The Edelman Collection
A significant contributor to the early history of "condenser speakers" as you can see from the PDF links below:

P.E. Edelman was one of the early researchers in practical "condenser speakers" (electrostatics).  As such, his work was looked at by Janszen, Walker and quite a few others over the years.  Of historical background interest, you can download PDF files of his six (!) notable patents here:

Download US1759809A_EDELMAN_1_1929

Download US1776112A_EDELMAN_2_1930

Download US1776112A_EDELMAN_3_1930

Download US1776112A_EDELMAN_4_1930

Download US1776112A_EDELMAN_5_1930

Download US1776112A_EDELMAN_6_1930