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Thomas Edison, Papers:

During the eighty-four years of his life, Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) patented 1,093 inventions, including the phonograph and the incandescent lightbulb.  His personal papers consist of photographs, correspondence, clippings, patents and Edison's notebooks from the period when he was working on the electric light as well as material relating to his death and the making of the film "Young Tom Edison."  In addition, the collection contains extensive information about Edison's recording artists and the production cards for his disk recordings.
                                                                                               
Accession ID# #1630
                                                                                               40 cubic feet


Certificate of Stock, Edison Illuminating Company, 1883

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Certification of Membership, Detroit Young Men's Society, 1862

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Edison Sleeping, About 1924


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Letter from Edison to his parents, 1870

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Letter from Edison to Henry Ford, 1927 (copy)

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Patent, Incandescing Electric Lamp, 1883

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Signed Portrait of Thomas Edison, About 1918

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Sketch of a Telegraph Escapement, 1872

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