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Edison's open door: the life story of Thomas A. Edison, a great individualist / by Alfred O. Tate, his private secretary

Archives, Room Use Only - TK140.E3.T38 1938




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The story of telegraphy / by Kate B. Carter

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5115.C37 1961




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From beacon fire to radio (Masters of space): the story of long-distance communication / by Walter Kellogg Towers

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5115.T69 1924




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The story of Brunel / L.T.C. Rolt ; illustrated by Paul Sharp

Archives, Room Use Only - TA140.B75 R62 1965




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The submarine cable: the story of the submarine telegraph cable from its invention down to modern times: how it works, how cable-ships work, and how it carries on in peace and war / by S.A. Garnham and Robert L. Hadfield

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5661.G37 1934




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History, theory, and practice of the electric telegraph / by George B. Prescott

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5261.P747 1871




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Hello, Texas: a history of telephony in the Lone Star State / edited by Jerry F. Hall

Archives, Room Use Only - HE8840.T4 H455 1990




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Canadian railway telegraph history / by Robert Burnet

Archives, Room Use Only - TF627.B87 1997




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The story of the Atlantic telegraph / by Henry M. Field

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5625.F45 1892




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The early history of radio: from Faraday to Marconi / G.R.M. Garratt

Archives, Room Use Only - TK6547.G37 1995




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Telegraphic tales and telegraphic history: a popular account of the electric telegraph--its uses, extent and outgrowths / by W.J. Johnson

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5265.J64 1880




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Tales of the telegraph: the story of a telegrapher's life and adventures in railroad, commercial, and military work / by Jasper Ewing Brady

Archives, Room Use Only - PZ3.B73 1900




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The boy spy: a substantially true record of secret service during the war of the rebellion: a correct account of events witnessed by a soldier attached to headquarters: the only practical history of war telegraphers in the field: a full account of the mys

Archives, Room Use Only - E608.K47 1890




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History of the telephone and telegraph in Uruguay, 1886-1925 / by Victor M. Berthold

Archives, Room Use Only - HE9114.B47 1925




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Getting the message across: the story of Western Union International, Inc. / Edward A. Gallagher

Archives, Room Use Only - H35.N541 no.896




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History of radio telegraphy and telephony / George G. Blake

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5711.B53 1974




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A history of wireless telegraphy / J.J. Fahie

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5711.F34 1971




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A century of service: a brief history of Cable and Wireless Ltd. 1868-1968 / by K.C. Baglehole

Archives, Room Use Only - HE8110.C33 B34 1978




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A thrilling and truthful history of the pony express, or, Blazing the westward way: and other sketches and incidents of those stirring times / by William Lightfoot Visscher

Archives, Room Use Only - F594.V57 1946




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The story of the first trans-atlantic short wave message: proceedings of the Radio Club of America inc.: 1BCG commemorative issue, October 1950.

Archives, Room Use Only - TK6540.S86 1950




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Great facts: a popular history and description of the most remarkable inventions during the present century / by Frederick C. Bakewell

Archives, Room Use Only - T19.B35 1860




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The life story of Sir Charles Tilston Bright, civil engineer: with which is incorporated the story of the Atlantic cable, and the first telegraph to India and the colonies / by Charles Bright

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5611.B85 1910




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The history of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (1871-1931) / by Rollo Appleyard

Archives, Room Use Only - TK1.I42 1939




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The first battalion: the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal Corps, U.S. Army / by Peter Lambert Schauble

Archives, Room Use Only - D570.346 406th.S33 1921




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Extel 100: the centenary history of the Exchange Telegraph Company / J.M. Scott

Archives, Room Use Only - PN5111.E93 S36 1972




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A history of wireless telegraphy: including some bare-wire proposals for subaqueous telegraphs / by J.J. Fahie

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5711.F34 1902




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Chained lightning: a story of adventure in Mexico / by Ralph Graham Taber ... ; illustrated from photographs by the author and his friend M. Ravelle

Archives, Room Use Only - PS3539.A14 C52 1915




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S.F.B. Morse: the story of the telegraph.

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5243.M7 S43 1896




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A leaf from the history of the rebellion: sketches of events and persons / by William B. Wilson

Archives, Room Use Only - E470.2.W55 1888




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A history of inventions, discoveries, and origins / by John Beckmann ; translated from the German by William Johnston

Archives, Room Use Only - T15.B3813 1846




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One hundred years: the story of Henley's / by Ernest Slater

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5157.S53 1937




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Telegraphic history / by H.R. Kempe

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5115.K46 1912




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History of the Engineering department / by E.C. Baker

Archives, Room Use Only - HE6935.B35 1939




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Short history of the telegraph: a lecture to the Post Office Telephone and Telegraph Society of London on February 19th 1934 / by H.G. Sellars

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5115.S45 1934




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The early history of data networks / Gerard J. Holzmann, Björn Pehrson

Archives, Room Use Only - TK5115.H65 2003




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From steam to glass: the curious story of Brazilian telecommunication / John Packer

Archives, Room Use Only - HE7994.P33 1996




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Study reveals early family history-based screening of colorectal cancer may help in diagnosis




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Pete Davidson shares hilarious story of trying to stay sober while quarantining with his mom




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Places in History for August 10, 1861. Aerial Reconnaisance, Sewells Point, Virginia

Historic maps from the Library's collections documenting battles and campaigns of the Civil War, and other historical events.




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Places in History for August 17th, 1861.

Historic maps from the Library's collections documenting battles and campaigns of the Civil War, and other historical events.  The site will be updated regularly with selected maps in chronological order.

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Places in History for September 7, 1861: Maps of the Southern United States

Historic maps from the Library's collections documenting battles and campaigns of the Civil War, and other historical events.  The site sill be updated regularly with a selection of new maps, accompanied by captions, in chronological order.

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Places in History for September 20, 1861: Map of Gloucester Point Fort

Historic maps from the Library's collections documenting battles and campaigns of the Civil War, and other historical events.  The site sill be updated regularly with a selection of new maps, accompanied by captions, in chronological order.

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Places in History for December 20, 1861: Drainsville, Virginia

Featuring historic maps from the Library's collections, "Places in History" documents battles and campaigns of the Civil War, as well as other historical events, by examining maps and their historical context.   The site sill be updated regularly with a selection of new maps, accompanied by captions, following the course of the Civil War in chronological order.

Click here to view the "Places in History" web site and Archive.




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“Places in History” To End

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Breakthrough: The Dramatic Story of the Discovery of Insulin

Recalling the desperate fight for life that used to be waged by juvenile diabetes patients, and commemorating the events of 1921 that inaugurated a new era of hope for them and their families, the New-York Historical Society will present the exhibition Breakthrough: The Dramatic Story of the Discovery of Insulin from October 5, 2010 through January 31, 2011. Exploring the roles of science, government, higher education and industry in developing and distributing a life-saving drug, the exhibition will bring to life the personalities who discovered insulin and raced to bring it to the world and will tell the story of one extraordinary New York girl—Elizabeth Evans Hughes, daughter of the leading statesman and jurist Charles Evans Hughes—who was among the very first patients to be saved.

End Date: 
January 31st, 2011
Oct 5 2010 to Jan 31 2011
Teaser Image: 
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 to Monday, January 31, 2011
Start Date: 
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Teaser Image Caption: 

Girl injecting herself with insulin (Lilly Girl), 1930. Photograph. Courtesy of Eli Lilly and Company Archives

Recalling the desperate fight for life that used to be waged by juvenile diabetes patients, and commemorating the events of 1921 that inaugurated a new era of hope for them and their families, the New-York Historical Society will present the exhibition Breakthrough: The Dramatic Story of the Discovery of Insulin from October 5, 2010 through January 31, 2011. Exploring the roles of science, government, higher education and industry in developing and distributing a life-saving drug, the exhibition will bring to life the personalities who discovered insulin and raced to bring it to the world and will tell the story of one extraordinary New York girl—Elizabeth Evans Hughes, daughter of the leading statesman and jurist Charles Evans Hughes—who was among the very first patients to be saved.

To lead visitors through this history, from the discovery of insulin in Toronto by Dr. Frederick Banting in 1921 and its first human trials in 1922 to its widespread use today, Breakthrough will feature digital interactives, film, artifacts and ephemera drawn from the Historical Society's own collections and from archives including those of the University of Toronto, Eli Lilly and Company, the Rockefeller Institute, the Joslin Clinic and the New York Academy of Medicine.

The first chapter will recount the excitement, and the clash of personalities, among the scientists whose research led to the discovery of insulin, beginning in May 1921. Also included in this chapter will be an account of the valiant but heartbreaking efforts of Dr. Frederick Allen in the years before the discovery to prolong the lives of diabetic children through the use of a starvation diet. The story of Elizabeth Evans Hughes, told in part through actual treatment charts and period letters, will bring to life the impact of insulin when it first became available. Because Elizabeth was the daughter of Charles Evans Hughes—Governor of New York (1907–1910), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1910–1916), United States Secretary of State (1921–1925) and Chief Justice of the United States (1930–1941)—her survival provided powerful testimony to the value of insulin, and helped bring the work of Dr. Allen and Dr. Banting to the world's stage.

The exhibition's second chapter will examine how insulin became available for widespread medical use through a partnership between the University of Toronto and Eli Lilly and Company—the first such collaboration between an academic institution and a drug company. Photographs from the Lilly archives will reveal the painstaking early method of manufacturing insulin in mass quantities—an innovative industrial process that ran from the slaughterhouse to the laboratory. Display cases of syringes, vials, testing kits for blood sugar and other equipment will take the story of insulin treatment from the 1920s up through today.

The exhibition's final chapter will tell about recent developments—notably the synthesis of insulin in the 1980s as the world's first biotechnology drug—and the current state of research, development, treatment and demography of diabetes. Included in this chapter will be information about the alarming increase in prevalence of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in the past decade, and the ways in which individuals, families and institutions can address this health crisis. The exhibition will conclude with a presentation of Life for a Child, a documentary film produced by the International Diabetes Federation and Eli Lilly and Company to raise awareness of the devastating impact of the disease.

Breakthrough will be installed in the Historical Society's 1,300-square-foot temporary gallery, located just off the 77th Street entrance, while the remainder of the landmark Central Park West building undergoes a $60 million architectural renovation.

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Online short story contest winner announced

Online short story contest winner announced




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View: Panic must not blind India to the horror story about to unfold

Since companies even in orange and green zones require components from red zones, the economic disruption has remained, and will remain, massive. The virus is still spreading fast, so economist Neelkanth Mishra estimates that red zones will expand from 130 districts to 181. The answer can’t be to keep shutting down more and more districts.




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A storytelling session for kids about nature

A storytelling session for kids about nature




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335 passengers with travel history to COVID-19 affected countries untraceable: Punjab govt




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167 missing are not COVID-19 suspected cases but people with foreign travel history: Punjab govt