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Alexander Graham Bell's Laboratory Notebook American Treasures of the Library of Congress

"Mr. Watson, come here!" Alexander Graham Bell's notebook entry of March 10, 1876, describes the first successful experiment with the telephone, during which he spoke through the instrument to his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, in the next room. Bell writes, "I then shouted into M [the mouthpiece] the following sentence: 'Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.' To my delight he came and declared that he had heard and understood what I said."

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The Bell papers were donated to the Library of Congress by his heirs on June 2, 1975, the centenary of the day Bell discovered the principle that made the invention of the telephone possible. This extraordinarily rich collection totals about 130,000 items and documents in great detail Bell's entire career, ranging from his work on the telephone to his interest in aeronautics and physics.


Source: http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr002.html

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