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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Mt. Clinton Telephone Company Ledger, 1916-1952, SC 0131, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Dr. Clarence Geier, member of JMU faculty, in February 2003.

Processing Information

In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 3038.

Scope and Content

Contains names with assessed and paid amounts for people in the Mt. Clinton area of Rockingham County, Virginia, who had telephone service from 1916 to 1952. The notes "Share in line," "Share of stock," and "Getting out poles" appear under some names. In the 1940s, lists of names appear under "Line Number." In the second half of the book there are pages labeled "Cash paid out" and Cash received." There are also occasional notes indicating that the accounts had been audited.

Arrangement

The ledger is housed in one folder.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Account books
• Business records
• Geier, Clarence R., 1944-
• Mt. Clinton Telephone Company (Va.) -- Records and correspondence
• Telephone companies -- Virginia -- History