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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 65Sep BLR P344 Trimline Introduction (404 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 289 KB)
pdf 66Jan BLR P9 Trimline A Telephone Evolution (440 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.80 MB)
pdf 66Jan BLR P16 New Coin Look (360 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.24 MB)
pdf 66Jan BLR P20 Single Slot Payphone (970 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 742 KB)
pdf 66Jan BLR P24 CALL A MATIC (449 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 957 KB)
pdf 66Jan BLR P34 Designing Telephone Components (386 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.03 MB)
pdf 66Mar BLR P85 Key Telephone Systems 1A2 KSUs (702 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.45 MB)
pdf 66Nov BLR P319 Trimline TouchTone Integrated Circuit (368 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.11 MB)
pdf 57Feb BLR P48 Tone Ringer (453 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.70 MB)
pdf 57Jan BLR P6 Answering Service Switchboards (931 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 893 KB)
pdf 57Jan BLR P15 Dial Testing (416 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.00 MB)
pdf 57Jan BLR P22 Testing Cords (362 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 848 KB)
pdf 57Jun BLR P219 Operator Chairs (629 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.04 MB)
pdf 57Jun BLR P231 Experimental Drive In Payphone (393 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 281 KB)
pdf 56Dec BLR P473 Drop Wire Cap (358 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 211 KB)
pdf 56Oct BLR P381 Military Telephone TA43PT (740 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 1.62 MB)
pdf 56Sep BLR P334 Experimental Picturephone (387 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 424 KB)
pdf 56Jul BLR P252 Color Telephones 500 Type (527 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 789 KB)
pdf 55Feb BLR P70 Drop Wire Clamp (419 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 496 KB)
pdf 55Oct BLR P361 Volume Control Telephone 532 151A Amp (393 downloads) Popular Download (pdf, 723 KB)

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