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Box 14

 Container

Contains 36 Results:

Bridgewater, Michigan, circa 1973

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 15
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-I.
Scope and Contents note:

The tent built over the foundation of the Michigan junction station to enable equipment installation while the pre-fabricated building delivery was delayed.

Dates: circa 1973

Fiber Optic Cable Installation, 1983 October

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 20
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-J.
Scope and Contents note:

Documents the installation of a single mode fiber cable between New York and New Jersey in a tunnel under the Hudson River. The photograph was used in Cantelons book The History of MCI: the Early Years.

Dates: 1983 October

Hash-A-Phone, undated

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 21
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-J.
Scope and Contents note:

An acoustical device, which provided privacy when attached to the mouthpiece of a telephone. Offered by Hush-A-Phone company, the device was opposed by AT&T as a non-Bell equipment that could be harmful to the network.

Dates: undated

IBM Earth Stations, circa 1980-1981

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 22
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-J.
Scope and Contents note:

Outside views of SBS operated IBMs earth stations in Los Gatos, California and Poughkeepsie, New York.

Dates: circa 1980-1981

INMS, undated

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 23
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-J.
Scope and Contents note:

MCIs Network Management System process flow chart, computer screen and operator.

Dates: undated

MCI Optical Fiber Cable, circa 1983

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 28
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-J.
Scope and Contents note:

the cut end of the single mode fiber optic cable. The color version of this photograph appeared on the cover of MCIs 1983 Annual Report.

Dates: circa 1983

MCI TAC Dialer, undated

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 29
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-J.
Scope and Contents note:

A TAC device used by MCI residential customers to circumvent dialing twenty-two numbers in the pre-equal access era. Photograph used in Cantelons book The History of MCI: the Early Years.

Dates: undated

Miscellaneous, 1973, 1985, undated

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 33
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-J.
Scope and Contents note:

Includes microwave tower and telecommunications equipment, 1973; a fiber-optic cable installation in 1985; and a tower construction site, undated.

Dates: 1973; 1985; undated

Wright, V. Orville, 1980s-1990s

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 1-2
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-F.
Scope and Contents note:

Includes portraits and event photographs, many images of Wright with McGowen.

Dates: 1980s-1990s

Chrysler Data Centers, 1989 January

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 3
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-G.
Scope and Contents note:

Joint MCI/Chrysler Corporation press release on a three-year agreement for provision of voice and data communications throughout Chryslers nationwide network.

Dates: 1989 January

MCI and Kodak: New Technology on Compact Disk, 1991 December

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 4
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-G.
Scope and Contents note:

New service for MCI VNET customers enabling them to obtain call detail records on Kodaks compact disks using MCI Perspective software.

Dates: 1991 December

MCI Demonstrates Technology for the Financial Industry, 1991 November 19

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 5
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-G.
Scope and Contents note:

New telecommunications technology called Frame Relay, designed to enable bankers and financial analysts examine and reposition financial data simultaneously in different location around the country. Images of a computer screen running the program.

Dates: 1991 November 19

MCI Demonstrates Technology for the Publishing Industry, 1991 November 14

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 6
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-G.
Scope and Contents note:

Shows a computer screen running the program on Frame Relay for publishers enabling editor work on line and in real time.

Dates: 1991 November 14

MCI News Conference at National Press Club, 1989 April 27

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 7
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-G.
Scope and Contents note:

MCIs news conference to introduce a major new consumer service and marketing program; MCIs media advisory announcing the conference.

Dates: 1989 April 27

MCI Supports the World Institute on Disabilities, 1991 November 15

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 8
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-G.
Scope and Contents note:

WIDs director of technology policy Debra Kaplan accepting donation from MCIs vice president Kathleen Flaherty.

Dates: 1991 November 15

Minority Suppliers Development Council Honors MCI, 1991 November 22

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 9
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-G.
Scope and Contents note:

Award ceremony for MCI being named 1991 Corporation of the Year by the Maryland/District of Columbia Minority Suppliers Development Council, for its support of minority-owned business programs.

Dates: 1991 November 22

Logos, circa 1980s

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 11
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-H.
Scope and Contents note:

MCI and its services logos and trademarks, including MCI Mail, MCI Card, MCI Fax, MCI International.

Dates: circa 1980s

Miscellaneous, 1983, 1993, undated

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 12-13
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-H.
Scope and Contents note:

Includes MCI balloon; an MCI booth at a mall promotion; employees (individual and group portraits); a still from the movie "Debtor to the Law"; and MCI building exteriors and construction.

Dates: 1983; 1993; undated

Satellites, circa 1979

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 35
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-J.
Scope and Contents note:

the board of AM 2. International, Inc. Roy L. Ash. AMI was selected by SBS to build prototypes of a computerized, laser-based copier system to send mail and documents by satellite. 2. Scheme of computerized fax satellite system. 3. Delta launch of Galaxy satellite.

Dates: circa 1979

Satellite Launch, 1984 September 21

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 36
Accession: 2000-239Identifier: 2000-239-VI.-J.
Scope and Contents note:

the photograph, depicting launch of a Hughes Satellite, Galaxy III used in telecommunications. Photograph was used in Cantelons book The History of MCI: the Early Years.

Dates: 1984 September 21