Patent 



Number iear Patent Imenliirs 



510656 1893 Reproducer for C. S. 'lainicr 



graphophones 

 670442 1 90 1 Graphophone record C. S. Tainter 



duplicating machine 

 730986 1903 Graphophone C. S. Tainter 



CONTENTS OF SMALL CHEST RECEIVED 

 FROM MRS. LAURA 



Books (10) containing the home notes, volumes i to 8 and 



II and 12, inclusive, March 1881-November 1883. 



(V'ols. 9, 10, and 13 were burned in a laboratory fire, 



September 1897.) 

 Binder containing drawings and notes fur multiple record 



duplicator, October 8, 1897- 1908, and miscellaneous 



inquiries, fog. telegraph recorder, diet, home plans. 

 Binder containing printed specifications of patents. S. 



Tainter, A. G. Bell, and C. .-\. Bell, June a(), 1880 to 



June 16, 1903. 

 Medal, Exposition Internationale d'Elertririie. Paris. 1881, 



marked ""Tainter." 

 Medal, Panama-Pacific Exposition, .San Francisco, 191 5, 



Medal of .-^ward. 

 Seven purple lapel rosettes (?), one with ribbon and palms, in 



boxes marked ""1890." Notes in newspaper clipping. 



BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



F. TAINTER, 1947 



Records of testimony of C. S. Tainier in various suits 

 involving the phonograph: Volta Graphophone Co. vs. 

 Columbia Phonograph Co., no. 14533, Supreme Court 

 of the District of Columbia, dated January 13. 1894; 

 .American Graphophone Co. vs. U. S. Phonograph Co., 

 U. .S. Circuit Court, New Jersey, dated May 14, 1895; 

 American Graphophone Co. vs. Edw. H. Amet, U. .S. 

 Circuit Court, Northern District, Illinois, in equity, 

 dated February 14, 1896; American Graphophone C^o. 

 vs. U. S. Phonograph Co., et al., U. S. Circuit Court, 

 New Jersey, in equity, no date; .American Graphophone 

 Co. vs. Leeds et al., U. .S. Circuit Court, Two District, 

 New York, N. Y.. no date; testimony marked "Ques- 

 tions asked in Edison Co. suits"' (duplicate copies), 

 no dale, no citation. 



CONTENTS OF LARGE CHEST RECEIVED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 

 FROM MRS. LAURA F. TAINTER, 1950 



Typed maiuiscript — '"Memoirs of Charles .Sumner Fainter'' 

 (plus many photostats of notes and articles) 4U inches 

 thick, pp. I -7 1 to about 1878, pp. i to 104 to factory 

 at Bridgeport, some pages missing. 



Box — containing handwritten notes for "memoirs" includes 

 copies of text of above (less photostats) ; copies of short 

 biography; agreement creating American Graphophone 

 Co.; letter of election to life membership in the 

 American .•\ssociation for the .Advancement of Science. 



Binder — exhibits of Tainter drawings in American Grapho- 

 phone Co. vs. Edison Phonograph Works., vol. i, U. S. 

 Circuit Court, New Jerse\'. 



Folder— clippings and photostats relating to the machines 



deposited in Smithsonian. 

 Certificate of appointment "Officer de F Instruction 



publique.'" France, October 31, 1889, for exhibition 



of (;ra[)hoplione. Exposition Universelle, 1889. 

 Framed photo of Berliner & Tainter, 1919. 

 Photo of Fainter, 1919. 

 Separate package containing gold medal, certificate, 



Panatna-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, 1915; 



gold medal, certificate. Exposition Internationale 



Electricite. Paris, 1881. 



PAPER 5: PHONOGRAPH Al ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL'S VOLTA LABORATORY 



