Marconi Collection,

Now available to the public

Anyone interested in the history of communications might find it useful to check out the new Marconi museum and archive website.

URL http://www.marconicalling.com

Extracts from the frontpage:

INTRODUCTION

The unique Marconi Collection housed at Chelmsford UK, has never before been available to the public. This digital archive draws from the Collection and concentrates on the first 50 years of wireless from 1896 to 1946. It covers an important cross section of early equipment and experiments and contains a large collection of documents, around 700 photographs and 500 pieces of ephemera."

ARCHIVE HIGHLIGHTS

Titanic Messages - Exclusive archive of original material 3D demonstration of Marconi portable receiver & transmitter Excerpts from the diary of Marconi's Assistant - George Kemp Newspaper articles covering the marriage of Marconi to Beatrice Film footage of Marconi's funeral Marconi's original patent for a system of wireless telegraphy Sound recording of Captain Kendall speaking about Dr. Crippen"

(posted 5/20/01)