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THOMAS A. EDISON COLLECTION, 1860-1980, BULK 1860-1950 Accession 1630

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Thomas A. Edison collection Accession 1630

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OVERVIEW REPOSITORY: Benson Ford Research Center

The Henry Ford 20900 Oakwood Blvd Dearborn, MI 48124-5029 www.thehenryford.org [email protected]

ACCESSION NUMBER: 1630 CREATOR: Benson Ford Research Center TITLE: Thomas A. Edison collection INCLUSIVE DATES: 1860-1980 BULK DATES: 1860-1950 QUANTITY: 53.6 cubic ft., 50 oversize boxes and 5 volumes LANGUAGE: The materials are in English ABSTRACT: Thomas A. Edison was a great American inventor, applying

for 1,093 patents during his lifetime. The collection includes correspondence, drawings, notes, financial records, artifacts, photographs and negatives concerning his work, family, associates and relationship with Henry Ford.


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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: The collection is open for research. Use of original audio or

visual materials will require production of digital copies for use in the reading room; interested researchers should contact Benson Ford Research Center staff in advance at [email protected]

COPYRIGHT: Copyright has been transferred to The Henry Ford by the

donor. Copyright for some items in the collection may still be held by their respective creator(s).

ACQUISITION: Various donations and purchases RELATED MATERIAL: Related material held by The Henry Ford:

- Greenfield Village Buildings records collection, Accession 186

- Edison Institute photographs, Accession 1929 PREFERRED CITATION: Item, folder, box, accession 1630, Thomas A. Edison

collection, Benson Ford Research Center, The Henry Ford PROCESSING INFORMATION: Collection processed by Benson Ford Research Center

staff, 1980s and 1998.

DESCRIPTION INFORMATION: Original collection inventory list prepared and published by Benson Ford Research Center staff, 1980s and 1998. Finding aid prepared by Elyssa Bisoski, January 2012, and published in January 2012. Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) and local guidelines.


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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE The famous American inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio and grew up in Port Huron, Michigan. Edison received very little formal education and began his working career at the age of twelve selling newspapers and candy on the Grand Trunk Railway between Port Huron and Detroit. In 1863, Edison became a telegraph operator, traveling throughout the South and the Midwest. Edison patented his first invention, an electric vote recorder, in 1868 and the next year he moved to New York to become a full-time inventor. In New York, Edison formed his first business manufacturing telegraph equipment, and in 1871 he moved his laboratory and factory to Newark, New Jersey. One of Edison's most lasting contributions to scientific invention was the creation of the research laboratory. Edison employed many skilled craftsmen and engineers, later known as the "Edison Pioneers", who assisted in his research. In 1876, Edison established a new laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey where he developed the first successful electric light bulb. Edison quickly became a founding member of the new electric companies and opened Pearl Street Center Power Station in New York City in 1882. Two years later, Edison's wife Mary Stillwell Edison died and in 1886 Edison married Mina Miller. In 1887 Edison established a new laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey. In 1889 the inventor formed Edison General Electric but sold his interest in the electricity companies to the new General Electric in 1892, created through a merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston. Throughout his lifetime Edison applied for 1,093 patents. Some of his most well known inventions are the electric incandescent light (1879), the phonograph (1888), the kineotograph (1889) and the storage battery (1910). In 1929, Henry Ford honored his friend, Thomas A. Edison, by combining the grand opening of his Edison Institute (now known as The Henry Ford) with the 50th Anniversary of Edison's invention of the electric incandescent light bulb, a celebration called "Light's Golden Jubilee." Thomas Edison died on October 18, 1931, at the age of eighty-four. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Accession 1630 is organized into sixteen series, covering a wide variety of topics related to the life and inventions of Thomas A. Edison. The collection was processed in increments, beginning in the 1980s and then completed in 1998. The bulk of the collection can be divided into three main categories; manuscripts related to Edison's personal life and professional career, the papers of the Recording Artists affiliated with Edison's various phonograph companies, and graphic materials related to Edison's life and career. The Thomas A. Edison collection also contains papers and photographs related to individual Edison Pioneers, the development and production of Edison inventions, and the friendship between Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, culminating in Ford's creation and dedication of the Edison Institute in 1929. The box numbering system for series I-VIII is consecutive, however, in IX-XVI each series starts over again with Box 1.


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Series I: Manuscripts,* includes five different categories of manuscripts. Boxes 1-3 include letters to and from Thomas Edison from the 1860s through 1930. Boxes 4-7 include correspondence with Henry Ford’s office. This material is arranged by date and does not distinguish by subject or content, and in general is conducted by their respective office staff. All correspondence written by various Edison family members is included in Box 9. General correspondence, arranged alphabetically by correspondent, with a brief description and date is covered in Box 10 and 11. The last box in the series includes non-correspondence manuscripts, with brief descriptions included in the inventory. Series II: Thomas Alva Edison Notes and Drawings,* contains drawings, notes and sketches signed by or attributed to Thomas A. Edison. Series III: Documents,* includes agreements, blueprints, contracts, deeds, financial data and mortgage papers. Materials are arranged by date and cover the period from 1856-1925. Series IV: Patents,* contains copies of all of Thomas Edison patents. The patents are arranged in numerical order, including an inventory by classification and chronology included in the first box. Series V: Edison Pioneers,* covers the Edison "Pioneers" and is divided into four sections. Boxes 26-42 cover materials pertaining to each individual Pioneer. The members included in Edison Pioneers are those persons associated with Thomas A. Edison or connected with his work up to and including 1885, and associate members who were associated with him or connected with his work between 1886 and 1900. The series is arranged alphabetically by Pioneer name and then chronologically within each Pioneer's folder. Box 43 contains general Edison Pioneer information, and the records of Frank A. Wardlaw, who served as secretary to the group. Box 44 includes copies of the Edison Pioneers’ constitution and by-laws, covering the years between 1918 and 1932. The following two boxes contain later correspondence between the Edison Institute and the descendant family members of the Edison Pioneers, arranged alphabetically by Pioneer name. Series VI: Edison Artifacts,* includes a wide assortment of items grouped together as "artifacts," in some cases including three-dimensional materials. The items range from a tinfoil recording allegedly made by Sarah Bernhardt to the wedding invitation of Thomas Edison's daughter, Madeleine. The collection is arranged chronologically. Series VII: Printed Matter,* consists of printed material, including periodical articles, addresses, and pamphlets. Additional materials, including the trade catalog collection, can be found in the research library collection. Series VIII: Recording Artists,* includes the papers and photographs of music artists affiliated with Edison's various phonograph companies. The series is arranged alphabetically by individual artist. Series IX: Photographs, is arranged according to subject. This series is divided into three parts. The first part consists of the original series (these photopgraphs have been entered into the


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museum’s collection management software). The second part, the Photographs Addendum, includes images processed during the 1998 TAE Project. The third part contains oversize photographs. This series contains a wide variety of photographs relating to Thomas A. Edison's family and personal life, the lives and work of individual Edison Pioneers, the creation and production of Edison inventions and the establishment and operation of Edison's many companies. This series also contains images of Edison's contemporaries and acquaintances, such as Henry Ford, George Eastman, Harvey Firestone and Charles Steinmetz. Some of the photographs in the addendum are copies of original Edison images housed in other institutions. Other photographs in this series are copies of original documents housed in other series of the collection, particularly EI 1929. Series X: Menlo Park, contains over 200 photonegatives, photographs and lantern slide transparencies of the original site of Thomas A. Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory compound. The majority of the images were taken during Thomas Edison and Henry Ford's 1928 visit to Menlo Park, New Jersey prior to the compound's re-location to Greenfield Village. The expedition was photographed by Ford Motor Company Engineering Department photographers and kept as a separate numbered series. The series includes images of the Sarah Jordan Boarding House, the remains of the Laboratory and related buildings, many different views of the roads leading to the compound and the process of dismantling the buildings. In addition to Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, the expedition included members of Edison's family, most notably sons Charles and Theodore, and several Edison Pioneers and Associates; such as James Bennett, James Bishop, Henry Campbell, William Hammer, Francis Jehl, William Meadowcroft and Alexander Mungle. Mixed in with the 1928 expedition photographs are copy photos of graphics and images of Menlo Park during Edison's residence (1880-1890) and after the inventor's departure (1900-1913). This series contains images taken by the Ford Motor Company Engineering Department photographers, the same photographers responsible for the photo collections in Accession 188 and 189. A sample of the original envelopes can be seen in the accession folders. In the late 1970s the former curator of Edisonia gathered the original numbered negatives and other copy photos related to Menlo Park to create this artificial collection. The prefix MP was assigned by the archivist during the 1998 processing project. The separate photograph collection was gathered in 1998 from 'redundant originals' and is not complete. Many of the photographs are also included in EI 1929, Box 40 under the heading "Greenfield Village-Buildings-Menlo Park Compound-Original Site" and Box 46 in the "Greenfield Village-Buildings-Sarah Jordan Boarding House-Original Site" folder. The images may be accessed through the indices of both #1630 and EI#1929 and the museum’s collection management software. Series XI: Light's Golden Jubilee, is the collection of over 175 photonegatives and photographs taken by the Ford Motor Company Engineering photographers during the Light's Golden Jubilee and dedication of the Edison Institute on October 21, 1929. The series contains images from the day's festivities ranging from the arrival of President Herbert Hoover, Thomas A. Edison and Henry Ford at Smith's Creek Station in Greenfield Village, to many pictures of special guests outside the Clinton Inn, and the reenactment of Edison's invention of incandescent electric light


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in the Menlo Park Laboratory. In addition, the series contains photographs of Ford and Edison family members, Edison Pioneers and Associates and important figures of the time, including many executives, inventors, political figures and actors such as Dr. Lee de Forest, Will Rogers, Aldoph Ochs, Julius Rosenwald, Sarah M. Sheridan and many others. This series contains images taken by the Ford Motor Company Engineering Department photographers, the same photographers responsible for the photo collections numbered accession 188 and 189. A sample of the original envelopes can be seen in the accession folders. The prefix LGJ was assigned by the archivist during the processing project. The collection was separately maintained by the former curator of Edisonia, and contains both a negative and photograph for each image. The negatives are glass and nitrate base, a few of the nitrate negatives are in the first stages of deterioration. Many of the images are also included in EI#1929, with the heading "Edison Institute-Dedication - Light's Golden Jubilee". The photographs may be accessed through the finding aids of both #1630 and EI#1929 and through the museum’s collection management software. Series XII: WJ Hammer Light bulb collection, is a series of photographs and negatives of 238 light bulbs collected by the Edison Pioneer, William J. Hammer, and donated to the Henry Ford. A former Edisonia curator, Hammer made both a safety base negative and 8x10 photograph of each light bulb, presumably from the registrarial photographs. These registrarial photographs originated with the Ford Motor Company Engineering photographers and in the 1950s were transferred to the museum. In consequence, they are not part of the present day archival accession 188 received by the museum in 1964. Series XIII: ECP Negative Collection consists of Edison-related negatives which have no original number. This ECP designation originally began as a solution to uncataloged negatives within the #1630 collection. Subsequent research revealed many original negative numbers and these negatives have been returned to their original locations within the newly created LGJ and MP Series in #1630 (Series XI and XII). Negatives 1-100 are from the original list compiled by the curator of photographs. Negatives 100+ will consist of the un-numbered negatives of photographs belonging in collections #1630 Series IX: Photographs and EI#1929. Series XIV: Exhibit Photographs is a collection of photos and graphics formerly on exhibit in the Menlo Park Compound in Greenfield Village and removed in the late 1980s. Earliest photographic documentation of the exhibit indicates that it was originally displayed in the 1930s. Each exhibit graphic was inventoried in the early 1980s before their removal and these inventory numbers have been carefully maintained. Records of this inventory are kept by the registrarial staff and a copy of the relevant sections is housed with this series. From this exhibit documentation it is possible to re-create the massive and detailed photo montage of Edison's work and personal life which was displayed for fifty years in the Menlo Park Compound. Series XV: Graphics, is a collection of prints (lithographs, engravings, etc.) maps, paintings, charcoal drawings, and calendars. This series contains both professionally printed images of Thomas Edison at various stages in his life and work and images painted and sketched by thee admiring public. In addition to these tributes to Edison's public presence, the collection houses


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engraved images of Edison affiliates, maps of Port Huron and Vienna, Canada and calendars memorializing Edison's inventive and industrious genius. Series XVI: Photograph Albums and Scrapbooks, contains photograph albums and scrapbooks pertaining to Edison's professional career. Two of the albums contain photographs related to ceremonies honoring Edison, entitled "Dedication Exercise at Menlo Park on May 16th, 1925" and "With Edison at Schenectady 1892." The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, three of which document Edison's life and work. One scrapbook contains clippings on Samuel Insull and the criminal investigation of his tenure as president of the Chicago Illuminating Company. The finding aid contains a complete description of each item. Series XVII: Unprocessed materials, contains 34 boxes of unprocessed items. Also included are multiple albums and loose photographs. *Description written prior to 1998 TAE Project.


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SUBJECT TERMS Names, Personal and Corporate Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Edison family Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Jehl, Francis, 1860-1941 Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928 Edison Pioneers Henry Ford (Organization) Menlo Park Laboratory Light’s Golden Jubilee (1929) Subjects Electric engineers Historic buildings Inventors--United States Inventions Incandescent lamps Sound recording industry Genre and Form Correspondence Financial records Maps Negatives Patents Photographs Photograph albums Scrapbooks Sketches Technical drawings


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CONTAINER LIST Box no. Description

SERIES I: MANUSCRIPTS Box 1

Personal correspondence Thomas A. Edison telegram to parents, circa 1860s Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to William Brewster, 10 August 1862 Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to parents, September 30, 1867 (copy) Thomas A. Edison handwritten notes to Joel E. Hills and Wm. Plummer regarding

printing telegraphy, 1869-1870 Thomas A. Edison handwritten note to Samuel Edison regarding liquor business,

circa 1870s Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to Samuel Edison regarding speaking

telegraph and finances, circa 1870s Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to parents regarding mother's health, May 9,

1870 Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to parents regarding, business prosperity,

October 30, 1870 Thomas A. Edison handwritten recommendation for Charles Wurth, September

21, 1872 Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to Samuel Edison regarding deeds and

electricity, November, 8 1874 Thomas A. Edison letter regarding a loan and later correspondence, November 11,

1875 (printed copy) Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to Frank Foell regarding recording material,

April 16, 1876 Thomas A. Edison handwritten letters to "Friend David" regarding installation of

telephone, 1877 Thomas A. Edison handwritten recommendation for Charles Wurth, March 17,

1877 Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to P.A. Dowd regarding the talking

telephone, May 14, 1877 Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to "Friend Myers" regarding methods of

testing loads and deposits, July 9, 1877 Charles Wurth handwritten letter to Thomas A. Edison requesting compensation

for work September 16, 1877 Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to F.H. Badger regarding invention of

telephone, October 13, 1877 Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to Frank Foell regarding phonograph,

December 29, 1877 Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to Combination Gas Machine Company

regarding endorsement for machine, February 23, 1878 Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to "Friend Bentley" regarding the telephone,

March 7, 1878


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Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to John Jarvis regarding advice on invention April 29, 1878

Arnold T. Smith handwritten letter to Thomas A. Edison regarding infringement on Edison's phonograph rights, June 15, 1878

Thomas A. Edison handwritten note to T.C. Martin regarding autograph with ink for the blind, August 30, 1878

Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to Samuel Edison regarding his coming to work for him, January 29, 1879

Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to Capt. Hogan, with sample of platinum, September 3, 1879

Thomas A. Edison handwritten order for #14 candle lamps, circa 1880 Thomas A. Edison signed, handwritten letter to President of Maranhao (Brazil)

regarding John C. Branner's exploration for vegetable fiber, circa 1880 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to Logan regarding copper brushes for large

dynamo, circa 1880 Thomas A. Edison handwritten note to employees regarding visitors, February 19,

1880 (photographed copy) Thomas A. Edison handwritten poem on death, March 22, 1880 Thomas A. Edison penciled letter to "Friend Banker" regarding forming European

syndicate to install electric light, November 16, 1880 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to Charles Logan regarding Wallace Arc Lamps,

1881 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to F. Jehl regarding joining him in Canada,

February 11, 1881 Thomas A. Edison handwritten note to Charles Logan regarding Hampson

Engine, March 1, 1881 Thomas A. Edison handwritten note to Charles Logan regarding Stewart lathe and

tools, March 5, 1881 Thomas A. Edison handwritten note to Charles Logan regarding Porter engine and

dynamo March 11, 1881 Thomas A. Edison telegram to F. Jehl regarding Paris exhibition, March, 20 1881

(copy) Thomas A. Edison signed note to F. Jehl regarding Amsonia Wire, April 28, 1881

(copy) Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to John Ott regarding phonography

experiments, March 18, 1884 (photographed copy) Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to Holland Brothers Canada regarding

kinetoscope, May 1, 1894 Thomas A. Edison handwritten note to "Friend Bishop" regarding Brewsters plans

for the electric light in Foreign Countries, November 18, 1884 Thomas A. Edison Diary "Woodside Villa," 1885 (copy)

Box 2 Thomas A. Edison handwritten note to Henry G. Martin regarding the discovery

of the phonograph, April 23, 1885


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Box 2 continued: William Holzer handwritten letter to Thomas A. Edison regarding Edison Lamp

Company activities, March 9, 1887 Samuel Insull typed signed letter to Thomas A. Edison, regarding contract with

Illuminating Company, March 21, 1887 Typed letter to Thomas A. Edison regarding contract with Illuminating Company,

probably from Samuel Insull, March 31, 1887 Samuel Insull handwritten letter to Thomas A. Edison regarding H.H. Unez

license for patent #295,990, April 11, 1887 Thomas A. Edison written response to note regarding reversible Galvanic Battery,

October 29, 1888 (copy) Thomas A. Edison handwritten note to Edward Mozart regarding public speaking,

March 3, 1890 Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to "Friend Marks" regarding competitive

pricing, April 7, 1891 (copy) Thomas A. Edison signed handwritten note to Babcock and Wilcox Company

regarding the Climax, April 14, 1894 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to Mrs. Edison regarding return to West Orange,

November 1895 Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to Eugene H. Lewis regarding Mr. Bell's

patent, May 27, 1902 (handwriting and signature not Thomas A. Edison's) Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to Charles Weslow regarding gift of

phonograph, February 26, 1907 Dr. Grothe letter to Thomas A. Edison regarding experiments, Thomas A. Edison

handwritten reply on letter, March 22, 1907 Thomas A. Edison typed signed notice regarding Saturday closing of laboratory,

November 7, 1907 Thomas A. Edison handwritten note to Jimmy Winney, signed "Ex-peanut

conductor GTR USA", April 27, 1908 Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to William H. Standish regarding electric

haulage, May 5, 1908 Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to W.C. Anderson regarding test run

vehicle, May 23, 1910 Three typed signed letters from W.G. Bee regarding Henry Ford request for

photograph and biographies of Thomas A. Edison, 1911 Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to W.C. Anderson introducing Walter S.

Mallory, January 10, 1911 Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to Mrs. B.S. Boyd regarding writing article

on city beautification for Knoxville Sentinel, March 16, 1911 Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter of introduction for W.C. Anderson, July 17,

1911 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to W. C. Anderson regarding promise to test car,

November 20, 1911 Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to W. C. Anderson dealing with voltages

required for a suitable pleasure vehicle, November 30, 1911


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Box 2 continued: Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to F. Jehl telling of birthday celebration,

February 15, 1912 (M17576A) Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to F. Jehl, April, 16 1912 Thomas A. Edison penciled letter to W. C. Anderson recommending a wooden

rather than a steel automotive frame, May 11, 1912 Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to W. C. Anderson regarding death of

Henry A. Batchelor, August 26, 1912 Thomas A. Edison penciled letter to Henry Ford regarding the storage battery and

the stock Market, October 29, 1912 Thomas A. Edison telegram to Henry Ford regarding "Bird Bill", February 25,

1913 Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to Miss C.A. Mason regarding educational

application of sight and sound, and motion pictures and sound reproduction, March 31, 1913

Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to W.E. Anderson regarding rumor that Edison planned to visit Detroit, May 20, 1913

Olive Puslian letter to Thomas A. Edison requesting opinion as to which electric car is best, Thomas A. Edison penciled reply, June 19, 1913

Thomas A. Edison handwritten note to Morrison regarding vacation plans, August 18, 1913 (engraved copy, hand signed)

W.G. Bee notes to Meadowcroft regarding Ford touring car, Thomas A. Edison penciled notes, September, 1913

Thomas A. Edison penciled note to W.G. Bee regarding automobile mileage, November 18, 1913

Birthday telegrams between Thomas A. Edison and Henry Ford, 1914-1931 Thomas A. Edison letter to Henry Ford regarding cigarette smoking and

accompanying correspondence, 1914 New York Times telegram to Thomas A. Edison regarding Ford Profit Sharing

Plan, January 7, 1914 Thomas A. Edison penciled, statement regarding Henry Ford's Profit Sharing Plan

and the reduction of car prices, January 7, 1914 Henry Ford typed thanks to Thomas A. Edison for Fort Myers visit, March 31,

1914 (carbon copy) W.G. Bee typed letter to Thomas A. Edison regarding Henry Ford request for Fort

Myers gas engine, Thomas A. Edison penciled response, April 1, 1914 Thomas A. Edison typed letter to Editor, Brooklyn Eagle, regarding "Acrolein",

May 20, 1914 (carbon copy, unsigned) W.A. Johnstone letter to Thomas A. Edison regarding smoking, Thomas A.

Edison penciled note to Henry Ford, June 10, 1914 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to Henry Ford regarding Edison Relay-Coil for

Improved Automobile Starting, September 16, 1914 Thomas A. Edison typed letter to Herman Bernstein regarding Jewish influence in

Germany, November 13, 1914 (copy) Letter to Thomas A. Edison with short poem on Ford car, Thomas A. Edison

penciled note, December 2, 1914


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Box 2 continued: Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to W.C. Anderson thanking him for his

sympathy over Edison's recent losses due to fire, December 12, 1914 Thomas A. Edison telegram to Liebold regarding Ford Tractor Introduction, May

12, 1914 Thomas A. Edison correspondence on car given him by Henry Ford, including

Thomas A. Edison handwritten note, 1916 Naval Consulting Board letter to Thomas A. Edison regarding "Industrial

Preparedness" and Thomas A. Edison penciled note to Ford, April 19, 1916 Speech handwritten by Clara Ford, given by Thomas A. Edison at laying of

cornerstone by John Burroughs for bird fountain at Fair Lane Estate, June 6, 1916

Thomas A. Edison penciled note and article "Sales Promotion and Organization Work" sent to Henry Ford, July 8, 1916

Thomas A. Edison telegram to Liebold regarding dinner with Henry Ford, October 16, 1916

Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to R. U. Johnson regarding apprentice course, December 1, 1916

Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to Henry Ford's office regarding copper plating, April 24, 1917

H.S. Firestone telegram to Thomas A. Edison regarding camping trip, August 17, 1917

Thomas A. Edison typed, signed letter to Liebold regarding cashing of Henry Ford checks, December 31, 1917

E.G. Liebold letter to Thomas A. Edison regarding use of car for experiments, January 3, 1918 (carbon copy, unsigned)

Thomas A. Edison penciled letter to Hurley about Henry Ford, January 12, 1918 Letter to Henry Ford concerning repayment of Thomas A. Edison loan, Thomas

A. Edison penciled note, December 27, 1919 Thomas A. Edison telegram to Henry Ford regarding Firestone, February 22,

1921 Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to F.D. Hopley regarding "most thrilling

moment of my life," April 11, 1921 Thomas A. Edison typed signed recommendation of Francis Jehl, with F. Jehl

note, December 14, 1921 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to "Benny" regarding radiators, February 1922 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to Liebold regarding water power of Genesee

River, April 1922 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to Liebold, June 1922 H.J. Blumhart letter to The Des Moines Register with Thomas A. Edison penciled

note to Clara Ford, December 29, 1922 Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to Henry Ford regarding Guayule Rubber

Plant, 1923 Thomas A. Edison typed letter to Liebold regarding price of kilowatt hours,

penciled note and signature, May 9, 1923


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Thomas A. Edison typed, signed letter to Liebold regarding starter battery, May 18, 1923

Story about "heaven" with Thomas A. Edison penciled note to Henry Ford, July 9, 1923

Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to Reverend A. R. Parsley regarding sale of Thomas A. Edison letter by antiquarian, April 14, 1924

Box 3

Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to J.F. Coombs regarding combining radio and phonograph, 5 May 1924 (#00.4.246)

Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to Henry Ford regarding IRS stock ownership problem, Liebold reply, June 18, 1924

Letter from N.C. Durand regarding Edison, Ford Firestone visit to Vermont, Edison penciled note, July 30, 1925

Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to E.G. Liebold regarding W.B. Mayo and R.H. Upson and their request for airship recommendation, September 21, 1925

Thomas A. Edison typed, signed letter to E.G. Liebold regarding loan of disc recording outfit to Henry Ford, October 27, 1925

Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to E.G. Liebold regarding return of recording man to Orange, New Jersey, November 2, 1925

Thomas A. Edison typed autobiographical, story "The Beginnings of the Incandescent Lamp and Lighting System." 1926 (two carbon copies)

Thomas A. Edison telegram to E.G. Liebold regarding acquiring plant leaf, March 16, 1926 (copy)

Thomas A. Edison typed signed letters to Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone regarding organization of the Thomas A. Edison tribute association of Milan, Ohio, January 7, 1927

Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to Henry Ford about the first words recorded "Mary had a Little Lamb," February 15, 1927 (copy)

Thomas A. Edison penciled note to Liebold regarding rubber plants, May 1927 Thomas A. Edison typed letter to R.R. Jenkins regarding possible production of

rubber, June 7, 1927 (copy) Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to E.G. Liebold regarding seeds of rubber

trees, September 19, 1927 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to Henry Ford regarding new car on exhibit,

December 15, 1927 Thomas A. Edison typed signed note to Liebold regarding seeds of rubber tree,

December 28, 1927 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to E.G. Liebold regarding billing of brick and

ammonia to Edison Botanic Research Company, February 29, 1928 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to "Benny" regarding plant seeds, 1928 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to "Benny" regarding planting with separated

roots, 1928 Frank Wardlaw handwritten letter to Thomas A. Edison regarding "Brown

Engine" and Thomas A. Edison penciled response, January 11, 1928


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Box 3 continued: Thomas A. Edison penciled note regarding potted Oleanders, February 9, 1928 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to Henry Ford regarding soil preparation for

planting "cowpeas", March 1, 1928 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to "Benny" regarding advertisement for "muck"

in Fort Myers paper, April 12, 1928 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to E. G. Liebold regarding use of jar cap, April

19, 1928 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to "Benny" about freight charges, April 25, 1928 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to "Benny" regarding drying boxes for leaves,

May 19, 1928 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to "Benny" regarding ordering Carissa bushes,

June 10, 1928 Letter, probably from Henry Ford, to Thomas A. Edison regarding Dr. Sladen and

his interest in anesthetics, July 30, 1928 (page one only, carbon copy) Thomas A. Edison typed signed letter to F. Jehl regarding pamphlet, September

19, 1928 (copy) W.T.R. Ernest letters to Thomas A. Edison regarding General Electric Company,

Hartford equipment and interest in working for Henry Ford, Thomas A. Edison penciled note to E.G. Liebold, November 1928

Thomas A. Edison penciled response to reporter’s questions, 1929 Thomas A. Edison penciled letter and envelope to Frank Campsall regarding

Hilgrims brothers, March 9, 1929 Thomas A. Edison penciled note to "Benny" regarding perennials "pluchia," April

10, 1929 Frank Campsall letter to Thomas A. Edison regarding Gramme dynamo, Thomas

A. Edison penciled response, April 23, 1929 W.G. Bee handwritten letter to Frank Campsall regarding photographs and

activities of Thomas A. Edison, May 15, 1929 Thomas A. Edison typed letter to Campsall regarding rubber experiment, June 7,

1929 Henry Ford telegram to Thomas A. Edison, and Thomas A. Edison telegrammed

reply regarding automobile production, June 27, 1929 F. Jehl letter to Thomas A. Edison regarding identity of Thomas A. Edison photo,

penciled Thomas A. Edison reply, July 17, 1929 "Edison's First Invention" by J.U. Mackenzie signed by Thomas A. Edison,

January 20, 1930 F. Jehl letter to Thomas A. Edison regarding identification of photographs,

September 22, 1930 (carbon copy, unsigned) Henry Ford "Radio Telegram" to Thomas A. Edison on 51st Anniversary of

Electric Light, October 21, 1930 Francis Jehl letter to Thomas A. Edison regarding "Societa Generale Italiana

Edison di Eiettricita," November 20, 1930 Thomas A. Edison recommendation of Francis R. Upton "To My European

Friends," undated Thomas A. Edison penciled note to Henry Ford regarding telegram, undated


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Thomas A. Edison penciled note on Prohibition, undated Thomas A. Edison typed signed statement on advice for the future of American

youth Thomas A. Edison poem on Henry Ford, undated Thomas A. Edison handwritten note to Charles Wurth regarding payment on note,

undated Thomas A. Edison handwritten replies to newsmen's questions in Rochester, New

York, guest of George Eastmen, undated Thomas A. Edison song, "Good morning my dear little mamma," and prayer

"Now I lay me down to sleep," undated Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter to J. Beard regarding memorandum

agreement, July 5, no year Thomas A. Edison penciled letter to Kruezi regarding sewing machine motors,

undated Thomas A. Edison handwritten note to Logan requesting he co-operate with

Porter and Dean in repairing lathe, undated Thomas A. Edison handwritten note to Logan regarding lathe, undated Thomas A. Edison miscellaneous handwritten notes regarding rubber

experiments, undated Thomas A. Edison penciled note to "Benny" regarding surveyor, undated Thomas A. Edison handwritten note to Brewster regarding formation of syndicate

to operate Electric Lighting business in various parts of the world, undated Thomas A. Edison note to Batchelor and Insull regarding Brewster, November 16,

no year Thomas A. Edison penciled note to Logan regarding copper tubes, undated Telegram from A. Brits to Thomas A. Edison regarding a debt, June 25, no year Thomas A. Edison penciled note to Henry Ford regarding cigarette-smoking

privileges in Mexican schools, undated F. Jehl letter to Thomas A. Edison regarding Brush & Wood Dynamos, May 9, no

year (carbon copy) Miscellaneous notes in Thomas A. Edison handwriting

Box 4 Thomas Edison and Henry Ford Office correspondence, 1914-1931

1913 January-March, 1914 April-June, 1914 July-September, 1914 October-December, 1914 January-March, 1915 April-June, 1915 July-September, 1915 October-December, 1915

Box 5

1916


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1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924

Box 6

1925 1926 1927 January-July, 1928 August-December, 1928

Box 7

January-June, 1929 July-December, 1929 January-June, 1930 July-December, 1930 1931

Box 8 Thomas A. Edison Family Correspondence, 1879-1959

Charles P. Edison correspondence from Europe regarding installation of telephone, 1879

Samuel Insull letter to Samuel Edison enclosing checks from Thomas A. Edison, June 4, 1884 (copy)

Samuel Edison note to "my Dear little French wife," June 30, 1887 (copy) A.O. Tate note to Samuel Edison regarding check for order, July 3, 1888 A.O. Tate note to Samuel Edison regarding Thomas A. Edison check, August 7,

1888 (copy) Samuel Edison signed receipt for money from Thomas A. Edison, May 5, 1892

(copy) A.O. Tate letter to Samuel Edison regarding Thomas A. Edison concern in him

purchasing steam yacht, May 25, 1892 (copy) Samuel Edison letter to his wife, March 19, 1893 John F. Randolph note to Samuel Edison regarding letter from O.J. Atkinson,

June 29, 1893 (copy) John F. Randolph handwritten letter to Samuel Edison regarding property Thomas

A. Edison owns in Port Huron, Michigan, July 10, 1893 A.O. Tate letter to Samuel Edison regarding letter from I.W. Wilson, November

17, 1893 (copy) Mina Miller Edison correspondence with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford, 1914-1945 Charles Edison correspondence with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford, 1914-1947


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Box 8 continued: Madeleine Edison letter to Edsel Ford, March 29, 1914 Charles Edison letter to Edsel Ford, June 6, 1914 Beatrice and Thomas A. Edison, Jr. correspondence with Henry Ford, 1914-1932 Beatrice and Thomas A. Edison, Jr. correspondence with E.G. Liebold, 1914-

1928 Theodore M. Edison correspondence with Henry Ford, 1914-1915 Ann and Theodore M. Edison correspondence with Henry Ford, 1925-1950 W.D. Cloos letter to Charles Edison regarding Ford Motor Company cement bids,

July 31, 1925 (copy) Mina Miller Edison correspondence with E.G. Liebold, 1926-1927 Holzer, Alice Stillwell (sister of Thomas A. Edison’s first wife, Mary)

correspondence with Campsall and Jehl, 1928-1929 Edison children's invitation to Mr. and Mrs. Ford's for dinner prior to

Congressional Metal Ceremony honoring Thomas A. Edison, October 15, 1928

William L. Edison letter to Henry Ford declining invitation to Light’s Golden Jubilee, October 14, 1929

Madeleine Edison Sloane correspondence with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford, 1929-1949

Mina Miller Edison telegrams to F. Campsall regarding Thomas A. Edison's health, 1929-1930

Phone report from Charles Edison on Thomas A. Edison's death to unknown person, October 19, 1931 (typed report)

Charles Edison correspondence with F. Jehl, 1931-1938 Marion Edison Oser letter to Henry Ford thanking him for remembering Thomas

A. Edison's birthday anniversary, February 27, 1932 Mable C.Schreiber, sister of Thomas A. Edison, certificate of citizenship, 1932 Telegrams sent to Edison family on Thomas A. Edison birthday anniversary,

February 11 1932 F. Jehl letter to Mina Edison regarding developments at Greenfield Village,

December 19, 1933 (carbon copy) Mina Edison Hughes correspondence with Francis Jehl, 1934-1939 Thomas A.Edison, Jr. biographical tribute at death, August 25, 1935 Marion Edison Oser correspondence with Francis Jehl, 1935 Harold Edison correspondence, 1935-1970 (copies) William Leslie Edison, biographical tribute at death, August 10, 1937 Telegrams sent to Edison family on Thomas A. Edison birthday anniversary from

Smith Creek Depot, February 11, 1938 (carbon copies) Mable C. Schreiber correspondence with the London Chamber of Commerce,

1939 (copies) Thomas Edison (son of Harold Edison) correspondence, 1942-1943 (copies) Mable Schreiber recollections of Samuel Edison's second marriage as told to Mr.

Mclntyre, November 14, 1957 (typed carbon copy) Mable Schreiber - newspaper death notices, 1959 Charles P. Edison, nephew of Thomas A. Edison, biography, undated


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Nancy Elliott, Thomas A. Edison's mother, family ancestry (copy) Box 9

Menlo Park restoration Brown Engine & Machine Company correspondence with museum, 1928 Eimer & Amend correspondence and invoices, 1928 H.B. Smith Machine Company correspondence regarding Smith Saw Bench, 1928 Sarah Jordan Boardinghouse restoration correspondence, including Ida Jordan

Day, 1928-1929 Edison Lamp Works, Harrison, New Jersey correspondence regarding gift of

Glass House and early photographs, 1928-1929 Correspondence regarding Glass House, 1929 Skinner Organ Company - Correspondence regarding reproducing Hilbourne

Roosevelt organ for Menlo Park Laboratory, 1928-1929 Skinner Organ bill of lading covering pipe organ for Menlo Park Laboratory,

August 3, 1929 Eimer & Amend correspondence and invoices

January-June 1929 July-December, 1929

Kimble Glass Works correspondence and invoices, 1929 Teschner-Myers Company, Inc. correspondence with museum regarding Mercury

pumps, 1929 Thompson-Levering Company correspondence with museum regarding electrical

measuring instruments, 1929 Correspondence between U.S. Department of Agriculture and Henry Ford

regarding New Jersey topsoil being sent to Dearborn, 1929-1930 General Musical Supplies, Ltd. correspondence with museum regarding

melodeons and a Thomas A. Edison sketchbook of escapements, 1930-1931 George D. Mason & Company correspondence with museum regarding Bunsen

Burner, 1931 Ganz & Company correspondence with museum, 1936-1968

Box 10

General Correspondence Anderson, W.C. of Anderson Electric Car Company

Typed, signed letter from Henry Ford regarding the building of a moderate priced electric car, February 6, 1914

Typed signed letter from Edsel B. Ford thanking him for list of worm gear manufactures, February 11, 1914

Typed signed letter from Henry Ford inviting him to lunch, August 26, 1915 Beach, R.H. - correspondence with F. Jehl regarding 1890s encounter with

Thomas A. Edison, 1937-1940 Unsigned, typed note to W. G. Bee regarding Thomas A. Edison and Alysworth,

undated Blair, John F. - correspondence with museum regarding photographs of early

Edison Illuminating Plant in Detroit, 1931


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Box 10 continued: Bright, James - correspondence with Henry Ford regarding Radio Gold for

Thomas A. Edisonfs health, 15 Oct 1931 Brown, R.R. - correspondence with museum regarding Peter Schars, boyhood

friend and co-worker at Grand Trunk Station with Thomas A. Edison, October 1929

Davis, Charles, B. - correspondence with Boston General Electric Agents, regarding monocyclic system, 1884 (carbon copy)

Davis, Charles B. - correspondence from S.D. Greene describing large dynamos on the monocyclic and three phase types, May 14, 1895 (carbon copy)

Delany, R.B. Typed seven page memo on telegraph, undated Devonshire, R.W. - letter to Ezra T. Gilliland regarding Edison's Granulated

Carbon, February 23, 1886 Dick, A.B. - correspondence with F. Jehl regarding Edison Electric Pen, 1930-

1933 Dyer, Frank L., president of National Phonograph Company - correspondence

with R.S. Williams regarding escapements, January 23, 1911 Ely, Robert E., director of The Civic Forum - correspondence between Ford and

Edison offices regarding testimonial dinner honoring Thomas A. Edison, program and guest card, May 6, 1915

Emmons, Rev. E., friend of Thomas A. Edison Galpin, Dr. Leman, Officiated at the birth of Thomas A. Edison - correspondence

between Dr. Galpin's son and Edison Institute, 1932 Ganter, F.E. - correspondence with F. Jehl, 1931-1933 Gennert, E.F. - correspondence with H.M. Cordell regarding items for Edisonia

collection, 1928-1929 Gillen, Charles P. - letter to W.A. Simonds regarding street name change to

Edison Street in Newark, New Jersey, July 28, 1932 Greene, David M. - letter to James W. Pearl regarding one step of Thomas A.

Edison's preparation of electric light bulb, August 28, 1880 Gwynne, Charles T. - recommendation signed by George Ballon and Thomas A.

Edison, 1894 Hardy, William A. - letter to Charles Edison regarding patents issued during last

four years of Thomas A. Edison's life, February 11, 1935 (copy) Johnson, Charles G. - correspondence with Henry Ford regarding gift of Thomas

A. Edison letters, February 5, 1939 Johnson, Edward H.

Correspondence with Frank Sprague regarding use of alternating current machines and converters, 1886 (copy)

Correspondence with "Martin" regarding Thomas A. Edison's Auto Telegraphy, 1908

Jones, Barton M. - correspondence with F. Jehl regarding Robert M. Jones’ relationship with Thomas A. Edison, 1940

Keefer, Samuel N. Correspondence with the Edison Institute regarding Edison Memorial in

Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 1947


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Newspaper clippings regarding Edison Memorial, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 1947

Kleinhans, Daniel W. - correspondence with F. Jehl regarding photograph of Edison Pioneer, 1933

Little, Clarence A. - correspondence with William Cameron regarding Thomas A. Edison handwritten letter in possession of Eastman Kodak Company, 1937 (carbon copy)

Lonergan, John - correspondence with Edison Institute regarding Thomas A. Edison's service as a telegrapher, 1932

Lowrey, Grosvenor P. Correspondence with Mr. Reeder, 1856 (copies) Letters to wife and sister, 1880-1889 (copies) Song and music - ''Song of the Fairies" (copies) Poem "All is Quiet on the Potomac" (copy) Family biographical information Last will and testament (copy) Newspaper obituary, 1893 (copies)

Box 11

Maisonville, Barnabe "Recollections of Barnabe Maisonville," childhood friend of Thomas A.

Edison, undated Newspaper death notice, undated

Mallory, Walter S. - reminiscences of Thomas A. Edison and Henry Ford as told to John E. Cecil, 1936

Martin, General - telegram to Brigadier General Gracie, 1863 McComas, Richard - recollections of Edison, 1933 Mellon, Andrew W, - correspondence Henry Ford regarding Congressional Medal

Ceremony, October 1928 Mitchell, W.W. - memo to W.A. Simonds regarding Captain Alva Bradley,

September 12, 1932 Myers, Duncan - letter to Henry Ford enclosing photo of Thomas A. Edison,

Henry Ford and himself, April 2, 1928 Nerney, Mary C. - memo on Edison's electric pen, May 10, 1930 Rathenaw, Emil - biography Reynolds, W.C. - correspondence with Edison Institute regarding Thomas A.

Edison's service as a telegrapher at Leneway Junction, 1932 Richardsen, F.A. - correspondence with Edison Institute regarding Thomas A.

Edison's service as a telegrapher, 1932 Roob, Marjorie Grosvenor - letter to Clara Ford, enclosing letter written on

Thomas A. Edison's early years by Mrs. Bateman, October 17, 1929 Sladen, Frank J.

Physical examination reports sent to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, August 6, 1928

Reports on Thomas A. Edison's health, 1928-1931 Steele, George F.


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Correspondence with Emerson Power Scale Company, 1891 (copy) Correspondence from The Brush Electric Company, regarding arc lamps with

description written by their chief engineer, November 27, 1895 Steinmetz, Charles P. - correspondence with S.P. Paine, 1893-1896 (carbon copy) Swan, Sir Richard W.

Correspondence between Kenneth Swan and F. Jehl regarding Swan case, 1937

Correspondence between F. Jehl and E. Kilburn Scott regarding Swan Inventions, 1937-1939

Swan, Sir Joseph W. Introduction to the Swan case, undated Notes on the campaign of "the Electrician" to set up Swan as the inventor of

the incandescent lamp, undated Biography from Encyclopaedia Britannica, undated Miscellaneous information, undated

Thury, René Frieda Thury correspondence with F. Jehl, 1930 Correspondence, in French, with F. Jehl, 1931-1937 L'lllustré "Ce qu 'homme vent...," 1933 Death notice

Villard, Henry Thomas A. Edison letter to Villard, February 8, 1890 (copy) Correspondence between O.G. Villard and the Edison Institute, 1932

Weniger, John - Daily Home News "Edison Handy Man Recalls Associations with Genius," 1936

Winter, Edgar - correspondence with the Edison Institute regarding Edison's early employment, 1932

Winters, Edward E. - correspondence with F. Jehl regarding early recollections at Schenectady, 1937-1938

Young, J. P. - correspondence with the Edison Institute regarding Alec A. Knapp and Thomas A. Edison, 1932

Miscellaneous notes, possibly Frank Campsall, 1930s Box 12

Non-correspondence Typed article for The North American Review, "The Success of the Electric Light"

by Thomas A. Edison, October 1880 (typed copy) "The New England Home," Address to New England Society in the City of New

York by G. P. Lowrey, 1892 (copy) "Self Induction and Capacity" by Charles P. Steinmetz, November 5, 1893 "Alternating Current System and Apparatus" by Charles P. Steinmetz, November

28, 1894 (copy) "Description of Power Transmitter," July 6, 1896 "Early Experiences in Electrical Work at Appleton, Wisconsin" by A.C.

Landstadt, March 24, 1922 (copy) "Edison-Organizer or Genius?" by Maurice Holland, April 1927


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Proposed layout of Dynamo Room, Menlo Park Laboratory by W.A. Ruth, Schenectady, New York, May 3, 1929

"Edison-A Scientific Christian," by H. Alan Dunn and signed "ok Edison 1930" Examination - Edison Scholarship Award, 1930 Poem "They Do Not Die" by A. M. Seaman written for and read at Thomas A.

Edison funeral, October 18, 1931 Poem "Thomas Alva Edison - The Sun Dial" by H.I. Phillips, reprinted from The

New York Sun, October 19, 1931 "Edison's Radio Tube of 1883" experimental demonstration, November 21, 1932 Edison Bi-Polar, size 6, Number #113, load test done by Busby, July 28, 1933 Sunday Evening Hour address on Edison, February 9, 1936 "The Wizard of Menlo Park," by Herman Hoffman, February 23, 1940 Moral re-armament memorial service for Mina M. Edison, August 27, 1947 "Charles Batchelor, Edison's Most Enduring Partners" audio archives, Syracuse

University, 1970 "Edison in Retrospect: Experimental Physicist and System Engineer" by H.M.

Paynter, 1974 "Thomas Edison" by Walt Mason "The Edison Iron Ore Concentration Plant in Edison, N.J." by F.L. Moore,

undated (copy) Map and notes on Edison Machine Works, Goerck Street, New York City,

undated Menlo Park Machine Shop inventory, undated Music and song titles, undated "Operated by Electricity from a Distance" by John Eccles, Taftville, Ohio,

undated (copy) Outline "Boys, Life of Edison" by W.H. Meadowcroft, undated "The R. Dunsmuir and Sons Coal Hoisting Plant" San Francisco, undated "Self Oiling Bearings," undated (copy) "Sorrow at Menlo Park," undated (one unsigned page from a book) Typed manuscript on Edison Electric System, in German, undated Typed manuscript on Henry Ford's idolization of Thomas A. Edison, undated Thomas A. Edison Patents listed by subject and year of application Thomas A. Edison Patents - chronological and numerical index "Ancestry & Early Days" by Alex Dow, undated

SERIES II: THOMAS A. EDISON NOTES AND DRAWINGS

Box 13 Sketchbook of telegraph escapements, March 1872 (original and copy) Drawing of translating telegraph, July 2, 1877 Notebook of experiments on boiler and engine, March 1879 Drawing of first successful carbon sewing thread lamp, October 19, 1879 Notes on economic feasibility of lighting Central Station, circa 1880 (original and

copy) Drawings of incandescent lamp experiments, 1880-1881 Drawing of lamp, September 20, 1880


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Notes on Edison European Company, January 16, 1882 Notes on sparking of Dynamo, July 8, 1883 (copy) Notes on invention of the telephone, May 25, 1885 Notebook on experiments with iron, 1902 Notes to Aylsworth regarding iron experiments, 1902 (original and copy) Diagram of electroplating apparatus for Tractor Wornigear, January 22, 1917 (copy) Notes on Golden Rod experiments, Fort Myers, circa 1920 (copy)

Drawing of charge for Ford starter, June 14, 1924 Sketch of a printing press, included in letter from W.G. Bee to F. Campsall, March

25, 1929 Small notebook allegedly belonging to Edison, undated Drawing of gas pipe, undated Printer, undated (copy)

Box 14 Empty notebooks and note pads imprinted with "T.A. Edison, Menlo Park, N.J."

SERIES III: DOCUMENTS, 1856-1925

Box 15 Deed - Samuel Edison and John C. Whitman, April 21, 1856 Thomas A. Edison Certification of Membership, Detroit Young Men's Society,

September 15, 1862 Deed - Nancy E. Edison and Raymond J. Wright, April 2, 1856 (copy) Agreement between Thomas A. Edison and S.W. Ropes, J.H. Hills, W.E. Plummer

regarding the telegraph, January 21, 1867 (copy) Cost estimates of telegraph lines to New York, 1869 Check and written receipt for Edison Patent Release, 1869 Western Union Telegraph Statement regarding wages paid to Thomas A. Edison,

January 2, 1869 Financial statement and cost estimates, Thomas A. Edison handwriting, February 6

and 13, 1869 Agreement between J.N. Ashley and J.H. Hills and W.E. Plummer regarding use of

letters patent (#91527), 1870 Agreement between The Gold & Stock Telegraph Company of the city of New York

and Thomas A. Edison, F.L. Pope and J.N. Ashley, April 18, 1870 (copy) Deed - Thomas A. Edison and Samuel Edison, Port Huron property, November 16,

1874 Edison's Newark Expense Book, 1875-1878 (original and copy) Agreement between Thomas A. Edison and the Western Electric Manufacturing

Company regarding the electric pen, November 28, 1876 Agreement between the Western Union Telegraph Company and Thomas A. Edison,

March 23, 1877 (copy) Agreement between Thomas A. Edison Gilliland and Holland-Bliss regarding patent

for the Electric Pen and Duplicating Press, April 27, 1877 Thomas A. Edison Improvements in Phonographs or Speaking Machines, September

16, 1878 (copy)


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Agreement between Thomas A. Edison and the Western Union Telegraph Company regarding the Telegraph Apparatus (#158,787), April 3, 1880 (copy)

Deed - William P. Edison and Samuel Edison, April 15, 1880 (copy) Deed - Thomas A. Edison and Samuel Edison, July 19, 1880 (copy) Lease - Samuel Edison and R.G. Burwell, July 20, 1880 (copy) Agreement between The Buckeye Engine Company and the Edison Electric

Company, December 13, 1880 Edison Illuminating Company agreement on repaying of trenches and replacing of

crossings and flags, August 1881 (copy) Agreement between The Edison Electric Illuminating Company and Samuel

O'Connor regarding trenches for conductors, August 1881 Agreement between Thomas A. Edison and The Edison Electric Light Company of

London regarding the company information, February 7, 1882 (copy) Deed - Samuel Edison and Mary Edison, September 29, 1882 Birth Certificate - Mable C. Schreiber record of birth, October 7, 1882 Minutes of The Edison Electric Illuminating Company, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, April

24, 1883 - February 11, 1890 Western Union Telegraph Company, Receipts and Expense Book, 1864-1874 (signed

by Thomas A. Edison, September 27, 1928) Deed - The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Sunbury and H.B. Masser, A.F.

Clapp and M. Clapp, August 28, 1883 Stock Certificate - Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Sunbury, September 6,

1883 Sale of Land - Samuel Edison and Henry Bradbeer, December 10, 1883 (copy) Deed - Samuel Edison and Mary Edison, December 12, 1883 (copy) Deed - Thomas A. Edison and Samuel Edison, lot in Fort Gratiot, December 14 1883 Mortgage - Samuel Edison and Samuel Scott, lot in Fort Gratiot, May 30, 1885 List and receipts for supplies and equipment shipped to Thomas A. Edison in Florida,

1885 Agreement between Edison Electric Light Company and Sprague Electric Railway

Company, 1885 Agreement between Edison Electric Light Company and Edison Machine Works,

1885 Box 16

Agreement between The Edison Electric Illuminating Company, New Brunswick and The Edison Electric Light Company, 1885

Financial: Edison Electric Illuminating Company monthly reports, 1886 Des Moines, Iowa Cumberland, Maryland Brockton, Massachusetts Lawrence, Massachusetts New Bedford, Massachusetts Jackson, Michigan Newburgh, New York Circleville, Ohio


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Box 16 continued: Middletown, Ohio Tiffin, Ohio Ashland, Pennsylvania Belle Fonte, Pennsylvania Chester, Pennsylvania Hazelton, Pennsylvania Johnston, Pennsylvania McKeesport, Pennsylvania Shamokin, Pennsylvania Tamaqua, Pennsylvania West Chester, Pennsylvania York, Pennsylvania Appleton, Wisconsin Laramie, Wyoming

Deed - Samuel Edison and Mary Edison, September 27, 1886 In trust for Maud Edison In trust for Maryette Edison In trust for Mable Clare Edison Agreement between Edison Electric Light Company, Thomas A. Edison, and B.F.

Card regarding meter for electricity measurement, February 7, 1887 (copy) List of Edison Central Station Illuminating Company in the U.S., April 1887 Agreement between Thomas A. Edison, Robert Gilliland and A.B. Dick Company,

for use of electric pen, September 20, 1887 Financial estimate for Incandescent Electric Light Plant from Edison United

Manufacturing Company, August 11, 1888 Edison Electric Light Company proxy for Boone Electric Light Company, January 7,

1889 Meeting minutes of the standardizing bureau, June 25, 1889 Inspection report for "The Otis Bros. & Company Electric Elevator" by Pratt

February 21, 1890 Report of test on #390 Edison Motor, Edison Electric Company, by Whittier Machine

Company, April 22, 1891 Deed - Samuel Edison and George T. Varley, November 14, 1894 Deed - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edison and Samuel Edison, October 2, 1895 Mortgage - Samuel Edison and Joseph F. Carrigan, November 4, 1895 (copy) Deed - Samuel Edison and Mary Edison, December 21, 1895 Deed - Mary Edison and George T. Varley

February 28, 1896 (copy) April 7, 1897 (copy) May 18, 1897 February 19, 1898 August 29, 1899 October 5, 1899 January 4, 1900 April 9, 1900


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Thomas A. Edison Patent Award for reversible galvanic batteries, July 16 1901 (copy)

Land Contract between Mary Edison and Gary Ruhlman, July 1, 1902 Notice of Dissolution, New England Electric Company, January 18, 1904 Thomas A. Edison agreement assigning the output of 1912 batteries reserved for

pleasure cars, to the Anderson Electric Car Company, October 14, 1911 Inspection reports for "Ford-Edison Electric Lighting System" by A.W. Almquish,

July 15 to September 8, 1914 Financial statements - Edison-Ford offices, 1917-1925 Blueprints for Thomas A. Edison laboratory, November 27, 1926 Thomas A. Edison Expense statement in New York, undated Thomas A. Edison declaration on invention for improvements in phonogram, undated By-laws of Edison Electric Illuminating Company, undated Standard estimate for the erection and equipment of an Edison Electric Light Central

Station, undated Western Electric Company, copies of shipping bills, undated Miscellaneous collection of blueprints (see also oversized folder)

SERIES IV: PATENTS

Box 17 Patent inventory, listed by classification Patents, chronological and numerical listing

#3,820-169,972 Box 18

#170,000-251,999 Box 19

#252,000-278,999 Box 20

#279,000-384,999 Box 21

#385,000-435,999 Box 22

#436,000-470,499 Box 23

#470,500-956,999 Box 24

#957,000-1,199,999


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Box 25 #1,200,000-1,908,830

SERIES V: EDISON PIONEERS

Box 26 Individual Pioneers

Acheson, Edward G. - experiment description of electrolysis, November 16, 1880 (copy)

Correspondence, 1879-1882 (copies) I Correspondence with Thomas A. Edison, 1881-1882 (copies) F. Jehl correspondence with Henry Ford regarding E.G. Acheson, October 1928 Correspondence by F. Jehl regarding E.G. Acheson life in Menlo Park, New

Jersey, 1932 (copy) Business cards Booklet of Smithsonian Institution exhibit on E.G. Acheson, 1930 Biographical tribute at death and telegrams, July 6, 1931 Adams, Edward Dean - correspondence with Thomas A. Edison, February 2,

1889 (copy) Biographical tribute at death, May 20, 1931 Althouse, Daniel M. - correspondence, 1930-1934 Anderson, Hugo - correspondence, 1930-1936 Biographical tribute at death, April 7, 1940 Andrews, William Symes - instructions written by Thomas A. Edison for W.S.

Andrews to manage and operate small three-wire station, 1883 (typed carbon) Biographical tribute at death, July 1, 1929 Babson, Albert D. - biographical tribute at death, April 21, 1941 Barstow, William S. - correspondence, 1936-1939 Batchelor, Charles - correspondence with Thomas A. Edison, March 3, 1886 Correspondence with father, 1888 Copying experiments, 1877 Notes regarding production of stop cock and inside of Menlo Park, 1879 Evolution of the Electric Incandescent Lamp by F.L. Pope, 1894 (copy) Daughter’s correspondence with F. Jehl, 1939 Batenian, Sydney E. - correspondence, 1930-1936 Beggs, John I. - biographical tribute at death, October 17 1925 Benton, Charles Abner - biographical tribute at death, March 15, 1939 Beran, Theodore - correspondence, 1932 Biographical tribute at death, April 2, 1936 Berggren, Ernest J. - correspondence, 1930-1940 Bergmann, Slgmund - correspondence, 1923-1924 Son’s correspondence with F. Jehl, 1939 Biographical tribute at death, July 7, 1927 Bourne, Frank - correspondence with F. Jehl, 1930-1931 Bowker, Richard Rogers - biographical tribute at death, November 12, 1933 Bradley, Charles Schenck - biographical tribute at death, March 3, 1929 Bradley, James J. - biographical tribute at death, May 2, 1925


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Brewster, William F. - correspondence with Thomas A. Edison, 1862 (copy) Biographical tribute at death, November 9, 1923 Brock, William M. - biographical tribute at death, July 4, 1930 Brown, Thomas J. - biographical tribute at death, April 29, 1940 Burke, James - biographical tribute at death, January 21, 1940 Burt, Byron T. - biographical tribute at death, October 3, 1933 Bush, Arthur R. - biographical tribute at death, January 24, 1926 Byllesby, Henry Marison - biographical tribute at death, May 1, 1924 Campbell, Henry Alexander - letters to Henry describing Menlo Park Machine

Shop, 1928-1929 (copies) "Reminiscences of H. A. Campbell's early connection with Thomas A. Edison at

Menlo Park" (copy) Biographical tribute at death, April 4, 1938 Campbell, John R. - correspondence, 1931 Biographical tribute at death, August 28, 1929 Deed between Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Edison and Mary E. Carman, July 19, 1916 Biographical tribute at death, September 26, 1926 Darter, Robert A. - biographical tribute at death, March 5, 1936 Casho, Joseph - correspondence, 1882-1905 Engineer's certificate, April 25, 1864 Patents Invitation to Llewellyn Park, January 1, 1919 Biographical tribute at death, September 3, 1924

Box 27

"Charles L. Clarke at Menlo Park in 1880," handwritten reminiscences Specification for iron, brass, zinc and machine works for the magnets of an

Edison Dynamo Electric Machine, 1881 Proposed proceedings for erection of Central Station, 1881 Five tests of Paris Dynamo, 1881 Contract with draughtsman, 1881 Correspondence with Thomas Logan regarding disc construction, February 16,

1881 Correspondence with Charles L. Dean regarding method of balancing disc, June

16, 1881 Report of test - lead wire safety catch, 1881-1882 Questions relating to running of dynamos, Edison Electric Light Company, New

York, 1881-1884 Questions related to running of engine and boiler, 1883 Questions relating to meter department at Edison Electric Light Company, 1883 Test on 15 H.P. Sprague Motor and two Graves Elevators, Boston, 1887 Correspondence between Bishop and T.S. Gandy, General Electric Company,

Schenectady regarding windings of a #20 dynamo for reconstructed Menlo Park Laboratory, 1928

Correspondence with F. Jehl regarding reminiscences of Menlo Park, 1928-1940 Correspondence with James Bishop, Frank Campsall and John Lieb, 1928-1929


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Correspondence between J. Bishop and C.J. Leephart, General Electric Company, Schenectady, regarding Armington and Sims engine, 1928-1929

Correspondence between Bishop and V.J. Snyder, General Electric Company, Detroit, regarding the #20 Edison dynamos and their location for use in reconstructed Menlo Park Laboratory 1928-1929

Correspondence with E.J. Cutler regarding Menlo Park restoration, 1929 Letter to Henry Ford thanking him for Light’s Golden Jubilee invitation,

November 7, 1929 Correspondence between Bishop and F.H. Gale, General Electric Company,

Schenectady regarding number of dynamo machine and blueprints of original Menlo Park Laboratory in reconstruction at Dearborn, 1929

Correspondence between Bishop and J.W. Hammond, General Electric Company, Schenectady regarding reconstruction of Edison bi-polar dynamo for Menlo Park exhibit, 1929

Miscellaneous correspondence regarding Edison dynamo, 1927-1929 General Electric Company - Customer order for assembly of Edison bi-polar

dynamo's for Menlo Park restoration, 1929 Detail list of parts for B dynamo electric machine Miscellaneous manuscripts, undated Printed articles, circa 1880 (copies) Blueprints Biographical tribute at death, October 9, 1941

Box 28

Clarke, Charles notebooks Home Plan Book, 1895-1896 TELSA Electrical Transmission of Power by Polyphase Currents, 1895-1896

(4 notebooks, numbered 1-4) Box 29

Electrical Experiments and Test No. 3, 1883 (hand copied for Charles Clarke, 1936)

Zipernowsky-Deri-Blathy Induction Coil 1, 1868-1881 (2 copies; hand copied for Charles Clarke, 1936)

Electric Meters, 1890 (hand copied for Charles Clarke, 1936) Multiple Arc Distribution, 1890s (hand copied for Charles Clarke, 1936) Fibrous Carbon Arch Case 1 (2 copies; hand copied for Charles Clarke, 1936)

Box 30

Electrical Experiments and Test, 1882 (3 copies; hand copied for Charles Clarke, 1936)

Electrical Light Meter, 1882 (4 notebooks, numbered 1-4; hand copied for Charles Clarke, 1936)

Box 31

Daniell, Francis, G. - biographical tribute at death, July 5 1933


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Box 31 continued: Delaney, George V. - biographical tribute at death, July 5, 1933 Dempsey, William T. - biographical tribute at death, August 19, 1940 Desliles, Charles - correspondence, 1934-1935 Deutsch, Felix - biographical tribute at death, May 19, 1928 Diehl, John - son's correspondence with F. Jehl, 1933 Biographical tribute at death, September 16, 1934 Doe, Walter S. - correspondence, 1930-1931 Doig, James P. biographical tribute at death, February 2, 1938 Donshea, William Isaac - biographical tribute at death, December 21, 1931 Doubleday, Harry Mather - biographical tribute at death, December 29, 1934 Dow, George W. - biographical tribute at death, July 9, 1924 Drake, David E. - biographical tribute at death, March 23, 1932 Dress, William F. - biographical tribute at death, June 1, 1934 Durrant, Arnold Stuart - biographical tribute at death, March 21, 1938 Dwyer, John - memorial card, May 4, 1935 Dyer, Frank L. - correspondence, 1936-1938 Biographical tribute at death, June 4, 1941 Edgar, Charles Leavitt - correspondence, 1930-1932 Autobiographical history Biographical tribute at death, April 14, 1932 Edgar, Harry Thomas - biographical tribute at death, February 15, 1934 Erickson, Frederic William - biographical tribute at death, July 16, 1935 Estabrook, Charles E. - biographical tribute at death, December 10, 1934 Estabrook, Edwin Hosmer - biographical tribute at death, December 11, 1928 Fagen, John C. - biographical tribute at death, June 4, 1936 Fenn, Frank L. - biographical tribute at death, October 13, 1933 Fine, Richard D. - biographical tribute at death, July 16, 1934 Fodor, Etienne - biographical tribute at death, November 5, 1929 Francis, William H. - biographical tribute at death, August 30, 1936 Franzen, John E. - biographical tribute at death, April 29, 1934 Gardner, Charles Sharp - biographical tribute at death, February 1, 1940 Geisenhoner, Henry - biographical tribute at death, January 18, 1939 Gilmore, William E. - biographical tribute at death, January 17, 1928 Godprey, Eugene W. - biographical tribute at; death, July 27, 1934 Greenpield, Col. Edwin Truman - biographical tribute at death, April 2, 1920 Grower, George G. - biographical tribute at death, December 12, 1921 Harksen, Alfred J. - death notice, January 9, 1937 Harley, Edward A. - biographical tribute at death, July 9, 1941 Hastings, Frank Seymour - biographical tribute at death, July 5, 1924 (copy) Havlin, Fred G. - biographical tribute at death, May 28, 1936 Herrick, Albert B. - biographical tribute at death, April 18, 1938 Hicknan, David Kelsey - correspondence with F. Jehl, 1930 Biographical tribute at death, April 13, 1935 Hill, William H. - biographical tribute at death, May 4, 1932 Hodskimson. Charles H. - biographical tribute at death, November 14, 1930


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Holzer, Frank - biographical tribute at death, February 8, 1927 Holloway, James - biographical tribute at death, January 3, 1924 (copy) Howell, John White - workbook, 1894-1895 Correspondence with F. Jehland F. Campsall, 1924-1935 Biographical tribute at death, July 28, 1937 Huey, Arthur, S. - biographical tribute at death, September 16, 1924 Huntley, Charles R. - biographical tribute at death, September 17, 1926 Hussey, Oren S. - biographical tribute at death, February 8, 1931 Hustler, Charles T. - biographical tribute at death, January 11, 1933

Box 32

"How Good are Patents," by Hammer, Erwin Wesley, 1940 (reprint of address to N.Y. Patent Law Association)

"Etheric Force," 1922 "1879 and Four Great Documents," 1922 (carbon copy) "The Dark Ages," 1922 (carbon copy) "Edison and the Dynamo," 1922 (carbon copy) "Edison: The Inventor," 1922 (carbon copy) "The Subdivision of the Electric Light," 1922 (carbon copy) Extracts from the testimony of Thomas A. Edison regarding his invention of the

carbon filament lamp, 1881 (carbon copy) Correspondence with John C.F. Coakley, 1951 Biographical information Hammer, William J. - list of Autographed Portraits of Prominent Electrical Men,

1893 "William Wallace and His Contributions to the Electrical Industries," The

Electrical Engineer, 1893 (copy) "Chronology of Aviation," reprinted from the World's Almanac, 1911 "The History of an Art" The W.J. Hammer Historical Collection of Incandescent

Electric Lamps as set up in the Engineering Societies Building, 1913 (case photos, copies)

The William J. Hammer Collection of Incandescent Lamps, 1913 (reprinted) Biographical Booklet, undated Correspondence with F. Campsall regarding key to Menlo Park Laboratory "Edison - By the Man Who Knew Him Best" Daily Standard, 1931 "Memorandum of Certain Personal Effects in His Possession," October 19, 1927 Correspondence with F. Jehl, 1929-1933 Biographical tribute at death, March 24, 1934

Box 33

Howell, Wilson Stout Notes, diagrams, etc. concerned with electric lamps and lighting equipment,

1880-1889 (copies) Report on Edison Central Station at Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania, 1880 (copy)


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Box 33 continued: "The Double Three-Wire System," February 20, 1890 "Notes" on various Edison Illuminating Company Correspondence with G. W. Hall, St. Paul underwriters union, regarding

condition of all electric lighting apparatus in Gilfillari Block building, October 27, 1883

Report on Des Moines Electric Light & Power Company regarding lamp usage, February 13, 1885

Start-up instructions for Edison Electric Light & Power Company of St. Paul, February 1, 1887

Report to J.H. Vail, Edison Electric Light Company regarding condition of station in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, January 11, 1888

Report on Edison Electric Illuminating Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 27 Jan 1888

Report on Edison Electric Illuminating Company, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 3 Feb 1888

Correspondence from P.S. Shaw, The Edison Electric Illuminating Company, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, February 28, 1888

Letter to F.R. Upton recapping impressions of their visit to Pigua and Middletown, Ohio, Edison Stations, June 25, 1888

Report on Harrisburg Electric Light Company regarding loss of feeders, June 30, 1888

Written report on Reading Electric Light & Power, Reading, Pennsylvania, August 13, 1888

Report on Edison Electric Illuminating Company, New Brunswick, New Jersey, September 1888

Written report on Edison Machine Works, Schenectady, New York, September 13, 1888

Report on the Edison Electric Light and Power Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, December 1, 1888

Report on Chester Electric Light & Power Company, Chester, Pennsylvania, December 29, 1888

Correspondence with Edison Lamp Company in Harrison, New Jersey, regarding performance of lamps in Edison Electric Company, Kansas City, January 13, 1889

Report on Edison Electric Light and Power Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, February 26, 1889

Report on Edison Electric Light Company, New York, New York, April 18, 1889

Report on Electric Light Company, Atlantic City, New York, May 1, 1889 Report on Somerville and Raritan Electric Light & Power Company, July 9,

1889

Report on condition of Edison Electric Illuminating Company Scranton, Pennsylvania, July 26, 1889


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Correspondence with Edison Lamp Company in Harrison, New Jersey, regarding impressions of New England cash central stations, August 2, 1889

Report on the Wilkesbarre Electric Light Company, Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, August 8, 1889

Report to P. B. Shaw regarding wiring of electric lamps for Cotton Mill, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1889

Report on the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, of Brockton, Massachusetts, November 11, 1889

Report on the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, Rochester, New York, December 1889

Report to F.R. Upton, Edison Lamp Works regarding lamp life at Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston, January 19, 1891

Correspondence with Fred Nichols, Manager Toronto Incandescent Electric Light Company, regarding inspection of station, September 29, 1891

Letter from W.H. Lannon regarding the Association of Edison Illuminating Company expenditures, April 18, 1893

Report on lamp, Edison Electric Illuminating Company, of New York, March 1895

Affidavit regarding Luther Stieringer, 1896 Correspondence with F. Jehl, 1928-1940 Daughter’s correspondence with museum regarding rights to manuscript

"Memories," 1955 Drawing of the press room, New York Times, undated

Box 34

Diary, 1888 (copy) Diary, 1889 (copy) Correspondence 1887-1889 (copy) Diary, January-September, 1890 (copy) Ledger "Description of Methods used in Making Lamps," December 1, 1891

Box 35

Jehl, Francis Letter from John K. Porter regarding employment with Thomas A. Edison,

1879 (copy) Correspondence from J.W. Whitfield regarding visit to Menlo Park, 1880 Correspondence from Edison Electric Light Company, New York requesting

information regarding lighting system, 1881 Letter from Western Electric Manufacturing Company regarding Thomson

Electrometer, 1881 Recommendation of Jehl by Thomas A. Edison, 1921 (copy) Correspondence between Jehl and Campsall, 1928-1930 Correspondence betweeh Jehl and Cutler, 1928-1929 Correspondence between Jehl and Henry Ford, 1928-1929


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Correspondence between General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y., 1929-1933

Correspondence regarding Edison Electric Pen, 1930 Correspondence with Corning Glass Works regarding manufacture of

cylindrical glass jar, 1931-1932 Correspondence with O.H. Caldwell, New York Electrical Society, 1932-1933 Correspondence with General Electric Company, Euclid Lamp Works,

Cleveland, Ohio, 1932 Correspondence with General Electric Company, Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio,

1929-1940 Correspondence with General Electric Company, Michigan Division, 1932 Correspondence with Western Union Telegraph Company regarding

quadruplex set-up, 1933 Correspondence with John F. Coakley, Thomas A. Edison Inc., 1936-1939 Letters regarding "Menlo Park Reminiscences" volumes, 1936-1939 Correspondence with N.R. Speiden, Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1938-1939 Correspondence with F. Kraissel, Corning Glass Works regarding x-ray tubes,

1938-1939 Correspondence with Ford Motor Company regarding outfit for reproduction

of Incandescent Lamp, 1939 Letter from William Aberhart, Premier of Alberta, 1939 Correspondence regarding photos for World’s Fair, 1939 Correspondence from Donald McNicol, including Edison message (1919) to

the Telegraph Fraternity, sent by wire, 1939 Correspondence from George Matthew Adams, 1940 Correspondence with W.A. Simonds, Edison Institute, 1940 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1926-1940 Miscellaneous notes by F. Jehl

Box 36

Certificates - regiment of New York State Militia, circa 1860 (copy) "The Birth of a Great Invention - Edison Lamp Day," October 21, 1879 (copy) Stock Certificate - Edison Electric Light Company of Europe, Ltd., 1881 Diary, January 1 - May 23, 1881 The Edison Electric Light Meter, 1882 Photograph copy: The Edison Electric Light Meter, 1882 "Table of Constants" - test made beginning in 1932 by F. Jehl and F. Calvert

at Edison Laboratory Instructions for manufacture of carbon "A," 1932 Telegram from Edison pioneers, February 14, 1938 The Edison Monthly, "An Edison Pioneer" by M.G. Greene, undated (copy) Unpublished biographical sketch done on Thomas A. Edison Drawings of Menlo Park, undated Map showing location of Edison buildings at Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1936 Reviews of "Reminiscences," 1936 Biographical tribute at death, February 9, 1941


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Newspaper articles at death, 1941 Jehl family history

Box 37

Insull, Samuel - Handwritten statement of agreement covering installation of Shamokin, Pennsylvania Edison Central Station, signed by Insull and Edison, October 15, 1883 (copy)

Handwritten letter to J.J. Anderson regarding signed memorandum from Thomas A. Edison, May 26, 1885

"The Unpublished Memoirs of Samuel Insull" (pages 12-54, typed copy) Correspondence with F. Jehl, 1926-1935 Biographical tribute at death, July 16, 1938 Jeffries, John J. - biographical tribute at death, October 6, 1935 Junggren, Oscar Frederick - biographical tribute at death, September 24, 1935 Junkersfeld, Peter - biographical tribute at death, March 18, 1930 Kellogg, Edmund W. - biographical tribute at death, August 13 1936 Kennedy, Joseph J. - biographical tribute at death, April 2, 1932 Kennelly, Arthur Edwin - correspondence with F. Jehl, 1936-1937 Biographical tribute at death, June 16, 1939 Kiddle, Alfred Watts - correspondence with F. Jehl, 1930-1931 Biographical tribute at death, January 7, 1935 Kimball, Edward C. - biographical tribute at death, May 4, 1936 Kimball, Fred M. - biographical tribute at death, February 5, 1930 King, Charles F. - biographical tribute at death, May 10, 1930 King, Charles G.Y. - biographical tribute at death, February 21, 1937 Kinsman, Frank E. - biographical tribute at death, February 5, 1924 (copy) Kitt, Millard B. - biographical tribute at death, June 13, 1936 Knight, Arthur Franklin - death Notice, May 2, 1936 Koehler, Fredinand C. - biographical tribute at death, December 17, 1940 Kolben, Emil - correspondence with Insull and Kruesi, 1888-1891 (copies) Correspondence with F. Jehl, 1938 Programs for dinners honoring Kolben, 1891-1892 Miscellaneous newspaper articles Kruesi, John - correspondence with Thomas Logan regarding mixture for

telephone chalk, 1888 Correspondence from customer to Kruesi describing 110 ton locomotive, 1892

(copy) Correspondence between P.J. Kruesi and F. Jehl, 1933-1939 Biographical sketch done by W.E. Kruesi, 1929 (copy) The Electrical World - obituary note on Kruesi, undated (copy) Lang, Philip A. - biographical tribute at death, February 25, 1937 Langton, John - biographical tribute at death, February 6, 1920 Larrett, James E. - biographical tribute at death, May 25, 1925 Lawson, John W. - correspondence about joining Edison Pioneers, 1920 (copy) Biographical tribute at death, April 22, 1924 Lee, Joseph - biographical tribute at death, November 4, 1932


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Lieb, John W. - correspondence with Henry Ford, 1928 "The First D.C. and A.C. Edison Pioneer" by F. Jehl Biography, 1925 Biography by F. Jehl Biographical tribute at death, November 1, 1929 Lighthipe, James A. - correspondence with Edison Pioneers, 1918-1919 (copies) Collection of letters, 1912-1925 (copies) Cassier's Magazine "An 83-Mile Electric Power Transmission Plant," November

1899 (copy) Biographical tribute at death, April 10, 1925 Lindsay, Robert - biographical tribute at death, August 25, 1933 Logan, Thomas - correspondence with Edison, Kruesi and Clarke, 1880-1888

(copies) Box 38

Latimer, Lewis H. "Call for a National Conference," 1895 (copy) Correspondence with Leisure Hours magazine, 1887-1888 (copies) Testimony in trial of Charles G. Perkins, U.S. Electric Company, 1889

(copies) "Means for Producing Luminous Effects," October 10, 1891 (copy) Edison Electric Light Company vs. Columbia Incandescent Lamp Company,

testimony of Latimer and Thomas A. Edison, 1893 (copies) Correspondence, 1893-1923 (copies) Frank A. Wardlaw correspondence with Louise Latimer, 1928-1941 (copies) Diagrams and drawings, undated (copies) "Electrical Recollections," undated (copy) "Mr. Latimer's Theory on the Goebel Lamp Case," undated (copy) "Electrical Fire Extinguishing System," undated (copy) "They Had a Dream," undated Dedication day: The Lewis H. Latimer School, Brooklyn, New York, May 20,

1968 Dedication ceremony - The Lewis H. Latimer Gardens, Flushing, N.Y., June

8, 1971 Dedication journal - The Lewis H. Latimer Gardens, 1971 "Lewis Howard Latimer - A Black Inventor," 1973 and 1975 (2 copies;

booklet) Poem: "Massachusetts to Virginia" by J. G. Whittier, undated (copy) Biographical sketch Biographical tribute at death, December 11, 1928 Amsterdam News article on death, December 19, 1928 (copy)

Box 39

Lemp, Herman Correspondence with F. Jehl, 1930-1934


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Miscellaneous newspaper articles, 1943-1954 (copies) Correspondence with granddaughter, Freda, 1944-1945 "Inventor's Progress" The Technology Review, 1944 (2 parts, copy) "X-rays an early institute topic" Electrical Engineering, December 1945

(copy) National Transportation Award, 1950 (copy) The Franklin Institute - The George R. Henderson Medal, 1951 "Railroading's Forgotten Genius" Electrical Engineering, December 1962 Specification and Claims to Herman Lemp - Edison Pioneer, (compiled 1970) "Miniature Reproduction of the White Light District," undated From Edison to the Atomic Bomb

Foreword, Introduction and Table of Contents Chapter I - "Ancestry" Chapter II - "Childhood...1862-1878" Chapter III - "Neuchatel...1878-1880" Chapter IV - "Electrical Exhibition in Paris and Trip to America - 1881" Chapter V - "Menlo Park 1881-1883" Chapter VI - "Trip to Switzerland and Marriage...1883" Chapter VII - "Bergman & Company 1884" Chapter VIII - "Schuyler Electric Light Company 1885-1887" Chapter IX - "Lynn: Thomson Electric Light Company 1888" Chapter X - "Thomson Electric Welding Company 1888-1895" Chapter XI - "The First Depression" Chapter XII - "Lynn Steamboat Company" Chapter XIII - "Trip Abroad Introducing Armour-Plate Annealing, 1895" Chapter XIV - "General Electric Company...X-ray and Automobile

Development...1896-1897" Chapter IV - "Diesel Engines...1911" Chapter XVI - "Move to Erie, Pennsylvania 1912" Chapter XVII - "War 1917-1918" Chapter XVIII - "Automatic Control for Rail Cars and Locomotives" Chapter XIX - "Resignation from the General Electric Company; Erie

Steam Shovel Company" Chapter XX "Move to Glen Rock, New Jersey" Chapter XXI "Trip to Europe with Alice" Chapter XXII "Second Depression" Chapter XXIII "Looking Forward - Summary"

Box 40

Luhr, Charles W. - biographical tribute at death, December 21, 1930 Lyman, James - biographical tribute at death, March 28, 1934 MacHaffie, John - biographical tribute at death, July 17, 1931 MacKay, William H. - biographical tribute at death, January 6, 1931 MacLean, Howard A. - biographical tribute at death, May 5, 1939 MacOuesten, William D. - biographical tribute at death, April 9, 1932 Marcley, Charles W. - biographical tribute at death, April 2, 1923


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Markle, Alvan - biographical tribute at death, March 19, 1931 Martin, Thomas Commerford - biographical tribute at death, May 17, 1924 (copy) Mason, William H. - biographical tribute at death, August 23, 1940 MeCarty, Robert Alden - biographical tribute at death, December 29, 1920 . McCormick, Frank K. - biographical tribute at death, November 21, 1935 McCoy, Joseph F. - correspondence with F. Jehl, 1931 Biographical tribute at death, August 31, 1938 McGrath, Synan Morgan - biographical tribute at death, February 9, 1930 McKeown, John P. - biographical tribute at death, May 25, 1934 Meadowcroft, William H. - correspondence with E.G. Liebold, Thomas A. Edison

handwritten note, November 31, 1923 Correspondence with H. M. Cordell regarding Edison's account of the light bulb,

1926 Correspondence with F. Jehl and F. Campsall, 1924-1934 Correspondence, 1924-1934 Newspaper obituary, October 15, 1937 Biographical tribute at death, October 15, 1937 Melick, George F. - correspondence 1930-1938 Miller, John Vincent - biographical tribute at death, August 16, 1940 Miller, Walter H. - biographical tribute at death, May 26, 1941 Moore, Daniel McFarlan - biographical tribute at death, June 15, 1936 Moore, Miller F. - biographical tribute at death, November 29, 1930 Morrow, Bryce E. - biographical tribute at death, January 4, 1936 Mott, Samuel Dimmick - biographical tribute at death, July 11, 1930 Mungle, Alexander - correspondence 1929-1933 Biographical tribute at death, January 1, 1938 Nelson, H. Whiteway - biographical tribute at death, January 24, 1934 Nichols, Edward Leamington - biographical tribute at death, November 10, 1937 Nicholls, Frederick - biographical tribute at death, October 21, 1921 (copy) Nilson, Lars G. - biographical tribute at death, November 29, 1935 Noe, E.C. - biographical tribute at death, November 28, 1940 Odell, Frederick J. - biographical tribute at death, September 11, 1936 Ott, Frederick P. - Letter from son, Alva Edison, to Henry Ford regarding father

and uncle, John F. Ott's work with Thomas A. Edison, December 26, 1930 Correspondence, 1929 Biographical tribute at death, October 23, 1936 Ott, John F. - biographical tribute at death, October 10, 1931

Box 41 Pavfe, Sidney B. - Electrical Properties of copper wire, 1881 (copy) Memo from Catalogue Department, General Electric Company, 1893 Correspondence, General Electric Company, Power and Mining Department,

Multiphase Transmissions, 1894 "General Electric in the Development of the Textile Industry," undated (copy) "The Story of the First Electrically Operated Textile Mill," 1930 (copy) "Centralization of Power," 1904 (copy) Correspondence, 1926-1931 (copy)


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Paine, Walter J. - Family biography (copy) "Prospectus of the Proposed New England Wiring and Construction Company,"

1887 (copy) "Reminiscences of My Experiences in Business Building," undated (copy) Biographical tribute at death, June 2, 1926 Peabody, George Foster - biographical tribute at death, March 4, 1938 Philips, Eugene. H, - biographical tribute at death", November 28, 1935 Place, Edwin - death notice, July 23, 1937 Plant, Herman - biographical tribute at death, September 22, 1932 Pope, Franklin Leonard - "Evolution of the Electric Incandescent Lamp," 1894 Price, Charles R. - biographical tribute at death, July 20, 1931 Rach, Christian - biographical tribute at death, July 7, 1938 Rau, Louis - biographical tribute at death, February 27, 1923 Reilley, George C. - biographical tribute at death, March 4, 1934 Romeling, Rudolph C. - biographical tribute at death, November 6, 1937 Rowland, Edward C. - biographical tribute at death, August 31, 1926 Ryan, John T. - biographical tribute at death, February 21, 1941 Scheffler, Frederick Alonzo - biographical tribute at death, February 24. 1937 Schier, Otto Ladislav Joseph - biographical tribute at death, November 23, 1925 Schroeder, John William - biographical tribute at death, June 24, 1936 Searle, Robert M. - biographical tribute at death, November 13, 1929 Seixas, Theodore G. - biographical tribute at death, January 26, 1933 Seymour, James M. - correspondence with F. Jehl, undated Biographical tribute at death, September 2, 1940 Newark Evening Hews - death Notice, September 3, 1940 Shaw, P.B. - biographical tribute at death, January 31, 1937 Silverman, Isaac - biographical tribute at death, May 12, 1941

Box 42

Spencer, Thomas - biographical tribute at death, April 16, 1936 Sperry, Elmer A. - Biographical tribute at death", June 16, 1930 Steeple, George F. - Drawings of equipment used to change over cable shuttle

trains to electric operation • \

Correspondence from F.H. Crane, Emerson Power Scale Company regarding power usage of F.H.J. Holton & Company, Cambridgeport, 1891 (typed carbon)

Correspondence with Edison Institute, 1929-1939 Biographical tribute at death, June 25, 1939 Stevens, Walter - biographical tribute at death, May 16, 1937 Stevenson, Edward Albert - biographical tribute at death, December 30, 1936 Stilwell, Charles F. - biographical tribute at death, March 29, 1939 Tate, Alfred 0. - explanation of transmitter, 1886 Correspondence regarding Edison Phonoplex System of Telegraphy, 1886-1887

Correspondence with F. Jehl, 1933-1940 Comments on "Edison, the Man" (typed copy) Thomas, Edward Galbraith - biographical tribute at death, January 19, 1932


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Thompson, Alfred J. - biographical tribute at death, December 27, 1937 Thrige, Thomas B. - biographical tribute at death, May 9, 1938 Tidnam, Fred Haselton - correspondence with F. Jehl, 1936-1939 Biographical tribute at death, January 11, 1940 Upton, Francis Robbins - Scribhers "Edison Electric Light," February 1880 Agreement to use Zipernowsky-Deri-Blathy system of distributing electricity,

November 25, 1886 Speech made before first meeting of Edison Pioneers at the Lawyers' Club, New

York City, February 11, 1918 "Thomas Edison was Old Family Friend" Raleigh, North Carolina, News &

Observer, November 9, 1958 (interview with Eleanor Upton) Biographical tribute at death, March 10, 1921 Vail, John H. - Harrisburgh Railroad Company test of Sprague Motor, 1889 "Experiments in Pioneer Electrical Engineering," Lecture given before American

Institute of Electrical Engineers, Rochester, New York, April 28, 1916 Biographical tribute at death, March 12, 1926 VanNuis, Charles S. - biographical tribute at death, April 19, 1940 Walker, Isaac W. - biographical tribute at death, February 1, 1937 Ward, Richard J. - biographical tribute at death, November 26, 1935 Weeks, Edwin Ruthven - biographical tribute at death, August 17, 1938 Weller, Harry Wrav - biographical tribute at death, April 1, 1929 Westerdahl, Alex K. - correspondence with F. Jehl, 1930-1932 Biographical tribute at death, November 16, 1932 Williams, Arthur - letter to J.A. Humberstone regarding Thomas A. Edison-Henry

Ford first meeting, November 29, 1930 (copy) Correspondence with Edison Institute, 1929-1936 Biography Biographical tribute at death, April 14, 1937 Wilson, Carl H. - biographical tribute at death, September 14, 1940 Winchester, Albert Edward - biographical tribute at death, June 29, 1925 Wirt, Charles - rules for wiring of lamp and motors for the use of wiremen for the

Edison Electric Light Company (copy) Biographical tribute at death, April 13, 1924

Box 43

General Edison Pioneer Information and Activities Frank A. Wardlaw, secretary of Edison Pioneers

Correspondence with F. Campsall, 1927-1930 Correspondence with J. Bishop regarding dynamos made at Menlo Park, 1929 Correspondence with F. Campsall regarding John Hood, first engineer at

Menlo Park, 1930-1931 Correspondence regarding Hammer Lamp collection, 1930 Correspondence with J.A. Humberstone regarding original doors of Menlo

Park Laboratory, 1930-1931 Correspondence regarding Pearl Street Station anniversary, 1932-1933


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Correspondence with F. Jehl regarding photograph of Charles Dean and Jumbo Dynamo for Menlo Park Laboratory, 1933

Miscellaneous correspondence Biographical tribute at death, May 11, 1936

Initial letter to form Pioneer Association, January 2, 1918 Program from Thomas A. Edison's "73rd" birthday luncheon with Pioneers,

February 11, 1920 Committee on Arrangement for Pioneer Dinner notice, January 6, 1921 [copy] Program from Thomas A. Edison's "75th" birthday luncheon with Pioneers,

February 11, 1922 Label buttons from Thomas A. Edison's "75th" and "76th" birthday Program, commemorative tablet, Menlo Park, New Jersey, May 16, 1925 Program from Thomas A. Edison's "82nd" birthday luncheon with Pioneers,

February 11, 1929 Invitation for Thomas A. Edison's Golden Anniversary of Incandescent Light,

Menlo Park, New Jersey, October 21, 1929 (copy)

Box 44 Edison Pioneers: Constitution and By-Laws

1918 (2 copies) 1921 1923 1926 (4 copies) 1929 (2 copies) 1932

Box 45

Descendant Pioneer family correspondence with Edison Institute, 1970-1980 Acheson Anderson Barstow Bergmann Bruder Campbell Carmen Casho Clarke Edgar Edison Ferguson Force Hammer Holzer Howell Insull Jehl


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Johnson Kennelly Kiddle Kruesi

Box 46

Latitaer Lemp Lieb Lighthipe Lowry Maisonville McCoy Meadowcroft Mott Ott Scheffler Schreiber Upton Vail Wardlaw Welch Wilson

Box 47

SERIES VI: EDISON ARTIFACTS Indian Heat White cent with the initials "T.A.E." on the face, 1862 Daily Electric Letter, Monroe, Louisiana, 1877 (example of Electric Pen) Electric Pen and Duplicating Press, sample of typeset and price list, undated Chicago Exposition Journal - A specimen of Electric Pen Work, undated Possible example of electric pen Tinfoil record presented to Mrs. W. R. Skells by Thomas A. Edison at Menlo Park,

September 1878 Tinfoil recording allegedly made by Sarah Bernhardt at Menlo Park, 1880 Sarah Bernhardt tinfoil recording newspaper accounts Dinner Program: Association of Edison Illuminating Companies honoring Mr. and

Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, September 2, 1909 (signed by Thomas A. Edison, Steinmetz etc.)

Thomas A. Edison time cards, 1912 Advertising Poster: Edison Phonograph Distributers, circa 1913 "A Little Journey to the Home of Thomas A. Edison," Camp Co-Operation,

Association Island, 1913 (also includes autographs of those attending and poem entitled "Our Ford")


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Wedding invitation: Thomas A. Edison's daughter Madeleine and John Sloane, June 17, 1914

Luncheon Program: Chamber of Commerce (New York) honoring Charles M. Schwab, April 28, 1921 (autographed by Thomas A. Edison)

Invitation to The New York Edison Company dinner honoring Thomas A. Edison in commemoration of 40 years of Edison service in New York City, September 11, 1922

Milan, Ohio, project and Edison tribute information, 1927 Penciled sketch of Thomas A. Edison by Browne, 1928 (signed in ink by Thomas A.

Edison) Thomas A. Edison autograph, Mina Miller Edison autograph, 1928 (Museum

#66.25.2) Invitation and admittance card for Congressional Medal Presentation Ceremony

honoring Thomas A. Edison, 20 October 1928 Presentation Program - Congressional Medal, 20 October 1928 Address by Calvin Coolidge, Presentation of Congressional Medal, 1928 Program: Edison Birthday Celebration, Municipal Auditorium, 11 February 1929 Thomas A. Edison Laboratory notebook, Henry Ford and Francis Jehl autograph,

October 18, 1931 Dedication Program for The Thomas A. Edison Memorial Episcopal Church, Milan,

Ohio, June 26, 1938 "Young Tom Edison" Premiere Ball ticket, February 10, 1940 "Young Tom Edison" paper buttons, February 20, 1940 "Young Tom Edison" general information, February 20, 1940 Card on dedication of St. Clair Power Plant and the 75th Anniversary of Light, sent by

Walker E. Cisler, Detroit Edison Company, 1954 Thomas A. Edison autograph, undated Example of mimeograph, undated Wax recording labels Blank piece of tinfoil for recording Twenty-five original admission cards for public demonstration of Bergmann tinfoil

phonograph, undated Chemist cap J.H. Sconce business card with Thomas A. Edison written note to Henry Ford 2 stock tickers alleged to be Thomas A. Edison's

"Where there is a will there is a way" "E.O. Acheson Menlo Park"

Thomas A. Edison plant specimen sent to Henry Ford, undated Postcard of the boyhood home of Thomas A. Edison, Edison Beach, Port Huron,

Michigan Christmas brochure of Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Edison photograph cabinet

SERIES VII: PRINTED MATERIALS

Box 48 Newspaper article on Thomas A. Edison and Mina Miller wedding, February 25,

1886


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Box 48 continued: Affidavit of Thomas A. Edison in regard to his invention of duplex and quadruplex

telegraphy, April 27, 1875 The Graphic "Edison" reprints from January 25 and March 1, 1879 The Technical Educator "The Phonograph" by T.C. Hepworth, 1890 Boston Daily Globe "Everything in Running Order," November 23, 1891 "History of the Kirietograph and Kinetoscope and Kinetophonograph" by W.K.L.

Dickson and Antonia Dickson, 1895 Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, "Edison" by Henry Tyrrell, March 1895 National Phonograph Company, "The Edison Phonograph," 1899 Addresses, H.M. Byllesby & Company, January 5, 1912 Edison Works Monthly Volume 1, Number 2, October 1912 Edison Club Banquet program, January 30, 1915 "Notable Events and Achievements in the Life of Thomas A. Edison," 1916 "The Edison Effect and Its Modern Applications" by Clayton H. Sharp (Presented at

Association of Edison Illuminating Companies) September 12, 1921 "Edison-Ford Commodity Money" by W.T. Foster, address before Academy of

Political Science, November 1922 "The Fundamental Character of Edison's Lighting Inventions" by Frederick P. Fisher,

presented at Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, September 27, 1926 "Fifty Years Ago" by Francis Jehl, October 1928 "Thomas Alva Edison - America's Best-Known Private Citizen," September 1929 "President Hoover Dedicates Edison Institute," Ford News, November 1, 1929 Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company, Famous American Series, "Thomas A.

Edison: Inventor, Genius and Benefactor," National Broadcasting Talk "In Memory of Thomas A. Edison" by H.S. Firestone,

October 19, 1931 Edison Life, May-June 1932 "The Cardboard Filament Lamp and the First Public Demonstration at Menlo Park"

by F. Jehl, 53rd Anniversary Program at the Edison Institute, October 21, 1932 "A Living Memorial to Edison," the Thomas A. Edison Foundation, Inc., 1936 Remarks of Senator W.W. Barbour (New Jersey) honoring Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A.

Edison, July 21, 1939 "Edison and Radio", February 11, 1940 Tribute to Thomas A. Edison by Harvey Firestone, Jr., February 11, 1947 Thomas A. Edison Centennial Committee information, 1947 "Frank J. Sprague and the Edison Myth" by Harriet Sprague, 1947 Journal of the Patent Office Society "The Patents of Thomas A. Edison" by E. A.

Norwig, 1954 (copy) "Faraday, Edison and the Modern Dynamo" by Clayton H. Sharp, undated "Narodniho Divadla: Edison, Praze (Prague, Czechoslovakia)," undated National Union Labor ticket, undated Two unidentified articles on the phonograph and the first recorded words, undated Advertisement: "Prof. Edison's Electrified Health and Temperament Indicator",

undated Edison United Manufacturing Company business card, undated


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Mood Music, a compilation of 112 Edison recreations, W.V. Bingham, Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Orange, New Jersey

The Edison Central Station System 2nd edition, 1885 (pamphlet by the Edison Electric Light Company)

SERIES VIII: RECORDING ARTISTS

Box 49 Ackte, Aino - operatic soprano Adams, Crawford - violin Adler, Clarence - piano Adler, Josef - piano Agostinelli, Adelina - soprano Aida Brass Quartette - horns and trumpets Alban, Theodore - singer Albani, Carlo -tenor Albin’s rch. Alboni, Marietta Albright, Claudia - contralto Albright, Nilan - piano Alcock, Merle - contralto Alessios De Filippis Mandolin Orchestra - mandolin All Star Trio Allen, Hugh - tenor Aloha Land Serenaders - violin, piano, bells, Hawaiian guitar Alpine Mountaineers - xylophone guitar Althouse, Paul - tenor American Singers Ancona, Mario - baritone Anderson, Archie - baritone Anderson, Ernie - banjo Andrews, W.D. Anselmi, Quiseppi - tenor Apollo, Quartet Archambeault, Beatrice Archibald, Vernon - baritone

Box 50

Arden, Cecil, Mademoiselle - contralto Arden, Victor - piano Arean, Marcelino Arion, Male Chorus Armstrong, Irene - soprano Arnold, Norman - tenor Arral, Blanche -soprano Arthur, Kitty Ash, Sam - tenor


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Asselin, P.A. - tenor Atalantic Dance Orchestra Avery, A. Wesley Avery, Van - "black face comedy" Aviles, Luz Amelia

Box 51

Balle, Ernest - compose Baltzell, John - fiddler Bach, Vincent - trumpet Bacon, Fred - banjo Bailey, Edna - elocutionist Baker, Phil - accordion Baler, Elsie - contralto Balfe, Michael W. Ball, Ernest R. - piano Ball, Rae Eleanor - violin Ballard, George W. - tenor Bambrick, Winifred - harp Barnett, Gladys - piano Batstow, Vera - violin Bartram, Gus - balladier Barth, Hans - piano Bastola, Mario Bstes, Mr.

Box 52

Bedlow, Dan - tenor Beethoven, Ludwig Van - piano Beglin, Emily - soprano Belmont, Joe - whistler Belor, Joel - violin Benedetti, Presto - baritone Benoist, Andre - piano Berger, Kitty - harp-zither Berggren, E.J. Bermecke, Frieda Berlioz, Hector - composer Bernard, Al - jazz musician Bernard, Rhoda Bernhardt, Mademoiselle Sarah - actress Bertman, Julio Besley, Madeline Beyer, A.F. Bezazian, Torcom


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Box 53 Bibor, Olga - piano Biddle, Arthur S. - tenor Bihalji-merin, Oto Bingham, W.V. Binns, Jack Birkenholz, Arcadia - violin Bisbee, "Jep" - fiddle Blake, Arthur - baritone Bliss, Mr. Blix, Meltzin B. Bodinoff, Florence - soprano Bonci, Alessandro - tenor Bonner, William Binnie Laddies Bonheur, C. Bori, Lucrezia - soprano Borisoff, J. Piastro - violin Box, Coenraad V. Bourstin, Arkady - violin

Box 54

Bradford, Jerdone - contralto Brady, Florence Brahms, Iuartet - quartette Braidwood, Frank - baritone Brazell, David - baritone Breen, Edivin J. - baritone Breen, Harry Breeskin, Elias - violin Briars, Larry - piano Brigode, Ace Briscoe, Olive Brissett, Fred J. Brune, Marcusson G. - soprano Bryan, William J. Burckhardt, John F. - piano Burgess, C.W. Burkhart, Maurice - tenor Burleigh, Cecil - compose Burns, A.P. Burns, Paul - comedian Burns, W.J.

Box 55

Cadman, C. Parkes


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Cahill, William - Irish monologue Caldwell, J.E. - trumpet Californian, Entertainer California Ramblers Callahan, W.A. Calloway, Ermine - comedian Campbell, Albert H. - tenor Campbell & Kaufmann - duet Cambria, Stellario - mandolin and guitar Campanari Candullo, Joe Caruso, Enrico - baritone Careny, Marie Caronna, Ernesto - baritone Carson, Mary - soprano Caso, Pietro - flute Castro, Carlos - tenor Chalmers, Donald - basso Chandler, Spring B. - lecturer Chapman, Wilbur - doctor of divinity Chapman, Walter - piano

Correspondence, 1921-1922 Charpentier, Gustave Cherniavsky Trio - violin, cello, piano

News clips, information Chick, Leonard L. - tenor Christine, F.F. Churchill, Lady Randolph Ciccolini, Guido

Correspondence, 1919-1921 News clips, publicity Photos (2 folders)

Box 56

Chalmers, Thomas - baritone Biographical material Correspondence, 1916-22 Miscellaneous Newspaper comments, reviews Photographs (3 folders) Publicity flyers

Box 57

Case, Anna - Soprano Commentaries (mainly from newspapers) Correspondence


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July 1917-May 1923 With Koolakian, August 1973-January 1975

Index to songs recorded Miscellaneous items Newspaper clips (80) Duplicate correspondence

Box 58

Photographs (3 folders) Publicity flyers

Box 59

Clark, Edward - character song reader Clark, Elsie - singing comedienne Clark, George - special assistant to Charles Edison Clark, Melville - harpist Clark, Robert E. - gospel singer Clark, Van Buren and Croonaders Clark, Helen and Phillips, Joseph

Photographs Clark, Helen - contralto

Publicity and biographical material Clark, Helen

Correspondence Photogrphs

Clement, Guy P. Clemens, Samuel (Mark Twain) Clough, Arthur C. Colette, Lucille - violin

Photographs Colgan, Mary College Four - singing quartette Collin, Beatrice - contralto Collins, Arthur

Photographs Collins & Harlan - comedy singing duo

Photographs Collins, Arthur and Harlan, Byron - published material Collins, Hazel Collinson, Louis H. - violin Colombo, Adolfo

Box 60

Confrey, Zez - piano Commodore Hotel Dance Orchestra Conrad, Henri's Orchestra


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Conway, Captain Patrick - bandmaster Cook, Phil Cookie (California Sunshine Girl) Corbett, James J. Corder, Leeta - soprano

Miscellaneous material Photographs

Couer, Guy R. Couturier, Ernest A. - cornet Cowing, Ms. - violin Cowles, Eugene Coxe, Calvin Cox, Marion E. - contralto Craft, Marcella Craigs Orchestra, Mel Crane, Arthur N. Creatore, Guiseppe - conductor Criterion Quartette (Male) Cropper, Roy Croxton, Frank - quartette Czerwonky, Richard - violin

Box 61

Daab, Charles - xylophone and bells Dalhart, Vernon - tenor

Photographs D'Almaine, Charles - violin Dalton, Jack Daly, J.H. Dann Trio

Correspondence Photographs Postal receipts Publicity folders

Davies, Bent Davis, Ernest - baritone Davies, R. Festyn - tenor

Box 62

Davis, Helen - soprano Photographs News reviews

De Bartoky, Matilda - soprano De Brio, Malibran De Bury, Edward De Castro, Consuelo - soprano


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De Cisneros, Eleanora - contralto Deiro, Guido - accordion De Kyzer, Marie - soprano De la Torre, Marta - violin De Leath, Vaughn De Libes, Leo Delna, Marie - contralto De Lorenzo, Leonardo - flautist Del Valle, Loretta - soprano Dennis Sisters Dentzer, O.C. Deppen, Jessie T. De Rezke, Jean De Stefano, Salvatore - harp De Strouve, Niclas Destinn, Emma - soprano Dewey, Phil - tenor De Wolfe, Elsie Dixie Mountaineers Dixon, Burt

Box 63

Doerr, Clyde Doherty, James - comedian Dolbeer, F.K. Dominquez, Milla - soprano Donaldson, Will - piano Dorrian, William Dorn, William - xylophone, bells Doyle, Frank X. Dressler, Marie - comedian Dubinsky, Vladimer - cellist Duffield, Blanche - soprano Duchene, Marie - contralto Duggin, David and Eliz - tenor Dufault, Paul Duke, Yellman and Orchestra Dunning, E.R. Duprez, Fred - comedian Dyer, Frank L. Dyrenforth, Robt. C.

Box 64

East, Fred - bariton Easton, Florence Eckert, A. - harp and zither


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Edison Recording Department employees Edisonsters - male quartette Edlin, Louis - violin Elks Quartet Eshelman, W.L. Ellerman, Amy - contralto

Correspondence and publicity Photographs

Ellison, Glen - baritone Correspondence and publicity Photographs

Emery, A.C. Englin, Maureen - pop singer Enrolle, Ralph - tenor

Photographs Box 65

Fabriozo, Carmine - violin Fagan, Sibyl S. - siffleuse

Corresp. & Publicitv Photos (62)

Fairbanks, C.E. Farland, Alfred A. - banjo Farnsworth, Charles H. - professor of music, Columbia University Farrell, Marguerite - soprano Farrington, Albert - baritone Favor, Edward M. - operatic comedian Fay, Harry - comic Feldhann, P. - orchestra leader Feldhamp, Walter Fells, Max Ferrara, Frank - guitar Ferrari-Fontana, Edward - tenor Ferrell, Florence - soprano

Box 66

Fields, Arthur - baritone Finnegan, John - tenor Fish, Royal - tenor Fischer, Adelaide - soprano Fisher, Fred Fitzgerald, J.T. Flaming, Mrs. G.W. Fleming, Esther Fleming, Ethel - trio Fleming, Marie


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Fleming Trio Correspondence Photographs

Fleeson, Neville Flesch, Carl - violin

Box 67

Foell, Franklin Ford Hawaiians - guitars Ford, Henry’s Old-Time Dance Orchestra Forde, Florence Four Aristocrats (Male) Foster, Fay Fradkin, Fred Freeman, Grace - violin Freer, Margaret - soprano Freische, Adrian Freidman, Al - orchestra leader Frisco Jazz Band Frisco, Lou Chicha - xylophone

Photographs Frosini, P. Fry, Charles's Million Dollar Piece Orchestra Fuller, Loie - actress Fuller's (Earl) Famous Jazz Band

Box 68

Gabler, A. Gail, Elinor Galagher, Charles E. - basso Gallo, Fortune Galvany, Maria Gardner, C.S. Gardner, Ida - contralto

Photographs Gardner, Samuel - violin Gatti-Casazza, Guilio Gayler, Robert - organist Gaylord, Chester Geissenhainer, L.R. Gendron, Henri - orchestra leader Germaine, J.H. Gialdini, Guido - siffleur Giammateo, Anthony - clarinet Gibson, William W. Gilmore, W.E.


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Giorgini, Aristodemo - tenor Girard, Gilbert - animal imitator Glanz, Nathan - orchestra leader Glenn, Wilfred - basso Glockner, Jacques Gluck, Chris Topher

Box 69

Goddard, Alice - story teller Goddard, James - basso Goile, Edith Golden, Billy - "blackface comedian" Golden, Ernie - orchestra leader Golden Gate Orchestra Goldman, Edwin F. - band leader Goldstein, Morris - yiddish tenor Goodwin, C.E. Gordon, Elaine Gordon, Westell - cello Goritz, Otto - baritone

Photographs Gorst, Charles C. Gottsmann's Zither Trio Graham, Mildred - soprano Grainger, Percy A. Grandville, Marcelle Green Brothers Novelty Marimba Band Green, Joe Green, J.B., Greissier, Mimi Griffin, Janice Grisi, Guilia Gringer, Mr. Group (Unidentified) Gruffe, Paulo Guaneri, Fernando

Box 70

Haberkorn, V. Lester Hackett, Arthur Hackett, Charles - tenor Hadley, Henry K. Hahl, Adolph J. Hall, Arthur Hall, Victor Hall, Wendell - composer


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Hallett, Mai Hamlin, George - tenor Hansen, Ole Harcum, Majorie Hare, Ernest - comedian Hargraves, Charles R. - tenor Harlen, Byron G. - tenor Harman, Dave and Orchestra Harris, Graham - violin Harris, Sam Harrison, Beatrice - cello Harrison, Charles - tenor Harrison, J.G. Harrod, Jason - tenor Harrold, Orville - tenor Hart, Charles - tenor Hartley, Mildred H. Hartman, Greta Hartman, Lucy J. - contralto Harvard, Sue - soprano Harvey, Bert - baritone Harvey, Morton Havrilla, Alois Hayes, C.R. Hays, E.J. and Mrs.

Box 71

Hempel, Frieda - soprano Press Releases, 1921-1925 Undated publicity correspondence, 1918-1922

Box 72

Flyers Photographs

Box 73

Heidelberg, Henry - piccolo Heifetz, Jascha - violin Heim, Gustav F. - cornet Heim, Lelitta - soprano Heinimann, Alexander - baritone Heimrich, Julia - soprano Heins, Billy Helena, Edith

Hemenway, Lyman Henrotte, Pierre


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Hensel, Heinrich - tenor Henton, H. Benne Hepburn, Ethel - mezzo soprano Herlihy, Joe and Orchestra Hill, Alta Hill, Cecil - piano Hill, May - composer Hillebrand, Fred - dancer Himmelreich, Ferdinand - piano Hindenmyer, Harvey - tenor

Box 74

Hochman's Orchestra Hodkin, Willard Hoffman, Grace Hoffman Quartet Hofheimer, Grace - piano Hogue, Poland - baritone Holden, Selos Hollinshead, Referne Hollinshead, Dietrich, Mrs. Holmes, H.R. Homestead Trio Hood, Adelyn - violin Hooley, William F. Hopkins, Miriam Hornberger, Company Howard, Kathleen - contralto Hoyle, Dorothy Hughes, J.C. - comedian Hull, Gertrude Humphrey, Harry F. - elocutionist Hungersford, Samuel - violin Hunt, Arthur - baritone Hunter, Guy - piano Hutcheson, Ernest - piano

Box 75

Imperial Marimba Band Issacs, Claude Jacques, Miss Jahn, Edmund A. - baritone Jarvis, Karrold - tenor Janes, Lewis - tenor Jamison, Steel Jaujdas, Eugene


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Jazzarimba Orchestra Jeffrey, Helen Jenna, Captain W.W. Johnston, Hugs Johnston, Newman Jones, Ada Jones, Bill and Hare, Ernest Comedy Duet Jones, Casey Jorda Rocabruna Quintet - violin, piano, organ, cello Jorn, Karl

Box 76

Kaiser, Marie Kalamar, William Kamern, Henrietta Kanewsky, Meyer - cantor Karla - violin Kamplain, Frank - yodeler Kaschmann, Guiseppi - baritone Katzman, Louise - cornet Kaufman, Brothers - "blackface comedy" Kaufmann, Irving - tenor Kaufman, Jack Kaufman, Louis - violin Kellerman, Marcus - baritone Kellner, Murray - violin Kennedy, Lauri - cello Kennedy, William A. - tenor Kerr, Charlie - orchestra leader Keyes, Margaret - contralto Kimball, Agnes - soprano Kimmel, John J. Kinsley, Frederick - organ Kipp, W.E. Kirkey, Stanley - baritone Kirkey, Eddie - orchestra leader Kirwan, Charlotte - soprano Kirwood, Lieutenant Knight, Harlan E. - comedian Knote, Heinrich - tenor Kolodkin, Herman Kolomoku, Walter - Hawaiian guitar Kuhon, Benjamin - bassoon Koralek, Paola - soprano Koskelo, Juho Kramer, Elise


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Kronold, Hans - cello Kryl, Bohumir - cornet Kuhn, M.W. Kurz, Selma - soprano

Box 77

Labis, Maria - soprano Lacey, James P. La Force, Frank La Guardia, Captain Lange, Henry W. Langerin, Orphe - baritone Lanin, Samuel C. - orchestra leader Largay, Paul Lark, Harriet Lauder, Alick Lauder, Harry - scotch comedian Laurence, Pauline Laurenti, Mario

Photographs Publicity Correspondence

Box 78

Lawson, Franceska K. Lawson, Duncan Lazzari, Caroline

Correspondence Publicity Photographs

Lazzari, Virgilio Box 79

Lee, Charles E. Le Fontenay, Odetta - soprano Leggett, Sergeant - cornet Lennox, Elizabeth Lenzberg, Julius - orchestra leader Lenihan, Burton - tenor Lwnzi, Bianca - soprano Leonard, Veta - soprano Leongarallo, Ruggiero Lester, Marvil E. Leveroni, Elviria - contralto Levitow, Bernhard Levy, Jules


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Liberati, Alessandro Lightenstein, Edward - tenor Lighty, Arthur C. - tenor Lilienfild, Levis Lind, Jenny Linder, Joe Lindley, Donald Lindquest, Albert Lippi, Edward

Box 80

Lucey, Leola - soprano Lyman, Harold L. Lynch, Patrick Lynn, Al and the Musical Masters Lockhart, Gene - actor Logan, Alex Lopez, Vincent Longone-White, Carolina - soprano Lopex and Hamilton's Kings of Harmony Louise, Helen Louisiana Five Lucenti, Luigi Lusk, Milan Luther, Frank

Box 81

Mac Donald, Edith Mac Donald Sisters - gospel singers Mac Guigan, Madeleine - violin Mackey, J.C. Mac Lean, Frederick G. - baritone Mac Leod, Murdock Mac Murray, Frederick - violin Mac Neil, Jean Macnez, Umbreto - tenor Macy, J. Sydney - actor Macy and Smalle Magrini, Fin - soprano Magnante, Charles Maitland, Robert - bass baritone Maitland, Rollo - organist Mantesta, Pompillio - bass Manhattan Quartet Mantia, Sinone March, Delohine


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Marchand, Charles - folk singer Mardones, Jose - basso Marichal, Maurice - violincellist Marketls, Michael Orchestra Marlowe, James - comedian Marshall, Olive - soprano Martin, Dane - comedian Martin, Frederic - basso Martin, Nat Martin, Riccardo - tenor Martinelli, Giovanni Martin, Frankie - guitar Martin, Johnny - banjo

Box 82

Matzenauer, Margaret - contralto Correspondence Publicity Photographs

Mayherur, Stella - comedian Mays, Harry - tenor Mays, Waldo Mazzucchi, Oswaldo

Box 83

Mc Adams, Lon Mc Carthy, J.D. Mc Cormack, Owen - baritone Mc Donald, Edith Mc Fadden, George Mc Gregor, Violet - violin Mc Kinley, William (President) Mc Mahon, Thomas Mc Quhae, Allen - tenor Mead, Olive - violin quartet Meadowbrook Orchestra Meeker, Edward - comedian Mc Geath, S.C. Melis, Carman - soprano Melody Girls Three Melsa, Daniel - violin Meluis, Luella - soprano Memphis Five Mering, Constance - piano Messmer, Irene H, Meyer, May A. - piano


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Mid Pacific Hawaiians Miles, Josie Middleton, Arthur - baritone

Publicity Photographs

Middleton and Jora Box 84

Miller, Christine Photographs Publicity

Miller, John Miller, Polk - banjo Miller, Ray Miller, Reed

Photographs Publicity and Correspondence

Box 85

Miscellaneous Mojica, Don Jose - tenor Manaco, Tommy - orchestra Monde, Anthony - xylophone Moore, Thomas - composer Moor, Weyert A. - flute Moran, Alan Morency, Placide - baritone Morgan, Reverend William - hymn and scripture recordings Morris, Gretchen - soprano Morrisey, Marie - contralto

Photographs (2 folders) Correspondence

Morse, Theodore Moskowitz, Isidore

Box 86

Murray, Billy - comedian Murray, Pete Munn, Frank Myers, William F.

Box 87

Munzio, Claudia - soprano Publicity Photographs


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Box 88

Namara, Marguerite Natalle, Marie - soprano National Male - quartet Natzy, Hazay - musical director Nehr, William New York Trio Newitt, Helen

Photographs Nhare, Mrs. and Mr. - singing evangelists Nichols, Ray's Orchestra Nilsson, Madame Christine Nolte, Elizabeth Noordewier-Reddingius, Mademoiselle A. Novca, Consuelo Oakland, Will - tenor Obermmergauer Zither Trio O'Connell, M.J. - tenor O'Farrell, Talbot - tenor Offenbach, Jacques O'Flaherty, Lt. A.E., Jr. O'Hara, Geoffrey Ohman, Phil Olitzka, Rosa Olsen, Eleanor and Sisters Oreste - orchestra leader Original Piano Trio Orlando, N. - orchestra leader Orpheus Mixed Quartet Osborne, Willard Ossman Banjo Orchestra

Box 89

Paden, Kathryn - piano Paderewski, Ignatz J. Pagdin, William Painter, Uriah Paka's Hawaiians Palmer, Olive Pangrac, Frantisek Parker's Dance Orchestra Parker, Edith M. - contralto Parker, George L. Parkhurst, W.B. Parlow, Kathleen - violin


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Parker, J. Donald Parker and Donaldson Parvis, Maurimo - baritone Pasquariello, Gennars - tenor Patricola, Isabelle - violin Patterson, E. - contralto Patti, Adeline Payni, Rinaldi - soprano Payne, Iden Peabody, Eddie - banjo Pelak, Andrew Pellegrin, Hector Pennewill, E.E. Perkins, Ray - piano Perone, Carlo Peteler, Claire W. - soprano Peterson, Alan Philharmonic String Quartet Phillips, Joseph H. - baritone Phillips, S.A. Piccadilly Players Pierce, Bob Pinto, Anna - harp Pioneer Quartette Pleasants, Jack - comedian

Box 90

Polese, Giovanni - baritone Polk, Rudolph - violin Polla's Clover Garden Orchestra Pollack, Harry Pollack, Michael Pollack, Muriel - piano Ponce Sisters Popera, Stephen - saxophone Poppa, Vera Porter, Steve - baritone Potter, Pauline Powell, Virginia Power, Stella - soprano Power Family Prince Alexander Prince George Proctor, Gregory Prihoda, Vasa Proctor, Harold


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Proudfit, Doris Provandie, Wadsworth Pulido, Juan - baritone

Box 91

Quait, Robert - tenor Quesnel, Albert - tenor Quizy Four Rachmanioff, Sergei - composer-pianist Raaen, Lieutenant J.C. - tenor Randerman Jazz Band, Harry Randolph, Emory B. Rarick, Mable - piano Ray, Huston - piano

Publicity Photographs and News clips

Box 92

Rappold, Marie Publicity Photographs (2 folders)

Rappold and Miller Rappold and Spaulding Rappold and Uirlus

Box 93

Rea, Virginia - soprano Rearden, George W. Reardon, Mildred G. - soprano Recorders, The Reddick, William - piano Reed, Gus Reed, Geroges - tenor Reimers, Paul Resner, Harry Rhodes, W.A., Jr. - tenor Rhinow, A.W. Rice, Gladys

Photographs and Miscellaneous Rice, Leon Riegleman, Mabel - soprano Rigoletto Quartet Riley, John J. Ringo, Marguerite Rio, Anita - soprano Rivers, Madge


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Rivers, William P. Roberts, George L. Roberts, Joe Roberts, John Roberts, Justine - impersonator

Box 94

Robertson, Dick Robinson, Ann Robinson, Charles F. - basso Rocabrunk, Jose - violin Rodeheaver, Homer - tenor Roders, Allen - tenor Roders, Duke Roggio, Enrico Rolfe, B.A. and his Orchestra

Photographs Romain, Manuel - tenor Romanelli, Luigi and His King Edward Hotel Orchestra Randalla, Uzandizaga - string instruments Roosevelt, Theodore (president) Rorer, Posey and The North Carolina Ramblers Rosalis, Victor J. Rosenthal, Mariz

Photographs Roth String Quartet Royer, Clarence De Vaux - violin Rubenstein, Erna - violin Ryan, John

Box 95

Samuels, Joseph - violin Sandby, Herman Santelmann, Captain William H. Santrey, Henry - baritone Sashko, Alexander Sashko, Sacha Saxton, Vertner - baritone Scanlan, Walter - Irish tenor

Correspondence and public releases Photographs News clips, 1921-1925

Scanlon, Patrick J. Schall, Lawrence Sheib, Philip Schmitz, E. Robert - piano


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Schuman, Elizabeth - soprano Schutz, Axel - comic Danish singer Schwilder, Jean - violincello Scott, Henri - basso Scribner, Laura Scott, J.W. Scotti, Antonio - baritone Serato, Arrigo - violin Seven Blue Babies Seydel, Irma Shank, Maybelle W. - soprano Shannon, Quartet Shaw, Alfred D. - tenor Shaw, Elliott - baritone Sharlow, Myrna - soprano Sherman and Ryuan Sherry, Mary Shiffle, Mr.

Box 96

Shepperd, Betsy Lane Correspondence and publicity Photographs

Box 97

Siegel, Samuel - mandolin Signor, Lou Chiha "Friscoe" - xylophone Silver, Frank Silver, Monroe Silberbusch, A.M. Silzer, George C. Sinagra, P. - baritone Sis, Alader Sissle, Noble Sissons, Allen - fiddle Sistine Choir Size, Martin Sisty and Seitz Skeels, W.R. Sholnik, George Skrainka, Mrs. Morris Skoloff, Madeleine Skrank, Blanche Smalle, Edwin J. Smallman, John - baritone Smeck, Roy - banjo


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Smith, Ben - ukelele Smith, S.W. - bugle Smith, William - guitar Snildqushas, Jouzas - baritone Sodero's Band, Cesare Sokoloff, Igor - cello Sokoloff, Madeleine - violin

Photographs Solomon, Gene Soman, Herbert Soomer, Walter - baritone Sonatag, Henrietta Southern Four, The Sousa, John Philip - band leader

Box 98

Spaulding, Albert - violin Publicity and news releases, undated Correspondence, 1916-1922 Publicity, 1912-1925 Photographs

Spaulding, Rappold Box 99

Spaulding, Shirley - guitar Speciale, Mike - violin Spencer, Len G. - character singer Sper, Frances - contralto Spindler, Julius - flute Spitalny, Phil - orchestra leader Spross, Charles G. - piano Spencer, Elizabeth

Publicity and photographs Box 100

Stanley, Helen - soprano Stanley, Eileen - vocal mimic

Photographs Stanley, Ethel Stapleton, Mr. Steer, Olga - piano Steindel, Bruno - violincello Steindel, Mrs. Bruno Stembler, Sallie Stern, Harold - orchestra leader


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Stevens, Bernie Stevenson, Lucille - piano Stewart, Gal - character comedian Stewart, Elliott - tenor Stolberg, Oscar Stoneman, Ernest V. "Stop Flirting" - musical Story, Miss Belle - piano Stowe, Lou - contralto Sturkow-Ryder, Mademoiselle - piano Suerth, Paul - harp Sunderlieus, Marie - soprano

Photographs Publicity

Surface, Miss Velvet Swain, Edwin - tenor Sylva, Marguerita - soprano

Box 101

Taggert, Charles R. - fiddle Tally, Harry - tenor Tarasora, Nina - Russian folk singer Taussig, Leo - violin Taylor, Eva Terminis, Oman - soprano Tetrazzini, Luisa - soprano Thayer, Edith - soprano Thayer, William A. - composer Thomas, Ambroise - composer Thompson, George L. - vaudeville actor Tilley, Herbert C., Jr. Teyte, Maggie


Tiffany, Marie - soprano Publicity Photographs

Tollefsen Trio - piano, cello, violin Troville, De Yvone - soprano


Trucksess, Robert - guitar Tschaikovjsky, Peter - composer Tschirky, Oscar Tucker, Sophie Tutte, P. Sydney


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Tuxedo Dance Orchestra Box 102

Vecsey and his orchestra, Armand Vedder, William Velton Ventura, Elvina Veo, Harold Vergerti, Emilia Verlet, Alice

Box 103

Ukranian National Chorus U.S. Marine Band Urlus, Jacques - tenor


Valderrama, Carlos - composer Van, Bliss B. Van Brunt, Walter - tenor Vanderpool, Frederick W. - composer Vander Veer, Nevada - contralto Van Eps, Fred - banjo Van Gordon, Cyrena - contralto


Van Vliet, Cornelius - cellist Vanrooy, Anton - baritone

Box 104

Vecsey and his Orch., Armand Veddr, William Velton - violin Ventura, Elvina - tenor Veo, Harold - violin Vergeri, Emilia - Spanish soprano Verlet, Alice - soprano


Box 105

Victorian's Orchestra, Paul Vidas, Raoul - violin Villalon, Alberto - guitar Villarias, Carlos - Spanish singer


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Violin, Mischa - violin Vivier, Felix Vodeisch, Huldah - violin Volga Boys Von Hallberg, Gene - piano Von Hallberg, Sven - guitar Von Hallberg Trio Von Tilzer, Albert - composer Von Weber, Carl Maria - composer Voorhess, Don and his Earl Carroll's "Vanities" Orchestra Votichenko, Sasha - composer Wachtel, Sadie Wadsworth, Wheeler - saxophone Wagner, Grace Wagner, Marie Louise - soprano Wagmer-Shank, Mademoiselle Maybelle Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra Wakefield, Henriette - contralto Walbank, James E. - tenor Wallace, Frank - ukulele Ward, Barney - comedian Ware, Helen - violin Watson, George P.

Box 106

Weaver, George Webb, Theodore - baritone Weber Male Quartet, The Weber, Peter Webster and His Bag Sate Aces, Julian Weiss, Anton Weston, Al H. - comedy West Pointers, The Wetter, Joseph - baritone Wheeler, Frederick J. - baritone

Box 107

Willeke, William Williams, Clarence Williams, Emerson and J.M. Williamson, Hardy Willis, Bob Wilmot, W.D. Wimbrow, Dale Winegar, Frank Wingate, General George A.


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Wiswell’s Saxophone Orchestra Wolfe, Laurence Wolff, Marce Wolfram, Philip H. Woll, Carsten Wootwell, Tom Word, W.B. Wright, Edward S. Wright, Hadley Wright and Bessinger Wynne, Billy

Box 108

Yale Collegians Yaw, Ellen Beach Wden, Astrid Yellman, Duke Yerkes Jazzarimba Orchestra Young, Irene Young, John Young, Victor Zanelli, Renato Zenatello, Giovanni Zenekara, Olga Bibar Magyar Zentay, Mary Zimmerman, Fritz Zoellner Quartet

Box 109

Edison recording artists Biographical list, April-May 1973 Letters concerning archival positions, November 1973-March 1974 List of biographical files, April-August 1973

"The Gramophone as Historian," Excerpt from Grove's Music & Musicians, 5th edition

Inventory of records Joss inventory of Edison products - lynch letter to Davis, June 7, 1950 London Phonograph and Gramophone Society booklet #28, December 1965 Miscellaneous Amberola records Mood music Phonographs Ediphones Recording artists, records in stock, 1932


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Box 110 Notebook designed to sell the Edison Diamond Disc phonograph, 1916-1918

(contains photographs of Edison artists, clippings and a card describing the "Edison Realism Test;" integrated from Accession 94.24.1)

SERIES IX: PHOTOGRAPHS Box 1

Original photographs series Acquaintances and friends

General (2 folders) Documents Eastman, George Firestone, Harvey Steinmetz, Charles

Afro-Americans Airplanes Anniversaries Automobiles Birthdays

73rd 77th 80th 81st 84th 85th 96th 97th 100th

Box 2

Caricatures and cartoons Colleagues and contemporaries Death

Memorials and monuments Tombs and sepulchral monuments

Dedications - Lights Golden Jubilee and the Edison Institute Documents

General (2 folders) Correspondence (2 folders) Publications Newspapers and periodicals

Dwarfs Dwellings

Fort Myers


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Glenmont, West Orange Menlo Park Milan

Color Port Huron

Edison Pioneers Acheson, Edward G. Andrews, William S. Andrus, Milo Batchelor, Charles

Documents Berggren, Ernest J. Boehm. Ludwig K. Carman, William Clarke, Charles Colombo, Dr. Flammer, Charles Force, Martin Griffin, Stockton L. Haid, Dr. A. Hammer, William J. Hipple, James Holzer, William Jehl, Francis King, Frank King, W.D. Kruesi, John Lawson, John W.

Box 3

Lemp, Herman Lieb, John Logan, Thomas - documents Mott, Samuel D. Mungle, Alexander Ott, John F. Sims, Edward Unidentified Upton, Francis

Education Exhibitions

1896 (Paris International Exposition) 1933-1934 (Chicago World's Fair)

Family Children (2 folders) Death - Tombs and sepulchral monuments


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Edison Relatives (2 folders) Dwellings Grandchildren Mary Stilwell Mina Miller Marriage

Foundations - Thomas Alva Edison Foundation Industry

Electric Lamps - Edison Lamp Company Harrison, New Jersey Menlo Park - employees

Electric Machinery Edison Machine Works, New York, New York General Electric

General Schenectady, New York

Employees People

Electric Utilities - Edison Illuminating Company London, England

Box 4

Detroit, Michigan - employees Roselle Park, New Jersey New York, New York

Employees Shamokin, Pennsylvania Sunbury, Pennsylvania

Inventions Carbonizer Concrete Houses Dictaphones Electric Lamps (3 folders) Electric Locomotives (2 folders) Electric Street Cars Electric Storage Batteries Generators Motion Pictures Phonograph

Box 5

Rubber Botanic Garden

Tasimeters Telegraph Telephone


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Typewriters Laboratories

Ft. Myers Deconstruction Exteriors

Menlo Park People

Newark

Box 6 West Orange

Interiors Exteriors

Railroads - baggage car Memorials and monuments Mines and mining Motion pictures Offices Miscellaneous Outdoor activities

Box 7

Parades and processions People - unidentified Portraits

1847-1859 1860-1869 1870-1979 1880-1889 1890-1899 1900-1909 1910-1919 1920-1931 (2 folders)

Railroads Reporters and reporting Sculpture Sleeping Sports - baseball Trips

Hungary, 1911 Rawlins, Wyoming, 1878

Vacations - Wayside Inn

Box 1 Photographs addendum

Accidents - Lineman Feeks


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Acquintances and friends Actors and actresses

Edison Institute - plays Rooney, Mickey -"Young Tom Edison" Tracy, Spencer - "Edison, the Man"

Automobiles Birthdays

78th 100th

Boats and boating Caricatures and cartoons Colleagues and contemporaries

Documents Death - memorials and monuments Documents

Correspondence Business Personal

Publications Dwellings

Fort Myers Glenmont, West Orange Menlo Park Port Huron

Box 2

Edison Pioneers Acheson, Edward G. Anderson, Hugo Batchelor, Charles Bergman, Sigmund Boehm. Ludwig K. Carman, William Casho, Joseph Clarke, Charles Hammer, Edwin W. Hammer, William J Howell, John W. Insull, Samuel Jehl, Francis Johnson, Edward Kruesi, John

Documents

Box 3 Latimer, Lewis H.


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Documents Family Inventions

Lemp, Herman Lighthipe, James H. Logan, Thomas - Documents Lowrey, Grosvenor Porter Meadowcrowft, William H. Morrison, George F. Paine, Sidney B. Pope, Franklin L. Upton, Francis Van Vleck, John Wardlaw, Frank Yunck, John

Box 4

Exhibitions (Paris and New York) Family

Death - Tombs and sepulchral monuments Edison Relatives (2 folders)

Dwellings Mabel Edison Schreibner (C.N. Edison's Half-Sister)

Industry Unidentified Electric Lamps - Edison Lamp Company - Menlo Park (2 folders) Electric Machinery

Edison Machine Works, New York, New York General Electric - Schenectady, New York Electric Utilities - Edison Illuminating Company

Germany Elgin, Illinois Detroit, Michigan - employees Roselle Park, New Jersery New York, New York

Employees Pearl Street Station, New York

Inventions Binoculars Concrete Houses Dictaphones Electric Lamps Electric Meters (2 folders) Electric Locomotives


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Box 5 Electric Storage Batteries Fluoroscope Galvanometer Generators Instruments Motion Pictures Phonographs Printers Telegraph Telephone Unidentified Voting Machines Wireless

Laboratories Ft. Myers - exteriors Menlo Park

Exteriors Interiors Machine shop

Exteriors Interiors

People West Orange

Interiors Memorials and monuments Outdoor activities Parades and processions People - unidentified Portraits Recording artists Trips - Rawlins, Wyoming, 1878 Unidentified

Box 1 (oversize)

Oversize photographs Inventions

Electric locomotives (2 folders) Phonograph Dynamos

Industry - electric lamps - Electric utilities - Elgin, Illinois Family

Children Edison Relatives Dwellings

Automobiles


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Dwellings - Port Huron Street scene (3 folders) River scene (2 folders) Edison pioneers

Mackenzie, James Jehl, Francis Edgar, Charles L.

Acquaintances and friends Birthdays - 80th

Box 2 (oversize)

Fort Myers Portraits

1880-1889 1920-1931 (2 folders)

Memorials and monuments Inventions

Electric locomotives (6 folders) Streetcars

Laboratories Fort Myers - interiors Menlo Park - people (7 folders)

Box 3 (oversize)

Colleagues and companions Portraits

1847-1859 1860-1869 1910-1919 (2 folders) 1920-1931 (3 folders)

Box 4 (oversize)

Edison pioneers (2 folders) Acquaintances and friends Family - Edison relatives Electric utilities - Edison Illuminating Company, New York People - unidentified Portraits 1870-1879 1890-1899 (3 folders) 1900-1909 1920-1931 (3 folders)

Box 5 (oversize)

Colleagues and contemporaries (7 folders) Acquaintances and friends (2 folders)


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Dwellings - Glenmont (West Orange) Portraits

1890-1899 (2 folders) 1920-1931

Box 6 (oversize)

Acquaintances and friends (3 folders) Automobiles Dwellings

Glenmont Port Huron - street scene (2 folders)

Family Edison relatives Dwellings

Industry Electric lamps -- Electric Lamp Company, Harrison, New Jersey Electric machinery

Edison Machine Works, New York Unidentified (2 folders)

Inventions Dynamos Electric lamps Electric locomotives

Laboratories - Menlo Park People (3 folders)

Memorials and monuments Mount Clemons - Grand Trunk Railway

SERIES X: MENLO PARK

Box 1 Photographs

MP.3, Water pump at Menlo Park, 1928 MP.4, Electric Train House at Menlo Park, 1928 (negative # B.94106) MP.6, Excavation of Sarah Jordan House foundation and cellar, 1928 (negative #

O.5786) MP.10, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.26, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.27, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.37, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.39, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.41, Side view of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.42, Rear view of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.47, Interior view of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.48, Interior view of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.61, Building in Menlo Park, 1928 (negative # B.94116) MP.67, Road in Menlo Park, 1928


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MP.73, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.77, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.79, Building at Menlo Park, 1928 (negative # B.94120) MP.84, Bungalow with shingles from Laboratory, 1928 (negative # B.94119) MP.85, Large 2-story house in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.86, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.87, Building in Menlo Park, 1928 (negative # B.94115) MP.88, Building in Menlo Park, 1928 (negative # B.94114) MP.89, Interior of building at Menlo Park, 1928 (negative # B.94118) MP.94, Carbonizing crew at first Edison Lamp Works in Menlo Park, New

Jersey, 1880 MP.99, Compound view from Woodbridge Street, 1890 (negative # O.17003 and

B.95375) MP.103, Laboratory, circa 1912 (negative # P.B.105640) MP.104, Back view of Laboratory after Edison moved to West Orange, circa

1900 (negative # ECP-46) MP.105, Staff on Menlo Park Laboratory Porch, five men, 1890 (negative # ECP-

52) MP.111, Menlo Park and Sarah Jordan Boarding House, circa 1890 (negative

#B.93004) MP.113, View of Machine Shop, Carpenter Shop, and Ore separation tower,

summer 1880 MP.119, Graphic-Hinds Ketcham Building, First factory to be illuminated Pearl

Street installations (negative # O.14066) MP.126, William J. Hammer, Alexander Mungle and Francis Jehl in Menlo Park

ruins—Bricks are the foundations for galvanometer table, 1928 (negative # ECP-49)

MP.134, Menlo Park Post Office, 1928 (negative # B.94110) MP.130, Menlo Park Lab during last stages of destruction by local farmers, circa

1912-1913 (negative # ECP-45) MP.150, Graphic-Drawing by Francis Jehl of the Laboratory's second floor

interior as it appeared in November 1878 (negative # ECP-55, O.7048 and B.59855)

MP.151, "Menlo Park Compound looking westerly during Second Edison Demonstration, summer 1880" (negative # ECP-11-1)

MP.152, Glass house, post-Edison. Home of Thomas J. McConnell (chicken farmer) and family (negative # ECP-44)

MP.153, First Edison Lamp Factory and its crew, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1880 (negative # 188.14668 and B.94096)

MP.158, Ladies in front of Edison Library, after Edison left. Originally MP.158 but glass negative broke, copy negative made (negative # O.18890 and ECP-12)

MP.163, View of Library from Woodbridge Street, 1900 (negative # P.B.105641) MP.166, Second electric locomotive truck at side of Machine Shop (negative #

P.B.105644)


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MP.170, Menlo Park Compound, looking westerly during Second Edison, 1928 (negative # ECP-11)

MP.171, Door of building at Menlo Park, 1928 (negative # ECP-48) MP.178, Menlo Park Machine Shop, with 21 employees out front, circa 1880

(negative # B.82964 and O.5579) MP.181, Charles Edison, Henry Ford, Mrs. Theodore Edison, William

Meadowcroft and Thomas Edison on porch of Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928

MP.184, Charles Edison, Henry Ford, Mrs. Theodore Edison, William Meadowcroft and Thomas Edison on porch of Sarah Jordan Boarding House in Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1928 (Theodore Edison inserted)

MP.185, Edison, Ford, Charles Edison, and William Meadowcroft in Menlo Park ruins, 1928 (negative # O.5106)

MP.186, Ford, Edison and Charles Edison in Menlo Park ruins, 1928 (negative # O.683 and O.5107)

MP.188, Edison and Ford on porch of Sarah Jordan Boarding House, 1928 (negative # P.5785)

MP.190, Menlo Park lab with bear insert, without Bear Insert, 1879 (negative # B.95374 and ECP-10)

MP.219, Edison and workers on Sarah Jordan House in Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1885

MP.199, Portrait of Thomas Edison. Shamokin, Pennsylvania, 1883 MP.196-1, Sketch of Edison by Kelley at 104 Goerck Street, January 15, 1882.

Etched by Evans—1914 MP.196-2, Sketch of Edison by Kelley at 104 Goerck Street, January 15, 1882.

Box 2 Negatives

MP.1, Charles and Theodore Edison on porch of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.2, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.3, Water pump at Menlo Park, 1928 MP.4, Electric Train House at Menlo Park, 1928 MP.5, Sarah Jordan Boarding House Dismantling, 1928 MP.6, Excavation of Sarah Jordan House foundation and cellar, 1928 MP.7, View of cellar excavation at Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.8, Sarah Jordan Boarding House Dismantling, 1928 MP.9, Machine Shop in disrepair at Menlo Park, 1928 MP.10, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.11, Edison, Ford and unknown man at Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.12, Edison and unknown man at Menlo Park Ruins, 1928 MP.13, Edison, Ford and others at Menlo Park Ruins, 1928 MP.15, James Bennett, Henry Campbell and James Bishop at Menlo Park Ruins,

1928 MP.16, Bishop, Campbell, Bennett at ruins of Menlo Park, 1928 MP.17, Bennett, Campbell and Bishop at Menlo Park Ruins, 1928 MP.18, Bennett, Campbell, Bishop and unknown man at Menlo Park Ruins, 1928


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Box 2 continued: MP.19, Edison, Ford, Charles Edison on porch of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.20, Charles Edison and two unknown men at Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.21, Charles and Theodore Edison on porch of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.22, Charles and Theodore Edison on porch of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.23, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.24, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.25, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.26, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.27, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.28, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.29, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.30, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.31, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.32, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.33, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.34, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.35, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.36, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.37, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.38, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.39, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.40, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.41, Side view of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.42, Rear view of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.43, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.44, Side view of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.45, Interior view (stairs) of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.46, Interior view of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.47, Interior view of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.48, Interior view of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.49, Interior view of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.50, Interior view of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.51, Interior view of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.52, Interior view of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.53, Interior view of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.54, Excavation of foundation at the Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.55, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.56, Dismantling of Sarah Jordan House, 1928 MP.57, Dismantling of Menlo Park, 1928 MP.58, Portrait of W.S. Andrews, 1928 MP.59, Menlo Park, 1928 MP.60, Cross in Menlo Park field, 1928 MP.61, Building in Menlo Park, 1928 (negative # B.94116) MP.62, Graphic-"Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in the winter of 1880," 1928 MP.63, Road in Menlo Park, 1928


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Box 2 continued: MP.64, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.65, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.66, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.67, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.68, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.69, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.70, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.71, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.72, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.73, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.74, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.75, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.76, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.77, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.78, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.79, Building at Menlo Park, 1928 MP.80, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.81, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.82, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.83, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.84, Bungalow with shingles from Laboratory, 1928 MP.85, Large 2-story house in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.86, Road in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.87, Building in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.88, Building in Menlo Park, 1928 MP.89, Interior of building at Menlo Park, 1928 MP.90, Wood inside building at Menlo Park, 1928 MP.91, Menlo Park, circa 1890 MP.94, Carbonizing crew at first Edison Lamp Works in Menlo Park, New

Jersey, 1880 MP.98, Graphic—Drawing of Laboratory at Menlo Park, 1928 MP.99, Compound view from Woodbridge Street, 1890 MP.100, Generator Room (ruins) next to Machine Shop, 1928 MP.101, Laboratory in New Jersey, 1890 MP.102, Laboratory View, 1890 MP.103, Laboratory, circa 1912 (negative # P.B.105640) MP.104, Back view of Laboratory after Edison moved to West Orange, circa

1900 (negative # ECP-46) MP.105, Staff on Menlo Park Laboratory Porch, five men, 1890 MP.106, Laboratory Front Door in Dearborn Tractor Factory Building MP.107, Laboratory Front Door in Dearborn Tractor Factory Building MP.108, Edison and Laboratory staff, second floor Menlo Park Laboratory

interior, February 22, 1880 MP.109, Edison and Laboratory staff, second floor Menlo Park Laboratory

interior, February 22, 1880


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Box 2 continued: MP.111, Menlo Park and Sarah Jordan Boarding House, circa 1890 MP.113, View of Machine Shop, Carpenter Shop, and Ore separation tower,

summer 1880 MP.114, Staff on Menlo Park Laboratory Porch, 1879 MP.115, Small building at Menlo Park, 1928 MP.116, Library view of Woodbridge Street, 1900 MP.118, Menlo Park ruins, Lab foundation, 1928 MP.119, Graphic-Hinds Ketcham Building, First factory to be illuminated Pearl

Street installations MP.120, Carbon Shed at Menlo Park, 1928 MP.121, View of compound from Woodbridge Street, 1900 MP.122, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.123, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.124, William J Hammer, Alexander Mungle, Francis Jehl and Henry Ford at

Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.125, William J Hammer, Alexander Mungle, Francis Jehl and Henry Ford at

Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.126, William J. Hammer, Alexander Mungle and Francis Jehl in Menlo Park

ruins—Bricks are the foundations for galvanometer table, 1928 MP.127, William J. Hammer, Alexander Mungle and Francis Jehl at site of Menlo

Park Laboratory ruins, 1928 MP.129, Menlo Park ruins, Lab foundation, 1928 MP.130, Menlo Park Lab during last stages of destruction by local farmers, circa

1912-1913 MP.131, Interior view of Laboratory's second floor with four employees,

February 1880 MP.132, Outbuilding built with wood from Menlo Park buildings, 1928 MP.133, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.134, Menlo Park Post Office, 1928 MP.135, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.136, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.137, Outbuilding made from lumber of the original laboratory, 1928 MP.138, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.139, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.140, Outbuilding built with wood from Menlo Park buildings, 1928 MP.141, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.142, Dismantling of Menlo Park, 1928 MP.143, Floor after removal of boilers from Machine Shop, 1928 MP.144, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.145, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.146, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.147, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.148, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.149, Menlo Park ruins, 1928


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MP.150, Graphic-Drawing by Francis Jehl of the Laboratory's second floor interior as it appeared in November 1878

MP.151, Menlo Park Compound looking westerly during Second Edison Demonstration, summer 1880

MP.152, Glass house, post-Edison. Home of Thomas J. McConnell and family MP.153, First Edison Lamp Factory and its crew, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1880 MP.154, Karmann home on Frederick Street MP.155, Karmann home on Frederick Street MP.156, Menlo Park ruins, 1928 MP.157, Menlo Park ruins, floor of Boiler Room, 1928 MP.158A, Menlo Park ruins, 1928

SERIES XI: LIGHT’S GOLDEN JUBILEE Box 1

Photographs LGJ.6, Train Engineer, Edison and President Hoover at Smith Creek LGJ.7, Stephenson's Rocket, "The President" Locomotive at Smiths Creek Station

(negative # O.4675.B) LGJ.8, Edison, President Hoover and Ford at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.9, Ford, Train Engineer, Edison and President Hoover at Smiths Creek

Station LGJ.10, Edison, President Hoover and Ford at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.11, Train Engineer, Edison, President Hoover and Ford at Smiths Creek

Station LGJ.12, Ford, Train Engineer, Mr. and Mrs. Edison and President and Mrs

Hoover at Smiths Creek Station (negative # O.4671.B) LGJ.13, Edison, President Hoover and Ford at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.14, View of "The President" Locomotive, Train Engineer, and Mable Edison

Schreiber at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.14b, Edison and President Herbert Hoover LGJ.15, Ford, President Hoover, Edison at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.16, Ford, Train Engineer, Mr. and Mrs. Edison and President and Mrs.

Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.17, Crowd at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.18, Ford, President Hoover and Edison at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.19, Train Fireman, Ford, Train Engineer, Mr. and Mrs. Edison and President

and Mrs. Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.20, Mr. and Mrs. Edison, President Hoover and Ford at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.21, Ford, Train Engineer, Edison and President Hoover at Smiths Creek

Station LGJ.22, Ford, President Hoover, and Edison at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.23, Ford, Engineer, Edison, and President Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.24, Ford, President Hoover and Edison at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.25, Crowd at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.26, Ford, Engineer, Edison and President Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.27, "The President" Locomotive at Smiths Creek Station


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Box 1 continued: LGJ.28, Ford, President Hoover, and Edison at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.29, Ford, Train Engineer, Edison, and President Hoover at Smiths Creek

Station LGJ.30, Wood for "The President" Locomotive at Smiths Creek Station (negative

# O.15859) LGJ.31, Crowd at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.32, President Hoover escorting Edison from the train LGJ.33, Mrs. Mable Edison Schreiber, Train Engineer and Frederick Edison

Schreiber at Smiths Creek Station (negative # O.15861) LGJ.34, Ford, President Hoover, and Edison at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.35, Ford, Train Conductor, Mr. and Mrs. Edison and President Hoover at

Smiths Creek Station LGJ.36, Edison and President Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.37, Edison and President Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.38, Edison, President Hoover and Ford by "The President" Locomotive at

Smiths Creek Station LGJ.39, Crowd at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.40, Ford escorting passengers into Lincoln limousine LGJ.41, View of crowd at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.42, Henry Ford escorting Edison into Lincoln limousine (negative #

O.15381) LGJ.43, Ford, Engineer, Edison, and President Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.44, View of covered wagon and train coaches at Smiths Creek Station

(negative # O.15395) LGJ.45, Distant view of Smiths Creek Station (negative # O.15386) LGJ.46, Distant view-partial of Smiths Creek Station and coaches (negative #

O.15393) LGJ.47, Ford, Engineer, Edison and President Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.48, Ford, Train Engineer, Edison, President Hoover, and newsmen at Smiths

Creek Station LGJ.49, View of carriage approaching Smiths Creek Station LGJ.50, Ford greeting guests at train station LGJ.51, Arrival of guests at railroad terminal LGJ.52, Wood sawing operation for the President's Locomotive at Smith's Creek

station (negative # O.15858) LGJ.53, Edison, Ford and President Hoover at Smith's Creek Station LGJ.54, Mr. and Mrs. Ford, President and Mrs. Hoover, and Mr. and Mrs. Edison

by locomotive (negative # O.5035) LGJ.55, Front of "The President" Locomotive, crowd and motion picture crew at

Smiths Creek Station LGJ.56, Newsman and crowd (negative #s O.15479 and O.15392) LGJ.57, Carriages at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.58, Charle. M. Schwab Congressman Chas A Eaton (New Jersey) and Dr.

Charles G. Abbott (Smithsonian) outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15387)


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Box 1 continued: LGJ.59, G.C. Osborn (Edison Lamp Works, Harrison, New Jersey) and unknown

man at Clinton Inn (negative # O.5037) LGJ.60, Fred J Fisher (Fisher Brothers and General Motors), Reverend Charles L.

O'Donnell (negative # O.15455 and O.15456) LGJ.61, (President of Notre Dame) and A.S. Erskine (Studebaker Corporation)

outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.5038) LGJ.62, Gerard Swope outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15420) LGJ.63, Julius Rosenwald and Adolph Ochs (owner of Chattanooga and New

York Times) outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.5039) LGJ.64, Two men outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15458) LGJ.65, Gerard Swope, Charles Sorensen, and Sir Felix Polo outside Clinton Inn

(negative # O.15413) LGJ.66, Carriage in front of Phoenixville Post Office (negative # O.15894) LGJ.67, Carriage at Phoenexville Post Office (negative # O.15880) LGJ.71, Entering Carriage at Clinton Inn (negative # O.15879) LGJ.72, Martha-Mary Chapel taken from Village Green (negative # O.15876) LGJ.73, Will Rogers and Ernest Kanzler outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15886

and O.5040) LGJ.74, Samuel Everett Doane (engineer, National Lamp Works) at Clinton Inn

(negative # O.15468 and O.15469) LGJ.75, Guest arriving at Smiths Creek Station (negative # O.15482 and

O.15879) LGJ.76, Charles Edison outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15423 and O.15426) LGJ.77, View of Machine Shop and Town Hall (negative # O.15878) LGJ.78, View of Christie Street with Train Shed, Library and Relic Case

(negative # O.15903) LGJ.79, Dan Beard and Mrs. John F. Sipple (Federation of Women's Clubs)

outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15375) LGJ.80, Guests outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15463) LGJ.82, Wallace R. Campbell and Fred Rockelman at Clinton Inn (negative #

O.15448 and O.15452) LGJ.83, Julius Rosenwald outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15430 and O.15431) LGJ.84, J.W. Schroeder, R.D. Fine, J. Parker Hickman at Clinton Inn (negative #

O.15454) LGJ.85, P.S. Arkwright (President, Georgia Power Company, with cigarette) and

Thomas W. Martin (President of Alabama Power Company, entering carriage) boarding carriage (negative # O.15480 and O.15877)

LGJ.86, Guests outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15369) LGJ.87, Unknown man, Phelps Newberry (center) and Fielding H. Yost (Football

coach, with cigar) at Clinton Inn (negative # O.5041) LGJ.88, Charles A Stone (Stone and Webster), Charles L. Edgar (Edison Electric

Illuminating Company of Boston), William A Atkins (VP Edison Company Boston), outside Clinton Inn. Between Stone and Edgar is Arthur A Burr, City Superintendent of WW Telegraph Company, Detroit (negative # O.15461)

LGJ.89, Guests at Clinton Inn (negative # O.15445 and O.15446)


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Box 1 continued: LGJ.90, Richard Joy and Murray Sales outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15466) LGJ.91, W.B. Campbell (Ford of Canada) and F. L. Rockelman outside Clinton

Inn (negative # O.15447) LGJ.92, Dr. Lee De Forest (inventor of the vacuum) outside Clinton Inn (negative

# O.15440 and O.5042) LGJ.93, Adolph Ochs, Paul Kruesi (son of John Kruesi) and Dan Beard outside

Clinton Inn (negative # O.15443, O.15444 and O.5043) LGJ.94, Crowd at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.95, Distant view of Smiths Creek Station, train, carriage, and blimp (negative

# O.15394) LGJ.96, Frank Campsall, G C Osborn and M.S. Sloan outside Clinton Inn

(negative # O.15462) LGJ.97, Ford escorting passengers into Lincoln Limousine (negative # O.15380) LGJ.98, Wagon and driver at Plimpton House (negative # O.15889) LGJ.99, Merrimac River Toll House and Cobbler's Shop (negative # O.15892) LGJ.100, Distant View of Smiths Creek Station and "The President" Locomotive

(negative # O.15862) LGJ.101, View of Clinton Inn (negative # O.15365) LGJ.102, View of Scotch Settlement School (negative # O.15893) LGJ.104, View of tintype studio LGJ.105, View of Pioneer Log Cabin LGJ.106, Gerard Swope, Charles Sorensen, and Sir Felix Polo (negative #

O.15379 and O.5044) LGJ.107, M.S. Sloan and Sarah M. Sheridan (VP Detroit Edison Company)

outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15414) LGJ.108, Joseph Boyer and John Trix at Clinton Inn (negative # O.15489) LGJ.109, Dan Beard outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15374) LGJ.110, S.E. Dane outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15361 and O.15477) LGJ.111, Crowd outside Smiths Creek Station (negative # O.15391) LGJ.112, High Wheel bicycle rider (negative # O.15899) LGJ.113, Three guests looking at artifact in Laboratory (negative # O.15478) LGJ.114, Dan Beard and Charles Dana Gibson outside Clinton Inn (negative #

O.5045) LGJ.115, Mrs. Sipple and Mrs. N.H. Boynton outside Clinton Inn (negative #

O.15470) LGJ.116, Dr Lee De Forest in door of Post Office (negative # O.15442 and

O.5046) LGJ.117, Julius Rosenwald boarding carriage (negative # O.5047) LGJ.118, William P. Rutledge (Police Commissioner Detroit), Bert Brown

(Detroit Office) and Federal Judge Edward J. Moinet outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15439)

LGJ.119, Guests outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15437) LGJ.120, EI students on Clinton Inn upper porch (negative # O.15371) LGJ.121, Gordon Rentschler outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15435 and

O.15436)


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Box 1 continued: LGJ.123, Crowd at Smiths Creek Station (negative # O.15383) LGJ.124, Jehl, President Hoover, Edison and Ford in Laboratory (negative #

O.15868 and O.5813) LGJ.125, Jehl, Hoover, Ford and Edison in Laboratory (negative # O.4620) LGJ.126, Jehl, Hoover, Ford and Edison in Laboratory LGJ.127, Jehl, Hoover, Edison and Ford in Laboratory (negative # O.15871) LGJ.128, Jehl, Hoover, Edison and Ford in Laboratory (negative # O.15870) LGJ.129, Dan Beard and Charles Dana Gibson outside Clinton Inn (negative #

O.15373) LGJ.130, Dr. Lee De Forest outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15441) LGJ.131, View of Library from the Front Porch of Laboratory (negative #

O.15902) LGJ.132, Guests outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15460) LGJ.133, View of Clinton Inn with crowd (negative # O.15366) LGJ.134, S.E. Doane at Clinton Inn (negative # O.15475) LGJ.135, Julius Rosenwald outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15432) LGJ.136, Guests entering carriage (negative # O.15881 and O.15390) LGJ.137, Edison and crowd by "The President" Locomotive-glass negative broke

and reassembled to make new negative LGJ.139, Gerard Swope outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15424) LGJ.141, Charles Eaton and Charles Schwab outside Clinton Inn (negative #

O.15428) LGJ.145, Ford, President Hoover, and Edison outside Smiths Creek Station

(negative # O.4670.B) LGJ.146, President Hoover escorts Edison from train at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.147, Mr. and Mrs. Edison and President Hoover greet crowd outside Smiths

Creek Station LGJ.148, Carriage at Second Edison Machine Shop on Christie Street (negative #

O.15883) LGJ.149, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond and Mr. and Mrs. Bryant boarding carriage at

Waterford General Store (negative # O.15884 and O.15389) LGJ.151, Edison Institute school children on Clinton Inn balcony (negative #

O.15372) LGJ.152, Charles Edison outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15427) LGJ.153, Crowd with carriage (negative # O.15388) LGJ.155, Carriages proceed along Christie Street towards Smiths Creek Station

(negative # O.15874) LGJ.156, Julius Rosenwald and unknown man outside Clinton Inn (negative #

O.15434) LGJ.157, Edison, President Hoover and guests at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.158, Secret Service Operatives—William P. Rutledge, Bert Brown and

Federal Judge Edward J. Moinet outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15438) LGJ.159, Train Shed on Christie Street, (negative # O.15898) LGJ.160, R.P. Joy and Murray Sales outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15457)


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LGJ.161, Mr. and Mrs. Edison and Clara Ford leaving Clinton Inn (negative # P. O.15906A)

LGJ.162, Mrs. Sipple and Mrs. Boynton at Clinton Inn (negative # O.15473) LGJ.164, Carriage at Side Entrance to Machine Shop on Christie Street (negative

# O.15901) LGJ.165, E. Kanzler, Will Rogers and R.D. Fine at Clinton Inn (negative #

O.15376) LGJ.166, Guests outside Clinton Inn (negative # O.15368) LGJ.167, Guests at Smiths Creek Station with cameramen and coaches (negative

# O.15384) LGJ.168, Side view of Smiths Creek Station with guests, cars and "The President"

Locomotive (negative # O.4673.B) LGJ.169, Guests at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.170, Edison, Hoover, and Ford at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.172, Ford escorts Edison into Lincoln Limousine at Smiths Creek Station

(negative # 188-172) LGJ.173, President Hoover and guests at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.174, Guests and front view of "The President" Locomotive LGJ.177, Carriage and guests (negative # O.15897)

Box 2 Glass and nitrate negatives

LGJ.6, Train Engineer, Edison and President Hoover at Smith Creek LGJ.7, Stephenson's Rocket, "The President" Locomotive at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.8, Edison, President Hoover and Ford at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.9, Ford, Train Engineer, Edison and President Hoover at Smiths Creek

Station LGJ.10, Edison, President Hoover and Ford at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.11, Train Engineer, Edison, President Hoover and Ford at Smiths Creek

Station LGJ.12, Ford, Train Engineer, Mr. and Mrs. Edison and President and Mrs.

Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.13, Edison, President Hoover and Ford at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.14, View of "The President" Locomotive, Train Engineer, and Mable Edison

Schreiber at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.14b, Edison and President Herbert Hoover LGJ.15, Ford, President Hoover, Edison at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.16, Ford, Train Engineer, Mr. and Mrs. Edison and President and Mrs.

Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.17, Crowd at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.18, Ford, President Hoover and Edison at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.19, Train Fireman, Ford, Train Engineer, Mr. and Mrs. Edison and President

and Mrs. Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.20, Mr. and Mrs. Edison, President Hoover and Ford at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.21, Ford, Train Engineer, Edison and President Hoover at Smiths Creek

Station


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Box 2 continued: LGJ.22, Ford, President Hoover, and Edison at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.23, Ford, Engineer, Edison, and President Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.24, Ford, President Hoover and Edison at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.25, Crowd at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.26, Ford, Engineer, Edison and President Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.27, "The President" Locomotive at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.28, Ford, President Hoover, and Edison at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.29, Ford, Train Engineer, Edison, and President Hoover at Smiths Creek

Station LGJ.30, Wood for "The President" Locomotive at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.31, Crowd at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.32, President Hoover escorting Edison from the train LGJ.33, Mrs. Mable Edison Schreiber, Train Engineer and Frederick Edison

Schreiber at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.34, Ford, President Hoover, and Edison at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.35, Ford, Train Conductor, Mr. and Mrs. Edison and President Hoover at

Smiths Creek Station LGJ.36, Edison and President Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.37, Edison and President Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.38, Edison, President Hoover and Ford by "The President" Locomotive at

Smiths Creek Station LGJ.42, Henry Ford escorting Edison into Lincoln limousine LGJ.43, Ford, Engineer, Edison, and President Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.44, View of covered wagon and train coaches at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.45, Distant view of Smiths Creek Station LGJ.46, Distant view-partial of Smiths Creek Station and coaches LGJ.47, Ford, Engineer, Edison and President Hoover at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.48, Ford, Train Engineer, Edison, President Hoover, and newsmen at Smiths

Creek Station LGJ.49, View of carriage approaching Smiths Creek Station LGJ.50, Ford greeting guests at train station LGJ.51, Arrival of guests at railroad terminal LGJ.52, Wood sawing operation for the President's Locomotive at Smith's Creek

Station LGJ.53, Edison, Ford and President Hoover at Smith's Creek Station LGJ.54, Mr. and Mrs. Ford, President and Mrs. Hoover, and Mr. and Mrs. Edison

by locomotive LGJ.55, Front of "The President" Locomotive, crowd and motion picture crew at

Smiths Creek Station LGJ.56, Newsman and crowd LGJ.58, Carriages at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.59, Charles M. Schwab, Congressman Charles A. Eaton and Dr. Charles G.

Abbott outside Clinton Inn LGJ.60, G.C. Osborn and unknown man at Clinton Inn


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Box 2 continued: LGJ.61, Fred J Fisher, Reverend Charles L. O'Donnell and A.S. Erskine outside

Clinton Inn LGJ.62, Gerard Swope outside Clinton Inn LGJ.63, Julius Rosenwald and Adolph Ochs outside Clinton Inn LGJ.64, Two men outside Clinton Inn LGJ.65, Gerard Swope, Charles Sorensen, and Sir Felix Polo outside Clinton Inn LGJ.66, Carriage in front of Phoenixville Post Office LGJ.67, Carriage at Phoenexville Post Office LGJ.71, Entering Carriage at Clinton Inn LGJ.72, Martha-Mary Chapel taken from Village Green LGJ.73, Will Rogers and Ernest Kanzler outside Clinton Inn LGJ.74, Samuel Everett Doane at Clinton Inn LGJ.75, Guest arriving at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.76, Charles Edison outside Clinton Inn LGJ.77, View of Machine Shop and Town Hall LGJ.78, View of Christie St. with Train Shed, Library and Relic Case LGJ.79, Dan Beard and Mrs. John F. Sipple outside Clinton Inn LGJ.80, Guests outside Clinton Inn LGJ.82, Wallace R. Campbell and Fred Rockelman at Clinton Inn LGJ.83, Julius Rosenwald outside Clinton Inn LGJ.84, J.W. Schroeder, R.D. Fine, J. Parker Hickman at Clinton Inn LGJ.85, P.S. Arkwright (with cigarette) and Thomas W. Martin (entering

carriage) boarding carriage LGJ.86, Guests outside Clinton Inn LGJ.87, Unknown man, Phelps Newberry (center) and Fielding H. Yost (Football

coach, with cigar) at Clinton Inn LGJ.88, Charles A Stone, Charles L. Edgar, William A Atkins, outside Clinton

Inn. Between Stone and Edgar is Arthur A Burr, City Superintendent of WW Telegraph Company, Detroit.

LGJ.89, Guests at Clinton Inn LGJ.90, Richard Joy and Murray Sales outside Clinton Inn LGJ.91, W.B. Campbell and F. L. Rockelman outside Clinton Inn LGJ.92, Dr. Lee De Forest (Inventor of the vacuum) outside Clinton Inn (negative

# O.15440 and O.5042) LGJ.93, Adolph Ochs, Paul Kruesi (son of John Kruesi) and Dan Beard outside

Clinton Inn LGJ.94, Crowd at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.95, Distant view of Smiths Creek Station, train, carriage, and blimp LGJ.96, Frank Campsall, G C Osborn and M.S. Sloan outside Clinton Inn LGJ.97, Ford escorting passengers into Lincoln Limousine LGJ.98, Wagon and driver at Plimpton House LGJ.99, Merrimac River Toll House and Cobbler's Shop LGJ.100, Distant View of Smiths Creek Station and "The President" Locomotive LGJ.101, View of Clinton Inn LGJ.102, View of Scotch Settlement School


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LGJ.104, View of tintype studio LGJ.105, View of Pioneer Log Cabin LGJ.106, Gerard Swope, Charles Sorensen, and Sir Felix Polo LGJ.107, M.S. Sloan and Sarah M. Sheridan outside Clinton Inn LGJ.108, Joseph Boyer and John Trix at Clinton Inn LGJ.109, Dan Beard outside Clinton Inn LGJ.110, S.E. Dane outside Clinton Inn LGJ.111, Crowd outside Smiths Creek Station LGJ.112, High Wheel bicycle rider LGJ.113, Three guests looking at artifact in Laboratory LGJ.114, Dan Beard and Charles Dana Gibson outside Clinton Inn LGJ.115, Mrs. Sipple and Mrs. NH Boynton outside Clinton Inn LGJ.116, Dr Lee De Forest in door of Post Office LGJ.117, Julius Rosenwald boarding carriage (negative # O.5047) LGJ.118, William P. Rutledge, Bert Brown and Federal Judge Edward J. Moinet

outside Clinton Inn LGJ.119, Guests outside Clinton Inn LGJ.120, EI students on Clinton Inn upper porch LGJ.121, Gordon Rentschler outside Clinton Inn LGJ.123, Crowd at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.124, Jehl, President Hoover, Edison and Ford in Laboratory LGJ.125, Jehl, Hoover, Ford and Edison in Laboratory LGJ.126, Jehl, Hoover, Ford and Edison in Laboratory LGJ.127, Jehl, Hoover, Edison and Ford in Laboratory LGJ.129, Dan Beard and Charles Dana Gibson outside Clinton Inn LGJ.130, Dr. Lee De Forest outside Clinton Inn LGJ.131, View of Library from the Front Porch of Laboratory LGJ.132, Guests outside Clinton Inn LGJ.133, View of Clinton Inn with crowd LGJ.134, S.E. Doane at Clinton Inn LGJ.135, Julius Rosenwald outside Clinton Inn LGJ.139, Gerard Swope outside Clinton Inn

Box 3

Glass negatives LGJ.140, A.S. Erskine, Reverend O'Donnell, Charles Schwab outside Clinton Inn LGJ.141, Charles Eaton and Charles Schwab outside Clinton Inn LGJ.142, Ford, President Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. Edison outside Clinton Inn LGJ.143, Crowd at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.144, Ford, President Hoover, Edison outside Smiths Creek Station LGJ.145, Ford, President Hoover, and Edison outside Smiths Creek Station LGJ.146, President Hoover escorts Edison from train at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.147, Mr. and Mrs. Edison and President Hoover greet crowd outside Smiths

Creek Station LGJ.148, Carriage at Second Edison Machine Shop on Christie Street


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LGJ.149, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond and Mr. and Mrs. Bryant boarding carriage at Waterford General Store

LGJ.150, View of guests and carriage from Clinton Inn porch LGJ.151, Edison Institute school children on Clinton Inn balcony LGJ.152, Charles Edison outside Clinton Inn LGJ.153, Crowd with carriage LGJ.154 Carriage at Waterford General Store, Museum Tower in background LGJ.155, Carriages proceed along Christie Street towards Smiths Creek Station LGJ.156, Julius Rosenwald and unknown man outside Clinton Inn LGJ.157, Edison, President Hoover and guests at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.158, Secret Service Operatives - William. P. Rutledge, Bert Brown and

Federal Judge Edward J. Moinet outside Clinton Inn LGJ.159, Train Shed on Christie Street, LGJ.160, R.P. Joy and Murray Sales outside Clinton Inn LGJ.161, Mr. and Mrs. Edison and Clara Ford leaving Clinton Inn LGJ.162, Mrs. Sipple and Mrs. Boynton at Clinton Inn LGJ.163, Carriage at Waterford General Store LGJ.164, Carriage at Side Entrance to Machine Shop on Christie Street LGJ.165, E. Kanzler, Will Rogers and R.D. Fine at Clinton Inn LGJ.166, Guests outside Clinton Inn LGJ.167, Guests at Smiths Creek Station with cameramen and coaches LGJ.168, Side view of Smiths Creek Station with guests, cars and "The President"

Locomotive LGJ.169, Guests at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.170, Edison, Hoover, and Ford at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.172, Ford escorts Edison into Lincoln Limousine at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.173, President Hoover and guests at Smiths Creek Station LGJ.174, Guests and front view of "The President" Locomotive LGJ.176, Edison and President Hoover

SERIES XII: WILLIAM J. HAMMER LIGHT BULB COLLECTION

Box 1 Photographs

188.43678, Light bulb, WJH, 345 188.43680, Light bulb, WJH, 410 188.43686, Light bulb, WJH, 211 188.43706, Light bulb, WJH, 644 188.43710, Light bulb, WJH, 870 188.43735, Light bulb, WJH 188.43736, Light bulb, WJH 188.43737, Light bulb, WJH, 536 188.43739, Light bulb, WJH, 433 188.43741, Light bulb, WJH 188.43742, Light bulb, WJH 188.43743, Light bulb, WJH 188.43745, Light bulb, WJH, 292


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Box 1 continued: 188.43749, Light bulb, WJH 188.43752, Light bulb, WJH 188.43754, Light bulb, WJH 188.43756, Light bulb, WJH 188.43758, Light bulb, WJH 188.43764, Light bulb, WJH 188.43767, Light bulb, WJH 188.43769, Light bulb, WJH 188.43770, Light bulb, WJH 188.43772, Light bulb, WJH 188.43775, Light bulb, WJH 188.43777, Light bulb, WJH 188.43780, Light bulb, WJH 188.43781, Light bulb, WJH 188.43782, Light bulb, WJH 188.43783, Light bulb, WJH 188.43784, Light bulb, WJH 188.43786, Light bulb, WJH 188.43787, Light bulb, WJH, 618 188.43790, Light bulb, WJH 188.43791, Light bulb, WJH 188.43792, Light bulb, WJH 188.43793, Light bulb, WJH 188.43795, Light bulb, WJH 188.43812, Light bulb, WJH 188.43817, Light bulb, WJH 188.43818, Light bulb, WJH 188.43820, Light bulb, WJH 188.43821, Light bulb, WJH 188.43822, Light bulb, WJH 188.43825, Light bulb, WJH 188.43826, Light bulb, WJH, 805 188.43827, Light bulb, WJH 188.43833, Light bulb, WJH 188.43834, Light bulb, WJH 188.43836, Light bulb, WJH 188.43837, Light bulb, WJH 188.43840, Light bulb, WJH 188.43841, Light bulb, WJH 188.43843, Light bulb, WJH 188.43844, Light bulb, WJH 188.43847, Light bulb, WJH 188.43848, Light bulb, WJH 188.43850, Light bulb, WJH 188.43852, Light bulb, WJH, 306


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188.43856, Light bulb, WJH, 521 188.43863, Light bulb, WJH, 714 188.43868, Light bulb, WJH, 930 188.43870, Light bulb, WJH 188.43878, Light bulb, WJH 188.43881, Light bulb, WJH 188.43883, Light bulb, WJH 188.43884, Light bulb, WJH 188.43888, Light bulb, WJH 188.43897, Light bulb, WJH 188.43898, Light bulb, WJH 188.43899, Light bulb, WJH 188.43944, Light bulb, WJH 188.43947, Light bulb, WJH 188.43955, Light bulb, WJH 188.43956, Light bulb, WJH 188.43961, Light bulb, WJH 188.43967, Light bulb, WJH, 89 188.43968, Light bulb, WJH 188.43969, Light bulb, WJH

Box 2

Negatives 188.43678, Light bulb, WJH, 345 188.43680, Light bulb, WJH, 410 188.43686, Light bulb, WJH, 211 188.43706, Light bulb, WJH, 644 188.43710, Light bulb, WJH, 870 188.43735, Light bulb, WJH 188.43736, Light bulb, WJH 188.43737, Light bulb, WJH, 536 188.43739, Light bulb, WJH, 433 188.43741, Light bulb, WJH 188.43742, Light bulb, WJH 188.43743, Light bulb, WJH 188.43745, Light bulb, WJH, 292 188.43749, Light bulb, WJH 188.43752, Light bulb, WJH 188.43754, Light bulb, WJH 188.43756, Light bulb, WJH 188.43758, Light bulb, WJH 188.43764, Light bulb, WJH 188.43767, Light bulb, WJH 188.43769, Light bulb, WJH 188.43770, Light bulb, WJH


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Box 2 continued: 188.43772, Light bulb, WJH 188.43775, Light bulb, WJH 188.43777, Light bulb, WJH 188.43780, Light bulb, WJH 188.43781, Light bulb, WJH 188.43782, Light bulb, WJH 188.43783, Light bulb, WJH 188.43784, Light bulb, WJH 188.43786, Light bulb, WJH 188.43787, Light bulb, WJH, 618 188.43790, Light bulb, WJH 188.43791, Light bulb, WJH 188.43792, Light bulb, WJH 188.43793, Light bulb, WJH 188.43795, Light bulb, WJH 188.43812, Light bulb, WJH 188.43817, Light bulb, WJH 188.43818, Light bulb, WJH 188.43820, Light bulb, WJH 188.43821, Light bulb, WJH 188.43822, Light bulb, WJH 188.43825, Light bulb, WJH 188.43826, Light bulb, WJH, 805 188.43827, Light bulb, WJH 188.43833, Light bulb, WJH 188.43834, Light bulb, WJH 188.43836, Light bulb, WJH 188.43837, Light bulb, WJH 188.43840, Light bulb, WJH 188.43841, Light bulb, WJH 188.43843, Light bulb, WJH 188.43844, Light bulb, WJH 188.43847, Light bulb, WJH 188.43848, Light bulb, WJH 188.43850, Light bulb, WJH 188.43852, Light bulb, WJH, 306 188.43856, Light bulb, WJH, 521 188.43863, Light bulb, WJH, 714 188.43868, Light bulb, WJH, 930 188.43870, Light bulb, WJH 188.43878, Light bulb, WJH 188.43881, Light bulb, WJH 188.43883, Light bulb, WJH 188.43884, Light bulb, WJH 188.43888, Light bulb, WJH


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188.43897, Light bulb, WJH 188.43898, Light bulb, WJH 188.43899, Light bulb, WJH

Box 3 188.43901, Light bulb, WJH 188.43944, Light bulb, WJH 188.43947, Light bulb, WJH 188.43955, Light bulb, WJH 188.43956, Light bulb, WJH 188.43961, Light bulb, WJH 188.43967, Light bulb, WJH, 89 188.43968, Light bulb, WJH 188.43969, Light bulb, WJH 188.44003, Light bulb, WJH

SERIES XIII: ECP Box 1

Photographs and Negatives ECP.2A, Thomas A. Edison, workers, Mrs. Jordan on Sarah Jordan House porch

(negative #111) ECP.3, Portrait of Lewis Latimer, circa 1870, (2 negatives) ECP.4, Light bulb number 58 (negative #43725, safety base negative) ECP.4, Light bulb number 58 (negative #43725) ECP.5, Graphic—Latimer's "Incandescent Electric Lighting" book, front cover ECP.8, Sketch of Menlo Park Lab interior, second floor. Made from an original

rendering by Francis Jehl, 1879 (negative #150) ECP.9, Edison Jumbo Number 9 with original Porter Allen Engine at Pearl Street

prior to the fire of 1890, from the original blueprint photograph in the Latimer collection

ECP.10, Menlo Park lab with bear insert, 1879 (negative # P.MP.190 and B.95374)

ECP.11, Looking west during second demonstration, summer 1880 (negative # P.MP.1970)

ECP.11.1, Looking west during second demonstration, summer 1880 (negative # P.MP.151, B.4182 and B.7430)

ECP.12, Ladies in front of Edison Library, after Edison left (negative # originally P.MP.158 but glass negative broke, copy is # O.18890)

ECP.13, General view looking easterly from Menlo Park compound, 1880-1881, (negative #110)

ECP.14, Thomas A. Edison with workers on porch, circa 1880 ECP.15, Phonograph (negative # 72 and B.23728) ECP.16, Lewis Latimer with group from the legal department, General Electric

Company, New York, New York, 1894


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Box 1 continued: ECP.18, Portrait of John Baltzell, 3/4 length, with his fiddle, in evening clothes,

circa 1920 ECP.19, Portrait of John Baltzell, seated, with his fiddle, circa 1920 ECP.20, Portrait of John Baltzell, 3/4 length, with his fiddle, circa 1920 ECP.25, Front view of Latimer Homestead, Holly Avenue, Flushing Long Island,

circa 1925. From the original photograph in the Latimer collection ECP.26, Lewis Latimer and family ECP.27, Lewis Latimer, wife and daughters ECP.28, Lewis Latimer (multiple negatives) ECP.29, Lewis Latimer with family and friends, circa 1920 ECP.30, Graphic-Latimer's "Incandescent Electric Lighting" book, front cover ECP.31, Lewis Latimer holding flag with five other gentlemen ECP.32, Graphic-Drawing of Greek beggar by Latimer ECP.34, Thomas Alva Edison, age 16, 1863 (possibly from original ambrotype) ECP.35, Thomas Alva Edison and his workers on porch of Menlo Park Lab, 1879

(negative # P.O.17691) ECP.36, Graphic - Menlo Park Compound, Menlo Park, New Jersey, 1880

(negative # P.MP.62) ECP.36, Graphic - Menlo Park Compound in winter 1880, duplicate (large

negative and photographs) ECP.37, Greenfield Village - Menlo Park compound dedication-glass house

(negative #188.9564) ECP.38, Greenfield Village - Menlo Park compound-glass house ECP.39, Greenfield Village - Menlo Park compound reconstruction-glass house ECP.40, Greenfield Village - Menlo Park compound reconstruction-glass house ECP.41, Greenfield Village - Menlo Park compound reconstruction-glass house ECP.43, Greenfield Village - Menlo Park compound-glass house ECP.44, Greenfield Village - Menlo Park compound-glass house (negative #

P.MP.153) ECP.45, Menlo Park during last stages of destruction by local farmers, circa

1912- 1913 (negative # P.MP.130) ECP.46, Back view of Menlo Park Laboratory, circa 1900 (negative # P.MP.104) Laboratory - exterior ECP.47, Second floor interior, William and Albert Carman during dismantling of

original laboratory by Menlo Park locals, 1913 ECP.48, Door of Menlo Park (negative # P.MP.171) ECP.49, Jehl and 2 men in ruins, 1928 (negative # 126) ECP.51, Staff at Menlo Park Laboratory porch, 6 men, 1880 (negative #

188.11228) ECP.52, 5 men on Menlo Park Laboratory porch, 1890 (negative # P.MP.105) ECP.53, Staff on Menlo Park Laboratory porch, 1879 (negative # MP.114) ECP.54, Staff on Menlo Park Laboratory porch, 1879 (negative # MP.179) ECP.55, Francis Jehl's drawing of Laboratory (negative # P.MP.150 and O.7048) ECP.56, First Edison Machine Shop, Menlo Park Laboratory, ground floor,

summer 1877


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Box 1 continued: ECP.58, Interior view of Laboratory's second floor, February 1880 (negative #

MP.131) ECP.60, Edison and laboratory staff, second floor Menlo Park Laboratory interior,

February 22, 1880 (negative # MP.108) ECP.63, Graphic - "Edison and his electric lamp. Success on New Year's Eve" ECP.64, Graphic - 'The Man who moves the world" (negative # A.1063) ECP.65, Graphic - "Sketches in Edison's Laboratory. Illustrating the mechanism

employed in producing his electric lamp." ECP.66, Menlo Park land title transfer, Edison to Carmen, July 19, 1916 (page 1) ECP.67, Menlo Park land title transfer, Edison to Carmen July 19, 1916 (page 2) ECP.68, Order for candle lamps for Professor Chandlers and others ECP.69, United States Patent Office, Thomas A Edison, Electric Lamp, page 1 ECP.70, United States Patent Office, Thomas A Edison, Electric Lamp, page 2 ECP.71, United States Patent Office, Thomas A Edison, Electric Lamp, page 3 ECP.72, Agreement between the Western Union Telegraph Company and

Thomas A Edison, March 1877 (negative # B.14496) ECP.73, Agreement between the Western Union Telegraph Company and

Thomas A Edison, March 1877 (negative # B.14496) ECP.74, Agreement between the Western Union Telegraph Company and

Thomas A Edison, page 2, 1877 (negative # B.14497) ECP.75, Agreement between the Western Union Telegraph Company and




Thomas A Edison, page 6, 1877 ECP.79, Agreement between the Western Union Telegraph Company and

Thomas A Edison, page 7, 1877 (negative # B.14503) ECP.80, Graphic - Edison Cardboard Lamp, Type 1879 (negative # 186733) ECP.81, Thomas Alva Edison and his workers on porch of Menlo Park Lab, 1879

(negative # O.4971) ECP.84, Graphic - drawing of Edison Telephone from Edison's Lab, 1879

(negative # B.59821) ECP.85, Graphic - processes in the manufacture of the lamp ECP.86, Samples of Bamboo ECP.87, The Spreugel air pump as first used, Jehl p.798 ECP.88, Replicas of thread and paper filaments made by Francis Jehl ECP.89, Edison's second shunt wound electric motor (negative # 59633) ECP.90, Graphic - Scientific American, Edison's phonometer July 27, 1878,

(negative # B.14205) ECP.93, Laboratory Glass house, original site ECP.94, Menlo Park compound - glass house ECP.95, Number 4 Bulfinch Street, Boston, circa 1935


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SERIES XIV: EXHIBIT GRAPHICS

Box 1 (oversize) Edison affiliates

Acheson Andrews Anderson Andrus Batchelor Beggs Berggren Bergman Boehm Bradley Campbell Carman, William Carman, George Clarke Claudius Colomba Cunningham Dean, Charles Dean, George Dow, Alex

Box 2 (oversize) Edgar Flammer Force Gilmore Griffin Haid Halloway Hammer Hipple Holzer Hood Howell Insull Jehl Johnson Kruesi Lawson Lemp Lieb


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Box 3 (oversize) Logan Lowrey Mackenzie Mason Mclaughlin Moffert Morgan Mott Mungle Ott Post Rathenau Rau Randolph Seymour Steinmetz Swanson Thury Upton Vail Vanvleck

Box 4 (oversize)

Miscellaneous exhibit graphics Acquaintances and friends (3 folders) Family - dwellings - Edison homestead Laboratories

Menlo Park (3 folders) Sarah Jordan Boarding House - original site

Industry - machine works - Schenectady Memorials and monuments

Box 5 (oversize)

Colleagues and contemporaries Edison pioneers - documents Inventions - typewriters

SERIES XV: GRAPHICS Box 1 (oversize)

Acquaintances and friends Colleagues and contemporaries (9 folders) Dwellings - Port Huron Edison Pioneer - Clarke, Charles L. Industry - electric machinery - Edison Machine Works


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Portraits (7 folders)

Box 2 (oversize) Acquaintances and friends Inventions

Electric lamps Phonographs

Laboratories - West Orange Memorials Portraits

Box 3 (oversize)

Industry - Electric Utilities - Detroit Edison System Laboratories

Menlo Park West Orange

Memorials Portraits

Box 4 (oversize) Family - dwellings - Vienna Industry - Electric Utilities Memorials Portraits

SERIES XVI: SCRAPBOOKS AND PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS

Box 1 and 2 (oversize) "With Edison at Schenectady 1892"- Pictures of shop, staff and work at shop. Given

to E.W. Rice from Joseph Insull, 1915 and later given to Henry Ford by the General Electric Company

Box 3 (oversize)

"Edison" - clippings of Hungarian articles and photos related to Edison's 1911 visit to Hungary

Box 4 (oversize)

Collection of photos taken by the New York Edison Company Photographic Bureau at the Dedication Exercise at Menlo Park, May 16th, 1925

Clippings related to Samuel Insull and the scandal at the Chicago Illuminating Company

Edison’s 82nd birthday, Fort Myers, Florida, February 11, 1929 (photograph album) Box 5 (oversize)

Full run of newspaper series, "The Life of Thomas A. Edison", by Arthur J. Palmer, 1927 (scrapbook)


Page 107 of 107

Clippings from newspapers and periodicals related to Thomas A. Edison and his inventions (volume 1)

Box 6 (oversize)

Clippings from newspapers and periodicals related to Thomas A. Edison and his inventions (volume 2)

SERIES XVII: UNPROCESSED

"Edison Master Molds" file cards (17 drawers and 16 boxes) James Walsh clippings of favorite pioneer recording artists (1 box) Diamond Disk presentation piece (1 box) Young Tom Edison movie (1 box) Miscellaneous clippings (1 box) Koolakian papers (1 box) R. K. files (1 box) Glass negatives (3 boxes) Photographs (3 boxes) Scrapbooks and photograph albums (5 volumes) Miscellaneous (15 boxes) Miscellaneous loose photographs