder containing printed specifications of patents, S. Tainter, A. G.
Bell, and C. A. Bell, June 29, 1880 to June 16, 1903.

Medal, Exposition Internationale d'Electricite, Paris, 1881, marked
"Tainter."

Medal, Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, 1915, Medal of Award.

Seven purple lapel rosettes (?), one with ribbon and palms, in boxes
marked "1890." Notes in newspaper clipping.

Records of testimony of C. S. Tainter in various suits involving the
phonograph: Volta Graphophone Co. _vs._ Columbia Phonograph Co.,
no. 14533, Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, dated January 13,
1894; American Graphophone Co. _vs._ U. S. Phonograph Co., U. S.
Circuit Court, New Jersey, dated May 14, 1895; American Graphophone Co.
_vs._ Edw. H. Amet, U. S. Circuit Court, Northern District, Illinois,
in equity, dated February 14, 1896; American Graphophone Co. _vs._
U. S. Phonograph Co., _et al._, U. S. Circuit Court, New Jersey, in
equity, no date; American Graphophone Co. _vs._ Leeds _et al._, U. S.
Circuit Court, Two District, New York, N. Y., no date; testimony marked
"Questions asked in Edison Co. suits" (duplicate copies) no date, no
citation.

CONTENTS OF SMALL CHEST RECEIVED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FROM
MRS. LAURA F. TAINTER, 1950

Typed manuscript--"Memoirs of Charles Sumner Tainter" (plus many
photostats of notes and articles) 4-1/2 inches thick, pp. 1-71 to
about 1878, pp. 1 to 104 to factory at Bridgeport, some pages missing.

Box--containing handwritten notes for "memoirs" includes copies of text
of above (less photostats); copies of short biography; agreement
creating American Graphophone Co.; letter of election to life
membership in the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Binder--exhibits of Tainter drawings in American Graphophone Co. _vs._
Edison Phonograph Works., vol. 1, U. S. Circuit Court, Ne