[Milsurplus] [armyradios] Obtaining Military Tech Manuals

[J Forster]

Because of the problem obtaining manuals, we started the
www.RoyalSignals.org.uk web site. There are roughly 1000 manuals for all
kinds of radio gear, including most of the popular sets, all available
for free download.

Furthermore, I'm just starting to receive a large private collection of
manuals (about 10 feet of shelf space), not yet scanned of course.

If manuals on the site interest you, please read and follow the
directions for requesting manual specific passwords.

Also, if anyone has the interest and time to assist in scanning manuals,
especially in the US, please email me off list.

Thanks,
-John



This may not be too helpful.  At the end of World War II, many army
organizations
were disbanded.    In some cases, they must have simply trashed the old
manuals they
held.  In other cases, they passed material on to libraries, both public
libraries
and libraries on military bases.   People who have manuals in their
possession often
pass them on the libraries which may or may not retain them.   There is
no
predicting where  any given manual will turn up.     You can try
contacting
libraries directly.

Regional Depository libraries in the Federal Depository Library program
have
collections of federal documents including military manuals.    In most
states,
there is a single Regional Depository.    You can locate depository
libraries using.


http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html

If all else fails, you can order  a copy of any document listed in the,
Army Manuals
Listed in the Bibliography of Scientific and Industrial Reports
1946-1949,
Those documents are held by the Microfilm Department of the Library of
Congress
(LOC).     I have been to the LOC and seen the microfilms on the shelf.
There are
two problems with getting manuals from LOC,  the copies will probably be
very
expensive and the microfilm is old and the copies may be poor.

I hope you find this useful.

As you may know, William Howard at the Ordnance Technical Intelligence
Museum is very
interested in manuals for old military radios.  Maybe he would have some
ideas for
you.  He can be found at:

http://www.wlhoward.com/id3.htm

Best wishes,

Bob Bolin                                  Phone:  472-4418
Business Librarian
Love Library 225E
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln NE68588-4100


      "Jim Shattuck" <Wharpt at cox.net>
      01/28/2007 12:40 PM
     To <rbolin2 at unl.edu>
            cc
            Subject Obtaining Military Tech Manuals


Your document - Army Manuals Listed in the Bibliography of Scientific
and Industrial
Reports 1946-1949, has been beneficial in providing the Tech and PB
manual numbers
for a radio receiver I wish to re-build. However, the one MAJOR problem
I am having
is I cannot locate a library that has a copy of the manual! I have tried
an
inter-library loan through my local library from the Pentagon Library
and had no
luck. None of the local colleges or universities seems to have a list of
depository
libraries which may have it. Even your own library at UNL did not know
where to find
the libraries.

I ask if you may know of an available listing of the depository
libraries or
possibly a contact point at the Pentagon Library who may be helpful in
my search for
the manual.

Sincerely, Jim Shattuck