Object Details
- Abbreviations were used in preparing this series:
- WU -- Western Union FCC -- Federal Communications Commission ICC -- Interstate Commerce Commission
- Collection Creator
- United Telegraph Workers.
- Western Union Telegraph Company
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- Western Union Telegraph Company Records
- Date
- 1868-1979
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0205, Series 11
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Western Union Telegraph Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Arrangement
- This series is divided into two subseries: 1. Minutes of the Law Committee, 1883-1909 2. Law Department Publications, 1868-1979
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents
- The Western Union Law Department Records consist of Law Committee meetings minutes, April, 1883 to December, 1909, and printed legal documentation, 1868-1979. The Law Committee Meeting Minutes document the committee's work on reviewing and reporting lawyer's bills, claims, and contracts. The bulk of the printed materials date from 1900-1930s. There are local, state, circuit, appeal, district, state supreme and United States Supreme Court publications. The legal cases involve individuals, the United States, the Federal Communications Communication, the Interstate Commerce Commission, railroad companies, and other telegraph companies against Western Union Telegraph Company. The Law Department assigned, in some instances, a number to each case. This number is located in the upper right corner of a publication. This was done to keep various parts of a case together and for accessibility. Some publications are annotated, presumably by Western Union attorneys. Multiple copies of some publications exist, this is noted parenthetically in the container list.
- Restrictions
- This subseries is in storage off-site. Contact Archives Center for terms of access.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510250829-1503510251292-7
