Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)

Useful links

These websites have information or images we think you might find useful:

About.com: Inventors:
Alexander Graham Bell – First Telephone Patent.
How stuff works:
Information about how telephones work.
The Library of Congress:
The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers, 1862-1939.

NLS catalogue records relating to Alexander Graham Bell:
Details of publications by or about Alexander Graham Bell that are held in National Library of Scotland collections.
SBO list of publications by or about Alexander Graham Bell:
List of references to books, articles or non-print media about Scotland or by Scottish authors published since 1988. From the Scottish Bibliographies Online (SBO) database.
Film catalogue details for 'Land of invention':
A British Council film about Scottish inventions, including the telephone (1940). Part of the Scottish Screen Archive collection at the National Library of Scotland.
Film catalogue details for 'GPO Glasgow':
Watch a clip from this film showing telephone operators and engineers at work (around 1961.) Part of the Scottish Screen Archive collection at NLS.