Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Elisha Gray Collection

Summary
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0014
Creators:
Gray, Elisha, 1835-1901 (inventor)
Dates:
1871-1938
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
3.6 Cubic feet
10 boxes
Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Legal documents, photographs, articles, copies of correspondence, three folders of original Gray correspondence on the Gray-Bell controversy; most of the collection consists of copies of material, or printed matter, collected by Lloyd W. Taylor of the museum staff.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Divided into 8 series: (1) Correspondence; (2) Memoirs and Unpublished Manuscripts; (3) Legal Material; (4) Patents; (5) Biographical; (6) Lloyd W. Taylor; (7) Diagrams, Sketches; (8) Clippings.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Elisha Gray (1835-1901) was an inventor and the co-founder of the Western Electric Company. Gray is best known for his part in a bitter controversy with Alexander Graham Bell over the priority of invention of the telephone.
Administration
Author
Robert Harding
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
Original source unidentified.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Robert Harding, archivist in 1984.
Custodial History
Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Electricity (now known as the Division of Work and Industry).
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Elisha Gray Collection, 1871-1938, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Clippings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Telegraph Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Patents Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs -- 1900-1950 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Invention of telegraph Function Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Electricity Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Correspondence -- 1930-1950 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Electrical science and technology Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs -- 1850-1900 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Electric engineering Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Western Electric Company. Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Taylor, Lloyd W. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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