Willis E. Franklin Patent

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Willis E. Franklin Patent, Ms1967-001, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Franklin, Willis E. and Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895
Abstract:
This collection contains an 1872 patent transfer for Movable Comb Bee-Hives to Willis E. Franklin from Lorenzo L. Langstroth, the inventor of the modern Langstroth beehive.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Willis E. Franklin Patent, Ms1967-001, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains an 1872 certificate indicating the sale of a patent "Movable Comb Bee-Hives or "Improvements in Bee-Hives"" from L. L. Longstroth of Oxford, Ohio, to Willis E. Franklin of Concord, Campbell County, Virginia, for $10 on June 5th, 1872. The patent was obtained on October 5th, 1852, and later reissued on May 26th, 1863, and October 5th, 1866. On the patent is a 5 cent stamp with a portrait of George Washington.

Biographical / historical:

Lorenzo L. Langstroth created what is referred to as the "modern beehive" in 1851. Langstroth's beehives attached the frames to the top of the beehive leaving 3/8 inch between the walls and the core of the beehive. 3/8 of an inch is the perfect amount of space to keep bees from building comb. This design was said to also agitate the bees less.

No information could be found about Willis E. Franklin. Source:

"American Beekeeping History: The Bee Hive," http://outdoorplace.org/beekeeping/history1.htm.

Acquisition information:
This collection was acquired by Newman Library prior to 1967.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Willis E. Franklin Patent was completed prior to February 2011. Additional description was completed in February 2011.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Agriculture
Science and Technology