Inventor Name
Bell, Alexander Graham
Repository
The Telecommunications History Group, Inc.
PO Box 8719
Denver, CO 80201-8719
www.telcomhistory.org
Physical Description
over 60,000 linear inches of material
Summary
Collection relates primarily to how Bell's invention of telephone (1876) has affected society, the industry it spawned, and the history of communication in the U.S. Includes original, non-published manuscripts; business records; photographs; serials; reference material; directories; oral histories; scrapbooks; ephemera; and other paper, digital and audio/video materials. The collection is primarily comprised of documents from the Northwester, Pacific Northwest and Mountain Bell Telephone Companies. It also contains labor/union materials, and personal histories/materials from people who worked in the industry.
