Samuel P. Kimball patents for a cultivator
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two patents, both for a cultivator to be used in orchards, designed by Oregon fruit grower Samuel P. Kimball. One patent was filed in the United States, while the other patent was filed in Canada. The U.S. patent consists of a certificate dated August 7, 1903, with the assigned patent number 735,886; and a printed specification and diagram dated August 11, 1903. The Canadian patent consists of a certificate dated February 4, 1904, with the assigned patent number 85143; a specification of the cultivator signed by Kimball and others on October 27, 1903; and a diagram of the cultivator dated November 16, 1903.
Dates
- Creation: 1903-1904
Creator
- Kimball, Samuel P., 1851-1938 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Biographical Note
Samuel P. Kimball was born in 1851 in Ohio. In 1890, he and his family moved to Dallas, Oregon; in 1893, they moved to the area of Salem, Oregon. He worked as a fruit grower. Kimball died in January 1938.
Sources: Articles in the Oregon Statesman and Salem Capitol Journal, January 17-18, 1938; vital records on Ancestry.com.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Patents for a cultivator designed by Samuel P. Kimball (1851-1938) filed in the United States and Canada. Kimball was a fruit grower in the area of Salem, Oregon.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Utah State University, care of Zachary R. Jones, June 2005 (Lib. Acc. 25747).
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Samuel P. Kimball patents for a cultivator
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jeffrey A. Hayes
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
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