Overview
This collection contains the papers of Lowell, Massachusetts lawyer William H. Anderson including notes and court documents pertaining to his client, the Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company, circa 1867-1907.
Dates
- Creation: 1867-1907
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials stored onsite. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information.
Extent
.5 linear feet (1 box)The papers of William H. Anderson document his work as a lawyer in Lowell, Massachusetts. His papers, 1867-1907, include case notes, correspondence, and financial statements. The records pertaining to Anderson's client, the Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company, consist of meeting minutes, financial records, and documents pertaining to litigation with Coburn, Ingham, Downs, and Bent.
Historical and Biographical Note:
William H. Anderson, a lawyer of Lowell, Massachusetts, was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire in 1836. He attended Yale and graduated in 1859. He then went on to study law in Massachusetts at the office of Morse & Stevens, passing his bar exam in 1862. He established himself in Lowell, Massachusetts and became one of the most prominent trial lawyers in the state. At the age of 66 he passed away on April 14, 1902. Among his clients was the Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company which had its headquarters in Lowell. The Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company was formed in 1883 as the result of a syndicate of telephone and telegraph investors in Lowell who purchased several small telephone companies in Minnesota, Arkansas, South Dakota, Texas, and Ohio. Among the investors were Charles J. Glidden, William A. Ingham, Alonzo A. Coburn, Loren N. Downs, and William H. Bent.
Physical Location
MANU
Provenance:
Purchase, 2012.
Processing Information
Processed: March 2012
By: Samuel Bauer
Subject
- Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) (Person)
- Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company (Organization)
- Author
- Baker Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- bak00201
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
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