Program

Research Programs: Scholarly Editions and Translations

Period of Performance

10/1/2015 - 9/30/2017

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$350,000.00 (approved)
$350,000.00 (awarded)


The Papers of Thomas A. Edison (Volume 9)

FAIN: RQ-230488-15

Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8559)
Paul B. Israel (Project Director: December 2014 to May 2018)

Preparation for publication of two volumes (volumes 9 and 10) of the papers of inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931), covering the period 1888-1892. (36 months)

The Papers of Thomas A. Edison is a fifteen-volume book edition that will contain 6,500 transcribed and annotated letters, notebook entries, autobiographical writings, and other documents from Edison's lengthy career. This proposal seeks funding to complete the editing of Volume 9: Competing Interests (1888-1889).





Associated Products

Papers of Thomas A. Edison (Web Resource)
Title: Papers of Thomas A. Edison
Author: Paul Israel
Abstract: Thomas A. Edison Papers Project, a research center at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, is one of the most ambitious editing projects ever undertaken by an American university. For decades, the 5 million pages of documents that chronicle the extraordinary life and achievements of Thomas Alva Edison remained hidden and inaccessible to members of the general public. Since the massive project began in 1978, a team of editors/scholars has been turning this incomparable trove of Edisonia into a premier educational resource.
Year: 2015
Primary URL: http://edison.rutgers.edu