Edison Related Resources

National Park Service, Thomas Edison National Historical Park

A Smithsonian Institution exhibit about the second half of the inventor's life.

A Smithsonian Instituion exhibit on the history of electric lighting.

A search of The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution turns up several posts related to Edison.

The Smithsonian Institution is digitizing many of its collections. A search will turn up many items related to Edison and his work.

The Library of Congress is digitizing millions of items in its collection and has linked to other collections as well. A search will turn up many items related to Edison and his work.

The Library of Congress holds an unparalleled collection of early Edison motion pictures and collections of cylinder and disc recordings.

The UCSB Library hosts a digital collection of over 10,000 cylinder records from the era of acoustic recording.

A radio program hosted by the Curator of Recordings, Thomas Edison National Historical Park.

This website focuses on Menlo Park at the time Edison lived and worked there but also has materials from his later career.