List of Abbreviations and Primary Sources
Abbreviations for frequently cited periodicals:
Clipper | New York Clipper |
Film Index | Views and Film Index |
Mail and Express | New York Mail and Express |
MPW | Moving Picture World |
NYDM | New York Dramatic Mirror |
NYT | New York Times |
Archival collections, designated by their American Library symbols
CLAc: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library
1. J. Searle Dawley Collection
2. William Selig Collection
3. Charles Clark Collection
CBevA: American Film Institute, Los Angeles, Center for Advanced Film Studies
1. Library
CLCM: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
1. Thomas Armat Collection
2. Miscellaneous catalogs
CLU: University of California at Los Angeles
1. Albert Smith Collection
2. UCLA Film Archive
CU-BANC: University of California at Berkeley, Bancroft Library
1. Vaudeville Programmes
DLC: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
1. Motion Picture, Television and Recorded Sound Division
a. Paper Print Collection
b. AFI Collection
c. George Kleine Collection
d. Searchlight Theatre Collection
2. Manuscript Division
a. George Kleine Collection
3. Newspapers and Periodical Division
DNA: National Archives
1. Motion Picture Section
ICFAR: Federal Archive and Record Center, Chicago, Illinois
1. Court Cases for the Circuit Court, Northern District of Illinois
ICC: Cook County Clerk's Office, Chicago
1. Incorporation Records
ICHi: Chicago Historical Society
IaU: University of Iowa
1. E. F. Albee Collection, Special Collections
MdSuFR: Washington National Record Center, Suitland, Maryland
1. Court Cases for the Supreme Court, District of Columbia
MH-BA: Harvard Business School, Baker Library, Boston
1. Dun and Company Collection
2. Raft & Gammon Collection
NN: New York Public Library
1. Newspaper and Periodical Collection
2. Billy Rose Theater Collection
NNHi: New York Historical Society
1. Bella Landour Collection
NNMoMA: Museum of Modern Art, New York City
1. Film Study Center
a. Merritt Crawford Collection
b. Edison Collection
c. Film Collections
2. Library
NNMus: Museum of the City of New York
1. Theater Collection
2. Photograph Collection
NNNCC-Ar: New York County Clerk's Office
1. Court Cases for the Supreme Court of New York State
2. Partnership and Incorporation Records
NR-GE: George Eastman House
1. Glenn Matthews/Thomas Armat Collection
2. Film Collections
NjBaFAR: Federal Archive and Record Center, Bayonne, New Jersey
1. Court Cases for the Circuit Court, Southern District of New York
2. Court Cases for the Circuit Court, Eastern District of New York
3. Court Cases for the Circuit Court, District of New Jersey
4. Court Cases for the District Court, Southern District of New York
5. Court Cases for the District Court, Eastern District of New York
NjWOE: Edison National Historic Site, West Orange, New Jersey
1. Legal Files
2. Copyright Files
3. Document Files
4. Edison Manufacturing Company, Payroll Books (1895-1910)
5. Edison Manufacturing Company, Financial Records
6. Letter Books, Thomas A. Edison
7. Edison Laboratory, Financial Records
PP: Free Library of Philadelphia
1. Theater Collection
PPFAR: Federal Archive and Record Center, Philadelphia
1. Court Cases for the Circuit Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
2. Court Cases for the District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
PPS: Franklin Institute of Arts and Sciences
1. C. Francis Jenkins Collection
PW-bH: Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
1. Robert Gillaum Collection