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<