Clay Williams
Telegraph Instrument
ca. 1837–44
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
: Brass
: 5 x 9 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. (12.7 x 24.4 x 8.9 cm)
: Metal
: Gift of George Hutchins, 1876
: 76.7
Provenance: George Hutchins, until 1876
What is a Telegraph?
Telegraph (Encyclopedia entry, Gale Virtual Reference Library)
The Telegraph: A History of Morse's Invention and Its Predecessors in the United States (book, CUNY+)
How did the telegraph make the world smaller?
Wiring a Continent: The History of the Telegraph Industry in the United States, 1832-1866 (book, CUNY+)
A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable (book, CUNY+)
The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers (book, CUNY+)
How the Telegraph Trail Reached Oregon. (Journal article, America: History & Life)
The Birth of National Sports Coverage: An Examination of the New York Herald’s Use of the Telegraph to Report America’s First “Championship” Boxing Match in 1849 (Journal article, Project MUSE)
The Click: Telegraph Technology, Journalism, and the Transformations of the New York Associated Press (Journal article, America: History & Life).
What do we know about telegraph employees?
How the Telegraph Trail Reached Oregon. (Journal article, America: History & Life)
The Operators (Journal article, America: History & Life)
Women Telegraph Operators on the Western Frontier (Journal article, America: History & Life)
Telegraph Messenger Boys: Labor, Technology, and Geography, 1850-1950 (Book review, America: History & Life)
Love on a Wire (Journal article, Academic Search Complete)