Inventor Name
Kreischer, Balthasar
Repository
Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences
History Archives and Library
75 Stuyvesant Plaza
Staten Island, NY 10301
718-727-1135 ext 21
http://www.statenislandmuseum.org/archives.html
Physical Description
13.0 cubic ft.
Summary
Kreischer owned a firebrick factory on Staten Island and his son George F. Kreischer was an inventor and industrialist. The papers of George F. Kresicher (1846-1910) include patents, stocks, correspondence pertaining to his interests in gas lighting companies and steampowered transportation, personal and business accounts, his will, and other memorabilia.