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[E1580-F] (E-15-80) Visitors

Title: [E1580-F] (E-15-80) Visitors
Description: This folder contains correspondence with individuals planning to meet with Edison, arranging for others to meet him, or thanking Edison for a recent visit. Among the documents for 1915 are items referring to visits by Uruguayan diplomat Juan Carlos Blanco, Russian scholar Marayan Krishna, and the Chinese Industrial Commission. At the end of the folder is an undated telegram in Edison's hand in regard to a meeting with Willis R. Whitney of the General Electric Co. The correspondents include John Barrett of the Pan American Union, mineralogist George F. Kunz, longtime Edison associate T. Commerford Martin, U.S. Senator James E. Martine of New Jersey, and spiritualist Bert Reese.
Approximately 25 percent of the documents have been selected. Requests for appointments that were declined by Edison and letters that received no reply have not been selected.
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/folder/E1580-F
Identifier: E1580-F
Type: Edison General File
Rights: Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.
Is Part Of: Edison General File Series -- 1915
Alternative Title: (E-15-80) Visitors
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 264

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