Holdings Fine Arts and Applied Arts Small Homes Council Hyman A. Steinberg Papers Finding Aid Holdings Fine Arts and Applied Arts Small Homes Council Hyman A. Steinberg Papers Finding Aid By William J. Maher
Title: Hyman A. Steinberg Papers, 1943-2014
ID: 12/6/21
Primary Creator: Hyman Abraham Steinberg (1925-2016)
Extent: 0.6 cubic feet
Arrangement: Chronological
Date Acquired: 05/27/2017. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Concrete Construction, Electrical Appliances, Housing Research, Inventions, Patents
Papers of Hyman A. Steinberg (1925-2016), Research Assistant Professor of Architecture and Specialist for the Small Homes Council (1955-58), editor Family Handyman and American Home magazines (1958-61), free-lance writer, and inventor contains biographical information; academic records; correspondence; photographs; technical, trade, and consumer publications (on home planning, construction materials, electrical appliances, and entertainment systems for American Iron and Steel Institute, Edison Electrical Institute, and Magnavox Corporation); patents, licences, and legal correspondence relating to invention of solar energy grill ("Sundiner," later renamed "SunPower Solar Grill"), Inner Channel Hearing Aid (1988), and rotary electrric shaver (2002-13); and correspondence (2003-14) with personal care and household productions manufacturers to encourage production and marketing of the Spinshaver rotary shaver.
Repository: University of Illinois Archives
Accruals: 06/15, 06/23, 7/27, 2017; 02/01, 3/29/2018
Acquisition Source: David Steinberg
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1206021.pdf
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