Thomas Alva Edison project : oral history, 1972-1973.

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Thomas Alva Edison project : oral history, 1972-1973.

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Interviews with family members and associates of Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) illuminate his character, personality, and motivation. The appearance and arrangement of the family home and the laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, are described, and specific projects carried on in the laboratory are recalled. Earlier recordings prepared by the Edison National Historic Site are included. Participants, pagination and restrictions: Harold S. Anderson, 44; Edward K. Cary, 19 (closed); John C.F. Coakley, 27; John C.F. and Thelda Coakley, 68 (closed); Edward J. Daly, 38; Charles W. Durr, 64; Theodore Edison, 27 (closed); Theodore Edison, 179; Karl Ehricke, 30 (closed); Samuel Gardner, 39; Thomas Halstrom, 31; William H. Hand, 39 (closed); A.E. Johnson, 53; Paul Kasakove, 47; Roderic Peters, 47; Madeleine Edison Sloane, 76 (closed); Norman R. Speiden, 40; Norman R. Speiden, 50 (closed); Ernest L. Stevens, 47; Lillian P. Warren, 80 (closed).

Transcripts: 1,045 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

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Thomas Alva Edison (born February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio – died October 18, 1931, West Orange, New Jersey), American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrial...