Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Edison Electric Light Company records,

Title

• Edison Electric Light Company records,

Summary

• Volume I (1879-1894) and volume II (1890-1891) contain verified copies of patents granted by the government of Canada to Thomas A. Edison and employees of his firm for improvements in incandescent lamps and methods of manufacture, fittings and fixtures, electric dynamo machines, electric railroads, and electrical generation and distribution systems; volume III (1885-1894) contains codes for insurance underwriters in the United States to create national standards for electrical construction and operation.

Names

• Edison Electric Light Company.

Headings

• -  Edison, Thomas A.--(Thomas Alva),--1847-1931
• -  Electrical engineering--Insurance requirements--United States
• -  Electric generators--Canada--Patents
• -  Electric light fixtures--Canada--Patents
• -  Electric lighting, Incandescent--Canada--Patents
• -  Electric power systems--Canada--Patents
• -  Electric railroads--Canada--Patents
• -  Electric standards--United States
• -  Electric utilities--Canada
• -  Electric utilities--United States

Notes

• -  Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
• -  Transfer, Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, 1997.
• -  Parent company of all Edison electric light enterprises. Established in 1878.
• -  Collection material in English.
• -  Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008127

Medium

• 3 items.
• 3 containers.
• 0.8 linear feet.

Repository

• Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home

Library of Congress Control Number

• mm97084023

Access Advisory

• Open to research.

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/mm97084023

Additional Metadata Formats

• MARCXML Record
• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record