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CP-5: Diamond State Telephone Co. (Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania), 1928-1970

 File — Box: 25
Accession: 1553Identifier: 1553-I.

Dates

  • Creation: 1928-1970

Scope and Contents

Includes election of WSC, Jr. as Director, 1928 and reelections; invitations; comments on the Depression and business; statements of fees paid to Directors; calls for meetings; complimentary franks for free telephone service as Directors; list of positions and directors, ships held by WSC, Jr., 1933; balance sheets; reorganization of Board of Diamond State Telephone Co.; F.C.C. rulings; appointments as member of Executive Cte of Diamond State Telephone Co., 1935; reports on changes on occupation, stock and bond ownership, for F.C.C.; by-laws of Diamond State Telephone Co.; interlocking directorships and F.C.C. approval; and copy of the first contract (Wilkes Barre Exchange) of the Bell Telephone Co. bearing signature of Benjamin H. Carpenter, 1878 (uncle of WSC, Jr.). Also includes history of telephone service in Wilkes Barre, 1878 to Bell of Pennsylvania, 1907-1938; comments on radio program "The Telephone Hour"; resignation as Director of Bell Telephone Co., 1940; policy re war time leave of absence, 1942; visit of Board to Bell Laboratories at Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1950-1957; results of Union election, Independent Union won; visit of Board to Western Electric Co. plant at Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1952, and at Kearney, New Jersey, 1954; petition for reargument for changes in rates, Supreme Court of the State of Delaware, No. 9, 1954; organization chart, 1954; pension plan and benefits for employees; election as a member of Telephone Pioneers of America for serve of twenty-one years or more; and WSC, Jr.'s resignation as Director because of age, 23 February 1967.

Physical Description

700 items.

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Extent

From the Collection: 32 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access; this collection is open for research.

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Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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