Edison Electric Light Company

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Parent company of all Edison electric light enterprises. Established in 1878.

From the description of Edison Electric Light Company records, 1879-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984047

Edison Company was a major producer of motion pictures during early years of the film industry.

From the description of Scripts, 1909-1916. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 86152578
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creatorOf Edison Electric Light Company Records, 1879-1894 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Edison Electric Light Company. Receipts, 1903-1907. York County Historical Trust
referencedIn Robert Wetherill & Company. Letterpress copybooks, 1882-1916. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Henry Villard business papers, 1862-1928 (inclusive), 1870-1900 (bulk) Baker Library, Harvard Business School
referencedIn Utility Workers Organization in New York. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Mechanical & electrical power collection, 1785-1940. The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center
referencedIn Clark-McCreary papers 1815-1936 1846-1919 Clark-McCreary papers William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Edison Electric Light Company. Scripts, 1909-1916. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. Thomas A. Edison papers, 1877-1927. Library of Congress
referencedIn Upton, Francis Robbins, 1852-1921. Scrapbooks, 1877-1925. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Dolson, Fred O. Reports on Mono Basin and Owens River Projects. Water Resources Collections and Archives
referencedIn Charity Organization Society of the City of New York. Tenement House Committee. Map showing over-crowding of the buildings on the lots and the consequent lack of light and air space also strong-holds of poverty and agencies for betterment in the tenement house district bounded by 3rd Ave., East River, 40th, 34th Streets / prepared for the Tenement House Committee of the Charity Organization Society, under the direction of Lawrence Veiller. New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. Thomas A. Edison collection, 1915-1925. State Historical Society of Iowa, Library
referencedIn Villard, Henry, 1835-1900. Henry Villard business papers, 1862-1900 (inclusive). Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library
creatorOf A.H. Bickmore & Company. Trade catalogs of lighting, 1846-1941. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn Painter, Uriah Hunt, 1837-1900. Papers, 1855-1936. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Vanden Berg, P. H. Historical manuscript dealing with a southern California enterprise and its founder Earl H. Richardson, 1945. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
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associatedWith Dolson, Fred O. person
associatedWith Edison, Thomas A. 1847-1931. person
associatedWith McCreary family family
associatedWith Painter, Uriah Hunt, 1837-1900. person
associatedWith Robert Wetherill & Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Upton, Francis Robbins, 1852-1921. person
associatedWith Vanden Berg, P. H. person
associatedWith Villard, Henry, 1835-1900. person
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