Records, 1848-1963.

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Records, 1848-1963.

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Consists mostly of manuscript materials from the Western Union Museum. The material includes a series of fragmentary administrative records, a limited amount of correspondence, fairly useful reference materials on telegraphy, and a series of telegram examples, 1857-1948. The collection is particularly strong in photographs. In addition to photoprints of Western Union facilities, pole yards, and employees, there is a wealth of images of telegraphic equipment and installations. There also are many telegraph facsimiles, 1925-1942 as well as a log book concerning cable for 1934 with correspondence.

25 cu. ft. (107 document boxes).

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Western Union Telegraph Company

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The bark Golden Gate and clipper ship Nightingale were both involved in the Western Union Telegraph Expedition to British Columbia, Alaska and Russia to survey areas where the Western Union Telegraph Company planned to construct a telegraph line linking America and Europe. The line was never completed. Charles S. Bulkley was Engineer-in-Chief and Charles M. Scammon was Chief of Marine. The bark Golden Gate was the flagship of the expedition from June 1865 to March 1866, after which the clipper s...