2009ms132.0874 Hall, Wade Collection of American Letters: Western Electric employee diary Guide to the Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Western Electric employee diary, 1930 2009ms132.0874 Sarah Coblentz Processing made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center

2020 January 31

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University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Western Electric employee diary 2009ms132.0874 0.07 Cubic Feet 1 folder 1930 The Western Electric employee diary (dated 1930; 0.07 cubic feet; 1 folder) comprises one diary that documents the daily life of a man working for Western Electric in 1930. English . Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to researchers by appointment.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, 2000.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged by format. The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters has been processed into discrete collections based on provenance.

Biographical note

No biographical information available on Western Electric employee.

American Letters collector Wade Hall (1934-2015) was a native of Union Springs, Alabama. Starting in 1962, he lived in Louisville, where he taught English and chaired the English and Humanities/Arts programs at Kentucky Southern College and Bellarmine University. He also taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Florida. He held degrees from Troy State University (B.S.), the University of Alabama (M.A.), and the University of Illinois (Ph.D.). He served for two years in the U.S. Army in the mid-fifties. Dr. Hall was the author of books, monographs, articles, plays, and reviews relating to Kentucky, Alabama, and Southern history and literature. His most recent books include A Visit with Harlan Hubbard; High Upon a Hill: A History of Bellarmine College; A Song in Native Pastures: Randy Atcher's Life in Country Music; and Waters of Life from Conecuh Ridge.

Preferred Citation

2009ms132.0874: [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Western Electric employee diary, 1930, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.

Scope and Contents

The Western Electric employee diary (dated 1930; 0.07 cubic feet; 1 folder) comprises one diary that documents the daily life of a man working for Western Electric in 1930. In the diary, the employee details when they woke up and went to bed, if they made it to work on time, the tasks completed at work, who they worked with, attending classes on switching equipment, watching movies, and spending time with friends. The employee details splicing cables, soldering wires and breakers together, fixing previous wiring problems, and how many items they would finish each workday. The diary stops abruptly on February 7.

The Western Electric employee diary collection is part of the Wade Hall Collection of American Letters, which includes correspondence and diaries from all over North America covering the time period of the Civil to Korean Wars. The materials were collected by Wade Hall and document everyday men and women.

Conditions Governing Use

The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.

Diaries. Diaries -- 20th century Switching power supplies. Telephone systems -- Design and construction. Telephone switching systems, Electronic. Telecommunication -- Switching systems. Western Electric Company Western Electric employee diary 1930 WH-105 1
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