Inventor Name
Van Der Weyde, Peter Henri
Repository
New York Public Library
Manuscripts & Archives Division
Room 328
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
New York, NY 10018-2788
212-930-0801
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/rbk/mss.html
Physical Description
2 linear ft.
Summary
Collection consists of correspondence, writings, materials related to inventions, and miscellaneous family papers. Correspondence includes letters Van Der Weyde received when he was a researcher and teacher of industrial science; family correspondence including letters from his son, an officer in the Union Army, 1861-1864; and correspondence concerning a colony founded in 1880 by the Brooklyn Co-operative Colonization Association in Washington Territory. Other materials are contracts, patent petitions, and specifications for inventions; manuscripts and notebooks on applied science and theological and religious topics; and autobiography. Also, family records, financial papers, notes, photograph, and pamphlets describing Van Der Weyde's inventions.