This folder contains correspondence requesting Edison to write articles, correspondence relating to articles about Edison or his inventions, and letters from journalists seeking to interview Edison or soliciting his statements for publication. Among the items for 1909 are letters and memoranda concerning the projected biography of Edison by Frank L. Dyer and T. Commerford Martin, a letter from Theodore Dreiser at The Delineator, and a request by Samuel Insull for Edison's endorsement of an article about early electrification.

Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been selected. The items not selected consist primarily of requests for statements and interviews that received only a perfunctory response from Edison.