The Aurora Borealis and the Telegraph  
   Essay on how solar flares crippled communications during the 19th century.
   http://www.rainbowriderstradingpost.com/article1.html

Granville T. Woods  
   Biography of this African-American engineer and inventor, who developed and patented several inventions relating to telegraphy.
   http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/woods.html

Historical Sketch of the Electric Telegraph  
   Full text of Alexander Jones. 1852 publication.
   http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?type=simple&c=moa&sid=611f825d47fd892f&q1=telegraph&rgn=title&firstpubl1=1845&firstpubl2=1925&view=toc&cc=moa&idno=AGX3786.0001.001&start=1&size=25

History of Teletype Development  
   Brief historical account of the printing telegraph system.
   http://www.thocp.net/hardware/history_of_teletype_development_.htm

The Railroad Telegrapher  
   Article by Jim Thompson, a retired San Francisco Railway telegrapher.
   http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/periodicals/ozarkswatch/ow702h.htm

The Overland Telegraph  
   Essay describes the construction of the telegraph connecting Adelaide and the rest of Australia, through Darwin, with England in 1872.
   http://members.ozemail.com.au/~fliranre/overland.htm

Telegrams  
   History of the telegram since 1844 transmitted by morse or teleprinter.
   http://home.iprimus.com.au/oseagram/

The Sparks Telegraph Key Review  
   An interactive historical and pictorial review of telegraph and wireless telegraph keys. Included is a comprehensive listing of the manufacturers actively building equipment and keys during the spark-era of radio.
   http://www.zianet.com/sparks/index.html

History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy  
   Traces the history of undersea cable communications, from the first telegraph cables used in 1850 to the fiber optic cables used today for the Internet.
   http://atlantic-cable.com/

The Atlantic Cable  
   Image reproduction of a book by Bern Dibner, published by the Burndy Library.
   http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/hst/atlantic-cable/

Modern Practice of the Electric Telegraph  
   The entire 19th century book by Franklin Pope is viewable at this site. This was the standard reference book used by the U.S. Signal Service.
   http://sd.znet.com/~cdk14568/mpet/contents.html

Thomas A. Edison Papers  
   Information and documents about Edison's life and career including his years as a telegrapher and inventions in the field of telegraphy.
   http://edison.rutgers.edu/

Ezra Cornell: a Nineteenth-Century Life  
   An on-line exhibit from Cornell University Library that documents his involvement with the construction of the first telegraph lines in America.
   http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/Ezra-exhibit/entrance.html

Historic Speedwell - Morristown, NJ - Home  
   A National Historic Site where Alfred Vail constructed and improved the telegraph instruments used by Samuel Morse. Included is an account of the development of the telegraph from Vail's perspective.
   http://speedwell.org/

Samuel F. B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress, 1791-1919  
   An online presentation comprising about 6,500 items that document Morse's career, including his invention of the electro-magnetic telegraph and participation in the development of telegraph systems used in the United States and abroad.
   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sfbmhtml/sfbmhome.html

Telegraph History  
   an assortment of articles that focus on U.S. telegraph history.
   http://www.telegraph-history.org

Telegraph Instruments of Europe  
   An extensive presentation of the private telegraph instrument collection of Fons Vanden Berghen. Many of the instruments presented appeared his book, "Classics of Communication".
   http://www.faradic.net/~gsraven/fons_images/fons_museum.html

Events in Telecommunications History  
   A chronology of telecommunications history from the British Telecom Group archives.
   http://www.btplc.com/Thegroup/BTsHistory/Eventsintelecommunicationshistory/Eventsintelecommunicationshistory.htm

The Joseph Henry Papers Project  
   Documenting the life of the revered American scientist who conducted pioneering work in electromagnetism. His unselfish genius helped bring about the inventions of the telegraph, electric motor, and telephone.
   http://www.si.edu/archives/ihd/jhp/

Knights of the Key.  
   Old time telegraphers tell their stories. Taken from early editions of Railroad Man's Magazine.
   http://home.mindspring.com/~railroadstories/rrmmv1n1/knights.htm

N7CFO  
   The homepage of ham radio operator, Lynn Burlingame, N7CFO. This site includes several resources for telegraph historians including the index of the 1894 book, "Telegraphers of Today". Also available is the index and information about the publ
   http://www.qsl.net/n7cfo/index.htm

The Commercial Cable Company  
   History of the Commercial Cable Company and its Atlantic telegraph cables.
   http://www.cial.org.uk

Western Union Telegraph Company Records  
   Scope and contents of the collection held at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Archives Center. Features a history of the company and collection. A major resource for researchers.
   http://invention.smithsonian.org/resources/fa_wu_index.aspx

The Art and Skill of Radio Telegraphy  
   A comprehensive manual for learning, using, mastering and enjoying Morse code as a means of communication, by William G. Pierpont, N0HFF.
   http://www.raes.ab.ca/TASRT/