Personal papers, 1860-1929.

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Personal papers, 1860-1929.

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This series contains genealogical and biographical information on Sperry and his family. Included is a diary of Stephen Decatur Sperry (Elmer's father), genealogical charts tracing the family's roots to England and the reign of Charles I, and letters from Elmer Sperry describing his early life in Cortland and experiences at Cornell University. The records also include correspondence of Zula Goodman Sperry (Elmer's wife) and her brother, Herbert Goodman, describing the role the Goodman family played in Elmer Sperry's various enterprises.

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Sperry, Zula G. (Zula Goodman), d. 1930.

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Cornell University

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Willett, Helen Sperry.

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Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

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Keller, Helen, 1880-1968

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Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968) devoted her life to bettering the education and treatment of the blind, the deaf, and the nonverbal, and was a pioneer in educating the public in the prevention of blindness in newborns. Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880. When Helen Keller was 19 months old she became ill with Scarlet Fever, which resulted in her becoming blind and deaf. In her autobiography The Story of My Life, a book she first wrote in 1903 at the age of 23, she desc...

Sperry, Elmer Ambrose, 1860-1930

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Elmer A. Sperry was born on October 12, 1860, in Cortland, N.Y. He attended the local elementary schools and then enrolled in Cornell University. At Cornell he developed an interest in electrical engineering and began working with a group of Syracuse industrialists in order to construct an arc lighting system. By 1882 Sperry was recognized as being one of America's electrical pioneers. He is primarily known as for his work with feedback devices and servomechanisms and as the founder in 1910 of t...

Sperry, Stephen D. (Stephen Decatur).

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Goodman Manufacturing Company

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Sperry, Henry A. (Henry Ambrose).

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Sperry, Lawrence B. (Lawrence Burst), 1892-1924

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Goodman, Herbert E. (Herbert Edward), 1862-1917

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