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From 1976 through 2005 the Bell & Howell Company (later University Microfilm International (UMI), and now Proquest) published telephone books from across the country on microfiche. The Boston Public Library purchased a broad selection of white & yellow pages. The directories are primarily from the Bell System. Guides are available for some years that indicate in which directory a town was covered, and also the towns covered by a specific directory.
1990-2003: sometimes include London, Montreal & Toronto
1981-2005: includes midsize cities
1976-1980: covers only the select major metropolitan areas below (by state):
California: Los Angeles; Oakland; San Francisco
District of Columbia: Maryland Suburban-D.C. Area; Northern VA and D.C. Area
Illinois: Chicago
Massachusetts: Boston
Michigan: Detroit
Missouri: St Louis
New York: Babylon-Bay Shore; Bronx, Brooklyn, Huntington-Smithtown; Manhattan; Queens; Riverhead-Patchoque; Staten Island, Suffolk
Pennsylvania: Allentown-Bethlehem (1980 only); Philadelphia
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