About THG

Preserving and sharing the objects, memorabilia, and stories of our significant telecommunications history.

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Get To Know The Telecommunications History Group, Inc.

The Telecommunications History Group (THG) proudly preserves and shares the rich heritage of an industry that has had and continues to have a huge impact on our society, our culture, and most of all, our ability to communicate.

Why is this important? The telecommunications industry created the roots of modern communication technologies, making possible the development and evolution of radio, TV, and computers, in addition to telephones in all their shapes and functions. This history creates a bridge between the past and present.

We are passionate about sharing well-known and little-known facts, stories, equipment, and documentation related to the telecommunications industry with industry insiders, history buffs, sociological researchers, students, and the general public. We believe our history reflects not only key milestones in communication but also a living and continually changing record of our lives, the way we conduct business, and our culture as a whole.

Whether you realize it or not, the telecommunications industry has touched and influenced your life!

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Telecommunications History Archives
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Our Mission

The mission of the Telecommunications History Group is to acquire, preserve, and promote the rich heritage of the telecommunications industry and to connect that past to evolving technologies and cultures.

In furtherance of this mission, the Corporation will:

  • Collect and preserve the writings, recordings, videos, movies, records and pictures that provide insight into the history of the telecommunications industry
  • Collect and preserve the artifacts and objects that have been important to the evolution of telephony and telecommunications
  • Research and record information, facts and folklore that is important to the history of telecommunication
  • Organize and render accessible to the public the resources and objects that are acquired by the Corporation
  • Promulgate and disseminate the history of the telecommunications industry and be a resource for those interested in that history
  • Demonstrate how the telecommunications industry and people have contributed to the social, cultural, economic and technological development of this country