The Business History Conference webpage has published the first of a
     series of archival essays entitled "Business History Resources in the
     Edison National Historic Site Archives."  This essay contains
     descriptions of the extensive business and economic history-related
     holdings in the Edison NHS Archives, located in West Orange, New
     Jersey.  The archives contains over 4.5 million original items
     relating to the life and work of Thomas A. Edison.

     The essay includes a series of images from the 60,000 item historic
     photograph collection, information about researcher access policies,
     and links to other Edison-related websites.

     By publishing this information, the National Park Service hopes to
     encourage greater research use of this collection.

     The essay can be accessed at the following URL:

     http://www.eh.net/~bhc/Exchange/edhome


     Leonard DeGraaf
     Edison National Historic Site