Thomas Edison: The Menlo Park Years

Don’t miss this chance to find out more about Edison Township’s most famous citizen! Dr. Paul Israel, Director and Editor of the Thomas A. Edison Papers at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, will present insights into Thomas Alva Edison’s life and work at his Menlo Park laboratory. This free program is sponsored by The Friends of the Edison Public Library and The Edison Memorial Tower Corporation and will take place on Wednesday, May 26 at 7pm at Edison Main Library, 340 Plainfield Avenue.

Seating is limited. Reserve your seat by calling 732-287-2298, ext. 1, sign up at the circulation desk or on-line at www.lmxac.org/edisonlib, click on Programs and Displays.

In addition to serving as Director and Editor of the Thomas A. Edison Papers at Rutgers University, Dr. Israel is Chairperson of the Edison Memorial Tower Corporation. He has delivered numerous professional papers and public presentations on Edison’s career and on the subjects of invention and innovation. Dr. Israel is author of Edison: A Life of Invention (John Wiley & Sons, 1998), winner of the 2000 Dexter Prize of the Society for the History of Technology. His other books are From Machine Shop to Industrial Laboratory: Telegraphy and the Changing Context of American Invention, 1830-1920 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992) and Edison’s Electric Light: Biography of an Invention (Rutgers University Press, 1986) with co-author Robert Friedel.