| ATCA Newsletter | |||
| INDEX OF INFORMATIONAL ARTICLES | |||
| 1995-Current Compiled by Dave Gruger ATCA 2768 | |||
| 1990-1994 added by Chuck Eby #381 | |||
| Disclaimer | |||
| I am solely responsible for any typos, misspelled names or words, and anything omitted. | |||
| This was compiled for my own use, thus my comments added as to importance of article to me. | |||
| It was formatted using Excell. I know nothing about putting it in a format that utilizes keywords to | |||
| find items. If anyone knows how to do this, knock yourself out. I will not copyright this index. | |||
| I have put each year on a separate page so it can be placed in your binder at the beginning or | |||
| end of each year. | |||
| I included no Obits. | |||
| I included no advertisements unless they had informational material. | |||
| I hope that you can use this tool. I will try to update this index each January for the previous year. | |||
| Listed by Title * Author, Source or submitted by * (Notes to Source or content) (Importance to me) | |||
| 1990 | |||
| January | The First ATCA Newsletter-Chuck Eby 381 | ||
| 75th Anniversary of Transcontinental Service-David Zeller | |||
| Bell's First Modern Dial System-Stam Swojart | |||
| Telephone Company Histories-Stan DeOrsey 1075 | |||
| February | The Spirit of Independent Telephony-Charles Pleasance 1519 | ||
| Western Electric Hang-Up type Hand Set Telephones-Rick Norwood 1239 | |||
| You Never Know What You Can Do-Reprint from Good Connections c1984 | |||
| Hello Girls-1915 info about applying for a job as a telephone operator | |||
| March | |||
| April | CTS-Turner Museum-Ross Smith 64 | ||
| 1879 Telephone Census-Art Sefert | |||
| Telephone Company Watch (with picture)-Tom Vaughn | |||
| Early Kellogg Push Button Telephones-Stan Swihart | |||
| Chicago DeLuxe Telephone with Gray Pay Station (photo)-Ross Smith 64 | |||
| May | Spring Show report and pictures | ||
| Telephone Company History Resources-Charles Pleasance 1519 | |||
| Info on St. Louis Kinloch Telephone Company-L.Howard Reagan 413 | |||
| June | Info on 1990 Fall Show in Allentown, PA | ||
| July | |||
| August | Northern Electric "Uniphone" 1937-1957-Bruce Crawford 558 | ||
| September | Report and photographs of 1990 Fall Show | ||
| Interstate Telegraph Company-Vic Summer | |||
| US Telephone Tokens-Bill Weber 1875 | |||
| New Gray Pay Stations | |||
| Last Magneto Party Line-Roger Voeller 1185 | |||
| October | Info on the 2,000 member to join ATCA | ||
| November | Cleaning Nickle Plating-John Infurna 695 | ||
| Repairing Bakelite-John Infurna 695 | |||
| W.W.Thomason Stocks New Museum | |||
| December | Manufacturers, Assemblers and Distrubutors of Old Telephones and Parts-C.J.Lucius 192 | ||
| 1991 | |||
| January | The Edmonton Telephone Historical Info Ctr Foundation | ||
| Manufacturers, Assemblers and Distrubutors of Old Telephones and Parts (cont from Dec)-C.J.Lucius 192 | |||
| Photos of four early Siemens Telephones | |||
| February | Glossary of Terms Used by Telephone Collectors | ||
| Info on Alexander Graham Bell | |||
| The Maintenance and Trouble-shooting of Hand Generators-Rick Norwood 1239 | |||
| Trivia Facts- The First Telephone Book, Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. | |||
| Manufacturers, Assemblers and Distrubutors of Old Telephones and Parts (cont from Jan)-C.J.Lucius 192 | |||
| Info on Blake Transmiters | |||
| March | Circuit diagram of 176 coin collector when used with 634YD subscriber set | ||
| Triva Facts- 1879, 1889 | |||
| April | Mouthpieces--what fits on which phones-Rick Norwood 1239 | ||
| A Tough One To Find..Info on "multiline 202 set"-Richard Walsh 423 | |||
| Book Review-Blue Bell Paperweights | |||
| Book Review-Muttering Machines to Laser Beams:History of Mountain Bell | |||
| May | 1991 Spring Show review and financial report | ||
| Montrose Historical & Telephone Pioneer Museum | |||
| June | Four Column chart on basic telephone history-Ron Knappen 45 | ||
| Diagram and info on Transmitters-Rick Norwood 1239 | |||
| July | Re-magnetization of ringer magnets-Richard Mountjoy | ||
| Wireless Telephones of Nathan Stubblefield 1892-1908 | |||
| The Latest Advance in Wireless Telephony-Scientific American 1902 | |||
| August | Hunnings Transmitter-Rick Norwood 1239 | ||
| September | Early Edison Transmitter-Rich Norwood 1239 | ||
| Bob Prosser, The Turle Lake Telephone Company-Ron Knappen 45 | |||
| October | Meet your Board Members | ||
| A Photo Journey of the Phoenix Fall Show | |||
| WE 460/1A2 Key System Interface-Doug Aldedice 1636 | |||
| November | Repairing Mouthpieces, Receivers and Metal Parts-Chuck Eby 381 | ||
| December | Restoration Hints: Recoiling Cloth Cords-Chuck Eby 381 | ||
| Restoration Hints: Cleaning Original Finish on Wood Phones-Chuck Eby 381 | |||
| Things Worth Knowing about the Telephone (early AT&T info)-Chuck Eby 381 | |||
| 1992 | |||
| January | Make Your Coiled Cords for Colored Sets-Gerry Billard 76 | ||
| Restoration Corner-Deplating and Derusting | |||
| Common Abbreviations | |||
| All You Ever Wanted to Know About Western Electric (Speaking Tube Telephones)-Richard Mountjoy | |||
| February | Resoration Hints-Replacing A Cloth Base Cover-Chuck Eby 381 | ||
| Northern Electric Magneto Telephones-Bruce Crawford | |||
| March | Northern Electric Magneto Telephones--continued-Bruce Crawford | ||
| April | Northern Electric Magneto Telephones--continued-Bruce Crawford | ||
| Early Pay Stations-Rick Norwood 1239 | |||
| 1A Key Telephone System-Bruce Crawford | |||
| May | 1A Key Telephone System-continued from April-Bruce Crawford | ||
| The Telephone Booth-Rick Norwood 1239 | |||
| June | Diagram for 400 series 1A key system-Bruce Crawford | ||
| Bios and pictures of candidates running for office | |||
| August | All About Telephone Tokens-Earl Daniel | ||
| The Clay County Telephone Company-Buford Penland 172 | |||
| September | Photographs from the 1992 Fall Show in Indianapolis | ||
| October | Bio on Harold Harvey #253 granted lifetime membership in ATCA | ||
| Diseases from the Telephone (hygene apparatus) | |||
| November | ATCA's 21st Birthday..reprint of an AT&T 1978 article about ATCA--submitted by Chuck Eby & Wes Smith | ||
| December | Code # 1150 Type Automatic Type Desk Telephone | ||
| 1993 | |||
| January | Report on the First Ontario Regional Show | ||
| Baird Telephone reprint from American Telephone Practice of 1905 | |||
| February | The Graybar Story-Paul Engelke 100 | ||
| Unauthorized Attachments-photos and ID--Richard Akers 2200 | |||
| March | Announcing Kate Dooner's Second Book | ||
| New Book on the History of Indiana Telephone Industry | |||
| April | Number Games (Farmer Line Telephone Numbers)-Vic Sumner | ||
| Pay Station Coin Collectors #1247 Three Slot Wall Type | |||
| Magneto Telephone--Ironclad..#890 Mine-a-Phone | |||
| May | Profile of Buddy Golding | ||
| Manual Switching Systems--Part 1 Simple Magneto-Roger Voeller 1185 | |||
| AE Type 21 Desk Stand with circuit | |||
| Stromberg Carlson Hotel Telephones | |||
| June | Manual Switching Systems--Part 2 Simple Common Battery-Roger Voeller 1185 | ||
| Manual Switching Systems--Part 3 Multiple Switchboards-Roger Voeller 1185 | |||
| July | The Demise of "icomm"-Bruce Crawford 558 | ||
| Manual Switching Systems--Part 4 Superservice switchboards-Roger Voeller 1185 | |||
| The "500" Telephone Set- Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| 1993 Fall Election Candidates' bio's and pictures | |||
| To Strip or not to Strip- Chuck Eby 381 | |||
| 1878--Telephones and the Gold Rush--reprint | |||
| August | Report on the 1993 Fall Show in Orlando | ||
| How to Become An Overnight Millionaire in the Telephone Business--Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| September | Photos from the 1993 Fall Show | ||
| The First Hand Held Receivers-Larry Wolff | |||
| Dial Faces-Larry Wolff | |||
| October | Knowldege is of no Value Unless It is Shared With Others--Bruce Crawford 558 | ||
| PanHandle Bell Telephone--reprint from Barbed Wire Collector 5/93 | |||
| Index to Ron's Book- Hal Belden 2377 | |||
| Interior-Communicating Telephone Systems (Interphones)-Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| L.M.Ericsson's "Ericofon"-Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| November | The Problem of Tapping Telephone Bells-Roger Voeller 1185 | ||
| The Telephone Patent Book-Ron Christianson | |||
| In The Spirit of Service..a Book Review by Jon Kolger | |||
| December | The Story of the Development of the Glass Insulator-Peg Chronister | ||
| Orlando Show financial report | |||
| Sets, Hand, Test, Linemen's, Repairmen's and Central Office-Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| January | Type 29 Single-slot, Post Payment, Coin Collector-1929 AE Bulletin | ||
| Ringer Repair - adjustment- Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| February | "Handset" Development, 1880's-1957--Bruce Crawford 558 | ||
| March | #99 Central Telephone | ||
| The Bell System's Number 352 Wall Telephone Set & circuit- Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| Restoration Hints--Keeping the Gloss- Andy Emmerson | |||
| British Telephone Equipment in North America-Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| ATCA Regional Show Policy | |||
| April | Tracking History--Info on "Instructions to Subscribers" | ||
| Bell System Development of the "Hand Combined" Telephone Type 302-Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| May | 1994 Spring Show Report | ||
| The Telephone Network-Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| Telephones in Transit-Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| June | Telephone Wire Mattress-Laurie Novak | ||
| The Western Electric "Set, Telephone, Hand, Hanging"--Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| Bio's and Photographs of Candidates for Election | |||
| July | 20 Party per line, Dial Rural Code Ringing on a Single Wire in the Bell System-Bruce Crawford 558 | ||
| Northern Electric Company-Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| Telephone Cards Becoming Collectable-Chuck Eby 381 | |||
| August | New Museum in Leslie Georgia- Al Farmer 15 | ||
| The Museum of Independent Telephony in Abeline--Photographs | |||
| September | Report on the 1994 Fall Show in Teaneck, NJ | ||
| Photographs of the Fall Show | |||
| October | Measured Service-coin collectors-1900 Miller's American Telephone Practice | ||
| November | "It Looks Okay to Me" red rotary phone--Charles Reifsnider | ||
| Local Battery "Central Energy" Telephone #39 photo | |||
| Measured Service-continued--coin collectors-1900 Miller's American Telephone Practice | |||
| December | Common Battery Type Magneto Telephone--Pics and description | ||
| Robert Burns McMiking--introduced telephone to UK in 1878 | |||
| The Smallest Telephone Operator in the World | |||
| Wiring an Old Telephone To Work-Russ Pate | |||
| Measured Service-continued--coin collectors-1900 Miller's American Telephone Practice | |||
| Telephone "Rebuilders" or "Caveat Emptor"-Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| The Stoddard Telephone & Construction Company | |||
| Telephony: A trip back in Time | |||
| 1995 | |||
| January | Wiring an old Telephone to Work-Bruce Crawford 558 | ||
| The Calculagraph-Reprint from Kellogg SSC Bulletin 1910 | |||
| February | The Network For Pay Phones- Ken Chase 2633 | ||
| March | |||
| April | Handsets- Bruce Crawford 558 | ||
| My First Night Alone In A Dial Telephone Exchange- Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| May | Abilene Show Report | ||
| A History Of GTE Automatic Eletric- Frank T Lutka 979 | |||
| June | The Rise and Fall Of Central Office Names - Len Hicken 2592 | ||
| July | Operator's Telephone Sets - Bruce Crawford 558 | ||
| In China, phone numbers produce a lucky ring - Uli Schmetzer (Chicago Tribune) | |||
| August | Automatic Electric's Type "90" Wall Telephone - Bruce Crawford 558 | ||
| Automatic Electric Pre Pay Coin Sets - (Letter from) Mel Hacker 806 | |||
| September | Achronister To Retire From Museum Post - Ericka Werling (City Editor The Abilene Reflector- Chronicle) | ||
| Pictures of Fall Show | |||
| October | A Hearty Thank You to Dan and Linda Caldon | ||
| Pictures of Fall Show | |||
| November | Grand Opening of Rural Telephone Museum - Dave Rader | ||
| December | Telcom History - (A magazine review ) Charlie Pleasance | ||
| Who's Who in the Telephone Game - Reprinted from October, 1909 Telephone Engineer | |||
| 1996 | |||
| January-96 | Finally! 100 years of Bell Telephones - (Book introduction) Richard Mountjoy | ||
| 100 Years of Bell Telephones - (Book Review ) Jon Kolger | |||
| February | |||
| March | Letter to the Editor-Restoration or Not- Knox Lee | ||
| Groninga To Direct Telephone Museum - Dave Bergmeier | |||
| The Telecommunications Act - Kurt Richter | |||
| Early Sign Makers - Bob Alexander | |||
| The Munson Automatic Telephone - Dan Golden (Reprint from Steve Hilsz 1970s VTS News letter) | |||
| April | Letter to the Editor- Response to March-Restoration or Not- Robert Winkler | ||
| Transmission Problems - Bruce Crawford 558 | |||
| Technical - David Leibold Telecom Digest Publisher - Question and answers What is a Swithc? | |||
| May | ATCA The Early Years - Chuck Eby | ||
| Restoration Corner- Ken Bushell (Reprint from Australasian Telephone Collectors Society Newsletter) | |||
| Letter to the Editor- Response to March-Restoration or Not- Al Farmer | |||
| June | ATCA 4 Year Average Budget Overview - Russ Pate | ||
| What Happened to the Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange- AG Communication Systems | |||
| July | Old Time Telephone Reminiscences - Steve Hilsz | ||
| August | Payphones - Are They Collectable - Bob Bartlett 1848 | ||
| Common Abbreviations | |||
| The Four Listed Mouthpieces Fit the Listed Transmitters | |||
| Wood Repair - Al Farmer | |||
| House of a Thousand Phones - Donald Hayden Jr. | |||
| September | Fall Show Pictures | ||
| Tips On Cleaning and Polishing Your Plastic Phones - Ken Chase 2633 | |||
| Switching Equipment : A Response - Leland Anderson 2798 (Reprint 1995 Antenna) | |||
| Ezra T Gilliland -D W Peat (Biography) | |||
| October | Miscellaneous Rambling From the Chairman - Jon Kolger | ||
| Pictures of Fall Show | |||
| November | Federal As a Telephone Company - Ludwell Sobley (Reprint AWA 1993) | ||
| December | Everything Happened Around the Switchboard - Stanley R Howe (Book Review) | ||
| Swedish American Transmitter and Receiver - Reprint from SA Catalogue | |||
| 1997 | |||
| January | Cradle Sets - Lawrence A Wolff (Reprint Desk Telephones of the Bell System) | ||
| 20th Century Designer Telephones - A M Percival | |||
| Hand Telephones/Receivers - Lawrence A Wolff (Reprint Desk Telephones of the Bell System) | |||
| Mouthpieces - Lawrence A Wolff (Reprint Desk Telephones of the Bell System) | |||
| February | Remembering Peg - Jon Kolger | ||
| The "E" Handset Mounting - Lawrence A Wolff (Rprint Desk Telephones of the Bell System) | |||
| March | Brown Felt - Janet Groninga (Reprint from May 1930 Telephone Engineer) | ||
| Page from K & K Auto Sw'B'D & Tel. Mfe. Co. #7 Auto Desk Set - # 9 Micro- Telephone | |||
| April | This Month on the Internet The Comdial Story - Chuck Eby | ||
| Chicago Telephone & Supply Justifies Its Move - Catalogue #41 | |||
| Chicago Interior Telephones (Model 18, Model 38) | |||
| North Electric Was Proud of Its Type 'F' Desk Set (North Catalogue) | |||
| Stromberg Carlson Series or Bridging Cabinet Desk Telephone - Seies or Bridging Portable Desk Telephone | |||
| May | Spring Show Finances | ||
| Lexington Telephone Company - Chuck Eby | |||
| June | Early Telephone Systems and Their Development - Museum of Independent Telephony | ||
| Letter to Editor - Two Telephone Touch-tone Trade Tricks - Arthur P Bloom 1783 | |||
| July | A Telephone Find - Ron Christianson 882 | ||
| August | An Antique Telephone Collector's Dream Come True (A True Story) - Ron Christianson | ||
| September | Atlanta Adventure 1997 Report on Fall Show - Jon Kolger | ||
| October | Creativity and Burnouts -Rovert Snouffer (Receiver Repair and Old Ice Boxes) | ||
| Caught - Jay Neale ( Story about Bootlegged Telephoned) | |||
| Battery Rest Insulators - Kevin Lawless | |||
| Another Telephone Find… An unbelievable True Story - Ron Christianson | |||
| November | Trash Spawned a Great Collection | ||
| Mom Was the Friendly 'Hello Girl" -Sally Smith Lewis (Reprint Oct 1997 Reminisce Magazine) | |||
| Homestead Telephone - Ron Christianson | |||
| December | Alexander Graham Bell - George J Masciarelli Sr. (Obit) | ||
| Oregon Caves Magneto System - Ron Christianson 822 | |||
| Ron and Mary … European Vacation, Phone Style | |||
| 1998 | |||
| January | Fairwater - Brandon - Alto Telephone - Chuck Eby | ||
| Graybar - Electric History - Chuck Eby | |||
| February | NYC Goes All Digital - | ||
| Auxiliary Receivers and Holders Sreprint from BSP Station Installation and Maintenance Issue 1-2-36 | |||
| Remembering Dick Kunath ATCA 199 | |||
| Merrimack County Telephone - Book review by Alderic O "Dick" Violette | |||
| March | What's In A Name! - Reprint May 21, 1910 Telephony | ||
| Vail's Policies Stand as Bell System's Foundation - Reprint March 10, 1976 The Telephone News | |||
| Private Service vs The Party Line (Catalog Page - Picture) | |||
| The Hull Signal Selector Company (Catalog Page - Picture) | |||
| April | The Rise and Fall of Central Office Names - Len Hicken 2592 | ||
| May | Pictures of Spring Show | ||
| Interchangeable Mouthpieces - Bill Elsasser (Good Chart) | |||
| Invincible Steel Register Pay Stations (Catalog Page - Picture) | |||
| June | Abilene Display Award Winners | ||
| Touch-Tone Calling Turns 40 - Stan DeOrsey 1075 | |||
| Railway Composite Phones - Steve Hilsz | |||
| No. 811 Telephone - Reprint from 1941 Edward H Bohlin Catalog (Gold and Silver plated Kellogg set) | |||
| July | The CTS Story - Ross Smith asst dirctor CTS-Turner Museum (Chicago Telephone Supply) | ||
| Presti Estate Phone Auction (Good Pictures) | |||
| August | Axollector's Story - Robert Koch 1246 | ||
| Chicago Telephone Museum (Pictures) | |||
| Troubleshooting the Automatic Electric #40 - ? | |||
| Difference Between Local and Common Battery Transmitters - ? | |||
| Cause of Test Relays Sticking - ? | |||
| September | Another Great Show (Report on Fall Show Collinsville ) | ||
| Pictures Fall Show | |||
| The Voltmeter As Used For Testing - F C Greenwald Reprint The American Telephone Journal May 7, 1904 | |||
| October | Confessions of a Telephone Collector - Brad Rovanpera 2856 | ||
| On the Internet - Chuck Eby and Ben Meyer (Discussion of Subsets) | |||
| Mountjoy Book (100 Years of Bell Telephones) | |||
| Cyr Auction ( Good Pictures) | |||
| November | On the Internet - Chuck Eby (Discussion of WE Model 55 and Model 155 three slot pay telephones) | ||
| Trivia From George Minnich | |||
| ATCA Roots - Chuck Eby (Ron and Mary Knappen Story) | |||
| Mountjoy Book (Nice Pictures) | |||
| December | Boy In a Phoenix Candy Store - John C Hardman 1022 (Phoenix Telephone Pioneers Museum) | ||
| Ericsson Steel Telephone (Catalog Page - Picture) | |||
| Telephone Trivia - George Minnich | |||
| The Anderson Electric & Mfg Co. (Catalog Page - Picture) | |||
| 1999 | |||
| January | Tired of Only Reading About 50's Phones - Article taken from Allsop's Telephones 1900 (Good Pics and desc) | ||
| An Article from the ATCA Listserv - Ben Meyer (Question about Dial Plates with only numbers) | |||
| The Ol' Party Line Kept Us Closely Connected - Hal Prey | |||
| The Doc Fellers' Auction - Chuck Eby | |||
| February | Maitland, Florida Show - Russ Pate | ||
| Gerry Billard Made a 30- Year Business Out Of A Love Of Old Phones. - Pam Marino | |||
| March | On The Web - Dietrich Arbenz (Dial Plate Question from Jan Issue revisited) | ||
| The Microtelephone - Reprint from Homans' ABC of the Telephone (Holtzer - Cabot ) | |||
| April | Intercom Systems - Reprint from Automatic Electric Brochure 1939 | ||
| Annual Northwest Vintage Phone Show Report - Kevin Karcher 2978 | |||
| You Need Help Wiring What? ( Ad for Steve Hilsz books for sale) | |||
| What Do You Want To Know - Reprint The Transmitter Jan 1937 (Questions & Ans good info) | |||
| Shooting Trouble From a Bicycle - B H Lewis Reprint from The Transmitter | |||
| The Blake Transmitter - Reprint Telephones: Their Construction and Fitting 1900 | |||
| How I Restored My Old Western Receivers - Ken Chase 2633 | |||
| May | Pictures Spring Show | ||
| Pictures From Old Catalogs ( North Electric , Automatic Electric , General Insulate & Machine Co.) | |||
| L.M. Ericsson's "Ericofon" - Bruce Crawford (Reprint October 1993 ATCA Newsletter ) | |||
| My First Spring Show - Chuck Eby | |||
| Converting Local Battery Telephones for Dial Operation - Reprint Automatic Telephone July - Aug 1930 | |||
| He Is A Crook Do Not Deal With Him! - John Huckeby (Discussion of being ripped off in phone purchases) | |||
| June | The Founder's Remains Went For Pennies On The Dollar - Paul Wiltfong | ||
| The Story Behind The Pictures - Bob Baxter | |||
| Penfield's Inventions ( Introduction to Penfield Local History Room )(Penfield, New York) | |||
| Marvels of Tomorrow - Reprint Mechanix Illustrated March 1955 | |||
| Building A Shrine To Bureaucracy - Art Brothers (Reprint America's Network May 1, 1999) | |||
| Where Ordinary Stuff Comes From - Howard Mansfield (Reprint Old Farmer's Almanac)( Henry Dreyfuss) | |||
| Tickled By Nickel - Steve Brink (Good article on renickeling) | |||
| Interesting Foreign Phones 1895 Era (Catalog Page - Pictures) | |||
| July | To The Editor - John Stambaugh Pics of Two Unusual Phones (Globe and Interstate phones) | ||
| Theodore Newton Vail - Charles G Dubois (Reprint Western Electric News August 1920) | |||
| Telephone Trivia - George Minnich 780 | |||
| Oh No! Not Party Lines Again - Claude Sterling 1437 (Good discussion of Party Line wiring) | |||
| No. 1138 Combination Telephone - Reprint Local Battery Telephone Jan 1, 1919 (Stromberg - Carlson ) | |||
| August | The Union Telephone & Electric MFG Co.- (Catalog Page - Picture) (Simpson Acoustic Telephone) | ||
| Cabinet Wall Telephone - (Catalog Page - Picture) (Stromberg - Carlson) | |||
| These 1212 "Fat Boys" Are Ebay Hot (Full Page on SC No 1212 Handset Telephone) | |||
| Western Electric Transmitters - Tom Vaughn (Good Chart) | |||
| September | So You Want To Replace the Cover On The Base of Your Candlestick - Al Farmer | ||
| Telephones - Reprint Descriptive Pamphlet of Electric Telephones and Electric Supplies 1896 | |||
| Pictures of Rochester NY Show | |||
| October | Old Pictures - Reprint Old Telephones Andrew Emmerson ( Skeleton Telephone - National Telephone Service) | ||
| Power Line Carrier Telephone Systems - John Stambaugh 141 | |||
| Terminal- Per - Station vs Terminal - Per - Line Equipment - John Stambaugh 141 | |||
| Stromberg - Carlson Telephones The 1543 (4 Pages Discription and wiring diagrams) | |||
| November | Pictures Bellsouth Pioneers Archives and Museum | ||
| Ironclad Weatherproof Telephones (Catalog Page - Picture) (Stromber- Carlson No. 950) | |||
| ATCA System 200 Series Hand Telephones Hang-up Type - Jay Neale (4 Pages discription and diagrams) | |||
| December | No. 1000 Desk Telephone - Reprint Stromberg - Carlson Bulletin Jan 1, 1919 (2 pages pics and diagrams) | ||
| ATCA System The Princess - Jay Neale (4 pages pictures and wiring diagrams) | |||
| 2000 | |||
| January | Lightning Arresters…The Surge Protector of 1900 - Reprint Mnontgomery Ward & Co Special Catalogue Date? | ||
| The Glass Front Always A Favorite With Collectors (Catalog Page - Pictures) | |||
| Northern Electric Contempra - Dennis L Owens (4 pages Instruction Sheet, wiring diagrams) | |||
| Unusual Offerings of Montgomery Ward in the Early 1900's (Catalog Page - Pictures) | |||
| We Call It A Pony Montgomery Ward called it Bi-Polar (Catalog Page - Pictures) | |||
| February | Buying Tips The First Rule of Auctions - Steve Profit | ||
| Roadside Telephone System Established In Indiana - Reprint Telephony June 10, 1916 | |||
| Fellow Collectors - George Ek, Al Farmer, Curt Furness ( A thank you to those who help other collectors) | |||
| First Telephone Exchanges In the U.S. Territories and Canada - Reprint Telephnone Almanac 1958 | |||
| Pictures Orlando Show | |||
| March | Question: Why are telephones from different companies used in the older movie sets? | ||
| Way Station Receiving Equipment - Reprint Calling Apparatus for Railway Train Dispatching Tel Systems 1928 | |||
| Fancy Phones Can Make You Yearn For Basic Black - Reprint Dec. 28, 1999 St. Louis Dispatch | |||
| 302's..Real Stories - John Huckeby, David Massey, John Novack, Jum Stettler | |||
| ATCA System The AE 80 Monophone - (4 pages pictures information and wireing diagrams) | |||
| April | 302's More Real Stories-Chuck Eby, John Hui, Rick Franke, Mike Davis, Steph Kerman, Vern Potter, Jerry Gap | ||
| Way Station Receiving Equipment - Reprint Western Electric Bulletin 1928 ( 2 pages on No. 60 & 160 selector) | |||
| You Never Know - Hedland Reynolds (Story about Information Operator) | |||
| The Ader Receiver (Catalog Page - Picture) | |||
| Loud-Speaking Receiver (Catalog Page - Picture) | |||
| Why Were Switches Used (Catalog Page - Pictures) | |||
| Wiring Diagram for Northern Electric Mag Sets Wall and Desk Type | |||
| Telephone Batteries ..Usually Broken or Missing Pieces - Reprint F C Allsop 1900 | |||
| May | 302's More Real Stories - John Carson | ||
| With Enough Time - Murray Crimless (How many Dimes, Nickels and Quarters to fill 3 slot box) | |||
| Correction What Will It Fit - Rob Honeycutt (Sumter Mouthpiece) | |||
| Continuation of Telephone Batteries Usually Broken or Missing Pieces from April Issue | |||
| Pictures from Spring Show | |||
| June | Complete Instruments - F C Allsop (Reprint Telephones Their Construction and Fitting 1900)(4 pages Pics &dis) | ||
| New Museum Opens - Footville Telephone Co. Office Museum, Footville, Wisconsin | |||
| July | Dial "R" For Rotary - Reprint The Charlotte Observer (With Errors pointed out in Aug by John Stambaugh) | ||
| Ma Bell's Officially Recommended Exchange Names ( Nice Chart Shows Names for any two numbers) | |||
| August | Beehive Telephone Company - Wayne Junop | ||
| The Kellogg 4 Frequency Harmonic Ringing System- Don Price 853 | |||
| September | Fall Show Pictures Collinsville | ||
| Gerson Telephone - Ed Gerson (Pictures of Rare Phone) | |||
| The First Telephone Numbers - Stanley Swihart | |||
| Right Or Wrong..Shive's Opinion - William J Shive (Story of founding of Blue Bell Club of America in 1908) | |||
| October | Western Electric Company Common Battery Transmitters, Local Battery Transmitters (Catalog Page - Pictures) | ||
| Pictures of Foreign Sets (14 Pictures) | |||
| Microphone Transmitters - Reprint International Library of Technology 1907 (3 pages nice pictures and info) | |||
| November | Telephone Pioneers Bell Shaped Paperweights - Ken Pollard (Good article see also Dec Issue) | ||
| Just a Few Telephone Firsts - John Stambaugh | |||
| Continuation of Microphone Transmitters in October Newsletter (4 pages good info) | |||
| December | Pictures from Indy Fall Show | ||
| From the Listserv Monophone Sets | |||
| From the Listserv What Were the Colors of the A.E. 80's | |||
| Mystery Paperweight The Telephone Blue Bell - Raymond W Ehrenberg (Addition to Nov Ken Pollard piece) | |||
| Online Auction Fraud and The Collector: A Bad Combination - Elliot Werk | |||
| 2001 | |||
| January | A.E. Co Prepay Coin Telephone Equipped With Single-Coil Coin Relay Description (3 Pages Pics & diagrams) | ||
| Articles Of Incorporation Of ATCA | |||
| February | N.E. Co. Single-Coil Coin Relay Description (3 pages Pics & diagrams) | ||
| What Illinois Says - Chris Mattingly (Extracts from SC publication about 105B Magneto switchboards) | |||
| Pictures From Maitland Show | |||
| Dead Man - Reprint from Homan's ABC of the Telephone 1904 (Hand setting telephone poles & equipment) | |||
| Protective Measures - Reprint ATCS Newsletter (Lightning Arrestors and Protectors) | |||
| The Attachment of a Switch Hook (Keystone Electric Telephone Co.) | |||
| March | From the Listserv Before You Buff | ||
| Telephone Sign Review - Alan Colburn (Public Station Sign) | |||
| The Village System - John Stambaugh (Early magneto Telephone System) | |||
| They're Still Out There - Russ Pate (Pictures and story) | |||
| A.E. Co. LPB82 Series Coin Telephone Sets Connections (3 pages wiring diagrams) | |||
| April | Telephone Sign Review - Alan Colburn (8" round Hub cap sign) | ||
| Gower Bell Telephones - Bob Estreich | |||
| A.E. Telephones Type 32A47, 32A48, 33A17,33A18, 33A10, Auto-Com Intercoms (Pictures and diagrams) | |||
| Automatic Electric Two Pages of Dial Inserts (Full size to reproduce) | |||
| Phone friend Museum to ring up connections to past Gridley Telephone Museum Gridley Lllinois | |||
| How Do I Remove That Finger Plate? | |||
| May | Pictures from Connecticut Show | ||
| Post and Company Paperweight - Pictures of terminal top Post & Co. Paperweight (OST Transmitter) | |||
| Ringing Off - Roger Conklin (One short turn on Magneto after Receiver hang-up to signal operator) | |||
| North Electric - Jon Kolger (7H6 an 7H8 sets colors) | |||
| Ringing Machines (Catalog Page - Picture) | |||
| Telephone Sign Review - Alan Colburn (Canadian signs) | |||
| What Is the Bell System? (Ad showing map with Operating Territories and names) | |||
| Better Repro Than Nothing - Opinion | |||
| June | Ringing Voltages and Frequencies - Roger Conklin 3439 | ||
| Telephone Sign Review - Alan Colburn (1908 - 1921 Booth sign) | |||
| The Calculagraph - H C Cilsizian (3 pages info and pictures) | |||
| Gray Pay Stations (2 Catalog Pages - Pictures) | |||
| July | Telephone Sign Review - Alan Colburn (Brass Paystation 1898 - 1908) | ||
| From The Listserv A Question & Answer Purpose of 500 E/F Lift to talk plunger | |||
| Definition Of Terms - Reprint Western Electric Pub 1916 (1 1/2 pages Good information) | |||
| What Ever Happened to ITT? - Roger Conklin (2 pages Good info) | |||
| Tools for Central Offices - Reprint 2 pages W.E. #3 Catalog (Pictures and use) | |||
| August | Telephone Badges and Mirrors- Bill Weber (Pictures and discription) | ||
| Telephone Sign Review - Alan Colburn (New England Tel & Tel red arrow) | |||
| Catalog pages for Chicago Special, Ringing Current from Light or Power Plant, Sandwich Pole Changer | |||
| Details of the Kellogg Automatic Dial (2 pages pictures and diagram) | |||
| About Custom Tariffs for Imported Phones - Paul F | |||
| Kellogg Battery Savers (Catalog Page - Picture) | |||
| Gray Automatic Pay Satations (2 Pages catalog showing 8 phones) | |||
| September | Telephone Sign Review - Alan Colburn (Home Telephone Co.) | ||
| ATCA Phone Base Markings Survey Results Type 40 desk, Type 47 Multi-line desk, Type 50 wall | |||
| The Siemens Brothers Neophone and Post Office Telephone No. 162 - Laurence Rudolf | |||
| Notes On The Beginning of the Telephone _ Reprint The Telephone Handbook 1902 | |||
| Interesting Info On Early Transmitting & Receivers - Reprint The Telephone Handbook 1902 (4 pages good info) | |||
| October | Telephone Sign Review - Alan Colburn (New England Tel & Tel Co. Public Station) | ||
| Interesting Info On Early Transmitting & Receiving - Reprint The Telephone Handbook 1902 (6 pages good info) | |||
| November | Telephone Sign Review - Alan Colburn (Use the Bell Universal Service) | ||
| Restoration Tips I : Plastic Telephones - Jonathan D Finder 2279 (2 pages of great info) | |||
| ATCA Base Markings Survey - Steve J Hartin 2507 (Full page Chart AE Type 40/47/50 Sets) | |||
| An Opinion Dial M For Malcolm - Designer phones | |||
| December | Telephone Sign Review - Alan Colburn ( The Citizens Telephone Co. ) | ||
| Opinion - Dial 'R' For Rotary - Reprint The Charlotte Observer (Attrabutes of rotary dial in modern times) | |||
| The Telephone Pioneer Museum Commack, NY (Pictures and Info) | |||
| The Bell System Tool Corner - John Stallone (Evolution of the 216 and 216C Can wrench) | |||
| North Electric Company Ericofon - Reprint owner manual 3 pages | |||
| Restoring Your Phone To Old Condition - John Zachas 3084 | |||
| Handsets and More Plastic Tips - Jonathan D Finder 2279 (2 pages good info) | |||
| Which Came First? Listserv question which book Ron and Mary Knappen published first | |||
| 2002 | |||
| January | Stromberg Carlson Adapters - (Ad adapter so SC Transmitters will mount on any brand cup) | ||
| How Many Ericofons? (Stats on Number made and sold) | |||
| The Telephone Sign Review - Alan Colburn (1921 Style Bell System Sign) | |||
| Another Great Find _ Ron Christianson | |||
| The Bell System Tool Corner - John Stallone (Bell System Screwdrivers) | |||
| Restoration Tips, Part III "Cheating" - Jonathan D Finder 2279 (Using Repro parts and repainting) | |||
| Attachment World - Gary Goff (Dial Center clocks) | |||
| Catalog Pages - (The Button Type Transmitter & Connecticut Type H Switchboard) | |||
| Two Patents Related To Diaphragms - (Reprint American Telephone Journal May 23, 1903) | |||
| Common Talking Relay Telephone System ( Stromberg Carlson 2-6, 1-7, and 7-6 System 1940) | |||
| February | ATCA 2001 Financial Report | ||
| The Single-Pull Dial - Chris Mattingly 2335 | |||
| The "Tin Box" Desk Phones of L. M. Ericsson - Bob Estriech (2 pages pictures and info) | |||
| Attachment World - Gary Goff 1425 (Sheffield Time O Phone) | |||
| Calculagraphs (Catalog pages for call timing devices) | |||
| Selective Talking Relay Telephone Systems (SC No. 1195 Featured Pictures and wiring diagrams) | |||
| Some Recent Telephone Apparatus - Reprint Scientific American Supplement 1886 (Burnley's Telephone) | |||
| The Bell System Tool Corner - John Stallone (Bell System 798A Modular Notching tool) | |||
| Restoration Tips Part 4 - Jonathan D Finder 2279 -(Ringerbox springs, dial wiring, converting party line 302-354) | |||
| Background Of Touchtone Calling In The Bell System _( Reprint 1962) | |||
| March | The Bell System Tool Corner - John Stallone ( 66 Insertion Tools) | ||
| Telephone Sign Review - Alan Colburn (SW Bell Telephone Business Office sign) | |||
| Numbers and Letters On Dials - Roger Conklin (3 1/2 Pages Good Info and Pictures) | |||
| Step By Step Demonstration For non Wwitchers - Paul A Rauth 3715 (2pages Pics, info, and diagram) | |||
| Attachment World - Gary D Goff 1425 (Tollometer timer on a stick) | |||
| Southern California Regional Show Pictures - John Dresser | |||
| Oram's Apparatus For Transmitting The Time - Reprint Scientific American Sup Feb 6, 1886 | |||
| April | Question and Answer From the Listserv - Bob Kish (Peg Count explained) | ||
| Telephone Sign Review - Alan Colburn (Postal Telegraph "Send Your Telegrams Here") | |||
| Christianson's "Believe It or Not"- Ron Christianson | |||
| Restoration Tips 5: The 500 - Jonathan D Finder 2279 | |||
| Attachment World - Gary D Goff 1425 (Number holders for Bulldog Transmitter sticks) | |||
| The Bell System Tool Corner - John Stallone (KS 21107-L1Remover Tool) | |||
| Ericofon& Japanese DO-8 Sets - J B Maquire & R P Wahl ( Letters on Modifing 2 type sets for Bell System use) | |||
| Non-Bell Phone At First Glance But Reworked To Bell Standards (3 pages about ATT allowing Non Bell Sets) | |||
| The Colson Telephone | |||
| May | From The Listserv Question and Answer - Roger Conklin (2AG dial) | ||
| Abilene Show Pictures< | |||