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Box 1

 Container

Contains 31 Results:

Telegraph Companies Forming Western Union, 1914 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents

From diagrammatic charts prepared by the Western Union Telegraph Company showing its important constituents as existing on Dec. 31, 1914

Dates: 1914

WU memos, 1920s Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Photographs, correspondence, telegraph equipment and ephemera including a Western Union doll, telegrams, stock certificates, periodicals, pamphlets, sales catalogs, posters, stamps, and other items relating to the history of the telegraph, mainly in the United States, beginning before the Civil War. The collection includes various publications and objects relating to Western Union in particular, as well as American Rapid Telegraph Company, Atlantic Telegraph Company, U.S. Telegraph Company,...
Dates: 1920s

WU Annual Reports, 1924, 1946-1978 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Photographs, correspondence, telegraph equipment and ephemera including a Western Union doll, telegrams, stock certificates, periodicals, pamphlets, sales catalogs, posters, stamps, and other items relating to the history of the telegraph, mainly in the United States, beginning before the Civil War. The collection includes various publications and objects relating to Western Union in particular, as well as American Rapid Telegraph Company, Atlantic Telegraph Company, U.S. Telegraph Company,...
Dates: 1924; 1946-1978

WU Los Angeles Office (1), 1938-1973 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, press releases, photos, publications. Many materials involve Paramount Pictures.

Dates: 1938-1973

WU Los Angeles Office (2), 1939-1969 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, press releases, photos, script entitled "Field and the Atlantic Cable". Many materials involve Paramount Pictures.

Dates: 1939-1969

Various articles regarding investments and competition between companies, 1881-1930 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Photographs, correspondence, telegraph equipment and ephemera including a Western Union doll, telegrams, stock certificates, periodicals, pamphlets, sales catalogs, posters, stamps, and other items relating to the history of the telegraph, mainly in the United States, beginning before the Civil War. The collection includes various publications and objects relating to Western Union in particular, as well as American Rapid Telegraph Company, Atlantic Telegraph Company, U.S. Telegraph Company,...
Dates: 1881-1930

Remarks of R.W. Russell of American Telegraph Co. (copy), 1860 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Photographs, correspondence, telegraph equipment and ephemera including a Western Union doll, telegrams, stock certificates, periodicals, pamphlets, sales catalogs, posters, stamps, and other items relating to the history of the telegraph, mainly in the United States, beginning before the Civil War. The collection includes various publications and objects relating to Western Union in particular, as well as American Rapid Telegraph Company, Atlantic Telegraph Company, U.S. Telegraph Company,...
Dates: 1860

Correspondence re: Postal Telegraph, 1875-1880 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Photographs, correspondence, telegraph equipment and ephemera including a Western Union doll, telegrams, stock certificates, periodicals, pamphlets, sales catalogs, posters, stamps, and other items relating to the history of the telegraph, mainly in the United States, beginning before the Civil War. The collection includes various publications and objects relating to Western Union in particular, as well as American Rapid Telegraph Company, Atlantic Telegraph Company, U.S. Telegraph Company,...
Dates: 1875-1880