Copies of the correspondence of Robert Hope-Jones, British-American organ builder, 1903-1914.

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Copies of the correspondence of Robert Hope-Jones, British-American organ builder, 1903-1914.

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Contains a lengthy series of letters written by Robert Hope-Jones between 1903 and 1914, although most of the correspondence is between 1910 and 1914.

0.5 linear ft. (1 box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7762461

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Robert Hope-Jones was born on February 9, 1859, in Hooton Grange, Eastham, England, and as a young adult worked as an electrician at several professions. Between 1881 and 1903, he was the proprietor and sometime partner in several English organ firms, including the Hope-Jones Electric Organ Co. and the Hope-Jones Organ Co. of Birkenhead, England. In 1903, he came to the United States where he worked for the Austin Organ Company and Ernest M. Skinner, and in 1907, founded his own company in Elmir...