Speidel, Kathryn D. (Kathryn Daly), 1908-1996

Sides, Beth

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

1979-10-23

1 audio file (7:12) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (5 pages : PDF)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Kathryn Speidel was a 71-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Arcade, New York in 1908. She was employed as a telephone service assistant at the New York Telephone Company.

Kathryn Speidel recounts her fifty-five years working as a telephone operator for the New York Telephone Company beginning in 1927. She discusses the change from connecting callers through a manual switchboard to a key pulsing system, the working conditions at her company, and her thoughts on technological innovations.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master file. Interview originally recorded on reel to reel, duplicate audio analog cassette digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.

Telephone operators

Speidel, Kathryn D. (Kathryn Daly), 1908-1996

New York Telephone Company

Telecommunication
Telecommunication--Switching systems
Telephone operators

New York
New York (State)--Buffalo

Interviews
Oral histories

1920-1980

Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte

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