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[CL220-F] Foreign (1909)

Title: [CL220-F] Foreign (1909)
Description: This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the marketing and supply of phonographs and cylinder records in Europe, Australia, Mexico, and elsewhere. Most of the items are letters to and from Frank L. Dyer, president of NPCo. Some of the letters were written while Dyer was in Europe in July and August. Other correspondents include Carl H. Wilson, general manager; Walter Stevens, manager of the Foreign Department; and Thomas Graf, managing director of NPCo, Ltd., and the Edison Gesellschaft. Among the items for 1909 are letters pertaining to business conditions in Europe and to orders received for phonographs and supplies elsewhere around the world. Also included are letters concerning the introduction of Amberola records and phonograph attachments, the production of "Grand Opera" selections, and the production of recordings by Johann Strauss, Leo Tolstoy, William Howard Taft, William Jennings Bryan, Porfirio Diaz, and others.
Approximately 10 percent of the documents have been selected.
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/folder/CL220-F
Identifier: CL220-F
Type: Company Records
Rights: Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.
Is Part Of: Company Records Series -- National Phonograph Company -- Correspondence
Alternative Title: Foreign (1909)
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 217

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