Two LS, 1929 July 12 and 25 : Orange, New Jersey, to John H. Finley and Theodore Fred Kuper.

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Two LS, 1929 July 12 and 25 : Orange, New Jersey, to John H. Finley and Theodore Fred Kuper.

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Finley was with the New York Times and Kuper with the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation. With Autograph note, not signed, on Kuper's letter to Finley, 1929 June 27. Letters refer to Edison's being named "The Thomas Jefferson Guest at Monticello." Related material includes: 1929 July 12, TLS, from Wm. Meadowcroft [?], Edison's assistant, to Dr. Finley; photograph of Edison on a Maxfield Parrish print, recognizing the inventor's contribution (issued by the Foundation); ALS, 1929 July 25, Finley to Kuper; brochure of the Edison National Historic Site; TLS, 1963 October 2, Norman R. Speiden to Kuper; copy of TLS, unknown to John Coakley, re: Edison Centennial; Telegram, 1945 July 5, to Arthur Price from Charles Edison's secretary; mimeographed copy of "Report and Recommendation regarding the election of Thomas Alva Edison as the 'Thomas Jefferson Guest at Monticello'"

2 p. ; 28 x 21.5 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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