This the diary Miller Reese Hutchison, a
former chief engineer the laboratory and one Edison’s closest
associates.
Edison Pioneers Collection. They are arranged chronologically and dated the first
written date the book. Former Edison workers who wrote visited
the laboratory often gave information Speiden, which recorded
in note form. These are the bound diaries Edison’s closest
associate, Charles Batchelor, the 1870s and 1880s.
Historian’s Notes. Vouchers indicate the amount paid and account charged
for items the attached invoices.notebooks. Each applicant filed biography and these
forms, with supplemental material, are filed alphabetically. This collection contains purchase vouchers for
all expenditures the West Orange laboratory from 1887 through
the 1930s. from 1916 to
1921. Vouchers cited evidence the
report are referred voucher number and year.
Shop Orders. Many these books will filmed the
Edison Papers Project. The distribution labor
worksheets provide good breakdown the laboratory work force. Each was given number which expenses
could allocated account.
Jones Collection. These notes, compiled 5-by-8-inch notecards
and filed numerically, were made Norman Speiden and cover a
wide variety subjects. These books cover all the accounts the
laboratory and come many forms. The majority the entries are from the period 1907 to
1915. This group records was collected Mark M. The invoices provide the vendor’s
name and type business, date transaction, description of
purchase, and purchase price. These orders were requests for work carried out
by the laboratory staff.
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Account Books. The Edison Pioneers were formed by
old Edison associates.
Jones, chief personnel Thomas Edison, Inc.
Hutchison Diary.
Batchelor Diaries.
Voucher Collection. The shop orders are listed some
laboratory notebooks and descriptions the work sometimes appear
in accounts records
