TCI Library Contributions

[paul-f]

For your weekend reading pleasure, Chuck Hensley has provided over 70 articles from his collection of Bell Laboratories Record magazines, spanning the years 1925 to 1978.  Thanks Chuck!

He also added table listing the volume numbers and publication years plus an alphobetic index of articles from 1925 to August 1942.  More years will be added later.

You can find them in the Library's new Bell Laboratories Record category.  Here are several ways to get there:

     http://www.telephonecollectors.info/wepubs

or from the Menu Bar:  Browse the Library / Document Repository / Catalogs, Manuals ... / Western Electric / Bell Labs Record.

or browse by starting at the Document Repository and clicking on the individual links shown above.

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If you want ot research a particular subject within the BLR files, use Advanced Search.  For example:

   Keyword: ringer
   Category: Bell Laboratories Record Magazine    (select the box and scroll way down until you find it in the Catalogs section)
   Ordering: Alphobetical
   Search Where: Name & Description

   Click Search

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Chuck has offered to scan a limited number of pages from his collection (at his convenience). Send requests using the "Contact Us" link in the Menu Bar.  (Please be reasonable!)

Please consider submitting scans of documents in your collection.  Help the Library grow!

Enjoy!

[paul-f]

Chuck continues to provide scans from his great Bell Labs Record collection.

Check out some of the recent additions and topic area that arre building up.

For example, search for:

   BLR Picturephone

   BLR PBX

   BLR Speakerphone

If you set the ordering to Alphabetical, the results will be sorted in chronological order, providing a view into the evolution of the subject topic.

Enjoy!

[paul-f]

Chuck recently provided an updated BLR index covering volumes 1 - 35, 1925 - 57.

John Novack contributed several Western Electric training documents covering switching topics, some dated as early as the 1920s.

Jeff Lamb contributed wiring diagram scans from the 1935 WE No. 9 Catalog.

Clint Gilliland contributed several internal AT&T and PT&T memos covering equipment locations and exchange names, plus some info dated 1947 - 50 on transmission and zoning for the "new" 500-type phones.  One mentions the 1949 field trials and gives 1950 production estimates by quarter for the 500B and 501B sets.

Check the latest additions lists or search for their last name to get their most recent additions.

[paul-f]

BPO dial lovers will appreciate several new contributions to the TCI Library.  They document the Nos 10 and 11 "slipping cam" type, Nos 12 to 19 "trigger" type and "moulded body" dials.

Also there are several interesting new index documents that describe the early history of the Station Operations Manual section of the BSPs -- including Scope and Arrangement plus both Alpha and Numeric indices.  They start with C16.00.

They're currently in the Library's Inbox pending OCR.

Happy reading.

Update:  The dial documents are in the Library and others will follow.  If you don't see them in the inbox, look at the Recent Additions list.

[paul-f]

Check out the latest additions.

The TCI Library has added some Canadian BSPs that highlight some Canada-specific sets and components.  The Contempra, 352, Ericofon, dials, handsets and receivers are included.

There's also new info on the 1A and 1A1 Speakerphone (both US and Canada), Telescript sets, 4-wire circuits, Quik Chek Test Sets and more.

Happy reading!

[paul-f]

The following are on the recent additions list on the Library Home page.
  http://www.telephonecollectors.info/    

Bell System Technical Reference 41004 Oct73 Data Comm Handbook 326-584     
Stromberg Carlson Mine Telephones Bulletin 1000 June 1910 Ocr   
Telephone Book PTT - Avalon, CA - Jul71 Ocr     
BSTJ Jul79 - TSP Operator Training Facilities Ocr     
Pacific Tel Sales Manual - NorCal-Nevada - Ca 1930 - 1952 (368 pages!)   
Allen Tel GB2664D Panel Phone     
SXS - Plant Training - NJB - 355 CDO - 1951 
SXS - Plant Training - NJB - 355 CDO - 1950 - Legends     
Electrical Communication 2804 Dec51 Ocr R   

Thanks go to all the contributors, who are listed in the Library document descriptions.       


TCI Members will also find a copy of Western Electric Catalog No. 5 in their Members Area, thanks to Chuck Hensley.     

New contributions are always welcome. Please help us locate and preserve telephony documents.
  http://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/contribute-files

[paul-f]

While working on 473-410-100, KS-16161 Teletrainer, which will hopefully be ready soon, I identified several other teletrainer-related BSPs that would be great additions to the Library.    - 473-401-100, KS-21102 Business Phone Trainer - 473-401-101 and addendum, KS-21564 Business Phone Trainer  - 473-411-100, issues 1, 2 & 3, KS-16605 Teletrainer    Of course, other info like scans of catalog and marketing literature, operating instructions, anecdotes, etc. are also welcome.

[unbeldi]

While working on 473-410-100, KS-16161 Teletrainer, which will hopefully be ready soon, I identified several other teletrainer-related BSPs that would be great additions to the Library.    - 473-401-100, KS-21102 Business Phone Trainer - 473-401-101 and addendum, KS-21564 Business Phone Trainer  - 473-411-100, issues 1, 2 & 3, KS-16605 Teletrainer    Of course, other info like scans of catalog and marketing literature, operating instructions, anecdotes, etc. are also welcome.

The winner, and possibly the seller, of this auction has the BSP, manual, and some marketing material for the business phone trainer KS-21564: http://www.ebay.com/itm/271524428038

[paul-f]

Thanks to John Novack for providing several of the BSPs and a Telezonia Teacher's Guide to the Library.

  The Business Phone Trainer BSPs reference the following, that would be good to add as well:
   SD-69649-01
   SD-69925-01
 

We have 473-411-100 issue 4, and still want to find the earlier issues:

  473-411-100, issues 1, 2 & 3, KS-16605 Teletrainer

For reference, there's now a Teletrainer photo ID page here: http://www.paul-f.com/Teletrainers.html   


Please send additions and corrections.

[paul-f]

Check out the Latest Additions list. 

Chuck Hensley has added a number of Bell Telephone Magazine scans including some classics on BSPs and "Designing the Telephone." (500-series)

John Novack has added scans of the manuals for the B+K 1045 Telephone Product Tester and 1050 Telephone Analyzer.

[paul-f]

A bunch of new files has been added -- mainly contributions from John Novack, Steve Cichorsky and Clint Gilliland, with OCR work by John, Clint and Karl Brose.
    There are more than the 30 latest additions visible on the home page, so you might try looking at the 50 Latest Additions list. It is found under the Browse the Library tab on the menu bar.    Please continue scanning and sending documents. Your contributions are appreciated and help make the Library better.   Thanks.

[paul-f]

Check out the latest additions for your holiday week leisure reading.

One exciting new contribution is Sam Etler's updated complete index to the Bell System Technical Journal archive.

The copies on the Lucent site have disappeared -- or moved behind a paywall at IEEE.

Fortunately, the issues from 1922 to 1983 were also posted at archive.org, with a nice on-line viewer, keyword search and the ability to download in several formats.

Sam's updated index points to those files directly.  So, you can do a text search in the index and pull up the file when you need it, without the need to download the entire collection.  You can run the index in the Library's view pane or download it to your computer.  If you use it frequently, you can add a browser bookmark for fast access.

Simply select "BSTJ Archive" from the drop down menu under "Browse the Library" on the black main menu bar.

  http://www.telephonecollectors.info/

[paul-f]

Recent contributions from Jeff Lamb, Walt Aydelotte, Dennis Hock, Steve Flocke, Paul Wills, Sam Etler, Fred Haynes, John Novack, Clint Gilliland, Steve Cichorsky and Karl Brose cover a wide range of topics.   

They include SC catalog info, Test Board documentation, a new folder of early industry publications (several from the 1880s), Switchboard wiring, K Carrier, and WE articles on Plastics and Project Mercury (space program).

Most are visible in the 30 Latest Additions list on the home page, but to see them all, go here:
      http://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/browse/latest-most-downloaded   

Your contributions are welcome.   

We're also looking for volunteers to help with Library administration and expansion.   

Paul Fassbender
TCI Library

[Dan/Panther]

Paul, Do they have or plan a CD will the library on it for home computers ?
Dan

[paul-f]

Paul, Do they have or plan a CD will the library on it for home computers ?
Dan

There's been no discussion so far.  The obvious problems are the size and the fact that the Library is in its infancy, so will change a lot as we add more material and figure out better ways to index it for searching.  The disks would be a snapshot at a point of time (in the past). 

Another issue is limited volunteer time.  We already have way more ideas than we have "staff" to implement them.  More helpers are always welcome.

That said, we have seen several DVDs offered on-line (including ebay) that appear to include a lot of material from the Library.

For anyone that is on a low speed internet connection, we could discuss preparing extracts on DVD pertaining to a partcular subject.  Send a private email, please.