Benney, William A. creator mixed material monographic eng 1,250 3 1 1.0 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. Open to research. 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 mm2006085320 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007008 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007008.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007008 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007008.3 Open to research. DLC 060525 20260227111730.0 mm2006085320