Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution Forgotten History: Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse
This article explains Alfred Vail's partnership with Samuel Morse and his contributions to the development of the telegraph.
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Samuel Morse
Contrary to myth, Samuel Morse did not invent the telegraph, but he made key improvements to its design, and his work to deploy it would transform communications worldwide.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Samuel F. B. Morse
An account of Samuel Morse's life and career, with links to related information. Uses popups for photos.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Samuel F. B. Morse
An account of Samuel Morse's life and career, with links to related information.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Morse Telegraph 1844
The man most commonly associated with the telegraph, Samuel Morse, did not invent the communications tool. But he developed it, commercialized it and invented the famous code for it that bears his name.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Samuel Morse
Learn brief information concerning Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph, who was featured on the two cent postage stamp.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Samuel Morse
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Samuel Morse.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Invention of the Telegraph
This site chronicles the invention of the telegraph by Samuel Morse (1791-1872 CE).
Other
Samuel Finley Breeze Morse
Provides biographical information on Samuel Morse as well as information on his invention of the telegraph. (Pictures no longer load.)
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Samuel F. B. Morse
This is an Inventors Hall of Fame website on Samuel F.B. Morse. Includes a short biography and portrait.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: First Telegraph
Learn interesting details about the first electrical telegraph developed in the United States by Samuel Morse in 1837. Morse also developed the Morse Code alphabet.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Samuel f.b. Morse
Provides a short biography of Samuel F.B. Morse, and his invention of the one-wire telegraph and the Morse Code. Also contains pictures.
Curated OER
Smithsonian Institution Forgotten History: Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse
Sample of early Morse Code, sent by Alfred Vail to Samuel Morse
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Samuel Morse
(1791-1872) American inventor of the Morse code.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Samuel Morse
(1791-1872) Inventor of the Morse Code and a painter.
Education.com
Education.com: Morse Code Messaging
[Free Registration/Login Required] One of the most important code systems invented is the internationally-recognized Morse code, which matches dots and dashes to letters of the alphabet. This revolutionized communication by sending...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Samuel Morse
An artist and an inventor, born in Charlestown, Mass., April 27, 1791; died in New York City, April 2, 1872.
Other
The Telegraph Office: Samuel F. B. Morse Obituary
Contains texts of Samuel F.B. Morse's obituaries written in The New York Times and The Evening Star. Each of the obituaries summarize Morse's life and accomplishments.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Susan Walker Morse
View an image of the portrait "Susan Walker Morse-The Muse." Includes descriptions and other information.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Wake Up, America: Industrial Revolution in America [Pdf]
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that looks at the technological advances of early nineteenth-century America and the birth of the Industrial Revolution in America.
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Smithsonian Institution Forgotten History: Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse
Drawing of the Electromagnetic Telegraph and the Alpha Code, by Alfred Vail.