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See Chuck Hensley's comprehensive index to articles in the BLR in the folder below.  It can be used to locate articles to research, whether found in the TCI LIbrary or elsewhere.

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 above.

HINT:  Search for "BLR" followed by a topic keyword to find a series of related articles.  Use alphabetic sort to display them in chronological order.  e.g.  BLR PBX  or  BLR Picturephone.

When posted, complete scanned BLR issues from Sept. 1925 - Dec. 1961 were available here:
  https://worldradiohistory.com/Bell_Laboratories_Record_Issue_Key.htm

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Folder BLR Collections
Folder BLR Index

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pdf 60Mar BLR P82 Push Button Dialing Media Hamden Elgin (333 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 2.03 MB)
pdf 60Nov BLR P433 Spring Cords (283 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 298 KB)
pdf 61Jan BLR P14 Field Testing Electronic Tone Ringer Tel Crystal Lake (284 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1000 KB)
pdf 61Jul BLR P240 Overseas Dialing (293 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.81 MB)
pdf 61May BLR P161 Pushbutton PBX 608A (520 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.54 MB)
pdf 61May BLR P185 Trimline Contour Field Trial Richmond VA (308 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 223 KB)
pdf 61Oct BLR P350 Automatic Card Dialer 40A (553 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 905 KB)
pdf 61Sep BLR P313 Touch-Tone Calling Versatility (322 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.04 MB)
pdf 62Jun BLR P220 Single Slot Coin Set Trial Norfolk (284 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 308 KB)
pdf 62Mar BLR P74 - Low Speed Data Set (323 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 2.02 MB)
pdf 63Aug BLR P269 TouchTone Card Dialer Trial Greensburg Findlay (342 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.36 MB)
pdf 63Aug BLR P273 Trimline Ending Dial In Handset Trials (376 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 153 KB)
pdf 63Jan BLR P2 FM Data Set (346 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.86 MB)
pdf 63Jan BLR P12 PBX Range Charts (394 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.35 MB)
pdf 63Jun BLR P218 Home Interphone (397 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.56 MB)
pdf 63Jun BLR P237 PBX Consoles (1030 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.13 MB)
pdf 63Oct BLR P354 Testing TouchTone Set (485 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.62 MB)
pdf 64Aug BLR P247 761A PBX Small Hotel Motel (381 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.58 MB)
pdf 64May BLR P159 Handsets With Amplifiers G6 G7 G8 (368 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.22 MB)
pdf 65Nov BLR P395 Designing Telephone Ringers (623 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.06 MB)

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