Paper presented the meeting the Popular Culture Association in
Wichita, Kansas, April 25, 1983.
Research Laboratory moved in. New flooring and partitions were put in.550 1942 this area was cleaned out and the Thomas Edison, Inc.
Development and testing Edicraft kitchen appliances probably continued until
1935 when this project was abandoned.649
546 Ibid.
543 Edward Jay Pershey, "Engineering Social Coups: The Design and Marketing Consumer Goods by
Edison Industries 1929-31," 13. Berggren Norman Speiden, January 23, 1940, Historical Research Dept., Photograph 10.647 A
National Park Service employee, Gordie Whittington, also used the shop the
work restoring the laboratory. They made patterns for castings Ediphone parts. He
also took extra work from other divisions keep himself fully occupied. This
group carried out general research functions for the company and was also known
163
. Some the ore sample collection was also stored here in
1940.This was the one part the laboratory that continued operate after 1931, for
its services and patterns were still needed the factories Thomas Edison,
Inc. no. Berggren’s exact duties are not known.548 1935 the experimenter Karl
Berggren moved one the small rooms the back the building and
worked "several new products," which might have included the Ediphone
dictating machine line.120/37, neg. Its functions included general carpentry and repair work. 4," also memorandum April 11, 1944, Plant
Service Department, Engineering Department Records [?].646 The
conversion the laboratory into museum created plenty work for this
carpenters’ shop. 4636B (not reproduced this report) shows the Tibbett
brothers.G.
The front (southern) end this building was used for storage and housed
equipment and supplies.
Building 4
The end Edison’s phonograph business 1929 meant that the experimental
and production facilities for Diamond Disc records were longer needed.
549 NPS, "HSR, Metallurgical Laboratory, Building No.
550 K. was still there 1944. The Tibbett
brothers, who joined Edison’s employ some time before 1917, continued use the
machinery the shop after Edison’s death and their subsequent transfer the
Ediphone Division. Nick Foselli made cases for the equipment installed the
museum Building and for numerous artifacts the museum collection.
547 Norman Speiden Eckert, March 26, 1943, Historical Research Dept
