This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's membership in, and activities on behalf of, social clubs, professional societies, political groups, and civic organizations. There are also appeals from charitable organizations. Among the items for 1915 is a communication from Charles P. Steinmetz regarding Edison's election as an honorary member of the Illuminating Engineering Society, as well as a letter from engineer Henry M. Byllesby asking him to serve on the advisory committee of the Tariff Commission League.
Less than 1 percent of the documents have been selected, including all items bearing substantive marginalia by Edison. The following categories of documents have not been selected: requests for Edison's autograph or signature, including its reproduction; form letters and other routine correspondence regarding meetings and activities; invitations and other requests that Edison either declined or did not acknowledge; invitations for which no substantive response has been found; correspondence from organizations in which Edison was not involved; published proceedings and printed circulars; and duplicates.
[E1521AA], Letter from Henry Marison Byllesby to Thomas Alva Edison, August 13th, 1915 1915-08-13