Folder Publications and Educational Documents (by Date)

Organized by year of publication (if known).

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Folder AT&T Radio Notes

AT&T Radio Notes

by the Operation and Engineering Department. Began around 1946.
Thanks to Terry Michaels for contributing 29 issues to get this section started. More issues are welcome.

Folder BLR

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

Folder BSTJ - Bell System Technical Journal

In addition to individual scans posted here, see the index to the on-line BSTJ Archive ...

   Bell System Technical Journal Index with Links - 1922 - 1983

Documents

pdf 500 Set Design - 1949 Popular

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500 Set Design - 1949

Notes on the Discussions at the Conference of Bell System Lecturers, May 1949.  Detailed description of the new 500 set -- features and internal components. Introduction year.  Interesting speculations on possible future directions. OCR by Paul Fassbender.

pdf 53nov PTM - San Franciscos Last Manual Exchange Popular

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53nov PTM - San Franciscos Last Manual Exchange

1953, Pacific Telephone Magazine. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.

pdf 53sep PTM - Those Amazingly Popular Outdoor Payphones - 1953 Popular

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53sep PTM - Those Amazingly Popular Outdoor Payphones - 1953

September 1953, Pacific Telephone Magazine.  Includes photos.  Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.

pdf 53sep PTM - Two Piece Handset Telephones - "It's a Matter of Money" - 1953 Popular

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53sep PTM - Two Piece Handset Telephones - "It's a Matter of Money" - 1953

September 1953, Pacific Telephone Magazine.  Explains financial motivation for installing refurbed equipment.  Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.

pdf 53sep PTM Those Amazingly Popular Outdoor Payphones Ocr R Popular

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53sep PTM Those Amazingly Popular Outdoor Payphones Ocr R
September 1953, Pacific Telephone Magazine. Includes photos. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky. OCR by Clint Gilliland.

pdf 53sep PTM Those Amazingly Popular Outdoor Payphones Ocr R2 Popular

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53sep PTM Those Amazingly Popular Outdoor Payphones Ocr R2

September 1953. Includes photos of booths. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky. 

pdf 58mar WE P22 Plastics Popular

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58mar WE P22 Plastics

Contributed by Karl Brose.

pdf 60dec LongLines ATT R Popular

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60dec LongLines ATT R

Includes articles on the Morris Electronic CO and cord winding.  OCR by Clint Gilliland.

pdf 60spring NYTel City Island Manual Cutover Popular

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60spring NYTel City Island Manual Cutover
Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.

pdf 60spring NYTel Panel Office Cutover Popular

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60spring NYTel Panel Office Cutover
Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.

pdf 60spring NYTEL Suffern Manual Cutover Popular

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60spring NYTEL Suffern Manual Cutover
Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.

pdf 61dec PTM P8 A New Voice On The Farm Interphone Ocr R Popular

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61dec PTM P8 A New Voice On The Farm Interphone Ocr R

Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.  OCR by Clint Gilliland.

pdf 66oct NJ Bell p26 - Adding Machine Arrangement for Touch-Tone Buttons Popular

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66oct NJ Bell p26 - Adding Machine Arrangement for Touch-Tone Buttons

FAQ: Why aren't Touch-Tone telephone buttons arranged the same way as those on most adding machines? Contributed by Paul Fassbender.

pdf 68may Pacific Tel - Flash Announcement 88 May68ca - Trimline Set Availability Popular

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68may Pacific Tel - Flash Announcement 88 May68ca - Trimline Set Availability

Contributed and scanned by Steve Cichorsky. OCR and processing by Paul Fassbender.

pdf 73apr ANI-D Article (cropped) Popular

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73apr ANI-D Article (cropped)

WE Hawthorne Works, The Microphone, April, 1973

pdf 76nov08 NETopics - ESS Cutover - Worcester, MA Popular

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76nov08 NETopics - ESS Cutover - Worcester, MA

Contributed by Paul Fassbender.

pdf 80 ATT PUB 4005 Jan80 - Technical Reference TELEPHONES - Functional Class Criteria Popular

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80 ATT PUB 4005 Jan80 - Technical Reference TELEPHONES - Functional Class Criteria

The purpose of this Technical Reference is to provide standards containing the information necessary to design and manufacture telephones which are compatible with the Bell System telecommunications network and which will provide service capability consistent with Bell System quality of service objectives for telephone service.

This Technical Reference presents criteria which are the minimum necessary to determine if a telephone is technically suitable to be considered for standardization by the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. for use by the Bell Operating Companies. The information in this Technical Reference will be useful to anyone engaged in the manufacture of telephones intended for connection to Bell System facilities and/or equipment and to those purchasing, operating, or using such equipment.

Contributed by Steve Cichorsky. Processed by Remco Enthoven and Paul Fassbender.

pdf Aids For Special Needs Mountain Bell Popular

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Aids For Special Needs Mountain Bell

Aids for Special Needs

Mountain Bell's Special Needs Center; Denver Colorado

The services and equipment described in this booklet were
specially designed to help make telephone use easier for our customers
with a hearing, speech, sight or motion impairment.

pdf ATT 846-003-341 v2.1 Jun90 - Private Pay Phone Plus - Owners Manual Popular

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ATT 846-003-341 v2.1 Jun90 - Private Pay Phone Plus - Owners Manual

Your AT&T Private Pay Phone Plus is a coin-operated telephone with the capabilities of the coin-operated telephones owned by your local telephone company. The difference is that the profit is yours. You decide where the phone will be mounted, how it will be mounted, and how much it will charge for local and long distance calls. The AT&T Private Pay Phone Plus may be connected to most local telephone services as if it were a residential telephone. Contributed by John Novack.

pdf ATT BTC-79 i1 Mar82 - Training Course Maint Admin HB Popular

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ATT BTC-79 i1 Mar82 - Training Course Maint Admin HB

164 pages. 418-454. Business Screening - Maintenance Administrator Handbook. Contains profiles of a broad range of products from the early 1980s. Contributed by Shane Young. Processed by Paul Fassbender.

Keywords from the Table of Contents:
Call Director®, Flush Mounted Controls, Card Dialer, MAGICALL, CALL-A-MATIC®, TOUCH-A-MATIC®, Transaction®, Code-A-Phone®, Automatic® Telephone, Speakerphone 4A®, COM KEY* Systems, DIALOG*, ESS Features, MET Sets, HORIZON®, Electronic Custom Telephone Service (ECTS), The Industrial Communications System (ICS) [Mine phone system], PBX Services, Centrex Services, DIMENSION®, Special Switchboard Systems, Automatic Call Distributors, Telephone Answering Services,AUTOTAS, Hotel/Motel Service, Emergency Reporting Service, Data-Switched, Data-Private Line, WATS, Video, Mobile, Customer Provided Equipment (CPE), Tie Lines, Foreign Exchange Lines, Federal Telecommunications System (FTS), Automatic Voice Network (AUTOVON), Alarm Line Services, Service Codes, Glossary.

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