Description
A collection of documents pertaining to Dr. Oscar Wyss's modification of an oxygen
generator manufactured by Mine Safety Appliances in Pittsburgh, Penn. for use by climbers
during the 1951 Swiss Everest Expedition. The collection includes correspondence among
Dr. Wyss and members of the 1951 Swiss Everest Team, background literature about oxygen
generators, a brief report of the 1951 Swiss expedition, newsclippings about the 1951
Swiss expedition and the 1953 British expedition to Everest, and photographs of the
device.