The National Archives and Records Administration awarded Rutgers, The State University $160,000 under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003) to support the Thomas A. Edison Papers project from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. Project staff will continue editorial work on the Edison General File for the years 1926-1929, complete processing and uploading over 119,000 images for the image edition, enhance usability of Edison's notebooks, and implement plans for crowdsourced transcription. Staff will also continue editing documents for the planned tenth volume covering January 1890 to June 1892 of the book edition, and continue selection and rough transcription of documents for the eleventh volume covering July 1892 to December 1898. This funding will allow the continued preservation and dissemination of historical records relating to noted American inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison.
Generated 1/7/24, 1:13 AM