HIST 330 Deafness and Technology: Telegraphs

This guide discusses some Deaf technologies that DHH people used in the past and use today.
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Overview

The image  is from the US Famous Americans Series postal issue of 1940. It has a red background and shows a picture of Samuel Morse with white hair and beard.

Use the RIT Libraries Catalog to find books on the history of telegraphy and how it impacted the world. If interested in Samuel Morse and his Deaf wife, look up his biography using the library catalog or biography database. Thomas Edison worked as a telegrapher and a few of his earliest inventions were related to telegraphy--the stock ticker and electric vote recorder.

You can use the keywords history and telecommunications to get some resources on this topic. You also can use the keywords telecommunications AND encyclopedia to get background information.

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