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Title: Alexander Graham Bell Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1880-1925
Collection number: 308
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was granted patents in 1874 on a multiple telegraph,
invented the telephone (1875) and the photophone (1880). The collection consists of works by and about Alexander Graham Bell.
Includes pamphlets, reprints, proceedings, portraits and geneological information compiled by Bell and others.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
[Identification of item], Alexander Graham Bell Collection (Collection 308). Department of Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland; attended Edinburgh University; became assistant in London to his father,
who originated phonetic visible speech system for teaching the deaf; his father moved the family to Canada in 1870; from 1873-77
Bell served as a professor of vocal physiology at Boston University; he was granted patents in 1874 on a multiple telegraph
for sending two or more messages simultaneously over the same wire; invented telephone, 1875; in 1880 he patented the photophone;
his laboratory in Braddock Bay, Nova Scotia turned out hydrofoil speedboats and aerial locomotion by way of kites; Bell served
Clarke School for the Deaf at Northampton, Massachusetts for 51 years as teacher, researcher and president of the board; founding
member of the National Geographic Society in 1888, and president, 1898-1903; he died in Braddock Bay, August 2, 1922.
Collection consists of works by and about Alexander Graham Bell. Includes pamphlets, reprints, proceedings, portrait of Bell,
Bell's letter to the Attorney General and one letter to Bell. Contains a first draft typescript of Catherine Mackenzie's book,
Alexander Graham Bell (1928). Publications document Bell's experiments and interests in a variety of fields, including sheep breeding, eugenics,
binaural audition, vocal physiology, aerial locomotion, and the telephone. Also includes geneological information compiled
by Bell and others.
Arranged in the following series:
- Bells of St. Andrews (genealogical).
- Letters.
- Catherine Mackenzie manuscript on Alexander Graham Bell.
- Material regarding Bell's experiments and inventions.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922--Archives.
Bell family.
Inventors--United States--Archival resources.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Mackenzie, Catherine Dunlop--Alexander Graham Bell.