01982cpcaa2200397 a 4500 mm2006085320 DLC 20260227111730.0 cr ||||||||||| 060525|||||||||||| eng mm2006085320 DLC DLC dacs DLC S lcmd Benney, William A. William A. Benney papers, 1920-1966 (bulk 1920-1931). 1,250 items. 3 containers plus 1 oversize. 1.0 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, lists, payroll records, personal papers, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, printed material, drawings of machinery and tools, photographs, and other papers chiefly documenting Benney's work as research superintendent at Thomas A. Edison's winter home in Fort Myers, Fla., chiefly while searching for a substitute for natural rubber. Scrapbooks contain notes written between Benney, Charles A. Edison, and Thomas A. Edison. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Research superintendent. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007008 Edison, Charles A., 1890-1969. Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. Machine design. Research, Industrial Florida Fort Myers. Rubber, Artificial. Tools Design and construction. Research superintendents. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007008 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007008.3 44744 44744