In January 1878 George Coy founded the District Telephone Company of New Haven, Connecticut, less than one year after telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated his invention at Skiff’s Opera House in that city. Coy’s new company was the first commercial telephone company in the world.
Seventy-five years later, in 1953, the company now known as the Southern New England Telphone Company produced a charming comic book — Pioneering the Telephone in Connecticut — to celebrate its history. In 1998 the company records were donated to Archives & Special Collections, and the comic book was among the materials.
Here are just a few cells of the comic book, a captivating way to learn about this important company’s history.
I would like to know how I could acquire the comic book about the first telephone switchboard by George Coy and the cost
Hi Mr. Pizer and thank you for your comment to our blog (https://blogs.lib.uconn.edu/archives/) asking for a copy of the full comic book, parts of which were posted two years ago (https://blogs.lib.uconn.edu/archives/2013/01/08/a-historical-comic-book-of-the-southern-new-england-telephone-company/).
We will be happy to make a copy of the book for your but we require that you fill out our Reproduction Request form, which you will see at http://lib.uconn.edu/libraries/asc/archives-special-collections-reproduction-request-form/. You can find out more about our copy policies and fees here: http://archives.lib.uconn.edu/Reproduction
After you have fully filled out the form we scan the item and send you the electronic file to your email address. You are billed after you received the file.
I recommend that you chose to receive the file as a pdf. Unless you plan to publish the item (and if you do you will need our permission for that) the pdf option is vastly cheaper and contains the whole items in one file.
Best and thanks for your interest in our collections.