This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the organization and administration of Thomas A. Edison, Inc. and its constituent concerns. Among the documents for 1914 is a list of departments as of March 1, 1914, along with an attached list, possibly dating from 1912, of general expense classifications and "definitions of accounts." Also included are undated lists of foremen of the departments of TAE Inc. and the Edison Phonograph Works. In addition, there are items pertaining to complaints about air and water pollution from the phonograph and battery works and a report concerning construction work on the battery plant in Silver Lake, New Jersey.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected. The material not selected includes accounting statements and routine periodic reports. Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.