Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Alexander Graham Bell family papers, 1834-1974 |
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Span Dates | 1834-1970 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1855-1922) |
ID No. | MSS51268 |
Creator | Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 |
Extent | 147,700 items ; 446 containers plus 8 oversize ; 183.2 linear feet ; 23 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Inventor and educator. Correspondence, diaries, journals, laboratory notebooks, patent records, speeches, writings, subject files, genealogical records, printed material, and other papers pertaining primarily to Bell's invention of the telephone in 1876, his contributions to the education of the deaf, and his interests in a wide range of scientific and technological fields, including aviation, eugenics, and marine engineering. The collection includes the papers of other members of the Bell, Fairchild, Grosvenor, and Hubbard families. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000011 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm76051268 |