This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's interest in religion and spiritualism. Included are letters from and pertaining to the spiritualist, Bert Reese, as well as unsolicited responses to published statements made by Edison denying the immortality of the soul and expressing other religious opinions.

Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been selected, including a sample of the unsolicited responses. Most of the sampled items contain Edison marginalia.