Additional archives, online exhibits, museums, clubs, and information related to the telecommunications industry.
Telecommunications History Resources
Telecom Information Links - Telecommunications History Group
The information surrounding the telecommunications industry’s rich history is vast. At The Telecommunications History Group, we’ve done our best to compile an extensive collection of telecommunications equipment, historical documents, directories, memorabilia, and more, making one of the nation’s largest privately held telecommunications archives. Our group also operates two museums focused on the history of the telecommunications industry.
At THG, we are passionate about preserving the history of the telecommunications industry; If we can assist you with research please complete our online form. If you can’t find the information you’re looking for on our website, below are some links to organizations, clubs, exhibits, museums, and archives you may find helpful.
Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers
Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/bellhtml/bellhome.html
British Telecom Archive
http://www.bt.com/archives
International Telecommunication Union Archives
http://www.itu.int
MCI Archives
Hagley Museum and Library
http://digital.hagley.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p268001coll28
Montrose Historical and Telephone Pioneer Museum
www.montrosemuseum.com
NH Telephone Museum
http://nhtelephonemuseum.com
Southern New England Telephone Archives
Thomas Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut
https://thedoddcenter.uconn.edu
Swedish Telemuseum
https://www.tekniskamuseet.se/
Telephone Historical Centre – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
http://www.telephonehistoricalcentre.com
Clubs & Associations:
Antique Telephone Collectors Association
http://www.atcaonline.com
Telephone Collectors International, Inc.
http://www.telephonecollectors.org
TeleCom Pioneers
http://www.telecompioneers.org
Telephone Museum Lists:
David Massey’s Telephone Tribute Site
http://www.telephonetribute.com/telephone_museums.html
Mobile Phone Museum
https://mobilephonemuseum.org/
American Media Library
https://amlibrary.com/
Bell System Memorial
https://bellsystemmemorial.com/about.html
BT’s Connected Earth
http://www.connected-earth.com
Emissary ai
A History of Telecommunications
https://www.emissary.ai/history-of-telephone-communication/
Pioneer Business Systems
https://www.pioneercomms.co.uk/history-of-communication/
Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation
http://www.smecc.org
Techahead’s Alexander Graham Bell exhibit
http://www.techaheadcorp.com/kc/alexander-graham-bell-invented-telephone/
Voice Nation’s The Invention of the Telephone
https://voicenation.com/resources/the-invention-of-the-telephone/
Wireless History Foundation
http://www.wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/wireless-history-project/wireless-history-timeline
Genealogy:
Ancestry.com
http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/
ConsumerAffairs DNA Testing and Ancestry Guide
www.consumeraffairs.com/health/ancestry-dna-testing/
LDS Genealogy Centers
www.familysearch.org
Home Advisor
History at Home: A Guide to Genealogy
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html
National Genealogical Society
www.ngsgenealogy.org