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1. Hubbard family papers, 1639-1925

   7,500 items. 19 containers plus 1 oversize. 7.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Chiefly correspondence supplemented by diaries, notes, drawings, poems, speeches and writings, and printed material of various members of the Hubbard family and their relatives, primarily Gardiner G. Hubbard, his wife, Gertrude Mercer McCurdy Hubbard , father, Samuel Hubbard, and father-in-law, Robert Henry McCurdy. Includes material relating to Gardiner Hubbard's interest in the education of the deaf, the Caledonia Mines, ranching in Washington state, and the development of the Bell telephone system in Europe; also includes papers relating to Robert Henry McCurdy's activities during the Civil War, especially with the Union Defence Committee in New York.

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2. Alexander Graham Bell family papers, 1834-1974

   147,700 items. 446 containers plus 8 oversize. 183.2 linear feet. 23 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   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.