Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt papers, 1769-1950 bulk 1879-1950.

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Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt papers, 1769-1950 bulk 1879-1950.

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This collection offers many examples of Greenewalt's creative processes. Greenewalt herself arranged a good portion of correspondence which details the development and manufacture of her color console and the legal battles surrounding her patents. A photo album also documents Greenewalt's creation of her light color console. In addition, Greenewalt left an autobiography (in draft form), a family history, copies of patents, correspondence specific to patent filings, miscellaneous personal correspondence, blue prints and drawings, copies of concert programs, news clippings, lecture and radio broadcasts manuscripts, scrapbooks, two small volumes in Arabic, and numerous brochures and pamphlets pertaining to electrical lamps and theatre lighting. Artifacts include Greenewalt's recording of Chopin made in 1920, a gold medal awarded in 1926, copper printing plates, and experimental, painted materials.

39 boxes, 23 flat files, 28 v. (18 linear feet)

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Greenewalt, Mary Elizabeth Hallock, 1871-1950

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Musician, inventor, and author. From the description of Papers of Mary Elizabeth Hallock Greenewalt, 1918-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83609205 Born in Beirut, September 8, 1871 to Sara (Tabet) Hallock, descendant of an aristocratic Syrian family, and Samuel Hallock, a U.S. consul, she was educated in Beirut and Philadelphia. Hallock graduated from Philadelphia's Musical Academy in 1893, and in 1897 studied piano in Vienna with Theodore Leschetizky. In 1898 in Johnst...