Southern New England Telephone Company records, 1877-2003.

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Southern New England Telephone Company records, 1877-2003.

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The records of the Southern New England Telephone Company (SNET) reflect the long history of a pioneering and innovative telephone company. The collection consists of material dating from the formation of the New Haven District Telephone Company and the invention of the switchboard in 1878 to the merger of the Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation and SBC Communications Inc., in 1998. The collection covers a wide range of records from SNET. It is strong in advertising material with print, radio, and television information spanning sixty yeard from 1920 to1980, early financial data, and photographic material that depict the business and the entire state of Connecticut. The company also kept historical material that contains town histories, exchange histories, personal recollections of key figures, and information about storma and disasters. Includes a substantial set of directories ranging from 1878 to the 1960s. Aslo included in the only know copy of the first directory ever printed.

630 linear ft.

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7808199

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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Southern New England Telephone Company

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On 27 April 1877, Alexander Graham Bell gave a demonstration of his new invention, the telephone, at Skiff's Opera House in New Haven, Connecticut. This presentation piqued the interest and ingenuity of George Coy, a civil war veteran and manager for the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company. On 3 November 1877, George Coy was awarded a Bell telephone franchise for New Haven and Middlesex counties. The New Haven Telephone District was created in 1878. After a long history of mergers and growth,...

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