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These folders contain correspondence and other documents relating to legal matters involving motion pictures. The selected documents cover the period 1904-1915. Among the correspondents are Edison, Frank L. Dyer, Delos Holden, George F. Scull, and other members of Edison's legal staff. Much of the correspondence concerns color photography. Included are letters regarding the work of Charles L. Brasseur, William N. Lascelles Davidson, William Friese-Greene, John H. Powrie, and Florence M. Warner. Other documents pertain to the National Waterproof Film Co., which developed a protective coating that was used on films manufactured by the Edison Manufacturing Co. and other licensees of the Motion Picture Patents Co. Also included are items relating to copyright matters, possible infringements of the patents of other inventors, the use of trade names, and Edison's motion picture studio in the Bronx.
