The historical typewriter archive Leonhard Dingwerth (»Historisches Schreibmaschinenarchiv«) is the centrepiece of the museum’s Archive and was acquired by the municipality of Partschins in 2011 with the support of the Autonomous Province Bozen/Bolzano and the Foundation Sparkasse. It is completed by historical material and typewriter accessories endowed by the founder of the museum Kurt Ryba and other private donators.
Next to literature on the history of technology, of the typewriter and the office, the Archive holds patent letters, textbooks and instruction manuals as well as historical postcards, letters, photographs and various kinds of advertising (leaflets and brochures, advertising stamps, newspaper ads, posters and signs, promotional gifts).
A collection of ribbons, ribbon tins, different type carriers, as well as tools for the cleaning and the repair of typewriters have also found its place in the archive.
At present the Archive is being made accessible by the University of Bozen/Faculty of Design within the context of a two years research project. Over 15000 objects have been digitalized and are accessible through the online-catalogue Kulturgüter in Südtirol of the Department of Museums of the Autonomous Province Bozen/Bolzano.
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United States Patent Office. Specification of Letters Patent No. 403.216
Patentschrift für Schreibmaschine, Nr. 403.216 (24.11.1886/14.05.1889) eingereicht von: Francis H. Richards, Springfield/Massachusetts (assignor to Darien W. Dodson, Wilkes-Barré/Pennsylvania) Titel: Type-Writing Machine Fotokopie
DetailsUnited States Patent Office. Specification of Letters Patent No. 292.854
Patentschrift für Schreibmaschine, Nr. 292.854 (17.07.1882/05.02.1884) eingereicht von: Henry B. Richardson, Amherst/Massachusetts Titel: Type-Writing Machine Fotokopie
DetailsUnited States Patent Office. Specification of Letters Patent No. 448.996
Patentschrift für Schreibmaschine, Nr. 448.996 (15.06.1886/24.03.1891) eingereicht von: James Richardson, North Tarrytown/New York Titel: Type-Writing Machine Fotokopie
DetailsUnited States Patent Office. Specification of Letters Patent No. 554.730
Patentschrift für Schreibmaschine, Nr. 554.730 (25.05.1893/18.02.1896) eingereicht von: James Richardson, New York Titel: Type-Writing Machine Fotokopie; Textteil unvollständig
DetailsUnited States Patent Office. Specification of Letters Patent No. 448.079
Patentschrift für Schreibmaschine, Nr. 448.079 (31.07.1890/10.03.1891) eingereicht von: George Francis Robertson, Morristown/Tennessee Titel: Type-Writing Machine Fotokopie
DetailsUnited Kingdom Patent Office. Specification of Letters Patent N° 13.167
Patentschrift für Schreibmaschine, Nr. 13.167 (04.06.1909/02.06.1910) eingereicht von: Joseph Albert Ronchetti, Woonsocket/Rhode Island Titel: Improvements in Platen Shifting Mechanism for Typewriting Machines Fotokopie
DetailsUnited States Patent Office. Specification of Letters Patent No. 367.447
Patentschrift für Schreibmaschine, Nr. 367.447 (13.04.1886/02.08.1887) eingereicht von: Evan Rowlands und David J. Rowlands, Youngstown/Ohio Titel: Type-Writing Machine Fotokopie
DetailsReichspatentamt. Patentschrift Nr. 375726
Patentschrift für Schreibmaschine, Nr. 375.726 (02.06.1920/17.05.1923) eingereicht von: Royal Typewriter Company Inc., New York Titel: Schreibmaschine Fotokopie
DetailsUnited Kingdom Patent Office. Provisional/Complete Specification N° 7987
Patentschrift für Schreibmaschine, Nr. 7.987 (10.04.1908/01.04.1909) eingereicht von: William Ernest Russell, Redruth/Cornwall Titel: A New or Improved Typewriter Fotokopie
DetailsUnited Kingdom Patent Office. Provisional/Complete Specification N° 24.045
Patentschrift für Schreibmaschine, Nr. 24.045 (02.12.1899/15.09.1900) eingereicht von: George Salter & Co. (James Samuel Foley, West Bromwich und John Henry Birch, West Bromwich) Titel: Improvements in or relating to Typewriting Machines Fotokopie
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