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These records consist of correspondence and other documents authored by or sent to Frank L. Dyer, John W. Farrell, John Hardin, and other officials in the Edison Manufacturing Co. and Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Other correspondents include Dwight Macdonald, general manager of MPPCo, and Percival L. Waters of the Kinetograph Co. of New York. Many of the documents relate to competition between the licensed and independent film exchanges.

The selected folders are arranged in the following order: (1) Dyer, Frank L. (1908-1912); (2) Farrell, John W. (1908-1910); and (3) Hardin, John (1908-1909).

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Gilmore, William E. (1908)

This folder contains a few letters addressed to William E. Gilmore, vice president of the Edison Manufacturing Co. The correspondence is by John Hardin of the Edison Manufacturing Co. and by Legal Department employees Frank L. Dyer, Herbert H. Dyke, and William Pelzer. Included are documents concerning motion picture licenses and litigation.

Macdonald, Dwight (1909)

This folder contains correspondence between Frank L. Dyer and Dwight Macdonald, attorney and general manager of the Motion Picture Patents Co. The letters relate to film exchanges, theater licenses, price policies, and litigation.

Stevens, Walter (1908- 1909)

This folder contains correspondence, mainly letters of transmittal, to and from Frank L. Dyer, George F. Scull and Walter Stevens, manager of the Foreign Department of the National Phonograph Co. and Edison Manufacturing Co.

Waters, Percival L. (1908- 1909)

This folder contains correspondence to and from Frank L. Dyer, George F. Scull and Percival L. Waters of the Kinetograph Co. of New York. The letters concern exhibitors and exchanges.