Kleinschmidt Teletype Records
name: label: Creator
content: Morton, Sterling, 1885-1961
label: Creator
content: Goodspeed, Charles B.
label: Creator
content: Teletype Corporation
label: Creator
content: Kleinschmidt, Edward E., 1876-1977
label: Creator
content: American Telephone and Telegraph Company
label: Creator
content: Morkrum-Kleinschmidt Corporation
label: Creator
content: Kleinschmidt Electric Company
label: Names
content: Krum, Howard
label: Donor
content: Pigott, Janet
topic: label: Topic
content: Inventors -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Telegraph -- History
label: Topic
content: Inventions -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Telegraph, Wireless
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Telecommunication
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives Center by Janet Pigott in 2011.
creator: label: Creator
content: Morton, Sterling, 1885-1961
label: Creator
content: Goodspeed, Charles B.
label: Creator
content: Teletype Corporation
label: Creator
content: Kleinschmidt, Edward E., 1876-1977
label: Creator
content: American Telephone and Telegraph Company
label: Creator
content: Morkrum-Kleinschmidt Corporation
label: Creator
content: Kleinschmidt Electric Company
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content: Kleinschmidt Teletype Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection largely contains correspondence regarding the Kleinschmidt Teletype, as well as financial records and newspaper clippings regarding the Teletype Company.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Kleinschmidt Teletype was invented by Edward E. Kleinschmidt, a German-American inventor and businessman. He invented a high-speed stock ticker, an automatic fishing reel, a railroad signaling device, and a high-speed teletype that "revolutionized the communications industry." The Kleinschmidt Teletype was considered a breakthrough in world communication, replacing Morse code transmission and reception with typewriters and printers. Kleinschmidt, Howard Krum, and Sterling Morton jointly obtained a patent for this technology in December 1928. Teletype Corporation was sold to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company for $30 million in 1930.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1915-1930
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1259
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Correspondence
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into three series. 

Series 1: Correspondence, 1915-1930

Series 2: Financial Statements, 1929

Series 3: Newspaper Clippings, 1915-1930
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Holly Nelson.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1900-1950
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of correspondence kept by Charles B. Goodspeed, a major stockholder in KIeinschmidt Electric Company. It relates to internal workings of the company and the telegraphic typewriter it developed, as well as the merger with Morkrum and the purchase of the company by AT&T. Many of the letters are from Sterling Morton, president of the Teletype Corporation.