National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation
Who is credited as inventing the telephone? Was it Alexander Graham Bell, Elisha Gray, or Antonio Meucci?
Another example of a ".gov" site with a validity problem - Although this site claims that "of course" Bell is the father of the telephone, it describes how two other men could be credited. This is the think slice of history - look to Tim Wu to provide a deeper explanation. (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/books/review/excerpt-the-master-switch.html?_r=0)
Of course, Alexander Graham Bell is the father of the telephone.
Inventing Entertainment: the Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
This site features 341 motion pictures, 81 disc sound recordings, and other related materials, such as photographs and original magazine articles. Cylinder sound recordings will be added to this site in the near future. In addition, histories are given of Edison's involvement with motion pictures and sound recordings, as well as a special page focusing on the life of the great inventor
The Telephone
Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film
The Thomas A. Edison Papers
175,000 document images and a searchable database of 143,500 documents and 23,300 names. The digital edition includes documents from the Edison National Historic Site archives scanned from Parts I-III of the microfilm edition along with items from other repositories and private collections.
Early Recorded Sounds and Wax Cylinders
Articles, images and information on the earliest recording technology. The oldest known recording is here - recorded just 13 years after the Civil War