West Lethbridge Mutual Telephone Company Fonds

Scope and Content: P19991030001 Advertising information from suppliers of telephones an telephone equipment. 1939-1964

History Biographical: Harrisam Hubbard and his brothers all had farms on the land now occupied by West Lethbridge. They and the Parker family were the original five shareholders in the West Lethbridge Mutual Telephone Company (WLMTCo.). The WLMTCo. was formed on the initiative of the donor, Mr. Harrisam Hubbard. He had been a subscriber to the Coalhurst Mutual Telephone Company beginning in 1935. After World War 2, Mr. Hubbard’s brothers asked whether they too could join the Coalhurst Mutual Telephone Company Mr. Hubbard contacted Alberta Government Telephones, who told him that not only could his brothers not join the Coalhurst system, but that he too was out of the assigned service area. The solution to the problem of telephone service for the Hubbard brothers and their neighbours the Parker family was the creation of the WLMTCo., incorporated in 1947. Harrisam Hubbard not only served as secretary of the WLMTCo., but also was its sole technician, lineman and purchasing agent. Mr. Hubbard also worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway as an engineer, and farmed all at the same time.

Custodial History: These records were created, received and organized by Mr. Hubbard in his capacity as sevretary of the West Lethbridge Mutual Telephone Company from the time of its formation to the time of tis dissolution.

Scope and Content: P19991030001 Advertising information from suppliers of telephones an telephone equipment. 1939-1964; P19991030002 Auditors' receipts for review of the financial records of the WLMTCo. 1950-1970; P19991030003 Bank deposit duplicate forms. 1948-1970; P19991030004 Bank statements. 1949-1969; P19991030005 Cancelled cheques. 1948-1969; P19991030006 Certificate of incorporation, memorandums of association and correspondence relating to the dissloution of the WLMTCo. 1946-1971; P19991030007 Coalhurst Mutual Telephone Company: correspondence, map, receipts. 1935-1947; P19991030008 Correspondence. 1946-1971; P19991030009 Correspondence. 1964-1971; P19991030010 Correspondence and account information, including documents relating to the dissolution of the WLMT Co. 1936-1971; P19991030011 Instructions for a uniform accounting system for mutual telephone companies. 1936; P19991030012 Invoices for supplies. 1947-1949; P19991030013 Invoices for telephone equipment and supplies. 1941; P19991030014 Ledger books: equipment, supplies, and directors' meeting minutes. 1949-1969; P19991030015 Maps and drawings. 1948, 1964, no date; P19991030016 Miscellaneous records. 1950-1962; P19991030017 Shareholder information.