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RG 30/182 - Charles Martin Hall(1863-1914)
Inventory
An asterisk (*) indicates restricted records.

Series I. Biographical

Box 1
Memorial Tributes and Obituary Notices, 1914-15 (3 f)
Last Will and Testament/Estate Material, 1915-82 (2 f)
Physical Description furnished by Julia B. Hall, n.d.
Biographical Reminiscences, 1930-62 (3 f)
Oberlin College Class Letters (copies), 1886-1914
Oberlin Grade Report (copy), 1885
Perkins Medal Acceptance Speech (copy), 1911
"The Cavalcade of America: The Metals of the Moon," 1951
National Inventor's Hall of Fame, 1976 (2 f)
    (Certificate is in oversize box SG VI, Box 2)
Articles and Newspaper Clippings, 1889-1981 (2 f)
Miscellaneous Material (2 f)

Series II. Correspondence

Subseries I. Original Correspondence
Box 1
Family Correspondence, 1882-1909 (13 f)
Charles M. Hall to A.E. Hunt, 1895-1899
Other Individuals, 1888-1889
Subseries II. Other Writings
Box 1 (cont'd)
Descriptions of Inventions, 1884
"Advantages of Hall Process," ca. 1888
Laboratory Notations, 1890
Memo to Moritz (copy), 1913
Subseries III. Transcriptions
Box 2
Transcriptions, by Junius D. Edwards, 1936 (2 f)

Series III. Patents

Subseries I. United States Patents
Box 1 List of U.S. Patents Granted to C.M. Hall
400,664 The Process of Reducing Aluminum From Its Fluoride Salts By Electrolysis, 1889
400,664 Specification Changes, 1887
400,665 The Manufacture of Aluminum, 1889
400,666 Process of Electrolyzing Crude Salts of Aluminum, 1889
400,667 Process of Electrolyzing Fused Salts of Aluminum, 1889
400,766 Process of Reducing Aluminum By Electrolysis, 1889 [copy of original]
570,014 Metallic Alloy Or Compound And Process Of Producing Same, 1896
575,110 Manufacture Of Steel, 1897
663,167 Method Of Making Alumina, 1900
677,207 Process of Purifying Bauxite, 1901
677,208 Processes of Purifying Bauxite, 1901
677,209 Purified Crystal Alumina, 1901
678,732 Processes of Purifying Bauxite, 1901
701,718 Paint Pigment, 1902 [no original]
705,076 Manufacture of Carbon Electrodes, 1902
706,553 Process of Manufacturing Alumina, 1902
733,389 Process of Removing Silica From Coke, 1903
763,665 Explosive Compound, 1904
763,666 Explosive Compound, 1904
796,325 Stopper For Electrolytic Pots Containing Fused Baths, 1905
921,609 Processes of Making Alumina, 1909
1,282,222 Method of Treating Aluminous Materials of High Silica Content, 1918
"The Process of and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Aluminum" 1888
Patent Agreements and Transfers, c.18 88
Letters of Rejection, 1894
Subseries II. Foreign Patents
Box 2
List of Foreign Patents Granted to C.M. Hall
Austria, 1901-03
Canada, 1889-1902
Denmark, 1898
France and Belgium, 1900-02 (6 f)
Germany, 1902-03 (2 folders)
Great Britain, 1889-1902 (2 f)
Italy, 1889-91
Russia, 1889-91
Sweden, 1889-91
Switzerland, 1889
Miscellaneous Translations

Series IV. Litigation: Heroult Interference Case

Box 1
Testimony of Charles M. Hall (typescript), 1887
Testimony of Charles M. Hall (printed,) 1887
Deposition of Julia B. Hall, 1887
"Copie du Brevet Heroult," 1886
Record of Proceedings, 1888
Contents of 400,766 Patent File, 1889
Patent Appeal Docket, Court of Appeals, 1893
General Reference File, n.d.

Series V. Litigation: Cowles Electric Smelting and Aluminum Co.

Subseries I. Correspondence
Box 1
Correspondence, 1890-1909 (9 f)
Subseries II. Evidence and Exhibits
Box 2
Agreements, 1887-1893 (6 f)
Affidavits, 1889-1894 (5 f)
Detectives Report (On Cowles Operations), 1891
Record of Complainant's Experiments, 1891
Record of Defendant's Experiments, 1891
Cowles Advertisements, 1891
Cowles Patents, 1885-1887
Bradley Patents, 1886-1892 (5 f)
Bradley Patents, (Bound Volume), ca.1894
(Langley Patents, Misc. Advertisements, 1893-1895 are located in Sub-group VI, box 2 oversize)
Subseries III. Miscellaneous Records
Box 3
Abstracts from Cowles Co. Invoice Books, 1891-92
Power of Attorney Documents for W.S. Sample, 1892
Notes Taken at Trial by A.E. Hunt, 1892
List of References Looked Up by G.H. Clapp, 1897
Bound Miscellaneous Documents, ca. 1891-1892 (2 v)
Box 4
Miscellaneous Documents, ca. 1891-1893
Miscellaneous Stenographic Reports, ca. 1891-1893 (4 f)
Empty Jackets and Envelopes, n.d.
Subseries IV. Printed Court Record
Box 5
Preliminary Injunction proceedings, 1891
Complainant's Record (Aluminum Case Vol. I), 1891-1892
Complainant's Record (Aluminum Case Vol. II), 1892
Defendant's Record (C.M. Hall Personal Annotated Copy), 1891-1892
Box 6
Defendant's Record, 1891-1892
Brief of Complainant, 1892
Complainant's Testimony Proceedings Before the Master, 1893
Complainant's Record, 1893
Box 7
Opinion of the Court, by Judge W. H. Taft, 1893
Decree Upholding Infringement, 1893
"Brief for Complainant sur Defendant's Motion to stay Injunction and Fix Supersedeas Bond, Pending Appeal," ca. 1893
Opinion on Motion to Reopen Case, 1894
Motion for Rehearing, 1894
Complainant's Exhibits, ca. 1895
Special Master's Report, 1900
Defendant's Exhibit, "File Wrapper and Contents of Hall's Patent in Suit," c. 1893
Box 8
Duplicate Copies of Preliminary Injunctions and Defendant's Record
Box 9
Duplicate Copies of Complainant's Record, Volume I
Box 10
Duplicate Copies of Complainant's Record, Volume II
Box 11
Duplicate Copies of Complainant's Brief
Box 12
Duplicate Copies of Taft's Opinion, and Miscellaneous Fragments
[Boxes 8-12 contain duplicate printed works which are located at the end of the collection.]

Series VI. Laboratory Notebooks

Box 1
"Record of Analysis [New] Kensington Works," 1888-97
Box 2 (oversize)
"Upper and Lower Niagara Works," 1897 [oversize]
Box 3
New Kensington Works, 1897-98
"Pittsburgh Reduction Company, Kensington Works Laboratory," 1899
"The Pittsburgh Reduction Company, Kensington Works
Testing Laboratory," 1900-01
Laboratory Record, [no location], 1900-04
Box 4
Laboratory Record, 1904-05
Cement Tests, 1904-05
Formulae and Conversions, c. 1905
Laboratory Record, 1906-10
Laboratory Notebook, 1910-12

Series VII. Photographs

Box 1
Charles Martin Hall (19 images)
Hall Family (21 images)
Hall Home in Oberlin, Ohio (10 images)
Guiseppe Morretti Statue (16 images)
Miscellaneous (18 images)

Series VIII. Published Works and Memorabilia

Box 1
Chemischen Technologie, by Dr. Ferdinand Fischer, 1890
Elektro-Metallurgie, by Dr. W. Borchers, 1891
The Golden Censer, by John McGovern, 1894
Replies to Tariff Inquiries, 1894
Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin (Oriental Rugs), 1978-1979
Oriental Rug Insurance Policy, 1913
Miscellaneous Memorabilia

Series IX. Miscellaneous documents collected by the OCA related to Charles Martin Hall

Letters and other items: From Prof. Norman Craig
Copies at Case Western Reserve (2f)
Legal Papers from Lorain County Court of Common Pleas
Legal Papers from Surrogates' Court, Lockport, N.Y.
Legal Papers from O.C. Archives sources
Information re: Harvard-yenching & other benificiaries
Information re: Papers at Alcoa
Letters to Classmates, 1886-1914
Items copied from Alcoa folders brought here: not on micorfilm (2f)
Patend Office Interference, 1887 2. Agreements
[Alcoa sent copy to Norman Craig - he sent it to Archives, see also microfilm re: patents]
Louie Alice Hall: Will
**Resticted box at end of collection containing original letters**

 
 
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