Correspondence and papers concerning Glace Bay and other Canadian stations, 1902-16, 1926

File

MS. Marconi 192

Held at the Weston Library

Includes:

Agreements with the Canadian Government relating to wireless telegraph services, 1902, 1911, 1915
List and map of Canadian stations, c. 1905
Letters of attorney for Marconi to act for the company in Canada, 1909-10
Correspondence between Marconi and Sir Edward Morris, Prime Minster of Newfoundland, about a proposed wireless telegraph installation at St. John's, Newfoundland, 1911
Plan of the Glace Bay Station Estate, 1911
Correspondence between Marconi and Vyvyan about work at Glace Bay, 1902-3
Draft letter from Marconi to Moberly Bell at The Times about temporary loss of the news service from Glace Bay because of problems with equipment, 1903
Diary by Eileen O'Brien of her visit to Glace Bay with Guglielmo and Beatrice Marconi, 1907
Draft letter from Marconi to Cuthbert Hall about a fire at Glace Bay and a letter of sympathy from Sydney Buxton, the Postmaster General, about the fire, 1909
Regular reports on the working of the Glace Bay Station and on the construction and working of the Louisberg Station, 1912-16
Correspondence between Marconi and Isaacs about liaison with the Canadian company, 1914
Correspondence and reports on interference from the Telefunken station at Nauen, 1914-16
News cutting on the obsolescence of the Glace Bay and Louisberg stations, 1926
Postcards of the short wave transmitter at the Drummondville Station, Quebec, c. 1926?

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MS. Marconi 192

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