Inventor Name
Hoard, Halbert L.
Repository
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Area Research Center at Green Bay
Crofin Library, 7th Floor
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
920-465-2539
Summary
Papers of a Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, newspaper editor-publisher, inventor and composer. As editor of the Jefferson County Union, Hoard carried on a correspondence covering a wide range of topics. As an inventor Hoard devised an improved steering gear for sleds (1908) and a curative posture chair (1913). Letters and documents concerning these and other experimental devices are included.
