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Western Union Telegraph Company Records 1820-1995 400 cubic feet by Robert S. Harding and Alison Oswald

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Container List

SERIES 3: EXECUTIVE RECORDS, 1848-1987

Box	Folder	Description
		Subseries 1: Articles of Association, By-Laws and Incorporation, 1851-1987
153	1-4	Articles of Association and By-Laws, 1907; 1910;1914;1919
	5-28	Articles of Association and Incorporation, 1851-1970
	29	Laws of the State of New York under which Western Union is incorporated, n.d.
154	1-14	By-Laws (As Amended), 1875-1987
155		Subseries 2: Charter Books A and B, 1848-1881?
		Subseries 3: Minutes, 1864-1943
		Index to Minutes of Executive Committee (Alphabetical, A-Z)
170		A-Cha
171		Che-F
172		G-L
173		M-Por
174		Pos-S
175		T-Z
		Index to Minutes of Executive Committee (Chronological)
176		A-R, 1927-1946
177		S-Z, 1927-1946
178		A-S, 1947-1951
179		T-Z, 1947-1951
180	1-2	Index to Minutes of Executive Committee (Volumes A-E)
		Index to Minutes Executive Committee (Microfilm 1864-1871)
175		Minutes of Executive Committee, 1864-1943 (Bound volumes A-T)
156A		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. A, 1864 (2 copies)
156B		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. B, 1871
157		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. C, 1875-1878
		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. D, 1878-1879
158		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. E, 1879-1881
		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. F, 1881-1884
159		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. G, 1884-1887
160		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. H, 1887-1891
		Minutes of Executive Committee, 1864-1943 (Bound volumes A-T)
159		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. I, 1892-1900
160		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. J, 1900-1907
161		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. K, 1908-1912
162		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. L, 1912-1915
		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. M, 1915-1918
163		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. N, 1918-1920
164		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. O, 1921-1923
165		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. P, 1924-1926
166		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. Q, 1927-1929
167		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. R, 1930-1932
168		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. S, 1933-1937
169		Minutes of Executive Committee, Vol. T, 1938-1943
		Minutes of Executive Committee, 1944-1961 (Microfilm version, volumes U-Y)
180	4	Minutes of Special Meetings of Executive Committee, 1868-1872
	3	Index to Meetings of Stockholders and Directors, 1864-1880
		Minutes of Directors and Stockholders, 1880-1943 (Volumes B-G)
181		Minutes of Directors and Stockholders, Vol. B, 1880
182		Minutes of Directors and Stockholders, Vol. C, 1892
183		Minutes of Directors and Stockholders, Vol. D, 1906
184		Minutes of Directors and Stockholders, Vol. E, 1918-1925
185		Minutes of Directors and Stockholders, Vol. F, 1926
187		Minutes of Directors and Stockholders, Vol. G, 1935-1943
		Index to Board of Directors, 1851-1880 (Microfilm version)
186	1	Subseries 4: Statement of Directors for Stockholders, 1865
	2-6	Subseries 5: Executive Orders, 1866-1873 (Volumes 1-4)
187A		Subseries 6: Minutes of the Western Union Distribution Service Inc., 1939-1978 (stock corporation)
		Subseries 7: Annual Reports of the Presidents, 1865; 1869-1984
188		1869-1871 (in French)
189	1	Financial data compiled for annual reports, 1865-1900 (not inclusive)
	2	1865; 1869; 1873-1874
	3	1875
	4	1876-1877
	5	1878-1879
	6	1880-1881
	7	1882-1884
	8	1885-1887
	9	1888-1889
	10	1890-1892
190	1	1893-1895
	2	1896-1899
	3	1900-1902
	4	1903-1905
	5	1906-1907
	6	1908-1909
	7	1891; 1901; 1908 (photocopies)
191	1	1910-1911
	2	1912-1914
	3	1915-1916
	4	1917-1918
	5	1919-1920
	6	1921
	7	1922-1923
	8	1924-1926
	9	1927-1929
	10	1928 (photocopy)
	11	1930-1931
	12	1932-1933
192	1	1934-1936
	2	1937-1939
	3	1940-1941
	4	1942-1943
	5	1944-1945
	6	1946-1947
	7	1948-1949
	8	1950-1951 (includes report to FCC, 1950)
	9	1952-1953
	10	1954-1955
	11	1956-1957
	12	1958-1959
193	1	1960-1961
	2	1962-1963
	3	1964-1965
	4	1937-1955 (2 copies, bound)
194	1	1966-1967
	2	1968
	3	1970-1971; 1973-1974
	4	1975-1976
	5	1977
	6	1978-1979
	7	1980-1981
	8	1982-1983 and 10-K form
	9	1984 and 10-K form
		Subseries 8: Annual Reports of Western Union Corporation, 1969-1985
	10	1969
	11	1970-1972
195	1	1973-1974
	2	1975-1976
	3	1976-1977
	4	1978-1979
	5	1980-1981
	6	1982-1983
	7	1984-1985
		Subseries 9: Annual Report of Stockholders, 1950-1970
	8	Reports, 1950-1951; 1954;1956
	9	General Reference Binder, 1970- (prepared for use at the annual stockholders meeting)
		Subseries 10: Annual Reports of Divisions, 1866-1869
196	1	Semi-annual report of John Van Horne of Southern Division of Western Union. July 1866-January 1867. (bound volume)
	2	Semi-annual report of Anson Hager of Central Division of Western Union. July 1866-December 1867. (bound volume)
	3	Semi-annual report of General Superintendent, Central Division of Western Union. January 1868-June 1869. (bound volume)
		Subseries 11: Company goals and organization, 1856-1958; 1965
	4	Western Union Presidents, Officers, Directors and Office Locations, 1856-1941
	5	Corporate and departmental organization, 1916-1958 (not inclusive)
	6	Company goals, 1965
	7	Company letterhead and envelopes, n.d.

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