This folder contains correspondence and other documents by and about Edison's family. Included are numerous letters pertaining to the financial difficulties of Thomas A. Edison, Jr., and William Leslie Edison and their involvement in schemes to exploit the Edison name: the Thomas A. Edison Jr. Chemical Co. and the Edison Automobile Co. Also included are letters by and about Charles F. Stilwell, the brother of Edison's first wife, and items concerning Mina Miller Edison's loss of a diamond ring.

Approximately 90 percent of the documents have been selected. Most of the items not selected are inquiries regarding the reliability of, and Thomas A. Edison, Jr.'s involvement with, the "Vitalizer," an electrotherapeutic belt.