C.
Building eventually became general use space the laboratory complex with
no clear function.83 After leaving
Edison’s employ 1894, Kennelly went into business for himself and later had a
distinguished career academic, teaching electrical engineering Harvard.81
Arthur Kennelly.
Brigham, Arthur Colgate, Everett Frazier, Arthur Hoopes, Oren Hussey,
and T. Kennelly was charge the electrical laboratory Building
1 from 1887 1894. filled employment application 1887 and joined the laboratory
that year.P. Edison" replaced Kennelly
after left. Boynton, Alex W.
83 For examples Kennelly’s records see Notebooks N-89-12-13, N-90-07-22, N-91-09-14, N-92-01-08, N-
92-03-30, N-92-05-06, and N-93-01-03 and Letterbook LB-87-09-29. Unlike experimenters old, Holland was not
free try anything wished. contained experimental rooms, offices, and even sleeping
quarters.82
Kennelly’s lack formal education certainly not noticeable the detailed notes
he made his laboratory work.
No "chief electrician" "electrical assistant Mr. was largely self-taught, learning about electricity an
employee underwater telegraph cable company where worked for ten
years before joining Edison.M.E. Other workers this building from 1888 1893 include:
Theodore Lehmann, Johannes Cuntz, F. Like Batchelor and many the other important
members the laboratory staff, was Englishman who left home make his
fortune.photograph Building shows Holland with his boss, Nelson Durand,
manager the business phonograph operation, and Edison’s son Charles (figure
8). Kennelly", Edison Pioneer Records, Box 24. Holland’s work was closely supervised Durand and other managers and
every expense had justified.
81 John Constable Charles Edison, September 19, 1918 (in 1918, WOL—General).
84 Names compiled from editorial material prepared the Thomas Edison Papers project in
preparation for the microfilming the Kennelly notebooks. was placed charge equipping Building l. During the period after 1914, housed Stephen Mambert, vice
president and financial executive Thomas Edison Inc. Withington, "Interview with Dr. Lawrence.F.84
36
.80
M Millard, Edison and the Business Innovation, Chapter 12.
Kennelly’s own notebooks and those Building indicate that was assisted by
Alfred Thompson.
82 C. A. Bergh, E. These notebooks provide exact scientific
record the work carried out the electrical laboratory., and his staff clerks
and accountants, evidence the changing times West Orange
