LISTSERV mailing list manager LISTSERV 16.0

Help for AMFELLOWS Archives


AMFELLOWS Archives

AMFELLOWS Archives


[email protected]


View:

Message:

[

First

|

Previous

|

Next

|

Last

]

By Topic:

[

First

|

Previous

|

Next

|

Last

]

By Author:

[

First

|

Previous

|

Next

|

Last

]

Font:

Proportional Font

LISTSERV Archives

LISTSERV Archives

AMFELLOWS Home

AMFELLOWS Home

AMFELLOWS  October 2001

AMFELLOWS October 2001

Subject:

Samuel Morse papers added to American Memory

From:

"Elizabeth L. Brown" <[log in to unmask]>

Reply-To:

American Memory Fellows <[log in to unmask]>

Date:

Mon, 15 Oct 2001 11:56:04 -0400

Content-Type:

text/plain

Parts/Attachments:

Parts/Attachments

text/plain (14 lines)

The National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress and the Manuscript Division announce the release of the online collection of the Samuel F.B. Morse Papers <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sfbmhtml/> available on the American Memory Web site.

Through the generous support of the AT&T Foundation, a selection of 6,500 library items, or approximately 50,000 digital images from the collection is now available.  The Morse Papers consist of correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, drawings, clippings, printed matter, maps, and other miscellaneous materials documenting Morse’s invention of the electromagnetic telegraph and his participation in the development of telegraph systems in the United States and abroad, as well as his career as a painter, family life, travels, and interest in early photography and religion.  The online collection, dating from 1793-1919, offers a well-rounded portrayal of the life of Samuel F.B. Morse.

Morse was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on April 27, 1791.  He was a graduate of Yale and trained as an artist at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, England.  Morse showed great promise and was well-respected as a painter; he tried to earn a living painting portraits but found little financial success.  It was on his sea voyage home from studying art in Europe in 1832 that Morse first conceived the idea of the electromagnetic telegraph.  For twelve years, he worked on and off to gather enough knowledge and experience to build his telegraph. In 1843, Congress appropriated $30,000 for Morse to build an experimental telegraph line from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Maryland. On May 24, 1844, he sent his famous message, "What hath God wrought?" from the Supreme Court chamber in the Capitol to the B&O Railroad Depot in Baltimore.  That original tape is a major highlight of the collection and one of the treasures of the Library of Congress.

Morse also made a foray into early photography. After meeting the French artist and inventor of the daguerreotype, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, while in Paris in 1838, Morse returned home to be among the first to practice photography in America. He even taught the daguerreotype process to a number of students, including Mathew Brady.

The collection also includes sketches relating to the telegraph, art, and places Morse visited in Europe, as well as correspondence from many nineteenth-century American artists and historical figures such as James Fenimore Cooper, Thomas Cole, the Marquis de Lafayette, William Henry Seward, Roger Brooke Taney, Mathew Brady, and Eli Whitney.

American Memory <http://memory.loc.gov/> is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.  The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.

Please direct any questions to [log in to unmask], or use the Question and Comment form, here: <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/helpdesk/amform.html>.

Top of Message | Previous Page | Permalink

Advanced Options


Options

Log In

Log In

Get Password

Get Password


Search Archives

Search Archives


Subscribe or Unsubscribe

Subscribe or Unsubscribe


Archives

November 2011
May 2011
April 2011
February 2011
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
August 2010
May 2010
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
August 2009
April 2009
February 2009
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008
May 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
July 2007
June 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006
December 2005
November 2005
October 2005
September 2005
August 2005
July 2005
June 2005
May 2005
April 2005
March 2005
February 2005
January 2005
December 2004
November 2004
October 2004
September 2004
August 2004
July 2004
June 2004
May 2004
April 2004
March 2004
February 2004
January 2004
December 2003
November 2003
October 2003
September 2003
August 2003
July 2003
June 2003
May 2003
April 2003
March 2003
February 2003
January 2003
December 2002
November 2002
October 2002
September 2002
August 2002
July 2002
June 2002
May 2002
April 2002
March 2002
February 2002
January 2002
December 2001
November 2001
October 2001
September 2001
August 2001
July 2001
June 2001
May 2001
April 2001
March 2001
February 2001
January 2001
December 2000
November 2000
October 2000
September 2000
August 2000
July 2000
June 2000
May 2000
April 2000
March 2000
February 2000
January 2000
December 1999
November 1999
October 1999
September 1999
August 1999
July 1999
June 1999
May 1999
April 1999
March 1999
February 1999
January 1999
December 1998
November 1998
October 1998
September 1998
August 1998
July 1998
June 1998
May 1998
April 1998
March 1998
February 1998
January 1998
December 1997
November 1997
October 1997
September 1997

ATOM RSS1 RSS2



LISTSERV.LOC.GOV

CataList Email List Search Powered by the LISTSERV Email List Manager