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Alexander Graham Bell fonds [textual record (microform), graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1915]-1922.

Reference:

R5306-0-1-E, MG30-B78

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98051

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Alexander Graham Bell fonds
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Date(s):

[ca. 1915]-1922.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2 microfilm reels negative and positive.
1 photograph b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of microfilmed material: four volumes, XXII to XXV, of The Beinn Bhreagh Recorder, containing typescripts, transcripts and photographs. The Beinn Bhreagh Recorder was an account of events, experiments, genealogy and correspondence relating to Alexander Graham Bell, his family and associates, at Beinn Bhreagh, his summer home near Baddeck, N.B. It was edited by Bell's private secretary, Catherine D. Mackenzie, under his direction. This material is located on microfilm reels M-3118 to M-3119. The fonds also contains a copy of an autograph signature of Bell on a portrait of him by an unidentified photographer, originally taken [ca. 1915].

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Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922

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Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 : Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but spent most of his life in Canada and the United States. Famous for inventing the telephone, 1874-1876, in Brantford Ontario, Bell worked on numerous other projects related to communications and transportation. In 1907, Bell, J.A.D. McCurdy, F.W. Baldwin and a few other young engineers formed the Aerial Experiment Association which built several successful aircraft and hydrofoil boats. The Association was responsible for the 1907 flight of the Silver Dart at Baddeck, N.S. which was the first manned flight in Canada, and the HD-4 hydrofoil boat which set a world-speed record in 1919. He is also renowned for his work in teaching speech to the deaf.

He was the recipient of many awards, member of many scientific societies, and author of several scientific and educational monographs, including a number on the deaf. He died at Baddeck, N.S.

See also: The Canadian Who's Who, 1910 and The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985.

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Location of originals note:

Originals of microfilmed material are located in the Brant Historical Museum, Brantford, Ont.
Subject heading:

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Science - Experiments, 1847-1922 The Bhreagh Recorder, 1847-1922

Nova Scotia - Social life and customs, 1847-1922 Catherine D. Mackenzie, 1847-1922

Newspapers - Nova Scotia, 1847-1922 Baddeck (N.S.), 1847-1922

Nova Scotia
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1978-147 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-B78
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Textual records: microform

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Microfilm reel M-3118--M-3119

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation10 Closed]
Accession permanently closed. National Archives of Canada does not hold the original.

Box [BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM 1978-147] 6407

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Date modified:: 2024-06-12