Northern Calling
The Northern Telephone Story
by John R. Hunt
Covers the inception and first 90 years history of Northern Telephone in Temiskaming.
Referenced from Minute Books, periodicals, company newsletters, local histories as well as interviews with employees, this book covers the earliest days when Temiskaming was pioneered for its farmland, logging and mining industries.
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ISBN: 0-9699418-0-3 | 8½" x 5½" |120 pages; hard cover | $15.00
If you would like to order one, download this PDF form and mail it in with payment, or call a Museum director at 705-647-5580 or 705-679-5555 to get your copy. They are available at the Museum's Gift Shop, open in the summer while the Museum is open, other times by appointment. Available year round online at White Mountain Publications, and in store at 50 Silver Street, Cobalt, ON
Table of Contents
1 In The Beginning
2 Early Competition
3 Technology and Money
4 Lines Are Drawn
5 Financing The Growth
6 Rapid Expansion
7 War Years
8 A Rebuilding
9 A New Name
10 Negotiating The Future
11 The Busy 1930s
12 The War And After
13 Into The Northwest
14 Growing Pains
15 Continued Expansion
16 Bell Gains Control
17 The Digital Decade
18 Employee Relations
Epilogue
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