This folder contains correspondence and other documents requesting Edison to write articles; correspondence relating to articles about Edison or his inventions; and letters from journalists seeking to interview Edison. Also included is a draft in Edison's hand of a proposed article on the tariff issue.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected. The following categories of documents have not been selected: routine requests for Edison to write articles or grant interviews (such requests often received a response that Edison was "too busy" to comply); other routine correspondence regarding articles and interview arrangements; letters of transmittal; duplicate copies of selected items. Also not selected is an incomplete article on mechanical calculators by Arthur E. Kennelly. Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.