Alexander Graham Bell family papers, 1834-1974

Collection Summary

Title	Alexander Graham Bell family papers, 1834-1974
Inclusive Dates	1834-1970
Bulk Dates	1855-1922
ID No.	MSS51268
Creator	Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
Extent	147,700 items
Extent	446 containers plus 8 oversize
Extent	183.2 linear feet
Extent	23 microfilm reels
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000011
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm76051268
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.
Online Content	Selected items from the papers of the Alexander Graham Bell family are available on the Library of Congress website at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000006. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition as available.