Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Clarkston Heights
Telephone Association Records
1917-1970
Cage
611
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biography/History
- Scope and Content
- Administrative Information
- Names and Subjects
- Detailed Description of Collection
- Membership Dues Receipt Book
- Washington Department of Labor and Industries
- State Bank of Clarkston, [Clarkston Branch of the National Bank of Commerce of Seattle from July 1956]
- Clarkston Branch of the National Bank of Commerce of Seattle
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Clarkston Heights Telephone Association
- Title
- Clarkston Heights Telephone Association Records
- ID
- Cage 611
- Date [inclusive]
- 1917-1970
- Extent
- 1 container., .5 linear feet of shelf space.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Corporate documents, minutes of annual meetings, business records, and correspondence with suppliers, all pertaining to the operation of a subscriber-owned telephone company operating adjacent to Clarkston, Washington.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 611, Clarkston Heights Telephone Association Records. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
The Clarkston Heights Telephone Association was chartered on 29 December 1917 by a group of rural residents who desired a local telephone system. The association functioned for over fifty years on assessments from members. In January 1969, amid discovery that the telephone system was in great disrepair, members voted to dissolve the association and join the Pacific Northwest Bell company. By January 1970, a committee of former members completed the association's dissolution by dividing residual cash among the members-at-large.
Scope and Content
The Clarkston Heights Telephone Association records include several types of documents. These include the original copy of its constitution, signed by the charter members, and its by-laws. A minute book chronicles annual meetings of the membership from 1917 to 1970. Much of the remainder of the collection includes treasurer's files from 1953 to 1966. These include canceled checks and monthly bank statements, paperwork required by the Washington Department of Labor and Industries, and account receipts from various vendors. Almost all of the records were kept by Emmett Johnson, a charter member of the association and its secretary-treasurer from 1918 to 1970.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2012
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Acquisition Information
The Washington State University Libraries acquired the Clarkston Heights Telephone Association Records from Rich Olds in April 1991. They were accessioned as MS91-13.
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Creator(s) :
- Clarkston Heights Telephone Association --Archives
Subject(s)
- Telephone companies--Washington (State)--Clarkston--Records and correspondence
- Public Works
- Washington (State)
Detailed Description of Collection
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Constitution and By-Laws of the Association 1917 |
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Stock Certificate Stubs, Nos. 1-39 inc. 1941-1943 |
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Minute Book 1917-1970 |
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Ledger 1917-1952 |
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Membership Dues Receipt Book |
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1954-1956 |
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1956 |
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1960 1962 |
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1961-1962 |
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1962-1964 |
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Washington Department of Labor and Industries |
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Account Balance 1953-1959 |
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Rate Notices 1952-1956 1962-1965 |
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Employer's Quarterly Report of Payroll 1959-64 |
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Work Orders |
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Erb Hardware, Lewiston, account |
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Graybar Electric Company, Spokane, account |
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Lewiston Grange Supply, account |
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Schaefer-Hitchcock Supply Co, Sandpoint, Idaho, account |
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Telephone Engineering Co., Simpson, Pennsylvania, account |
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Miscellaneous Receipts |
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Correspondence |
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Asotin County Personal Property Detail List 1951-1952 |
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State Bank of Clarkston, [Clarkston Branch of the National Bank of Commerce of Seattle from July 1956] |
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Monthly Account Statement 1953-1959 |
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Cancelled Checks 1954-1959 |
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Clarkston Branch of the National Bank of Commerce of Seattle |
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Monthly Account Statement 1960-1966 1966 |
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Cancelled Checks 1960-1966 |
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Rubber Stamp, "Clarkston Heights Telephone Assn." |
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