This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's membership and activities in social clubs and professional societies. Included are documents pertaining to the Edison Mutual Benefit Association, the Societe Imperiale Polytechnique de Russie, and the Edison Chapter of South Orange.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been selected. The following categories of documents have not been selected: meeting announcements; printed circulars; receipts; routine membership solicitations that received no significant reply; items that duplicate information in selected material.
[D9306AAA], Letter from Edison Mutual Benefit Assn to Thomas Alva Edison, April 8th, 1893 1893-04-08
[D9306AAB], Letter from N Egerstrom, Societe Imperiale Polytechnique de Russie to Thomas Alva Edison, May 5th, 1893 1893-05-05
[D9306AAC], Letter from Boys Club (Edison Chapter), Holcombe Ward to Thomas Alva Edison, June 5th, 1893 1893-06-05
[D9306AAD], Letter from Gervaise (Mrs G.B.) McAuliffe to Thomas Alva Edison, November 1893 1893-11-00