Resources on Thomas Edison’s Life
(updated 19 January 2022)
This page consists of books and Web sites that are resources on Thomas Edison. (If you have some suggested additions to this list, please let me know about them.)
Websites
The following Websites have good material on Thomas Edison.
Thomas Edison Web Site – Biography and other information
Inventing Entertainment – Library of Congress information on Edison
Edisonian Museum – Pictures of early Edison lightbulbs
Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum – Gives short history and lists inventions
Edison National Historic Site – Provides information about the National Park Service’s Edison National Historic Site in West Orange, New Jersey, home of Edison’s research and development laboratory
Thomas A. Edison Papers – Rutgers University research site with database of Edison’s papers and materials
Edison’s Patents – History and listing of Edison’s 1093 patents from Rutgers Unversity
The Life and Inventions of Thomas Edison – List of good resources
Tesla and Westinghouse pages
Edison’s career was also affected by both Tesla and Westinghouse.
Books
The following books are good resources for further study of Thomas Edison.
CD set called “The Edison Trials” by Marston Records – Recordings Edison made of singers in 1912
Summary
If you have any other good resources on Edison, let us know.
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