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.

1953, Pacific Telephone Magazine. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.

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

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

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

Contributed by Karl Brose.

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

Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.  OCR by Clint Gilliland.

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

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

WE Hawthorne Works, The Microphone, April, 1973

Contributed by Paul Fassbender.

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.

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.

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.

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.