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Edison General File Series -- 1915: (E-15-09) Battery, Storage -- Edison Storage Battery Co
[E1509]

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison Storage Battery Co. Among the items for 1915 are letters pertaining to the use of Edison batteries in electric trucks, pleasure vehicles, and submarines. Also included is an itinerary for a visit to the West Orange laboratory by the electrical class of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The correspondents include chief engineer Miller Reese Hutchison; company officials Robert A. Bachman, William G. Bee, Arthur Mudd, and Harrison G. Thompson; and investors Arthur I. Clymer and Theron I. Crane.

Less than 10 percent of the documents have been selected. The material not selected consists primarily of routine interoffice communications and other items relating to sales and marketing.

Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.