Elisha Gray Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Gray, Elisha, 1835-1901 (inventor)
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
label: Names
content: Western Electric Company.
label: Names
content: Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
label: Names
content: Taylor, Lloyd W.
topic: label: Topic
content: Telegraph
label: Topic
content: Electricity
label: Topic
content: Electrical science and technology
label: Topic
content: Electric engineering
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Original source unidentified.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gray, Elisha, 1835-1901 (inventor)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Elisha Gray Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents the Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell controversy over the priority invention of the telephone.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Elisha Gray (1835-1901) was an inventor and the co-founder of the Western Electric Company. Gray is best known for his part in a bitter controversy with Alexander Graham Bell over the priority of invention of the telephone.
function: label: Function
content: Invention of telegraph
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.6 Cubic feet (10 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1871-1938
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Electricity (now known as the Division of Work and Industry).
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0014
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Patents
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Correspondence
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Divided into 11 series: 


		
Series 1: Memoirs and Unpublished Manuscripts Concerning Gray Memoirs

Series 2: Correspondence Correspondence, 1871-1893	

Series 3: Legal Material Legal Material	Series

Series 4: Patents Including Telautograph Patents Including Telautograph	

Series 5: Sample Telautograph Writings	
 
Series 6: Articles, Speeches and Miscellaneous Articles

Series 7: Lloyd W. Taylor Manuscripts, Photographs And Miscellaneos

Series 8: Chicago International World Electrical Congress: Correspondence, 1892-1893		

Series 9: Chicago International World Electrical Congress:
Responses to Invitations, 1892-1893	Series		

Series 10: Sketches, Diagrams, Notes and Clippings Sketches, Diagrams, Notes and Clippings	Series	

Series 11: Diagrams, Sketches, Drawings, Newsclippings, and Explanatory Notes
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Robert Harding, archivist in 1984.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Patents
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1930-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1850-1900
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Legal documents, photographs, articles, copies of correspondence, three folders of original Gray correspondence on the Gray-Bell controversy; most of the collection consists of copies of material, or printed matter, collected by Lloyd W. Taylor of the museum staff.