Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to Apostoloff Telephone Literature

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0581
Creators:
Automatic Telephone Company, Ltd.
Corrigan, Reseda
Dates:
1895-1930
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.3 Cubic feet
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Press clippings, 1895-1897, from British publications (some unidentified) and one French journal describing the invention and the organization of the Automatic Telephone Company, Ltd. A note on the life of Max Margowski, one of the company's organizers is included, with statements of the company accounts (one a 1901 balance sheet). A record of litigation, some of it possibly related to the Apostoloff invention, is included in the bound "Transcript of Record from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit", March 1930 (457 pages) , which details the suit of the Dubilier Condenser Corporation against the Radio Corporation of America over the previous eight years, concerning the use of certain devices in radio and telephonic communications.

Arrangement

Arrangement
1 series.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Russian engineer S. B. Apostoloff invented an "automatic" telephone exchange in the late 19th century. It enabled the use of telephones without requiring the services of a human operator through magnetically-actuated switching devices manipulated by the caller. The invention resulted in the organization in London of the Automatic Telephone Company, Ltd. and its reorganization two years later.

Administration

Author
Don Darroch
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection donated by Mrs. Reseda Corrigan, November 4, 1970.
Custodial History
Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Electricity and Nuclear Energy (now Division of Work and Industry), on June 21, 2001.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Don Darroch, October 8, 1997.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access
Unrestricted research access on site by appointment.
Preferred Citation
Apostoloff Telephone Literature, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
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
telephone -- History Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Legal documents Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Clippings -- 1850-1900 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Radio Corporation of America. Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Margowski, Max 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
Apostoloff, S.B. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dubilier Condenser Corporation Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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