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1 Chester F. Carlsn papers Acc. 00:2 Bx 1 Inf Mart- Infrmatin Prcessing Hall f Fame Chester f Carlsn- inventr f Xergraphy Glass Base/ Glass 2 x 7 - Glass Vertical 6 x 8. (Pht Tag 1/4) Pacem In Terris- Chester F. Carlsn- Center fr the Study f Demcratic Institutin and the Editrs f Pcket Bks, Inc., 4 ½ x 7 bk,71/2 x 10 case. (Pht tag 1/12) Wd/ metal plaque Astria. Presented t Mrs. Chester f. Carlsn. 8 x 5 1/2-40 th anniversary- 10/22/78. (Pht Tag 1/3) Clumbia University Schl f engineering and Applied Science, Chester F. Carlsn- Centennial, Krumb Schl f Mines Cin- 2 3/4 diameter. Case- 4 ¼ x 4 ¼ (Pht Tag 1/11) Medal/ Case. Medal-4 diameter. Case- 5 x 5. Awarded by the City f Philadelphia- Jhn Sctt Medal- Chester F. Carlsn The Jhn Sctt Medal- T the Mst Deserving- Chester F. Carlsn- Hn. D. Eng.- Fr the Inventin f the Xerx Prcess- June 19, (Pht Tag z/7) RIT Dedicatin- Gld Medal- 3 ½ diameter. Red Case- 5 ¾ x 4 1/2 10/28/ ea. Chester F Carlsn Building (Pht Tag 1/9, 1/10) Sciety f Phtgraphic Scientists and Engineers Medal. Hnrary Member Medal/ Case. Medal- 2.5 x 4 Case- 6 x 4.5 (Pht Tag Z/5) Prf Set f Canadian Cins Xerx- 50 years f Innvatin. 4 x 6 leather display case. (Pht Tag ½, 1/16) Medal, 2 ea Fifty years f Innvatin Xerx 50-10/22/38- Astria- 3 diameter- wd base- Carlsn head (Pht Tag 1/13, 1/14) Man and Material- Sympsium and Dedicatin f: The Materials Research Center and the Engineering Science Research Building- Rennsselaer Plytechnic Institute- April 22-23, Plastic/ Medal, 3 x 4 x ¾ (Pht Tag 1/8) Sciety f Reprductin Engineers- Nvember 4,1956 Advancement f the art and Science f Graphic Reprductin medal- 2 ¾ diameter- Leather case- Chester F. Carlsn (Pht Tag 1/18) Gld Ring. Idea- Chester F. Carlsn- Inventin- Year (Pht Tag 1/15) Xerx Pins- 2 ea. 50 years f Innvatin, teamwrk 88. (Pht Tag 1/19) Rubber Stamp- 50 years f Xergraphy Statin, Rchester, NY, Oct Astria. (Pht Tag 1/20) Metal key/case. Key- inventr f the year- Chester f. Carlsn. The FTC Research Institute f the Gerge Washingtn University. Case- 3 ½ x 3 ½ (Pht Tag 1/5)

2 Rchester Museum f Arts and Sciences, Chester f. Carlsn- Fellw f Rchester Museum- Nvember, x 9.5 leather binder (Pht Tag Z/3) US Pstal Service, Pstage stamps, 2 ea. 100 set sheet, USA, $0.21. Mrs. Chester F. Carlsn, Miss Catherine Carlsn- 11 x 11 Leather case. (Pht Tag 1/6) Stamps, (La) 9ea. Presented t Chester F Carlsn in Appreciatin, Framed 10 x 12.5 (Pht Tag 1/17) Buddha Statue and Mnks Anniversary f Birth f Buddha 2- Buddhist Mnk Receiving alms 4- Buddhist Mnks meditating in a Bat A hrse and mythlgical figures- Frm an ancient Temple painting The Glden Buddha Hindu Gd Pashupati (Siva Mahadeva) Cntents f Chester Carlsn s Desk: Pencil leads, 2 dice, eraser refills, magnet, 4 plished stnes (tiger s eyes, in Kdak tin), D It Later small magnifying glass, ruler, tape measure, small cmpass, razr blades (remved by Jdy Sidlauskas,) Xerx mechanical pencil, 1947 dime, pen nibs, thumb tack Bx 2: Pht f Family, 4 x 6 + captin. Age 12, San Bernardin, Califrnia. (Pht Tag D/17) Pht f Carlsn and Wife- Pittsfrd. + Captin. (Pht Tag D/14) Page frm ntebk- 3 x 5. + captin Pht- 12 x 12 Carlsn- Charging Sulfur Plate w/ handkerchief. Base fr cmmemrative metal Miscellaneus captins- The first xergraphic image successfully transferred t paper frm a glass slide. It was made in a makeshift labratry in an Astria, N.Y. apartment by Chester Carlsn. Plaque representative f Chester Carlsn s many cntributins t the cmmunity Replica f hand-built machine n which Chester Carlsn based his first patent applicatin in 1940, tw years after he made the first xergraphic cpy n a simple glass plate in Astria, NY. The riginal machine was dnated by Carlsn t the Smithsnian Institute in Chester Carlsn s inventin made pssible xerradigraphy which is mre sensitive t sft tissue. This benefits peple thrugh better health care. Frnt page f Chester Carlsn s riginal patent describing his inventin f electr phtgraphy

3 Chester Carlsn upn cmpletin f his B.S. degree in physics frm Califrnia Institute f technlgy (1930). Recently painted by Everett Raymnd Kinstler Bx 3: Micrscpe in a Bx- Chester F. Carlsn Persnal- Edmund Scientific Crpratin. 6.5 x 6.5 x 11.5 wden bx. (Pht Tag Z/22) Fellw f the Wrld Academy f Art & Sciences Reslutin f Appreciatin- December, x 15 (Pht Tag Z/8) Us Patent System Prgram- 175 th Anniversary dinner, April 8, Inventr f the year award- Chester Carlsn. (Pht Tag Z/21) Silver tray- Wainwright huse- Presented t Drris Hudgins Carlsn, February 24, (Pht Tag Z/4) Salem cllege West Virginia Wd Plaque with Circular Medallin- 7 x 9 x ½ Chester F. Carlsn- Partner in Educatin (Pht Tag Z/6) Bx 4 Engineering and Science Hall f Fame, Silver Medallin, with wd sculpture display Space Definitins by PM Keifer 12 x 9. Engineering and Science Hall f Fame plaque, medal and wd- 6 x 8 (Pht Tag 1) Bx 5- Papers Bk 1 (1940 Oct 1948) July 1944 Radi News- Electrphtgraphy, Nichlas Langer. (pages 2 & 3 f 3 page article missing [frm the scrapbks]) Bk 2 ( ) June 1949 FORTUNE- Printing with Pwders (Pages 114, 115, 120 and 121 shuld be inserted. Remve page 122) Bk 4 (1953 May 1955) 1953 Annual Reprt, The Halid Cmpany- Halid s Grwing Research Organizatin (2 pages) Bk 5 ( ) 1955 Annual Reprt, The Halid Cmpany T Halid Sharehlders (1 page) January 1956, the HALOID-O-SCOPE, Halid buys xergraphic patents frm Battelle Memrial Institute July-August 1956, the HALOID-O-SCOPE, a Histry f Halid- A Half Century f Prgress and Grwth (pages 8-12)

4 1956 Annual Reprt, the Halid Cmpany- Patents and Licensing (1 page)

5 Bk 6 ( ) March 1958, the HALOID-O-SCOPE, Xergraphy Exhibited at Brussels Wrld s Fair (1 page) June 1958, the HALOID-O-SCOPE, Tners and Develpers (1 page) Nvember 1958, The Pineer/Halid Xerx, Xergraphy has its tenth birthday (1 page) 1958 Annual Reprt, Halid Xerx, Tenth anniversary f Xergraphy (1 page) May 1959, The Pineer/Halid Xerx, Carlsn Schlarship Established (1 page) 1959 Annual Reprt, Halid Xerx, Patents and Licensing (1 page) Bk 7 ( ) March 1965, The Reader s Digest, Xerx- The Inventin That Hit The Jackpt (pages 3-4 missing frm 3 page article) Nvember 2, 1967, The New Yrk Times, Hinduism in New Yrk, A Grwing Religin (1 page) March 10, 1968, Chicag Tribune Magazine, Chester Carlsn s Better Musetrap, Jean Frd Brennan (3 page article) May 11, 1968, The Times-Unin, Off the Beaten Path, He Fund Xergraphy, Cliff Smith (last 8 paragraphs missing) July 1968, Success Unlimited, Mr. Xerx, O. Aldrich Wakefrd, (4 page article) September 27, 1968, the Xerx Wrld, Chester Carlsn , Carlsn s Life was Hrati Alger Stry (4 pages) Cpy f Chester Carlsn s card file listing pssible uses and applicatins f xergraphy, Xerprinting, and Xerduplicating 1974 Xerx Crp. utline f histry f Chester Carlsn s inventin nw knwn as xergraphy. Halid Cmpany 1952 Inter-ffice memrandum giving brief descriptin f inventin prcess The First Xerx Sale, by Chester F. Carlsn Bk 6 ½ ( ) Bk 8 ( ) Bk 9 ( ) Bk (plus cartns)

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