These documents cover the years 1915 and 1927. The first item is a May 1915 memorandum by Elihu Thomson, then a lecturer at MIT, containing a detailed assessment of Edison's originality and his contributions as an inventor. The document is marked "confidential." The remaining items consist of letters regarding a proposed new dormitory to be named for Edison. The correspondents are Charles Edison, MIT President Samuel W. Stratton, and Alfred E. Burton, a former dean at MIT.
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[X174B1], Memorandum, Elihu Thomson, May 3rd, 1915 1915-05-03
[X174B2], Letter from Alfred Edgar Burton to Samuel Wesley Stratton, April 1st, 1927 1927-04-01
[X174B3], Letter from Alfred Edgar Burton to Samuel Wesley Stratton, June 1st, 1927 1927-06-01
[X174B4], Letter from Charles Edison to Alfred Edgar Burton, December 22nd, 1927 1927-12-22