Cage 611 Guide to the Clarkston Heights Telephone Association Records 1917-1970 Clarkston Heights Telephone Association Records Finding aid prepared by Robert W. Hadlow Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2012
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Finding aid encoded by Mark O'English 2003 Finding aid written in English. Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA (509) 335-6691 http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/ mascref@wsu.edu
Cage 611 Clarkston Heights Telephone Association Clarkston Heights Telephone Association Records 1917-1970 1 container. .5 linear feet of shelf space. 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. Collection materials are in English

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.

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.

This collection is open for research use.

[Item Description]. Cage 611, Clarkston Heights Telephone Association Records. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

The Washington State University Libraries acquired the Clarkston Heights Telephone Association Records from Rich Olds in April 1991. They were accessioned as MS91-13.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Clarkston Heights Telephone Association --Archives Telephone companies--Washington (State)--Clarkston--Records and correspondence Public Works Washington (State)

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

1 Constitution and By-Laws of the Association 1917 2 Stock Certificate Stubs, Nos. 1-39 inc. 1941-1943 3 Minute Book 1917-1970 4 Ledger 1917-1952 Membership Dues Receipt Book 5 1954-1956 6 1956 7 1960 1962 8 1961-1962 9 1962-1964 Washington Department of Labor and Industries 10 Account Balance 1953-1959 11 Rate Notices 1952-1956 1962-1965 12 Employer's Quarterly Report of Payroll 1959-64 13 Work Orders 14 Erb Hardware, Lewiston, account 15 Graybar Electric Company, Spokane, account 16 Lewiston Grange Supply, account 17 Schaefer-Hitchcock Supply Co, Sandpoint, Idaho, account 18 Telephone Engineering Co., Simpson, Pennsylvania, account 19 Miscellaneous Receipts 20 Correspondence 21 Asotin County Personal Property Detail List 1951-1952 State Bank of Clarkston, [Clarkston Branch of the National Bank of Commerce of Seattle from July 1956] 22 Monthly Account Statement 1953-1959 23 Cancelled Checks 1954-1959 Clarkston Branch of the National Bank of Commerce of Seattle 24 Monthly Account Statement 1960-1966 1966 25 Cancelled Checks 1960-1966 26 Rubber Stamp, "Clarkston Heights Telephone Assn."