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Telephone

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Central Union Telephone Company collection

 Collection
Identifier: L289
Scope and Contents This collection includes blueprints and requests for permission to build from Central Union Telephone Company in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1913 to 1918 regarding the installation of telephone poles, cables, conduits, etc. There is also a volume of court exhibits ranging from 1876 to 1886 concerning the trial of a superintendant of the company for criminal misconduct.

Oversize materials comprise 5 folders of blueprints and attached papers, 1913-1918 (OBC128, OBD067, OBE033).
Dates: 1876-1918
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Central Union Telephone Company collection

Henry A. Barnhart collection

 Collection
Identifier: L597
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of Henry A. Barnhart's business and political correspondence, including his correspondence as owner of the Rochester Sentinel regarding operational costs, advertising, paper's editorials and news stories, and the Northern Indiana Editorial Association (1890s-1906); his correspondence as president of the Rochester Telephone Company regarding operational costs, rates and regulations of the telephone industry, employee relations,...
Dates: 1866-1965
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Henry A. Barnhart collection

Indiana telegraph and telephone collection

 Collection
Identifier: L223
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, blueprint maps, legal documents, and reports from telephone and telegraph companies, lawyers, insurance companies, and city officials in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranging from 1893 to 1920, regarding telegraph and telephone right of ways, installation, and legal and business matters.

There are also oversize blueprint maps, correspondence, and documents ranging from 1897 to 1920 and undated (OBE031).
Dates: 1893-1920, undated
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Indiana telegraph and telephone collection

Marceil Freeland papers

 Collection — Folder S0488
Identifier: S0488
Scope and Contents This collection includes newspaper clippings, a newsletter and typed documents from Marceil Freeland in Indiana ranging from 1909 to 1964 regarding Israel D. Jewett's "telephone," the agophone.
Dates: 1909-1964
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Marceil Freeland papers

Wayne Guthrie collection

 Collection
Identifier: L589
Scope and Contents This collection includes notes, correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings from Wayne Guthrie in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1804 to 1973 regarding Indiana history and notable Indiana persons.
Dates: 1804-1973
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Wayne Guthrie collection

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