Box 1

This ephemera collection consists of Tel-news leaflets created by the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company. The leaflets were mailed to customers along with their monthly telephone bills and included articles focused on New Jersey history.

Undated issues have been arranged according to their probable date.

Additional inserts concerning rate hikes or changes in service were found with the Tel-news. These are undated, but were left in the collection with the issues near which they were found.

1947: “Why we are asking for higher telephone rates. A statement by Chester I. Barnard, President New Jersey Bell Telephone Company.”

1950: “Why we have filed for increased telephone rates.”

Additional inserts concerning rate hikes or changes in service were found with the Tel-news. These are undated, but were left in the collection with the issues near which they were found.

1953: “I’d like to introduce” (new directory) and “I’m splitting my seams!” (division of the Essex County directory into two volumes).

Additional inserts concerning rate hikes or changes in service were found with the Tel-news. These are undated, but were left in the collection with the issues near which they were found.

1956: “Heard about the new Touch Tone telephones?”

An insert similar to Tel-news, published by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, c. 1962, is found with issues of Tel-news for that year.

This collection contains Tel-news leaflets created by the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company. The collection is organized chronologically.

This collection contains Tel-news leaflets created by the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company. The collection is organized chronologically.

This collection contains Tel-news leaflets created by the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company. The collection is organized chronologically.