Martin Wanner letters patent
Collection — Folder: S2324
Identifier: S2324
Dates
- 1894/08/10
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Martin Wanner was an inventor and engineer. He was born in September 1847 in Schleitheim, Switzerland and immigrated to the United States in 1867. He worked as a miner in Colorado and was living in Yorktown, Delaware County, Indiana in March, 1893 when he filed his first patent for his improvements of refrigerating liquids. By 1900, Wanner was living in Brooklyn, New York and for the next two decades he regularly traveled outside the United States for his work with an oil company. He died on August 23, 1925.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. "Martin Wanner." 1880 United States Federal Census. Accessed November 5, 2018. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Martin Wanner." U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925. Accessed November 5, 2018. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Martin Wanner." U.S. patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909. Accessed November 5, 2018. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Michael Wanner." 1900 United States Federal Census. Accessed November 5, 2018. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
FindaGrave.com. "Martin Wanner." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed November 5, 2018. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14340591/carlisle-berry-black.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. "Martin Wanner." 1880 United States Federal Census. Accessed November 5, 2018. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Martin Wanner." U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925. Accessed November 5, 2018. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Martin Wanner." U.S. patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909. Accessed November 5, 2018. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Michael Wanner." 1900 United States Federal Census. Accessed November 5, 2018. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
FindaGrave.com. "Martin Wanner." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed November 5, 2018. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14340591/carlisle-berry-black.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection contains one document.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a purchase from Forest Sweet on 1941/11/21.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2018/11/05 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created 2018/11/05 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid revised 2024/03/27 by Brittany Kropf.
- Title
- Martin Wanner letters patent
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
