[GreenKeys] Teletype Corp. Museum list

[Duncan M. Brown]

YES!! The AWA Museum Library does have a copy of the Teletype Corp. Museum
list!  I had never seen it (or heard of it) before.  The original "book"
was apparently 8 1/2 x 11" with a wire (notebook style) binding.  Each
piece of equipment had a page of description and a page with a photograph. 
The copy we have is a xerographic copy on 11 x 17" paper, with the
description and photograph side by side on the same sheet.  (Some of the
photographs did not copy well or were not very good to begin with, but are
generally identifiable.)   

There are twelve volumes, each with 30-50 pages; this means about 500
images with descriptions!  Most are different Teletype Corp models,
specials,  prototypes or subassemblies.   (Did you know that there was a
version of the M15 where the carriage moved from right to left and it
printed in Hebrew?) There are also some competitors' teletypewriters and
some high-speed Morse equipment (Wheatstone perf. & siphon recorders).  

All description pages had the following lines (although they were not
always all filled in):
	YEARS PRODUCED & QUANTITY:
	PRIMARY CUSTOMER:
	CLASSIFICATION CODE:
	MUSEUM EQUIPMENT CODE:
	TECHICAL BULLETINS & SPECS:
	PHOTO NO(S):
	PATENTS:
	LIBRARY REFERENCES:


Some pages had a notation "Donated to ..." on the top of the page. (The
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry got many items.)  There is no image
of a title page or cover of the original book. The pages are numbered, but
the items do not seem to be in any order.

I would like to be able to make this publication available to anyone who is
interested, but it will take some time to index everything, scan all the
pages and then put it together in some meaningful order (at least get all
similar models/versions together).  Sounds like a good winter project. 

have fun,

  Duncan, K2OEQ

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> Something else you might know about.  I was told that when the Teletype
> museum was cleared out, that they sent out books listing all the stuff
> to a bunch of museums, which could ask for their pick of the items.
> Presumably AWA museum received such a book, since you received some
> equipment - wonder if the book is anywhere to be found.
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> jhhaynes at earthlink dot net