Inventor Name
Watson, James Craig
Repository
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
1150 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2213
734-764-3482
http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/
Physical Description
1.3 linear feet
Summary
Professor of astronomy and director of the Observatory at University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin. Correspondence relating to astronomy and observatories, world travel, 1874-1875, particularly in China and Egypt, the piano exhibit at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, and the invention of the telephone; also notes, articles, and miscellaneous manuscripts on his scientific interests, three diaries, 1871-1875, two letterbooks, a log book of a journey abroad, and three volumes of notes; also photographs. Correspondents include Alexander Graham Bell, 1876-1879; A.W. Chase, 1873-1874; Elisha Gray, 1877-1879;