About Recording Division Records: New York Recording Studio Cash Books
These digital scans are a series of 21 cash payment ledger books originating from Thomas Edison's phonograph recording studio in New York, New York, USA. The books document expenditures for recording artist fees and other payments authorized by studio manager Walter H. Miller from the years 1904 to 1929. The original books are preserved at Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange, New Jersey. Archival documents source: Thomas Edison National Historical Park Archives; Recording Division and Related Records; Accounting Records; Studio Cash Books. Please credit: 'Thomas Edison National Historical Park, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior.'