Documents concerning various installations in Britain and overseas, 1901-29
File
MS. Marconi 197
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- Copies of telegrams and original circular letter about successful communication between the Lizard and St. Catherine's, Isle of Wight, 1901
- Letter from Fleming about need for secrecy over Niton-Lizard work, 1901
- Correspondence with Hall and Gray about ships (including the Kaiser Wilhelm) signalling to the Lizard and other shore stations, 1901
- List of apparatus sent to the Lizard, 1902
- Correspondence from Fleming about experimental simultaneous transmission between more than two stations including the Lizard and Poldhu, 1903
- Correspondence relating to wireless telegraphy in the Isles of Scilly, including the Admiralty Station, a proposed vessel-based station, and a temporary service between the Admiralty Station and Poldhu owing to the breaking down of the Post Office cable, 1901-4
- Correspondence about a proposed station at Goonhilly, 1904
- Draft letter from Marconi to Kemp about his departure for Crookhaven to continue long distance experiments between there and Poldhu, and giving instructions about work required at Poldhu, 1901
- Letters from P.J. Woodward reporting on experimental work at Crookhaven, 1901
- Correspondence from Hall to Marconi about an agreement to receive and transmit messages from HMS Ophir at Crookhaven, 1901
- Correspondence about possible sites for stations at Ennismore and Cashel, 1904-5
- Letters and reports from E.A. Pochin about the Dovercourt Station, 1901
- Report of experiments between Frinton and Withernsea stations, 1902
- Telegrams about arranging accommodation at Frinton for Marconi, 1904
- Papers concerning the Broomfield Station, Chelmsford, including reports on experimental work, plans and details of masts, and discussion (especially with the GPO) of a wireless service to Amsterdam, with later discussion of obstructions by the Post Office of early wireless schemes, 1904-5, 1924
- Reports and correspondence from the station at Waterloo, Liverpool, 1906
- Letter from Kemp at the Waterloo Station, reporting on work there and at the Seaforth Barracks Station, 1910
- Letters from Kemp to Marconi about setting up a station at Fraserburgh, and about a break-in there, 1903, 1906
- Papers relating to wireless stations at Coltano and Bari, 1902-5
- Papers concerning the provision of wireless stations and services in Russia, 1901-22
- Correspondence concerning shares in the Societé Russe de Telegraphes et de Telephones sans Fil, 1925-9
- Correspondence about a concession for the establishment of a wireless station in the Bermudas, for which Fessenden was said to have applied, 1904
Dates
- Creation: 1901-29
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Marconi 197
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk