1980.  Numbering, Dialing, Switching. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.

24 pages. "This public telephone instruction card manual introduces the first universally applicable standard for language, graphics, and overall card design." OCR and bookmarks 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.

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.

Contributed by Sam Etler.

314 pages. Numerical and Classified Checking List. Some entries with BSP references. KS-Specification List.
Contributed by Sam Etler. Pagination and Bookmarks by Paul Fassbender.

One page. Includes: "Industry Outlook: Why Sprint Sale is Significant," including notes on MCI, ComPath and video games distributed electronically by CBS/AT&T. Also, notes on preparing for divestiture, creation of American Bell, Inc. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.

Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.

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.

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.

35MB.  Vintage photos. There is also a size-reduced file. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky. OCR by Paul Fassbender.

11MB.  Vintage photos. There is also a much larger reference file. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky.  OCR / Size reduction by Clint Gilliland and Paul Fassbender.

The Reporter, Bell Telephone Laboratories, June 1957. The history of the Holmdel, NJ site before the construction of the large BTL complex in the early 1960s. Contributed by Paul Fassbender.

Basic configuration and operation for Telepatcher models added to WE 555 and 557-type switchboards. Not dated. Contributed by Jeremy Walters.

"Telepatcher circuit enables attendant to extend an incoming call to any other primary line or trunk, or to provide a three-point conference call."

50 pages.  Undated, but certainly before 1955 when C&P of Baltimore City became C&P of Maryland.  Several of the films were made in the late 1920s and can be found on youtube or the AT&T site.  Contributed by John Novack. OCR by Paul Fassbender.

Check out the TCI YouTube channel here.

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

Undated. Includes receding door type and booth numbered 5, 6, 8, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 31, 36, 40, and 48. Contributed by Doug Duffy.