HTM_WCMss341.xml Guide to the Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company Collection 1949-1987 Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company Collection Updated by Rayana Weller Whitman College and Northwest Archives 2013, 2019
345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 Archives@whitman.edu https://library.whitman.edu/archives/
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2019-06-27. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2019 Edited by Rayana Weller for compliance with DACS and WCNA Required Elements for Archival Description. English Whitman College and Northwest Archives
345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 Archives@whitman.edu https://library.whitman.edu/archives/
Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company Collection Cook, Doris WCMss.341 0.4 linear feet 1 manuscript box 1949-1987 The Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company Collection, which dates from 1949 to 1987, houses material related to the Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company, a telephone company that served Oregon, Washington, and northern Idaho from 1961 to 1991. The collection contains newspaper articles, photographs, company newsletters, and periodicals related to the employees of the Walla Walla office.

Collection is open for research.

Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives by Doris Cook on October 2, 2012. The accession number associated with this donation is 2012-008.

The Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company was founded on July 1, 1961 and provided local telecommunications services in Oregon, Washington, and northern Idaho. It was originally owned by AT&T. The company created what was then the world's most advanced telephone service to serve the Seattle World's Fair in April, 1962. The Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company became defunct on January 1, 1991 when the Regional Bell Operating Company US West merged it with three other telephone companies in the area to form US West Communications, Inc.

The Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company Collection houses material related to the Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company and its employees. This collection, which dates from 1949 to 1987, consists of newspaper articles, photographs, company newsletters, and periodicals related to the employees of the Walla Walla office.

 Cook, Doris Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company Businesses and Corporations