This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison United Phonograph Co. and other companies organized to exploit the Edison phonograph in countries other than the United States and Canada. Included are items concerning the financial problems of the Edison United Phonograph Co. and the strained relations involving the Edison-Bell Consolidated Phonograph Co., Ltd., on the one hand, and the National Phonograph Co. and the Edison Phonograph Works, on the other.

Approximately 80 percent of the documents have been selected. Items not selected include letters and memoranda pertaining to routine daily operations of the Edison United Phonograph Co.