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The Library of Congress National Digital Library Program in conjunction with the Library's Manuscript Division announces the first web release of the Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers. This online collection will ultimately represent a portion selected from the original Bell Papers and will comprise approximately 4700 items, totaling about 38,000 images. The first release contains over 1000 items consisting of correspondence, scientific notebooks, journals, blueprints, sketches, and photographs documenting Bell's invention of the telephone, his involvement in the first telephone company, and his aeronautical and other scientific research. These manuscripts, dating from 1862 to 1939, offer a well-rounded portrayal of Alexander Graham Bell not only as an inventor and scientist but also as a teacher, humanitarian, husband, and father. Of particular interest in this NDLP collection website are special presentations including a time line and a Bell Family tree. Parts of the collection being released include original typescript letters and documents, correspondence with transcripts, and other printed items. These typescript materials were converted to machine-readable form and encoded with SGML. This presentation may be found at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bellhtml/bellhome.html _________________________________________________________ Elizabeth L. Brown, Reference Librarian, etc. National Digital Library Program, LIBN/NDL/VC(1330) Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540-1330 [log in to unmask] telephone: 202/707-2235 Library of Congress American Memory Home Page: http://memory.loc.gov/ _________________________________________________________