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Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, digital ID cph.3a17019 (photographic print, 1904) · Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (LCCN 2004671941), via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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Sources
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Alexander Graham Bell (Q34286)
- Library of Congress, "Inventor and Scientist" -- institutional essay accompanying the Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers collection, describing his laboratory notebooks, intellectual drive, and post-telephone scientific pursuits (Aerial Experiment Association, Silver Dart, HD-4 hydrofoil). Fetched and read directly.
- The Henry Ford Museum, "Getting into the Air: Alexander Graham Bell's Aerial Experiment Association" -- independent institutional account of the AEA's formation, recruitment, financial structure, and Bell's direction of the group. Fetched and read directly.
- Seth Shulman, The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret (W.W. Norton, 2008) -- investigative-journalism book built directly on Bell's own digitized laboratory notebook (held by the Library of Congress) and the 1886 Zenas Wilber affidavit, examining the disputed circumstances of the February-March 1876 patent filing. Read via detailed reporting/summary of the book's specific documentary findings (NPR interview transcript, History News Network review, publisher description), not the full book text.
- City of Boston Archives, Horace Mann School for the Deaf (1869-Present) exhibit -- independent municipal-archive account of Bell's 1871 Visible Speech instruction and ongoing involvement with the school. Fetched and read directly.
- Disability History Museum, "Alexander Graham Bell and His Role in Oral Education" -- independent essay documenting his specific schools (Boston School for Deaf Mutes, his own School of Vocal Physiology), the Volta Bureau (1887), and his direct legislative advocacy for oral day schools in Wisconsin. Fetched and read directly.
- National Science Teaching Association, The Science Teacher, "Engaging Students in Scientific Practices With the Notebooks of Alexander Graham Bell" (Sept/Oct 2022) -- independent professional-association analysis of Bell's primary-source laboratory notebooks, documenting his specific iterative, revise-and-question experimental practice. Fetched and read directly.
- The Canadian Encyclopedia, "Hydrofoil" -- editorially-reviewed reference entry documenting the HD-1 through HD-4 development timeline (1908-1919), including the HD-2 breakup and the WWI-imposed moratorium on HD-3, prior to the 1919 world speed record. Fetched and read directly.