Object Details
- Collection Creator
- United Telegraph Workers.
- Western Union Telegraph Company
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- Western Union Telegraph Company Records
- Date
- 1835-1956
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0205, Series 24
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Western Union Telegraph Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents
- The scrapbooks, 1835-1956, contain both loose and bound materials, consisting mostly of news clippings. Loose pages from a scrapbook of C.H. Murphy contain information on Western Union's time service and clocks. Two small scrapbooks, titled "The Little Traveller," were kept by an unnamed Western Union employee who visited the company's offices in the West. There are photoprints of various Western Union offices and employees, with comments by the author and those he visited. There are two scrapbooks of Edward C. Brown, one in loose form, the other bound. The loose material contains memorabilia and news clippings announcing his retirement in 1938 after 51 years of service as Western Union's general supervisor of messenger equipment. The bound scrapbook contains news clippings that depict messenger boys' encounters with the law. There is one scrapbook attributed to Samuel F.B. Morse, 1835-1858. It consists of news clippings and other articles assembled by Morse.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research but Series 11 and films are stored off-site. Special arrangements must be made to view some of the audiovisual materials. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510250829-1503510251834-9
