F.M.
No "chief electrician" "electrical assistant Mr. Kennelly was charge the electrical laboratory Building
1 from 1887 1894. Holland’s work was closely supervised Durand and other managers and
every expense had justified.84
36
. Bergh, E.82
Kennelly’s lack formal education certainly not noticeable the detailed notes
he made his laboratory work.
84 Names compiled from editorial material prepared the Thomas Edison Papers project in
preparation for the microfilming the Kennelly notebooks. A. Edison" replaced Kennelly
after left. filled employment application 1887 and joined the laboratory
that year. was placed charge equipping Building l. contained experimental rooms, offices, and even sleeping
quarters.E. Other workers this building from 1888 1893 include:
Theodore Lehmann, Johannes Cuntz, F.83 After leaving
Edison’s employ 1894, Kennelly went into business for himself and later had a
distinguished career academic, teaching electrical engineering Harvard. During the period after 1914, housed Stephen Mambert, vice
president and financial executive Thomas Edison Inc. Unlike experimenters old, Holland was not
free try anything wished.
Building eventually became general use space the laboratory complex with
no clear function.
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.C. was largely self-taught, learning about electricity an
employee underwater telegraph cable company where worked for ten
years before joining Edison., and his staff clerks
and accountants, evidence the changing times West Orange.80
M Millard, Edison and the Business Innovation, Chapter 12.photograph Building shows Holland with his boss, Nelson Durand,
manager the business phonograph operation, and Edison’s son Charles (figure
8). These notebooks provide exact scientific
record the work carried out the electrical laboratory.P. Like Batchelor and many the other important
members the laboratory staff, was Englishman who left home make his
fortune.
Brigham, Arthur Colgate, Everett Frazier, Arthur Hoopes, Oren Hussey,
and T. Withington, "Interview with Dr.
82 C.
81 John Constable Charles Edison, September 19, 1918 (in 1918, WOL—General).
Kennelly’s own notebooks and those Building indicate that was assisted by
Alfred Thompson. Boynton, Alex W. Lawrence. Kennelly", Edison Pioneer Records, Box 24.81
Arthur Kennelly
