Telephone Directory, Charlotte and Davidson, NC

Collection — Box: SFC4 [F09.090.03.02], Folder: 494

Identifier: MS0494

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Telephone directory with the Bell System logo on front cover (American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.) Corrected to October 15, 1922.

Dates

1922 October 15

Creator

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company (Publisher, Organization)

Physical Description

This directory had some mending done to it prior to being donated.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Telephone Directory, Charlotte and Davidson, NC is the physical property of J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections. Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

Biographical / Historical

Alexander Grahm Bell invented the telephone in 1876 and subsequently formed The American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885 with two investors, Gardiner Greene Hubbard and Thomas Sanders. The company owned several regional operating companies, including Southern Bell, which covered Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina and prior to their split in 1968, also covered Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.