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  • Thomas Alva Edison; addresses delivered at the presentation to Thomas Alva Edison of the medal bestowed upon him by the Congress of the United States, West Orange, New Jersey, October twentieth, 1928.

    • Text
    • [n. p., 1929?]
    • 1929
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFG 74-161Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Frank J. Sprague papers, 1874-1939.

    • Text
    • 1874-1939
    • 1 Resource

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/a27751e0-67cd-0134-1d05-00505686d14e
  • Richard Rogers Bowker papers, 1856-1958.

    • Mixed material
    • 1856-1958
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/9ba7d090-3c12-013a-572a-0242ac110004
  • A.F.R. Lawrence collection of historical spoken word [sound recording], 1900-1970.

    • Audio
    • 1900-1970
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/23117da0-508b-0136-a730-258d741993f1
  • Uncle Tom's cabin [videorecording].

    • Moving image
    • 1903.
    • 1903
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZHB 6-182Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZIDVD 5-268Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Parsifal [videorecording] / produced by Thomas A. Edison.

    • Moving image
    • 1904.
    • 1904
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZHB 8-190Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZIC 9-6312Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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  • Annabella [electronic resource] / produced by Thomas A. Edison.

    • Moving image
    • 1897.
    • 1897
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c23a0080-f875-0130-0759-3c075448cc4b
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZHB 2-1323Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • [Historical films: American Indians] [videorecording].

    • Moving image
    • 1897-1903.
    • 1897-1903
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZHB 4-2463Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZIDVD 5-266Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • [Historical films: Folk dancing, international] [motion picture]

    • Moving image
    • 1901-1903.
    • 1901-1903
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZHB 4-2465Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • [Historical films: Variety dancing, series 1] [motion picture]

    • Moving image
    • 1897-1903.
    • 1897-1903
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZHB 4-2466Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • [Historical films: Variety dancing, series 2] [motion picture]

    • Moving image
    • 1897-1907.
    • 1897-1907
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZHB 4-2467Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • [Historical films: Variety dancing, series 3] [motion picture]

    • Moving image
    • 1897-1907.
    • 1897-1907
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZHB 4-2468Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • [Historical films: Variety dancing, series 5] [videorecording]

    • Moving image
    • 1897-1904.
    • 1897-1904
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZHB 4-2470Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZIC 9-6311Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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  • Rare glimpses [videorecording] : dances from the Middle East, volume I / executive producer, Ibrahim Farrah ; producer/editor, Andrea Beeman.

    • Moving image
    • c1994.
    • 1994
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d34a8045-066f-4685-9c38-de2a6418da12
  • Hudson Maxim papers, 1883-1927, bulk (1890s-1927).

    • Text
    • 1883-1927
  • The Edison sales builder.

    • Text
    • Harrison, N.J. : Edison Lamp Works, 1914-????
    • 1914-
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text TLNA (General Electric Company. Edison Lamp Works, Harrison, N.J. Edison sales builder) v. 1, nos. 2-6 and 8-11 (1914) v. 2, nos. 1,2,8,11,12 (1915) v. 1, nos. 2-6 and 8-11 (1914) v. 2, nos. 1,2,8,11,12 (1915) Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text TLNA (General Electric Company. Edison Lamp Works, Harrison, N.J. Edison sales builder) v. 3, nos. 2,4,5,9,10 (1916) v. 4, nos. 1,2,3,4-5 (1917) v. 3, nos. 2,4,5,9,10 (1916) v. 4, nos. 1,2,3,4-5 (1917)Offsite
  • Description of the phonograph and phonograph-graphophone by their respective inventors : testimonials as to their practical use / [Thomas A. Edison].

    • Text
    • London : London Phonograph and Gramophone Society, 1973.
    • 1973-1888
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *LE 97-1297Offsite
  • [Reproductions of portions of the New York Herald for December 21, 1879 and articles from other journals of 1878 to 1882 having to do with the milestone in human progress represented by Mr. Edison's work in the realm of electric lighting.

    • Text
    • New York, Association of Edison illuminating companies, c1929.
    • 1929
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VGS+++ (Association of Edison Illuminating Companies.Offsite
  • Around the world with Light's Golden Jubilee. A summary of the International Committee.

    • Text
    • [New York? 1929]
    • 1929
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-VGS (Light's Golden Jubilee (1929). Around the world with Light's Golden Jubilee)Offsite
  • Unreleased Edison laterals I [sound recording] : an anthology of electrically recorded needle type records.

    • Audio
    • Hibernia, NJ : Diamond Cut Productions, p1992.
    • 1992-1928
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 5228 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Una Cienca desconocida del hombre de la tierra; dada por un espíritu, que según su despertar, y las veces que nos ha dado alguna comunicacion, lo reconocemos por este alto sabio Edison, que los lectores ya lo tendran en su comprension; ano 1932, dictado a la médium Maria Vilanova.

    • Text
    • Barcelona (Espana) [Imprenta Claraso, 1934]
    • 1934
  • The fundamental character of Edison's lighting inventions ...

    • Text
    • New York, Printed but not published, by order of the Association, 1926.
    • 1926
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VBA p.v. 1401 no. 1-8Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • America marches forward with Edison.

    • Text
    • [n.p., 1936]
    • 1936
  • Tap dance #1 [videorecording] / WCBS-TV ; produced and directed by Ivan Cury.

    • Moving image
    • New York, N.Y. : WCBS-TV, 1972 ; Kent, Conn. : Creative Arts Television Archive, c1999.
    • 1972-1999
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZIA 4-4613Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • The Edison trials [sound recording] : voice audition cylinders of 1912-1913.

    • Audio
    • [Swarthmore, Pa.] : Marston, p2000.
    • 2000-1912
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 23546 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • The first recorded sounds [sound recording].

    • Audio
    • [Anaheim, Calif.] : Mark 56 Records, 1976-1982.
    • 1982-1976
    • 4 Items

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/78606890-c35a-0133-dc43-60f81dd2b63c
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LRX 7270Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LRX 7271Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LRX 7277Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Between the Consolidated Electric Light Company, complainant, and the Edision Electric Light Company and Thomas A. Edison, defendants : case G3553, in equity, on bill, etc. : suit on patent 317,676 dated May 12, 1885, bill filed June 20th, 1885, process issued June 23d, 1885.

    • Text
    • [New York? : s.n., 1888?]
    • 1888
    • 5 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *VBG (Consolidate Electric Light Co. v. Edison Electric Light Co. and Thomas A. Edison) Vol. 5Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *VBG (Consolidate Electric Light Co. v. Edison Electric Light Co. and Thomas A. Edison) Vol. 6Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *VBG (Consolidate Electric Light Co. v. Edison Electric Light Co. and Thomas A. Edison) Vol. 7 (1891)Offsite
  • Wildfire [videorecording] / presented by Eclipse Productions ; conceived, produced, and directed by Amy Greenfield ; music by Philip Glass.

    • Moving image
    • c2002.
    • 2002
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZIA 4-7130Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Julian Hawthorne collection of papers, 1852-1908.

    • Mixed material
    • 1852-1908
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Berg Coll MSS Hawthorne, JSchwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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  • America dances! 1897-1948 [videorecording] : a collector's edition of social dance in film / produced by Dancetime Publications ; collected and organized by Carol Téten.

    • Moving image
    • Kentfield, Calif. : Dancetime Publications, c2003.
    • 2003
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZIDVD 5-51Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Edison : pièce en quatre actes [videorecording] / Festival d'Automne présente ; une co-production Byrd Hoffman Foundation, Théâtre National Populaire/Villeurbanne ; de Robert Wilson.

    • Moving image
    • Paris, 1979.
    • 1979
    • 3 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image NCOV 3074 Disc 1Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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    Moving image NCOV 3074 Disc 2Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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    Moving image NCOV 3074 Disc 3Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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  • Edison [--projected footage] [videorecording] : pièce en quatre actes / de Robert Wilson.

    • Moving image
    • [Paris, 1979?]
    • 1979
    • 3 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image NCOX 3024 Disc 1Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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    Moving image NCOX 3024 Disc 2Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image NCOX 3024 Disc 3Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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  • Edison [sound recording] : pièce en quatre actes[--studio recording #1] / co-production de la Byrd Hoffman Foundation et du Théâtre National Populaire ; de Robert Wilson.

    • Audio
    • Villeurbanne, France, 1979.
    • 1979
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 36836 [CD] Disc 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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    Audio *LDC 36836 [CD] Disc 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Edison [sound recording] : pièce en quatre actes[--studio recording #2] / co-production de la Byrd Hoffman Foundation et du Théâtre National Populaire ; de Robert Wilson.

    • Audio
    • Villeurbanne, France, 1979.
    • 1979
    • 3 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 36837 [CD] Disc 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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    Audio *LDC 36837 [CD] Disc 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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    Audio *LDC 36837 [CD] Disc 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Edison originals [sound recording].

    • Audio
    • [S.l.] : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., [1956]
    • 1956-1910
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LOX 447Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LZO 2790 [Disc]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Voices of freedom, 1901-1950 [sound recording] writer-producer, Sol Panitz.

    • Audio
    • Washington, D.C. : Educational Services, [1950]
    • 1950
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LZR 5223 (C) [Disc]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • The Incredible talking machine [sound recording].

    • Audio
    • [S.l.] : Edison Record, [197-?]
    • 197
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LRX 6609 [Disc]Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Edison [sound recording] : pièce en quatre actes[--music, bande C] / co-production de la Byrd Hoffman Foundation et du Théâtre National Populaire ; de Robert Wilson.

    • Audio
    • France, 1979.
    • 1979
    • 6 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 36905 [CD] Disc 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound
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    Audio *LDC 36905 [CD] Disc 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound
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    Audio *LDC 36905 [CD] Disc 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound
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  • The great train robbery and other primary works [videorecording] / Kino International ; Film Preservation Associates and The British Film Institute ; produced for video by David Shepard.

    • Moving image
    • New York : Kino on Video, c2002.
    • 2002
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image DVDR 93 G C.1 C.1Performing Arts Research Collections - Reserve Film and Video

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  • Das Edison-Licht [electronic resource] : elektrisches Beleuchtungs-System : Uebermittelung mechanischer arbeit für den Hausgebrauch.

    • Text
    • Berlin : W. Büxenstein, 1882.
    • 1882
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://ncco.galegroup.com/gdc/ncco/MonographsDetailsPage/MonographsDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=false&prodId=NCCO&action=1&activityType=BasicSearch&javax.portlet.action=viewPortletAction&documentId=GALE%7CBEANDG314507807&dviSelectedPage=1&userGroupName=nypl
  • La lumière Edison [electronic resource] : système d'éclairage électrique : transmission de la force motrice a domicile : la presse française et le système Edison.

    • Text
    • Paris : A. Lahure, 1882.
    • 1882
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://ncco.galegroup.com/gdc/ncco/MonographsDetailsPage/MonographsDetailsWindow?disableHighlighting=false&prodId=NCCO&action=1&activityType=BasicSearch&javax.portlet.action=viewPortletAction&documentId=GALE%7CBEAQCT471833579&dviSelectedPage=1&userGroupName=nypl
  • The incandescent light : a review of its invention and application / by Floyd A. Lewis ; edited by Henry H. Urrows ; with a foreword by Walker L. Cisler ; illustrative material selected by Fred S. Hausman & Norman R. Speiden, in cooperation with the Edison Laboratory National Monument of the National Park System, and the Edison Institute at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.

    • Text
    • New York : Shorewood Publishers, ©1961.
    • 1961
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text VGS (Lewis, F. Incandescent light)Offsite
  • The incandescent light : a review of its invention and application / Edited by Henry H. Urrows, with a foreword by Walker L. Cisler. Illustrative material selected by Fred S. Hausman & Norman R. Speiden, in cooperation with the Edison Laboratory National Monument of the National Park System, and the Edison Institute.

    • Text
    • New York : Shorewood Publishers, [1961], [©1961]
    • 1961-1961
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 621.35 L586Off-site
  • America marches forward with Edison.

    • Text
    • [Place of publication not identified], [1936]
    • 1936
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 621.32 T36Off-site
  • Our vacation days of 1918 [microform].

    • Text
    • [n.p., 192-?]
    • 1900-1983
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MICROFILM 1141Off-site
  • Thomas Alva Edison; addresses delivered at the presentation to Thomas Alva Edison of the medal bestowed upon him by the Congress of the United States, West Orange, New Jersey, October twentieth, 1928.

    • Text
    • [n.p., 1929?]
    • 1929
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text P94.882.039.28q OversizeOff-site

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