The Bell Telephone System

Name/Title

The Bell Telephone System

Description

Provides a detailed account of the company's policies, practices, and achievements from 1915 to 1940, examining the company's commitment to providing the "best possible telephone service at the lowest cost consistent with financial safety," while also addressing wages, management, and the Bell System's relationship with the public and regulators.

Context

Arthur W. Page, vice-president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and a father of public relations, the book is a notable early example of an executive directly using authorship to shape public understanding of, and trust in, a major American corporation.

Category

Business

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Book

Book Details

Author

Arthur Wilson Page

Edition

Fourth Edition

Date Published

1941

Notes

Pages: 216

General Notes

Note

Three copies; plus one copy of Second Edition

Create Date

October 7, 2022

Update Date

August 3, 2026