[D8136-F] (D-81-36) Menlo Park Laboratory -- General

Document File Series -- 1881

Title
[D8136-F] (D-81-36) Menlo Park Laboratory -- General
Description

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's Menlo Park laboratory. Some material concerns the shipment of books, journals, and other items from Menlo Park to Edison's office at 65 Fifth Avenue, New York City. There is also correspondence from Francis Jehl concerning copper wire tests, including some tests performed for the Ansonia Brass & Copper Co.

Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been selected. The following categories of documents have not been selected: correspondence with suppliers; routine intraoffice communications.

One additional document—a facsimile of a letter from Edison to Jehl, April 17, 1881, from Jehl's Menlo Park Reminiscences (3 vols., 1937-1941), p. 666—was added to this folder in January 2009.

URL
https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/folder/D8136-F
Identifier
D8136-F
Type
Document File
Rights
Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.
Is Part Of
Document File Series -- 1881
Alternative Title
(D-81-36) Menlo Park Laboratory -- General
Has Version
Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 59

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