An interview with Lawson Smith : cassettes and transcript, April 12, 1982 / by Kristina Minister ; sponsored by the First Interstate Bank of Arizona. c1984.

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An interview with Lawson Smith : cassettes and transcript, April 12, 1982 / by Kristina Minister ; sponsored by the First Interstate Bank of Arizona. c1984.

Interview with Lawson Smith describung life as a boy in Tucson and the history of the telephone company in Arizona.

Cassette: 2 sound cassettes (ca. 71 min.)Transcript: 47 p. ; 29 cm.

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Arizona State University Libraries

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First Interstate Bank of Arizona

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Minister, Kristina

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Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company

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Smith, Lawson, 1904-

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Arizona resident and manager of Mountain Bell Lawson Smith was born in Washington, Georgia, and moved to Tucson, Arizona with his family in 1912. He attended school in Tucson, and following graduation from the University of Arizona, he went to work for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company. He served Mountain Bell for 41 years, eventually becoming Arizona State Manager. After his retirement, Smith taught classes in management policy at the University of Arizona...