Marconi (Guglielmo) Correspondence, 1899-1902

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Summary

Title:
Guglielmo Marconi Correspondence
Dates:
1899-1902
Creators:
Marconi, Guglielmo, 1874-1937
Abstract:
The collection chiefly contains the correspondence of Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), primarily to his American fiancée, Josephine Bowen Holman. There are two manuscripts: Morse Code Legend written by Marconi and Holman's diary for January to April 1902.
Extent:
0.8 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language:
The records are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Guglielmo Marconi correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:
The collection, which is housed in two boxes, is arranged in the following manner: the first three authors are arranged by number of letters in the collection (Guglielmo Marconi, R. Norman Vyvyan and Annie Jameson Marconi, in that order), and the rest are arranged alphabetically by other authors. The manuscripts, ephemera and clippings are placed after the correspondence.
Biographical / historical:

Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) was an Italian physicist who spent much of his professional life in Great Britain. In the late 1890s he began experimenting with wireless telegraphy, which culminated on December 14, 1901, with the first trans-Atlantic transmission of a wireless telegraph. Marconi would later go on to experiment with short-wave radio and microwaves. For a brief period that overlaps with his experiments with wireless telegraphy, he was engaged to an American he met on the steamer St. Paul from New York to England, Josephine Bowen Holman. The engagement was broken off by Marconi in early 1902, and both later married other people.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Hon. Peter Smith, August 2005.
Arrangement:

The collection, which is housed in two boxes, is arranged in the following manner: the first three authors are arranged by number of letters in the collection (Guglielmo Marconi, R. Norman Vyvyan and Annie Jameson Marconi, in that order), and the rest are arranged alphabetically by other authors. The manuscripts, ephemera and clippings are placed after the correspondence.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Rebecca A. Hirsch/Brooke M. Black
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-06 15:18:52 -0800 .

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Guglielmo Marconi correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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