Administrative Information
Acquistion Information
The records of the Edison Electric Light Company were given to the Library of Congress in 1995 by the Linda Hall Library of Kansas City, Missouri, which had acquired the material upon the dissolution of the Engineering Societies Library of New York. The collection was transferred to the Manuscript Division in 1997 by the Library's Geography and Map Division which retained the maps and charts that accompanied these records. Illustrated items were transferred by the Geography and Map Division to the Prints and Photographs Division.
Processing History
The records of Edison Electric Light Company were arranged and described in 1997. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
Related Material
Related collections in the Manuscript Division include the Thomas A. Edison Papers.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Edison Electric Light Company Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.