These documents relate to Percy W. MacKaye, author and dramatist, and his father Steele MacKaye, theatrical designer, actor, dramatist, and inventor. Two undated letters by Edison from the 1880s pertain to his involvement in the lighting of Steele MacKaye's Lyceum Theater in New York. The remaining items, which cover the years 1915 and 1922-1929, are primarily letters to Percy MacKaye from Edison, Mina Miller Edison, and William H. Meadowcroft. Also included is a series of typewritten questions, with responses in Edison's hand, regarding the inventor's relationship with Steele MacKaye.
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[X009AA] Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Steele MacKaye, 1881-1882 1881-1882
[X009AB] Letter, 1881-1882 1881-1882
[X009AC], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Percy Wallace MacKaye, October 4th, 1915 1915-10-04
[X009AD], Letter from Mina Miller (Mrs Thomas A.) Edison to Percy Wallace MacKaye, February 16th, 1922 1922-02-16
[X009AE], Letter from William Henry Meadowcroft to Percy Wallace MacKaye, September 15th, 1925 1925-09-15
[X009AF], Interview, Thomas Alva Edison, September 1925 1925-09-00
[X009AG], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Percy Wallace MacKaye, October 18th, 1927 1927-10-18
[X009AH], Letter from Mina Miller (Mrs Thomas A.) Edison to Percy Wallace MacKaye, February 17th, 1929 1929-02-17