Collection Contents

Articles, A-H

Applying the Handbook of Interior Wiring Design to Residential Wiring.

Artificial Sunlight and its Proper Uses. With Ambrose B. McKenna.

As Accurate as a Fine Watch: The Mazda Incandescent Lamp, a Product of High Integrity

Behind the Veil of Ultra-Violet.

Better Eyesight – Stronger Defense. Includes printed copy.

Better Light – Better Sight – Better Life.

Black Light and White Magic.

Bolstering the Spirit of Buying.

Cashing in on Residence Lighting.

Chemical Uses of Certain Waves of Light.

Choose Your Weapons.

Civilian Protection Cannot Await the Beginning of War: It Should Be Accepted as a Long-Range Continuing Program. Highlights of an address before the Conference on Plant Protection.

Comments on Lighting.

Controlling Bacteria and Fungi by Ultra-Violet Radiation – An Expanding Service of Electricity With P.W. Blackburn.

The Cost of Neglected Maintenance. (1933, Feb. 8-9.)

The Dawn of Glareless Street Lighting? or, Beginning Ornamental Street Lighting with Sodium Lamps, or, Sodium Vapor Lamps at Port Jervis, New York.

Decorative Lighting for the 1935 Shrine Convention. 3 copies.

The Development of Globes for Office Lighting.

Development of the Incandescent Lamp. Copy.

Dim-Out but not Dim-In: Better Lighting to Decrease Accidents, A Vital Part of the Manpower Conservation Program.

Diving Lamps and Under Water Lighting. 2 copies. One copy labeled Draft. (1942, Oct. 30.)

Don’ts for Lighting Equipment.

Draft of Questions and Answers on Highway Lighting. (1937, Mar. 30.)

The Early Days of the Illuminating Engineering Society – A Report of the Historical Committee. 3 copies, one with notes and corrections.

The Efficient Daytime Lighting of Industrial Plants.

Emergency Lighting and Blackout Precautions. 2 copies. One copy includes seven photo caption cards. (1941, March)

Evaluating Vision. (1943, Sept. 24.)

The Expanding Horizons of Lighting.

Experiences with the Dimout. From an address presented at the Wartime Lighting Conference, Cincinnati, OH. 2 copies, 1 printed. (1943, Jan. 29)

Feeling the Fluorescent Pulse.

Fifty Years of Home Lighting.

Finding Dollars with Fluorescent Lighting.

The First Lighting Specification, or, The Story of the Lighting of the White House. 3 copies. One typescript, one photocopy, and one bound copy with photographs.

Fishing with New Bait: True or Otherwise.

Fluorescent Lamps: New High-Efficiency Light Sources. Printed. From The Electric Journal, July 1938.

Getting Acquainted with Fluorescent Lamps Parts I, II, III. Part I dated April 1941.

Glassware for Street Lighting.

Good Light – An Oil for Human Machines.

Greenhouse Lighting Installations to Hasten Plant Growth.

High-Lights of Tomorrow’s Home Lighting.

Highlights on Blackouts.

Historical Lamp Collection of the Duro Test Corporation. 2 copies, one with notes and corrections.

Home Lighting – A Business Investment Paying Dividends in Health and Smiles.

The Hopes of Post-War Light Sources. Includes printed issue of “The Frontier” (June 1945), which contains printed version of article.

How Dark? or, An Appraisal of the Dim-Outs. 2 copies, one with notes and corrections.

How I Would Light a Church.

How Illuminants are Born. Reprinted from the Journal of the Franklin Institute. (1945, May)

How Illumination Service Promulgates Ornamental Street Lighting.

How Light and Darkness May Aid in Winning the War. 3 copies, one with handwritten notes and dated (1942, Feb. 9).

How Long Should a Lamp Live. 2 copies.

How New York World’s Fair Exhibitors Use Light.

Articles, I-R

Illuminating Engineering in Space.

Illuminating Glassware: Its Recent Terminology and Standardization.

Illumination in the Arts: A Demonstration Lecture.

Influence of Colored Light on Plant Growth. Includes five graphs.

Interior Lighting Aboard Ships. 1931. 3 copies: two printed, and one with handwritten notes and corrections.

It Can’t Be Done – But Here It Is!

It Pays To Know Your Lamps! Printed.

Life’s Windows. Radio talk. 2 copies, one with Addenda.

Light Barrage Versus Blackout. 2 copies.

Light Shows the Way to New Beauty – And to New Business.

Light – The Magic Servant of the Future. (1940, Jan. 25.)

Light Through the Ages. Printed pamphlet, 1935.

Lighting: A Century of Progress. Westinghouse Lamp Company Lighting Service News 54. (1933, October 1.)

Lighting and Artificial Illumination. Printed. Includes printed pages of photos with captions, and a booklet titled “Encyclopaedia Brittanica Contributors’ Guide.”

Lighting Applications in Connection With Operations of the Civil Defense Administration. (1951, Mar. 1.) 2 copies.

Lighting as a Production Tool.

Lighting Coal Mines for Safety. Incomplete.

The Lighting of Coal Mines and Mining Properties. Lecture. Includes one-page outline.

The Lighting of the Statue of Liberty. With handwritten notes and corrections.

Lighting – Old and New.

Lighting the Unknown Spaces.

Little Game Hunting.

Looking Forward.

Luminescent Materials – Aids to Tomorrow’s Safety.

Making Light for the Fair.

Making Light for Tomorrow. 2 copies. One copy with handwritten corrections and previously titled “Making Light for the Fair” (see Box 2, Folder 24).

Mazda Fluorescent Lamps – New Tools for Tomorrow’s Lighting Job.

Mechanical Lightning Bugs.

Memo on Historical Museum – Illuminants. (1957.)

Memo on Possible Uses of Lamps and Similar Radiators in Plant Growth and Animal Husbandry.

Metallic Vapor Lamps Well Rooted. 2 copies.

New Ideas for Lighting Sales. (1940, Mar. 8.)

New Methods of Showing Photometric Data.

New Wrinkles in Lighting. 2 copies.

Notes on Black Light for Fluorescent Effects in Carpeting, Etc.

Notes on Lighting Progress in Europe. (1945, Aug. 13.)

Notes on Ornamental Tungsten Lighting – How “It Has Been Done” in Various Instances. (1912, June 1.) With Alan Bright. Some handwritten corrections.

Notes on the Present Status of Fluorescent Mazda Lamps: A Summary of the Commercial Features, Promotion and Proper Usage. (1939, Feb. 10.)

Only the Rich Can Afford to Burn Candles: A Light Story.

Outlines on Light Sources in Countries Outside the U.S.A. Includes six pages of drawings.

Pageant Street Lighting. 1923. Printed.

Peculiar Kinds of Light Will Extend Human Life. Summary of talk by Hibben.

Planning for Airplane Traffic. [1926?]

Post-War Lamps and Lighting. (19-?, March 21.)

Preventing Wastes in Office Lighting.

Productive Lighting in Industry.

Progress in Light Sources.

The Pulling Power of Light.

Random Notes on Theatre Lighting.

Recent Developments in the Use of Artificial Light on Poultry Farms.

The Renaissance of Floodlighting.

Articles, S-Z

The Safety Features of Industrial Lighting. 2 copies.

Sawyer and Man. (1930, Feb. 5.)

Semi-Direct Lighting. ([19]12, April 13.) With handwritten corrections. Includes two graphs and one drawing.

The Simple Story of the Sterilamp.

Simplification and Standardization of Lighting Facilities as a Defense Measure and for Permanent Benefits. 1941, Sept. 4. Lecture given at Municipal Electric Utilities Convention. 2 copies, one a condensed summary of lecture.

The Simplification Program for Incandescent Lamps.

Solving the Unique Problems of Ship and Dock Lighting. Subtitled “Material for Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co. Marine Catalog.”

Some Light Reflecting Properties of Flowers and Foliage. Includes 14 pages with photographs, with captions partly written in French.

Some Out of the Ordinary Applications of Industrial Lighting.

Some Special Features of Mill Lighting. 2 copies.

Storing Light for Safety Purposes. (19-, Oct. 5.) 3 copies.

The Story of Mazda. 2 copies. One with handwritten corrections, and one page of handwritten notes, and one on Westinghouse Companies letterhead stationery and designated “Bureau Letter #38.”

Street and Highway Lighting – “The Forgotten Man” of the Industry.

Street Lighting From a New Viewpoint.

A Study of the Brightness of Windows. (1943, July 12.)

Suggested Applications of “Black Light” in Medical Diagnoses.

A Summary of Recent Developments in Lighting – Report of I.E.S. Committee on Progress, 1948- 1949. Printed. From “Illuminating Engineering”, (1950, Jan.)

Surveys of Lighting and Voltage in the Steel Industry. 2 copies, one reprinted from “Iron and Steel Engineer”, (1929, July)

Synthetic Fireflies. Printed. From “Chicago Electrical News”, (Nov. 1943), p. 8.

The Ten Commandments in Answer to Mr. & Mrs. Citizen’s Request for the Simple Fundamentals By Which to Judge the Electrical Service Adequacy of the Home They Build, Buy, or Rent.

Thrombosis of the Wiring Arteries. With handwritten notes and corrections. Includes two-page memo with handwritten notes. (19-?, Aug. 24.)

Tomorrow’s Lighting is Your Business. (1944, May 22.) Address before the War Conference of the National Electrical Wholesalers Association, Santa Barbara, CA. 2 copies, one with handwritten notes and corrections.

Trapping Fish with Light in Bermuda.

Trapping Insects with Light. Includes one drawing.

The Trend of Light Sources: Some of the Peculiar Uses of Radiation. (1937, Dec. 20.) 2 copies, one dated.

Trends in Illumination.

Twelve Major Light-Source Achievements of 1952. [1952]. With handwritten notes.

Ultraviolet Lamps and Their Applications.

Unique Lighting Tools for Tomorrow’s Jobs. 3 copies.

The Westinghouse-Henderson Electric Light Plant Growth Experiments.

What About Highway Lighting?

What Constitutes an Electrified Home.

What is Light.

What We Know About Growing Plants Under Artificial Light.

The Why, What, and How of Lighting in Industry.

Wiring Has Not Grown Up.

“Your Future is Here.” (1953, Oct. 18-21.) 2 copies. Outline of address to the Conference for Connecticut’s Industrial Leaders.

Miscellaneous articles.

Data on Shrine Convention. 1 page.

Materials relating to the State of Liberty Lighting Project. Included are “General Story of the Statue and its History” (1p, 2 copies), “Lamps for Statue” (2p), “Memo on Suggested Equipment for Statue of Liberty” (1p), “Miss Liberty, Her Story” (9p), Westinghouse Company press release (27 December 1944) “Doubled Floodlight Intensity to Renew Miss Liberty’s Youth” (3p; handwritten notes on verso of final page). Also included are two Statue of Liberty boat passes, a pamphlet titled “Statue of Liberty National Monument”, and a requisition form from Westinghouse Company to Cleveland Works for material to be used in the torch lighting (1945, March 23).

Materials related to the New York World’s Fair, 1939. Included are a lecture by Ernest L. Foss on General Motors, 1939, May 18 (typescript, 25 pgs), and a text of the script for the Sound Chair Tour at the General Motors “Highways and Horizons” exhibit (typescript, 8 pgs).

“Spectacle of Light”, article concerning Hibben’s exhibit at the World’s Fair, New York, 1939. Printed excerpt from unknown publication. 4 pages.

“A Proposed All Electric Museum Covering A Chronological History of Electricity.” Article by E.S. Lincoln. (1960, June 21.) 19 pages.

Materials relating to the Electrical Historical Foundation. Included are minutes from meetings (1957), two typescripts describing the purpose and object of the Foundation, a letter from E.S. Lincoln to Fischer Black dated June 20, 1957, with an attached list of electrical equipment (2 copies), a typescript titled “Suggested Program – 1958”,a printed pamphlet titled “Electrical Historical Foundation: Formation, Aims, Plans” (4 copies), and an invoice for a banquet event held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.

Typescript of 25 numbered entries dealing with light and plant growth, written by Hibben. 11 copies.

Captions for illustrations. Typescript, 25 pages. 81/2 x 11 and 4x5.

Untitled lecture given by Hibben at Toronto Railway Club, November 1944. Typescript. 15 pages.

WL numbered typescript, containing entries for a series of numbered items.

Material related to Natural Bridge. Two typescripts.

Indexes to articles by Hibben. Typescripts. 5 pieces.

“What Price Light” – A Playlet on Selling Industrial Lighting. Typescript. 30 pages.

“What Price Lighting” – A Playlet on Selling Industrial Lighting. Printed. 4 pages. Written by S.G. Hibben” handwritten in margin.

“One Sunday Afternoon” (poem). Printed, 1 page. 14 copies. Initialed “S.G.H.”

Decoy Blackouts May Camouflage American Cities. (1941, October 16.) Westinghouse Company article with observations by Hibben. Typescript, 3 pages.

Scientific American, (1910 November 5). Printed issue, partial. With accompanying handwritten note by Hibben.

Industrial Lighting Committee – General Lectures. Samuel G. Hibben, chairman. Printed, 19 pgs, (including 3 pages of drawings). (1925.)

Materials relating to the Illuminating Engineering Society. Includes the following printed pamphlets: “I.E.S. National and Local Officers and Committee Chairmen, 1956-1957,” “Golden Anniversary Convocation of the Illuminating Engineering Society” (1956, September 18), “Illuminating Engineering Society, Philadelphia Section, East Central Region, January Meeting” (1958, January 14), “Constitution and By-Laws of the Illuminating Engineering Society” (1907, January 14 ), “1959 Regional Conference Schedule.” Also includes 18 blank sheets of stationary with printed I.E.S. letterhead and emblem, and printed brochure announcing the Fall Meeting of the I.E.S. (1956, October 17), at which Hibben is scheduled to give a talk entitled “Story of the First Planned Lighting Job and the Lighting of the White House.”

Illuminated Engineering Society printed brochures: “Evolution of the Lamp” (arranged by Edward A. Rushford, M.D., for the 26th Annual Convention of the I.E.S.), “Lighting the Home” (issued February 1925 by Westinghouse Company), “Symposium on Searchlights” (series of five papers presented at an I.E.S. meeting in London, 1947, April 15), and “Measurements of Natural Light During the Solar Eclipse, January 24th, 1925” (advance report presented at I.E.S. meeting, 1925, April 9).

“Progress of Science: Trapping Insects.” Newspaper clipping from New York Herald Tribune, (1935, June 30.) Article examines Hibben’s techniques. Includes photo of Hibben.

“S.G. Hibben Honored.” Newspaper clipping from the Montclair Times (NJ). (1969, August 28.)

Obituary of Samuel Hibben. The New York Times, (1972, June 12.)

“Electric Lighting in the First Century of Engineering”, by R.L. Oetting. AIEE Technical Paper 52-267. (August 1952.) Typescript booklet, 46 pgs.

“Engineers and Men of Science” by Ivan S. Coggeshall. For IEEE Student Journal. Typescript, 26 pgs.

The Hartford Electric Light Company Historical Review. Ten-page printed booklet for company’s 75th anniversary (1881-1956).

“Foot-Candles and Green Leaves: New Teammates in Decoration” by O. Wesley Davidson. Six- page printed booklet. (1954, March)

“Indoor Footcandles for Maintaining Plants” by Robert L. Zahour. Reprinted from Illuminating Engineering, (August 1954), pgs. 383-386.

Untitled, unsigned typescript describing the newest development at Westinghouse. Possibly by Hibben. (1953, November 11.)

Progress report on the lighting of the Supreme Court Chamber. (1935, December 17.)

“Which Mercury Lamp is Best?” by W.S. Till and J.R. Jones. Reprinted from Illuminating Engineering (May 1951.)

“What Lamp is Best for that Industrial Lighting Job?” by J.R. Jones. From Electrical World, (1952, October 20.)

Miscellaneous articles; Photographs

The Electric Museum Reporter, (June 1964.) Printed newsletter, 1 two-sided page.

The Princeton Tube Collection – printed brochure for exhibition, (March 18-21, 1957.) Howard E. Schrader, Curator. 4 pgs.

“Heating Hotbeds with Lamps.” Printed brochure of Westinghouse Electrical Corporation. 4 pgs.

“Effect of Artificial Light on the Growth, Flowering, and Ripening of Plants” by J.H. Zimmerman. Typescript, 9 pgs.

“Experiments with Electric Light Traps as Used to Catch the Asiatic Garden Beetle in 1935” by H.C. Halleck. Typescript, 10 pgs. With 3 b&w photographs.

“Recent Developments in the Use of Electric Light Traps to Catch the Asiatic Garden Beetle” by Harold C. Halleck. Typescript, 20 pgs. With 2 b&w photographs and 4 diagrams.

“From Legend to the Diamond Jubilee of the Electric Lamp” by Leo Dolkart. Reprinted from The Military Engineer, (July-August 1956.) 1 pg.

“The Mystery of Grave P403” by Charles D. Wrege. Article concerning the resting place of John Wellington Starr, the inventor of the first incandescent electric lamp. Typescript facsimile, 2 copies: one from Birmingham Post, (Oct. 13, 1962), the second from The American Cemetery, (April 1963), p. 37. 2 pgs total.

“Doherty Tower Floodlighted” by A. Paulus and A. Sira. Reprinted from Electrical World, (1932, June 18.) 4 pgs.

“The Hewitt Static Converter; The Hewitt Mercury Vapor Lamp.” Author unknown. Reprinted from The Times, (1903, Jan. 10.) 1 pg, 26” x 20”.

“Rx for a Light: The Story” by Charles D. Wrege. Facsimile from Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin, Winter 1963, pgs 22-26.

The Electrical Age, vol. XVII, no. 18 (1896, May 2) Negative facsimile of pgs. 214-215.

American Electrician, (1905, April). Negative facsimile of pgs. 185-188.

American Electrician. Negative facsimiles, as follows: pg. 41 of (August 1905) issue (“Mercury Arc Lamps”), pg. 52 of vol. XVII, no. 10 (General Electric Company: New Incandescent Units), and pg. 30 of vol. XII, no. 6 (Phoenix Glass Co.)

Photographs – Shrine Convention, 1935. 7 b&w photographs. 4 copies of photo of city street.

Photographs – Electrical Historical Foundation. 7 b&w photographs of Hibben at meeting. Date and location unknown.

Photographs – New York World’s Fair, 1939. 7 b&w photographs, mostly of lighting exhibits. Most have handwritten notes on backs. One includes typewritten caption on back, reading “Fireworks bursting over Fountain Lake in the Amusement Area of the New York World’s Fair during one of the fifteen- minute displays which takes place each night.”

Photographs – New York World’s Fair, 1939. 10 b&w photographs, mostly of building exteriors Included is one-page typescript for General Motors “Highways and Horizons” exhibit, accompanying appropriate photograph.

Photographs – New York World’s Fair, 1939. 10 b&w photographs, 3 with typewritten one-page captions: “General Motors Exhibit”, “Auditorium on Elevated Sidewalks of 1960”, and “Farm Design for the Future,” all part of GM’s “Highways and Horizons” exhibit.

Photographs – New York World’s Fair, 1939. 10 b&w photographs, from the General Motors “Highways and Horizons” exhibit, and of lighted building exteriors. One photograph includes one-page typewritten caption: “Light and Glass in ‘Avenue of Tomorrow; at New York World’s Fair.”

Photographs – New York World’s Fair, 1939. 10 b&w photographs of building exteriors. Many have handwritten notes on the back, and some have notes on the front.

Photographs – New York World’s Fair, 1939. 10 photographs, 4 b&w and 6 color, mostly of Fair exteriors. Many include handwritten notes. Two with hand-written captions.

Photographs – New York World’s Fair, 1939. 3 photographs. Two color exteriors, and one b&w of scientist with curved glass tub, from General Motors “Highways and Horizons” exhibit.

Photographs – The White House. 10 b&w photographs of White House interiors. Some have typewritten captions. Many have handwritten notes on the back. Included is a 5”x8” printed floor plan of “Principal Floor.”

Photographs – The White House. 3 b&w photographs of White House interiors. Two have typewritten captions.

Photographs – The White House. 15 b&w photographs. 5 pages contain two images each. 13 have typewritten captions. One image shows Hibben outside building with two unidentified men.

Photographs – French landmarks. 10 b&w photographs, mostly of nighttime building exteriors, showing lighting. Most have handwritten captions on the back. Included is one interior shot of three men in period dress.

Photographs – French landmarks. 10 b&w photographs, mostly of nighttime building exteriors, showing lighting. Most have handwritten captions on the back. Included are two interior shots of men in period dress.

Photographs – French landmarks. 5 b&w photographs, mostly of nighttime building exteriors, showing lighting. Handwritten captions on back.

Photographs – Miscellaneous lighting projects. 11 b&w photographs, many with captions on back. Included are two photos of the USS Midway (one exterior, one interior), and one showing the differences of a house exterior between infra-red and conventional lighting.

Correspondence

Projects

Correspondence regarding the lighting of the National Shrine Convention in Seattle

Hibben to Bryant Park Electric Company, attention of Mr. Runge. (1935, April 3)

Frederick B. Runge to Hibben. (1935, April 4)

Hibben to R.J.A. Kaemmerer. (1935, April 3)

Hibben to A.E. Snyder, et al. (1935, May 1 )

D.W. Atwater to G.F. Hain. (1935, July 31)

G.F. Hain to Hibben. (1935, August 6)

Hibben to G.F. Hain. (1936, March 30) Includes diagram and two photographs.

G.F. Hain to Hibben. (1936, April 3)

Correspondence regarding the lighting of the Statue of Liberty

O.P. Cleaver to Howard Stephenson. (1941, June 10)

George A. Palmer to Hibben. (1941, August 16)

Hibben to A.B. McKenna. (1941, August 21)

A.B. McKenna to Hibben. (1941, September 5) Telegram.

Hibben to George A. Palmer. (1941, August 26)

A.R. Fiske to Hibben. (1941, September 26)

Hibben to E.W. Beggs. (1941, October 10)

Hibben to A.R. Fiske. (1941, October 20)

David S. Youngholm to George A. Palmer. (1941, October 21)

Hibben to George A. Palmer. (1941, October 22)

David S. Youngholm to Hibben. (1941, December 5) Memo.

W.F. White to David S. Youngholm. (1941, December 2)

David S. Youngholm to W.F. White. (1941, November 28)

David S. Youngholm to Hibben. (1942, April 17) Memo.

Howard Stephenson to David S. Youngholm. (1942, April 13)

I.A. Yost to Hibben. (1944, June 1) Includes four diagrams.

Hibben to W.F. White. (1944, June 19) Includes two pages of cost figures.

Hibben to I.A. Yost. (1944, August 11)

Hibben to C.N. Fry. (1944, October 18)

Hibben to Richard C. Carr. (1944, November 25)

Hibben to George A. Palmer. (1945, April 18)

George H. Eckhardt to Hibben. (1945, August 18)

Hibben to George H. Eckhardt. (1945, August 21)

George H. Eckhardt to Hibben. (1945, August 22)

Newell H. Foster to Hibben. (1951, February 23) Includes one printed page.

Hibben to Newell H. Foster. (1951, February 26)

W.S. Till to Newell H. Foster. (1952, April 16)

Hibben to Superintendent’s Office. (1952, December 17)

Simeon H. Pickering to Hibben. (1953, May 25)

Hibben to Simeon H. Pickering. (1953, May 27)

Correspondence regarding the Historical Survey and Data on Development of Lighting Fixtures, Arc Lamps, and Illuminating Glassware (1900-1950)

Van Rensselaer Lansingh to R.B. Burton. (1951, November 27)

Robert B. Burton to C.A.B. Halverson. (1951, December 17)

Robert B. Burton to George Stickney. (1951, December 17)

Robert B. Burton to Walter Sturrock. (1951, December 21)

Robert B. Burton to Rex Cole. (1951, December 27)

Robert B. Burton to George Ainsworth. (1952, January 3)

Robert B. Burton to Herbert H. Magdsick. (1952, January 4)

Robert B. Burton to J.L. Stair. (1952, January 7)

Robert B. Burton to Edward Rambusch. (1952, January 8)

Robert B. Burton to G.A. Price. (1952, January 8)

G.A. Price to Robert B. Burton. (1952, January 21)

Hibben to G.A. Price. (1952, January 30)

Robert B. Burton to G.A. Price. (1952, February 4)

Robert B. Burton to Julius Daniels. (1952, January 16)

Robert B. Burton to Edward Rambusch. (1952, January 11)

Robert B. Burton to W.F. Little. (1952, February 5)

Robert B. Burton to Fred E. Guth. (1952, February 5)

Robert B. Burton to D.P. Fullerton. (1952, February 5)

Robert B. Burton to C.A. Carpenter. (1952, February 5)

Robert B. Burton to Oliver R. Hogue. (1952, February 6)

Robert B. Burton to Major Lenox Lohs. (1952, February 6)

Robert B. Burton to Lester H. Graves. (1952, May 7)

Robert B. Burton to Charles Franck. (1952, May 27)

Hibben to Robert B. Burton. (1951, June 11)

Robert B. Burton to Hibben. (1952, July 31)

Hibben to Robert B. Burton. (1952, August 5)

Robert B. Burton to Hibben. (1952, August 25)

Robert B. Burton to Pressly H. McCance. (1952, October 14)

J.S. Schuchert to A.D. Hinckley. (1952, October 28)

A.D. Hinckley to J.S. Schuchert. (1952, November 12)

Hibben to J.S. Schuchert. (1952, December 5)

Hibben to Robert B. Burton. (1952, December 5)

Chronological

1937-1942

H.D. Lufkin to G. Edward Pendray. (1937, August 5) Includes undated essay by Hibben, “Light Definitely Attracts Fish.”

Walter Yust to Hibben. (1939, August 1)

Hibben to Walter Yust. (1939, August 4)

Joseph F. Heffron to Hibben. (1940, February 21)

Unknown to M.F. Gill. (1942, December 16) This is an incomplete draft that includes handwritten corrections and annotations. Although unsigned, letter may be written by Hibben.

1951-1956

E.W. Beggs to Hibben. (1951, January 8)

Hibben to H.B. Duffus. (1951, March 23)

Hibben to Sidney G. Roth. (1951, April 23)

James R. Shenk to Hibben. (1951, July 3)

Hibben to James R. Shenk. (1951, August 14)

W.S. Till to Newell H. Foster. (1951, October 18)

Robert B. Burton to William F. Little. (1952, January 3)

Two copies. Robert B. Burton to Hibben. (1952, January 18)

Robert B. Burton to Matthew Luckiesh. (1952, January 21)

Robert B. Burton to William F. Little. (1952, January 21)

Robert B. Burton to Hoyt P. Steele. (1952, February 5)

Robert B. Burton to Hoyt P. Steele. (1952, February 6)

Robert B. Burton to Gwilym A. Price. (1952, September 18)

Robert B. Burton to B.J. Rowan. (1952, August 12)

Robert B. Burton to Ralph I. Cordiner. (1952, August 12)

Robert B. Burton to Hibben. (1952, August 12)

Hibben to Robert B. Burton. (1952, August 19)

Lee Nestor to A.D. Hinckley. (1952, November 12) With attached memo.

Hibben to Lee Nestor. (1952, December 1)

Van Rensselaer Lansingh to Illuminating Engineering Society. (1952, December 4)

A.D. Hinckley to Van Rensselaer Lansingh. (1952, December 8)

George H. Stickney to Hibben. (1952, December 9)

Hibben to George H. Stickney. (1952, December 9)

Robert B. Burton to Hibben. (1952, December 10)

Hibben to Robert B. Burton. (1952, December 15)

Hibben to Julius Daniels. (1952, December 13)

Julius Daniels to Hibben. (1952, December 15)

Alton L. Blakeslee to Charles Fry. (1953, February 27)

Charles Fry to Alton L. Blakeslee. (1953, March 2)

Hibben to Alton L. Blakeslee. (1953, March 4) Two copies.

Lavinia Dudley to E.S. Lincoln. (1953, October 30)

Hibben to A. Hartenstein, et al. (1954, January 7)

Hibben to A. Hartenstein, et al. (1954, July 23)

Hibben to A. Hartenstein, et al. (1954, December 9)

E.S. Lincoln to Vernon Langille. (1955, March 23)

Vernon Langille to E.S. Lincoln. (1955, March 29)

E.S. Lincoln to David Sarnoff. 1955, October 11. Includes article from Electrical World. (1957, June 3)

John Q. Cannon to E.S. Lincoln. (1955, October 18)

Hibben to R.G. Slauer. (1956, January 16) In protective acid-free folder.

Fischer Black to John P. Roberts. (1956, March 1)

John P. Roberts to Fischer Black. (1956, March 30)

Fischer Black to Dr. Frazier. (1956, April 13)

R.L. Taylor to Fischer Black. (1956, April 16)

D.M. McMaster to Fischer Black. (1956, April 17)

John Frazier to Fischer Black. (1956, April 23)

W.E. Schubert to E.S. Lincoln. (1956, April 30)

W.T. Purdum to Hibben. (1956, June 28) Postcard included.

Hibben to W.T. Purdum. (1956, July 3)

W.T. Purdum to Hibben. (1956, August 1)

Hibben to W.T. Purdum. (1956, August 8)

Hibben to Sam B. Williams. (1956, August 30)

George H. Stickney to Hibben. (1956, September 5) One page with sketch attached.

Hibben to William F. Little. (1956, November 19)

W.A. Hedrich to Hibben. (1956, December 4)

Sam Williams to Members of Privy Council. I.E.S. (1956, December 4)

M.N. Waterman to Hibben. (1956, December 5)

Hibben to Sam Williams. (1956, December 11)

1957, January-June

E.S. Lincoln to Lyman S. Salmonsen & Frank W. Warburton. (1957, January 9)

Lyman S. Salmonsen to E.S. Lincoln. (1957, January 18)

James Barnes to Hibben. (1957, January 25)

Hibben to James Barnes. (1957, January 28)

Hibben to Earnest P. Hyde. (1957, January 31)

Hibben to Emily Lansingh Muir. (1957, February 5)

W.F. Sutherland to E.S. Lincoln. (1957, February 7)

Shigeru Shimizu to [Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hibben]. (1957, February 21)

Hibben to Ruby Redford. (1957, February 26) Two copies.

David Williams to E.S. Lincoln. (1957, March 6)

R.L. Zahour to C.A. Atherton. (1957, March 19)

Donald Jackman to Hibben. (1957, March 19)

Hibben to Donald Jackman. (1957, March 22)

Frank A. Taylor to Bern Dibner. (1957, April 2)

Bern Dibner to Frank A. Taylor. (1957, April 5)

Bern Dibner to Fischer Black. (1957, April 5)

Mario G. Zervigon to Hibben. (1957, April 8)

Hibben to Officers of the Foundation. (1957, May 17) Includes three-page list of members.

George M. Szabad to Hibben. (1957, May 17) Includes Resolutions of Unincorporated Association for the Electrical History Foundation, signed by Fischer Black, Bern Diber, and Hibben.

Bern Dibner to William J. Nolan. (1957, May 20)

Hibben to William J. Nolan. (1957, May 23)

William J. Nolan to Hibben. (1957, May 28)

Hibben to William J. Nolan. (1957, June 4) Two copies.

Hibben to Officers of the Electrical Historical Foundation (Fischer Black, Julian Sprague, Bern Dibner, and E.S. Lincoln). (1957, June 4) Two copies.

Hibben to The National Fabrication Products Co. (1957, June 4)

Paul P. Ashworth to Edwin Vennard. (1957, June 7)

Fischer Black to Bern Dibner. (1957, June 12)

Fischer Black to F.R. Kappel. (1957, June 17)

Fischer Black to Charles A. Edison. (1957, June 17)

Fischer Black to R.S. Stevenson. (1957, June 17)

Fischer Black to R.J. Cordiner. (1957, June 17)

Bern Dibner to Hibben. (1957, June 18)

Fischer Black to J.K. Sprague, Bern Dibner, Edwin Vennard, C.F. Wagner, Hibben, and E.S. Lincoln. (1957, June 24)

1957, July-December

Hibben to the Trustees and Officers of the Electrical Historical Foundation. (1957, July 3) Includes agenda for July 12 meeting. Two copies.

Hibben to S. Wyman Rolph. (1957, July 3)

S. Wyman Rolph to Hibben. (1957, July 10)

Hibben to S. Wyman Rolph. (1957, July 17)

Thomas J. Higgins to Fischer Black. (1957, July 6)

Fischer Black to Thomas J. Higgins. (1957, July 15)

E.S. Lincoln to C.H. Lamphier. (1957, July 9)

Robert R. Wylie to E.S. Lincoln. (1957, July 16)

E.S. Lincoln to Robert R. Wylie. (1957, August 12)

Ann Wampach to E.S. Lincoln. (1957, August 16) Included list of utilities.

N.S. Hibshman to Hibben. (1957, July 11) Included one-page list.

Hibben to Tomilson Fort. (1957, July 16)

Hibben to E.S. Lincoln. (1957, July 17)

Hibben to S.B. Williams. (1957, July 19)

Hibben to Bern Dibner. (1957, July 22)

Hibben to D.M. MacMaster. (1957, July 23)

D.M. MacMaster to Hibben. (1957, July 25)

Hibben to H.L. Donnelly. (1957, July 23)

Julian K. Sprague to Colonel C.G. Henline. (1957, July 24)

A.D. Hinckley to Fischer Black. (1957, July 24)

A.D. Hinckley to Hibben. (1957, July 24)

Hibben to M.N. Waterman. (1957, July 26)

Fischer Black to Walker L. Cisler. (1957, August 1)

Fischer Black to Albert L. Williams. (1957, August 1)

Bern Dibner to Hibben. (1957, August 1)

Hibben to Bern Dibner. (1957, August 12)

Paul V. Class to E.S. Lincoln. (1957, August 9)

Hibben to F. Gordon Smith. (1957, August 12)

Hibben to D.M. MacMaster. (1957, August 12)

D.M. MacMaster to Hibben. (1957, August 20)

Aileen L. Dyer to Bern Dibner. (1957, August 14)

Aileen L. Dyer to G.L. Draffan. (1957, August 1).

E.S. Lincoln to Hibben. (1957, August 22)

Hibben to Charles Carroll. (1957, August 26)

S.B. Williams to Hibben. (1957, August 29)

R.W.G. Vail to Hibben. (1957, September 30)

Thomas P. Hughes to Bern Dibner. (1957, September 30)

Bern Dibner to Thomas P. Hughes. (1957, October 8)

Hibben to Thomas P. Hughes. (1957, October 11)

Thomas P. Hughes to Hibben. (1957, December 20)

Hibben to Thomas P. Hughes. (1957, December 23)

Newell G. Hartley to Bern Dibner. (1957, October 2) Included are two photographs.

Bern Dibner to Newell G. Hartley. (1957, October 8)

Bern Dibner to Hibben. (1957, October 8)

Hibben to Newell G. Hartley. (1957, October 11)

Hibben to Trustees of the Electrical Historical Foundation. (1957, October 2)

Gordon Smith to Hibben. (1957, October 4)

D.M. MacMaster to Hibben. (1957, October 8)

Frank A. Taylor to Hibben. (1957, October 8)

Frank A. Taylor to Hibben. (1957, October 14)

W.E. Schubert to E.S. Lincoln. (1957, December 12) Two copies.

Hibben to H.F. Davidson. (1957, December 17)

1958

E.S. Lincoln to Fischer Black. (1958, January 9) Two copies.

Fischer Black to Electrical Historical Foundation Board of Trustees. (1958, January 15)

B.A. Smith to Electrical Historical Foundation. (1958, January 24)

H.F. Davidson to Hibben. (1958, April 16)

Herb Cornell to W.A. Dalrymple. (1958, June 22)

Herb Cornell to Ronald W. Sclater. (1958, June 23)

Frank T. Groome to Hibben. (1958, July 7) Handwritten response by Hibben on verso.

Hibben to Frank T. Groome. (1958, July 11) Typescript of handwritten verso response of previous letter.

R.C. Le Vere to Hibben. (1958, July 10) Attached two-sided sheet: “Average Initial Footcandles per Watt per Square Foot.”

1959–1971

Bern Dibner to Members of the Electrical Historical Foundation. (1959, August 25)

Robert C. Hibben to Hibben. (1960, April 15)

Bern Dibner to Harold R. Huntley. (1961, February 16)

Bern Dibner to J.A. Palmer. (1961, February 16)

Bern Dibner to J.A. Brouillard. (1961, February 16)

G.T. Minasian to Erich Hausmann. (1961, March 3)

Daniel B. Beard to Bern Dibner. (1961, March 10)

Bern Dibner to Daniel B. Beard. (1961, March 22)

Bern Dibner to Ronald F. Lee. (1961, March 22)

Bern Dibner to Hibben. (1961, September 20)

Bern Dibner to John C. Fisher. (1963, May 16)

Bern Dibner to Earle S. Machold. (1964, January 8)

Bern Dibner to Robert Moses. (1964, January 15)

Bern Dibner to Leonard Carmichael. (1964, January 15)

Charles N. Fry to Hibben. (1964, March 5)

Robert A. Deasy to Charles N. Fry. (1964, March 2)

Gertrude Norton to Hibben. (1967, January 30)

Arthur S. Taylor to Hibben. (1967, August 4)

Bern Dibner to Miss Hurley. (1971, February 18)

Bern Dibner to Hibben. (1971, February 22)

Undated correspondence

Unknown to Patent Department, Westinghouse Lamp Division.

Unknown to William J. Clapp. Handwritten, likely Hibben’s, but unsigned and unattributed. Includes two handwritten pages titled “Utility Donors to E.H.F., 16 Jan ’61,” also possibly in Hibben’s hand.

Emily L. Muir to Hibben. Incomplete handwritten response on verso, possibly in Hibben’s hand.

Hibben to Richard G. Slauer.

Westinghouse Electric Corporation Internal Memos (1950-1951)

N.E. Walters. District Engineers Letter No. 179: “Westinghouse New Improved “Black Light” Fluorescent Lamps.” (1950, June 19)

James D. Hall. District Engineers Letter No. 215: “Long-Life Incandescent Lamps for General Lighting Service.” (1951, June 15) Includes two-page table.

James D. Hall. District Engineers Letter No. 229: “Long-Life Traffic Signal Lamps.” (1951, September 13) Includes one-page table: “Technical Data on Westinghouse Sodium Vapor Street Lighting Lamps.”

Myrtle Fahsbender. Residential Lighting Letter No. 23: “Tips on Getting ‘Odorout’.” (1951, June 15) Includes one page of photos titled “’Odorout’ Fixtures for the Home.”

Ephemera

Material from the Mount Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting. Included is a visitor’s pamphlet, circa 1964 and three single-page issues of the Museum’s Lamp Reporter pamphlet: Summer Issue 1964 with article “Lamp Restoration”; Fall Issue 1964 with article “Dating of Early Electric Bulbs”; and Winter Issue 1965, with article “For Our Blind Visitors.”

Calendar of Events: The Future Power Market Forum – A Conference for Executives of the Electric Power Industry, held January 19-20, 1944, at the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Westinghouse Lamp Company Lighting Service News Letter No. 67: “Lighting for the Great Lakes Exposition.” Undated, written by F.M. Wolff.

Eyesight Protection Through Adequate Home Lighting. Booklet prepared by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Lamp Division, Bloomfield, New Jersey, specifically for Teachers and Home Economists.

Minutes of the Thirty-First Meeting of the Westinghouse Agent-Jobbers Association, Hotel Statler, Buffalo, New York. 1943, May 27-28. Booklet, 20 pages. Includes remarks by Hibben (pg. 12).

The Magic of Color and Light. Seven-page booklet advertising the lighting virtues of Cel-O-Glass, an opalescent lighting covering used for display and decoration. Undated.

Lighting Recommendations by Westinghouse: Christmas Lighting. Front cover only of booklet. Undated.

List of names and dates, possibly in Hibben’s hand. One page, undated.

Typescript from article about the General Engineer Depot. One page, undated.

Minutes of the History Committee of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – Appendices. (1965, March 26) Includes Appendix B (Pioneers), Appendix C (Memo to Donald G. Fink, General Manager, IEEE), Appendix D (Awards Manual, Pt. IV – List of Recipients, Appendix E (Historical Series, SPECTRUM), Appendix F (letter from C.E. Williams to N.S. Hibshman, 1965, March 15), and Appendix G (Volumes Reported in the Library of R.H. Williamson).

District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota: Notice to Security Holders of Northern State Power Companies of Delaware and Minnesota and to All Other Persons. 46 pages, in response to District Court order filed 1946, January 22. Includes related material from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Christmas lighting diagrams. 15 pages of suggested layouts for Christmas lights for store exteriors and small stores, construction of medallions and illuminated designs and letters, tree silhouettes, candles, and other door and window decorations utilizing electric lights for holiday displays for both exterior and interior designs. Also included are suggestions for street and light-post decorations. Undated.

Map of United States, with unspecified organizational markings for Sections, Chapters, Major Trading Areas, and Regional Boundaries. (1957, April)

Illumination Curves of Semi-Indirect Lighting. Two charts, marked Fig. 1 (One-Light Unit Equipped with 500 Watt Tungsten Lamp) and Fig. 6 (One 4-Light Fixture Equipped with 60 Watt Tungsten Lamps in Diffusing Shades).

Illumination diagrams for 500-watt Mazda Lamps, with and without fixture. Two charts, marked Fig. 4 (Glass Alada 164) and Fig. 5 (Glass Alba 3485).

4-Light Semi-Indirect Fixture. 1 diagram, marked Fig. 2.

Illumination diagrams for hanging lamp. Three charts, marked Fig. 1 (note on back: Comparisons of Illumination as in Different Colored Rooms), Fig. 3 (note on back: Illuminating Curves of Semi-Indirect Lighting in a Dark Interior), and Fig. 4 (note on back: Comparisons Between Various Lighting Charts).

Relative Annual Cost Per Footcandle with Cost of Lighting Analysis, Westinghouse Electric Corporation. One chart, comparing Case A, B, and C in White Light and Straight Mercury, over various types of bulbs - Westinghouse Electric Corporation Drawing No. 53839, drawn by F.B.C., checked by C.J. Forster. ([19]53, June 11) Also included: Three two-page Cost of Lighting Analysis forms (marked Westinghouse Form 28341, Sheet 1 and 2). Form “CA. A” is dated 5/29/53 and is for Conditions Favoring Incandescent Systems. Form “CA. B” is dated 6/1/53 and is for Average Values for all Variables. Form “CA C.” is dated 6/2/53 and is for Conditions Favoring Mercury Systems. All forms prepared by C.J. Forster, Jr.

List of Members – United States National Committee of the Commission International De L’Eclairage (International Commission on Illumination), 1963 C.I.E. Sessions, Vienna. 8 copies. Hibben is listed as Member for Life and member of the Executive Committee.

Eight photographs of hanging lighting fixtures. Three have notes on the reverse: “Fig. 10 Hibben”, “Fig. 12 Hibben” and “Fig. 7 Hibben”; this latter photograph also bears the stamp of the Illuminating Engineering Society on its reverse.

Diagram sketch for flagpole with sheet metal and tubular lamp. Undated.

Diagram sketch for tubular lamp with transparent mirror and ordinary mirror with design scraped off the back. Undated.

Diagram sketch with Lumiline lamps and varnished wood. Undated.

Diagram sketch of 14 7/8”-diameter lamp. Undated.

Diagram sketch for circular arrangement of 100-watt mercury lamps. Undated.

Diagram sketch for chandelier with glass and fluorescent tubes. Undated.

Diagram sketch for lamp with opaque compo/colored plastic shade. Undated.

Corning Ultraviolet Transmitting Glasses for use in Illuminating Fluorescing Materials. Two pages, dated 1938, October 1. With blueprint diagram.

Blueprint diagram for electric beetle trap. Attributed to Hibben and Westinghouse Lamp Co. Undated.

Certificate electing Hibben to the Honorary Board of Sponsors for the 1940 World’s Fair, New York.

Ten photo negatives of interiors.