Guide to the Kistler Family Papers M2232
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Series 1. Olga Kistler-Ritso
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Book about Ritso family and notes for the book. General
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Book about Ritso family and notes for the book. Copies of original Estonian documents
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Book about Ritso family and notes for the book. Family tree, biographies of family members
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Book about Ritso family and notes for the book. Aadu Ritso (brother) memoirs (English)
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Book about Ritso family and notes for the book. Aadu Ritso (brother) memoirs (Estonian)
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Book about Ritso family and notes for the book. Eduard Ritso (father) memories
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Book about Ritso family and notes for the book. Adolf Vasilevich Ielita fon Wolsky, General-Major
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Book about Ritso family and notes for the book. Rudolf Jelita von Wolsky (son of Adolf)
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Vonnu Village. Manuscript 1961
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Certificate of the American Association of Ophthalmology 1966
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Membership, Medical Society of the County of Niagara, New York 1955
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Ophthalmology material and medical society membership 1946-1954
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Doctor's prescription book
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Physician's handbook 1949
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Closing of medical practice 1971
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Notebook
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Introduction to Estonia – country, people, culture, economy
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Draft of the film "Singing Revolution" 2004
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Certificate presented by the Office of the President of the Republic of Estonia 2001
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Miscellaneous
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Obituary. Includes biographical note 2013
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Thompson family history. General
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Thompson family history. Frank H. D. Hitch documents
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Thompson family history. Frank H. D. Hitch documents
OLGA KISTLER-RITSO FILE. Thompson family history. George Boston documents
Series 2. Kistler-Ritso Foundation
KISTLER-RITSO FOUNDATION MATERIAL. General. Includes List of Board members 2001
KISTLER-RITSO FOUNDATION MATERIAL. Background material
KISTLER-RITSO FOUNDATION MATERIAL. Museum of Occupation. General planning 2000-2002
KISTLER-RITSO FOUNDATION MATERIAL. Museum of Occupation. List of crimes of occupation regime in Estonia 2002
KISTLER-RITSO FOUNDATION MATERIAL. Museum of Occupation. Clippings related to the Museum of Soviet and Nazi Occupation 1996-2012
KISTLER-RITSO FOUNDATION MATERIAL. Museum of Occupation. Articles from Estonian newspapers 2003
KISTLER-RITSO FOUNDATION MATERIAL. Museum of Occupation. Opening Celebration material 2003
KISTLER-RITSO FOUNDATION MATERIAL. Museum of Occupation. Material honoring Olga
KISTLER-RITSO FOUNDATION MATERIAL. Museum of Occupation. Museum information material
Series 3. Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE. Not identified 1960-2010
CORRESPONDENCE, undated
CORRESPONDENCE. Not identified 1960-2010
CORRESPONDENCE. Not identified 1960-2010
CORRESPONDENCE. Allik and Anderei 1976-1993
CORRESPONDENCE. Arika 1976-1984
CORRESPONDENCE. Kadai, Lydia 1969-1970
CORRESPONDENCE. Kosti 1976-1987
CORRESPONDENCE. Kissinger, Henry 1974
CORRESPONDENCE. Lannus, Arvo 2001
CORRESPONDENCE. Luedig, Endla 2000
CORRESPONDENCE. Luedig, Peter 2002
CORRESPONDENCE. Lydia 1982-1993
CORRESPONDENCE. Marika 1969-2003
Series 4. Walter Kistler
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Awards and certificates. Sperry Medal Award 1981
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Awards and certificates. Instrument Society of America, Pulp and paper Industry Division 1981
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Awards and certificates. Snohomish Parachute Center, First Jump Certificate 1983
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Awards and certificates. Balloon Federation of America 1983
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Awards and certificates. National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation 1984
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Awards and certificates. Niagara Frontier Aviation & Space Hall of fame 1998
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Awards and certificates. International Society for Measurement and Control (ISA) 2000-2002
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Awards and certificates. Western New York Pioneers of Science 2002
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Awards and certificates. Space Tourism Society 2002
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Publications about W. P. Kestler 1951-1998
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. List of publications from Waletr P. Kistler 1946-1972
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "Rocket Theory" manuscript 1936-1950
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "Die Rakete als Waffe 1944
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "Untersuchungen über die rasche Deformation von Aluminium" 1946
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "Vortrag über Atom energie" 1949
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "Raketenforschung" 1951
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "Vorträge über Raketenkraft und Raumschiffahrt" 1951
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "Precision Calibration of Accelerometers for Shock & Vibration 1966
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. New Instrumentation for the Measurement of High Energy Impact and Explosive Shock" 1970
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "Technical Proposal for a Piezo-Electric Fuel Injector for Diesel Engines" 1970
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "New Precision Calibration Techniques for Vibration Transducers" 1970
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "The New KIC [Kistler Instrument Company] Ballistic Test Gages Models 617C and 217C" 1971
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "Quartz Piezoelectric Transducers" 1971
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "The Piezotron Concept as a Practical Approach to Vibration Measurement" 1971
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "A New Vibration Transducer for Tool Wear Monitoring" 1972
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "Vibration and Shock Measurement" 1972
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "A New Sinusoidal Pressure Calibrator" 1972
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "Problems in Shock Measurement" 1973
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "A New Approach to Bulk Level Sensing" 1987
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. "Errors Encountered When Using Leg-Mounted Strain Sensors to Measure Vessel Contents" 1989
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. Start-Up of a Pioneer Transducer Company" 1996
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Writings. Miscellaneous
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Designs. General 1946-1954
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Designs. General 1963-2004
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Designs. Rocket designs 1952
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Designs. Mechanical drawings 1950-1961
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Designs. Space tourism 1997
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Patents. List of patents 1948-2008
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Patents. General 1950-2007
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Patents. General 1950-2007
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Patents. Transportation nodes in space 2005-2008
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Patents. Correspondence 2006-2008
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Organizational chart
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. List of customers
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Production lines. Charge amplifier 1957-1970
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Production lines. Acceleration measurement 1957-1970
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Production lines. Pressure sensors 1957-1970
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Production lines. Quartz pressure transducer 1957-1970
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Production lines. Transducer instrumentation 1957-1970
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Catalog of products 1968-1971
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Quality control survey 1962
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Procedures. Flow and handling of repairs
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Procedures. Consignment return procedures
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Production schedule 1959-1960
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Cost accounting 1957-1959
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. New orders, price lists 1959-1963
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Technical proposals for Transducer, Dynamic pressure prepared for Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Technical proposals for Piezo-Electric Fuel Injector for Diesel Engines
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Technical proposals for Accelerometer 1975
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Sales and purchases. General 1960-1965
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Sales and purchases. General 1960-1965
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Sales of KIC Instruments in Europe through Kistler Instruments, A.G. (Winterthur, Switzerland) 1965-1966
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Correspondence 1955-1969
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Biographical note written by von Bob Watson 1969
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Awards and certificates. Young America's Foundation
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Awards and certificates. Young Americans for Freedom
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Awards and certificates. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1951
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Awards and certificates. National Geographic Society 1954
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Awards and certificates. Honorary citizen of the Boys Town, Nebraska 1954
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Biographical file. Awards and certificates. Marquis Who's Who in the World 1978-1979
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Memoranda 1967-1973
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Instruction manuals 1966-1971
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Technical seminars 1972-1973
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Minutes of meetings 1957-1973
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler Instrument Corporation File. Financial statements 1957-1969
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Acquisition of Kistler Instrument Corporation by Sundstrand Data Control. Talk by Walter P. Kistler to employees 1970
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Acquisition of Kistler Instrument Corporation by Sundstrand Data Control. Production meeting 1970
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Acquisition of Kistler Instrument Corporation by Sundstrand Data Control. Correspondence 1970-1971
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Acquisition of Kistler Instrument Corporation by Sundstrand Data Control. Resignation letters 1970-1971
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Acquisition of Kistler Instrument Corporation by Sundstrand Data Control. Termination of agreement between Sundstrand Data Control, Inc and KIAG 1972
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Sundstrand Data Control. Board of Directors Meetings of DSC Inc 1974
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Sundstrand Data Control. Correspondence 1970-1975
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Sundstrand Data Control. Linear Accelerometer Unit 1972-1975
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler-Morse Corporation. Drawing 1989
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler-Morse Corporation. Designs 1990
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler-Morse Corporation. Bolt-on Microcell Bulk Weighing Systems for Industry 2004
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Kistler-Morse Corporation. Patent for Strain Sensor that Compensates for Thermal Strain 2008
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Foundation For the Future
WALTER KISTLER FILE. Miscellany
Series 5. Photographs
PHOTOGRAPHS. Views of Kistler Corporation
PHOTOGRAPHS. Largest family in Estonia
PHOTOGRAPHS. Pictures depicting Board members of the Kistler Instruments Co. 1969
PHOTOGRAPHS. Kistler-Ritso Foundation 1999
PHOTOGRAPHS. Pictures depicting laying the foundation of the Museum of Occupation. Includes photographs from the founding Board Member Karl That 2003-2004
PHOTOGRAPHS. Opening of the Museum of Occupation 2003
PHOTOGRAPHS. Olga and Walter in Tallinn 2003
PHOTOGRAPHS. Pictured from the service honoring Olga at the Altar Mariana Order 2003
PHOTOGRAPHS. Pistured depicting Olga Kestler and Helju Teeda (Sweden) 2003
PHOTOGRAPHS. Unidentified
Series 6. Audiovisual material
2 slides
Endla Luedig - Eesti Radioos broadcast from the Estonian radio 1997 September
Interviews with Olga Ritso Kistler and Walter Kistler, Laulupidu 2004
Dedication Speeches, Museum of Occupation, Tallinn, Estonia 2003, June 27
"Singing Revolution". DVD Trailer, 10 minutes
"Singing Revolution". Unedited Video Clips 2004, September 27
"Singing Revolution". Rough Cut Clips, 15:38 minutes 2005, March 11
"Singing Revolution". Full Rough Cut, #2, 1 hour 25 minutes 2005, November
"Singing Revolution". Full Rough Cut, #4, 1 hour 30 minutes 2006 April
"Singing Revolution". Full Rough Cut, #2, 1 hour 34 minutes 2006 December
Recordings from audiocassettes containing interviews with Olga Ritso Kistler and Aadu Ritso
Series 7. Awards and certificates
PLAQUES. Walter Kistler. Space Tourism Pioneer Award – Space Entrepreneur
PLAQUES. Walter Kistler. Private Pilot License, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration 1964
PLAQUES. Walter Kistler. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Niagara Frontier Section, Aerospace Pioneer Award in The Development of High-Performance Aerospace Instrumentation 1968
PLAQUES. Walter Kistler. United States Patent Office 1984-1985
PLAQUES. Walter Kistler. Instrument Society of America, Albert F. Sperry Award 1980
PLAQUES. Walter Kistler. Amherst Museum, Niagara Frontier Aviation Hall of Fame 1998
PLAQUES. Walter Kistler. International Society for Measurement and Control (ISA) Life Achievement Award 2000
OVERSIZED FILE. Olga Ritso Kistler. Diploma: Resident in Ophthalmology (Edward Meyer Memorial Hospital, Buffalo, New York) 1952-1954
OVERSIZED FILE. Olga Ritso Kistler. Diploma – License to practice: Medicine and Surgery in the State of New York 1955