Switchboard Staff, 1979
Item
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Format
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JPEG
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Title
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Switchboard Staff, 1979
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Identifier
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VHS0001
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Depiction
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Three women seated and operating a telephone switchboard
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Description
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The three College telephonists operating the new, fully electronic SL-1 telephone system, including a teleprinter, installed in late 1978. The new exchange, developed by Northern Telecom (which manufactured some of the equipment at its Galway factory), was housed on the ground floor of the Arts/Commerce Building directly under the Bank of Ireland. From March 1979, the total number of outside lines in the College was increased from 25 to 40. The Switchboard, whose three staff provided an excellent and fully bilingual service, was of course a crucial operational link with the outside world at the time.
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People
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(From top) Theresa Casserley, Maureen Flaherty and Bríd Walsh.
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References
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NUACHT (the College's official monthly newsletter), Imleabhar 2, Uimhir 4, Feabhra 1979.
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Bibliographic Citation
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C. Walsh, S. Mac Mathúna, 'Switchboard Staff, 1979', Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14610, Archival Record Id VHRS
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Period
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Late 1970s
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Category
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b&w
group
on-campus
indoors
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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University of Galway Digital Library
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Rights Holder
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The Library, University of Galway
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Provenance
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Copy of NUACHT containing the image provided by Clare Walsh to Séamus Mac Mathúna for the Visual History Retired Staff Collection in 2024 and scanned by him
