This folder contains correspondence from or about employees and former or prospective employees. Included are Edison's handwritten notes regarding various employees, requests by former employees for letters of recommendation, and letters about other personnel matters. The responses by Edison on many of the documents indicate that little hiring took place due to the economic downturn beginning in 1893.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been selected. Most of the documents not selected are routine requests for employment that did not receive a significant reply.
[D9408AAA], Letter from N E Thomas to Thomas Alva Edison, January 20th, 1894 1894-01-20
[D9408AAB], Letter from Henry J Gosling to Thomas Alva Edison, January 23rd, 1894 1894-01-23
[D9408AAC], Letter from Henry J Gosling to Alfred Ord Tate, February 5th, 1894 1894-02-05
[D9408AAD], Letter from Francis Cuyler Van Dyck to Thomas Alva Edison, February 11th, 1894 1894-02-11
[D9408AAE], Letter from Samuel G Burn to Alfred Ord Tate, February 18th, 1894 1894-02-18
[D9408AAF], Letter from William F Wilder to Thomas Alva Edison, May 16th, 1894 1894-05-16
[D9408AAG], Letter from F Lehmann to Thomas Alva Edison, June 28th, 1894 1894-06-28
[D9408AAH], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to F Lehmann, June 1894 1894-06-00
[D9408AAI], Letter from Rudolf Tiphaine to Thomas Alva Edison, September 14th, 1894 1894-09-14