Web Directory

» By Telegraph from England: The Queen's Message, The President's Reply
   The first transatlantic telegraph message and reply. Sent August 12, 1858 between Queen Victoria and President Buchanan.
   http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rbpe&fileName=rbpe23/rbpe233/23302200/rbpe23302200.db

» Civil War Signal Corps and United States Military Telegraph
   Contains information on how the telegraph was used during the Civil War.
   http://www.civilwarsignal.org/

» Events in Telecommunications History
   A chronology of telecommunications history from the British Telecom Group archives.
   http://www.btplc.com/Thegroup/BTsHistory/Eventsintelecommunicationshistory/Eventsintelecommunicationshistory.htm

» Ezra Cornell: a Nineteenth-Century Life
   An on-line exhibit from Cornell University Library that documents Ezra Cornell's involvement with the construction of the first telegraph lines in America.
   http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/Ezra-exhibit/entrance.html

» Granville T. Woods
   Biography of this African-American engineer and inventor, who developed and patented several inventions relating to telegraphy.
   https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/woods.html

» Historic Speedwell - Morristown, NJ - Home
   A National Historic Site where Alfred Vail constructed and improved the telegraph instruments used by Samuel Morse. Included is an account of the development of the telegraph from Vail's perspective.
   http://www.speedwell.org

» Historical Sketch of the Electric Telegraph
   Full text of Alexander Jones. 1852 publication.
   http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?type=simple&c=moa&sid=611f825d47fd892f&q1=telegraph&rgn=title&firstpubl1=1845&firstpubl2=1925&view=toc&cc=moa&idno=AGX3786.0001.001&start=1&size=25

» History of Teletype Development
   Brief historical account of the printing telegraph system.
   http://www.thocp.net/hardware/history_of_teletype_development_.htm

» History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy
   Traces the history of undersea cable communications, from the first telegraph cables used in 1850 to the fiber optic cables used today for the Internet.
   http://atlantic-cable.com/

» Knights of the Key.
   Old time telegraphers tell their stories. Taken from early editions of Railroad Man's Magazine.
   http://home.mindspring.com/~railroadstories/rrmmv1n1/knights.htm

» Modern Practice of the Electric Telegraph
   The entire 19th century book by Franklin Pope is viewable at this site. This was the standard reference book used by the U.S. Signal Service.
   http://www.insulators.info/books/mpet/

» N7CFO
   The homepage of ham radio operator, Lynn Burlingame, N7CFO. Resources for telegraph historians including the index of the 1894 book, "Telegraphers of Today." Also available is the index and information about the publication, "The N7CFO KeyLetter," a major
   http://www.n7cfo.com/

» Samuel F. B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress, 1791-1919
   An online presentation comprising about 6,500 items that document Morse's career, including his invention of the electro-magnetic telegraph and participation in the development of telegraph systems used in the United States and abroad.
   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sfbmhtml/sfbmhome.html

» Stock Ticker History
   A brief history of the development of the stock ticker.
   http://www.stocktickercompany.com/stc/history/

» Telegraph History
   an assortment of articles that focus on U.S. telegraph history.
   http://www.telegraph-history.org

» The Art and Skill of Radio Telegraphy
   A comprehensive manual for learning, using, mastering and enjoying Morse code as a means of communication, by William G. Pierpont, N0HFF.
   http://www.raes.ab.ca/TASRT/

» The Atlantic Cable
   Image reproduction of a book by Bern Dibner, published by the Burndy Library.
   http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/hst/atlantic-cable/

» The Aurora Borealis and the Telegraph
   Essay on how solar flares crippled communications during the 19th century.
   http://www.rainbowriderstradingpost.com/article1.html

» The Commercial Cable Company
   History of the Commercial Cable Company and its Atlantic telegraph cables.
   http://www.cial.org.uk/

» The Early History of Data Networks
   The online (PDF) book by Gerard J. Holzman and Bjorn Pehrson with extensive information about the history of optical telegraphy.
   http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~jones/cscie129/papers/Early_History_of_Data_Networks/The_Early_History_of_Data_Networks.html

» The Electromagnetic Telegraph
   A technical history of the 19th-century electromagnetic telegraph by Dr. James B. Calvert.
   http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/tel/morse/morse.htm

» The Joseph Henry Papers Project
   Documenting the life of the revered American scientist who conducted pioneering work in electromagnetism. His unselfish genius helped bring about the inventions of the telegraph, electric motor, and telephone.
   http://siarchives.si.edu/history/jhp/jhenry.html

» The Overland Telegraph
   Essay describes the construction of the telegraph connecting Adelaide and the rest of Australia, through Darwin, with England in 1872.
   http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/overland.htm

» The Railroad Telegrapher
   Article by Jim Thompson, a retired San Francisco Railway telegrapher.
   http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/periodicals/ozarkswatch/ow702h.htm

» The Sparks Telegraph Key Review
   An interactive historical and pictorial review of telegraph and wireless telegraph keys. Included is a comprehensive listing of the manufacturers actively building equipment and keys during the spark-era of radio.
   http://www.zianet.com/sparks/index.html

» Thomas A. Edison Papers
   Information and documents about Edison's life and career including his years as a telegrapher and inventions in the field of telegraphy.
   http://edison.rutgers.edu/

» Western Union Telegraph Company Records
   Scope and contents of the collection held at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Archives Center. Features a history of the company and collection. A major resource for researchers.
   http://invention.smithsonian.org/resources/fa_wu_index.aspx