Transatlantic Cable Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Old Dominion University
3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library
Old Dominion University
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Ritchie
Phone: (757) 683-4483
Fax: (757) 683-5954
Restrictions:

Collection is open to researchers without restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Item [insert number and title], Transatlantic Cable Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Framed Segment of Cable Used in the First Transatlantic Telegraph Connection, 1858, Box 1, Transatlantic Cable Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Document Certifying the Authenticity of the Segment of the First Transatlantic Cable, undated, Box 1, Transatlantic Cable Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Photograph: USCG Ship Marmer, 1959, Box 1, Transatlantic Cable Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Photograph: NOAA Ship Discoverer, undated, Box 1, Transatlantic Cable Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
1.00 Linear Feet and 1 clamshell box boxes
Abstract:
Small collection of items related to the Atlantic Ocean: A framed segment of cable used in the first transatlantic telegraph connection, 1858; a document certifying the cable's authenticity; a photograph of the USCG ship Marmer, 1959 and an undated photograph of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ship Discoverer.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Item [insert number and title], Transatlantic Cable Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Framed Segment of Cable Used in the First Transatlantic Telegraph Connection, 1858, Box 1, Transatlantic Cable Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Document Certifying the Authenticity of the Segment of the First Transatlantic Cable, undated, Box 1, Transatlantic Cable Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Photograph: USCG Ship Marmer, 1959, Box 1, Transatlantic Cable Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Photograph: NOAA Ship Discoverer, undated, Box 1, Transatlantic Cable Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The Transatlantic Cable Collection consists of four items: a framed segment of cable used in the first transatlantic telegraph connection, 1858; a document certifying the cable's authenticity; a photograph of the USCG ship Marmer, 1959; and an undated photograph of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ship, Discoverer.

Biographical / historical:
Transatlantic Telegraph ConnectionUSCG Ship: The MarmerNOAA Ship: The Discovererhttp://www.history.noaa.govhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_West_Fieldhttp://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-transatlantic-telegraph-cable-completedhttps://web.archive.org/web/20120606210538/http://www.moc.noaa.gov/di/bkgrnd.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAAS_Discoverer_%28R_102%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable
Acquisition information:

Provenance unknown

Gift. Accession #A2005-02

Arrangement:

The items in the Transatlantic Cable Collection are arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Transatlantic cables
Names:
Discoverer (Ship)
Marmer (Ship)