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| Box |
Folder |
Description |
| 514 |
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Subseries
1: Organizational Materials, 1922-1970 |
| |
1-3 |
Chart for Department,
1922-1956 (includes memoranda and correspondence) |
| |
4 |
Engineering Dept.
Manual, 1943 |
| |
5 |
List of main subjects
used in engineering dept. 1934 |
| |
6 |
Administrative Audit,
January 2, 1970-February 16, 1970 |
| |
|
Subseries
2: Central Office of the Engineer Correspondence, 1902-1945 |
| 515 |
1-2 |
Azores Cable Station,
20 January 1927-15 March 1927 |
| 516 |
1-2 |
Azores Cable Station,
1924-1925 |
| 517 |
1-2 |
Bay Roberts, Newfoundland,
Canada, 1 April 1925-15 November 1925 |
| |
3 |
Bay Roberts, Newfoundland,
Canada, 1925 (Architect's Specs) |
| 518 |
1-2 |
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada, 20 September 1926-18 May 1929 |
| 519 |
1-3 |
Havana Cable Station,
1929-1935 (New Cable Office) |
| 520 |
1-2 |
Havana-Cuba Cable
Station, 1930-1940 (Elevators) |
| 521 |
1 |
Horta, Azores, 1928
(Equipment installation Underground Work) |
| |
2-3 |
Horta, Azores Cable
Station, 1 August 1928-15 December 1928 |
| 523 |
1-2 |
Horta Azores, 1933-1945 |
| 522 |
1 |
Horta, Azores (Taxes),
1926-1935 |
| 523 |
3-4 |
Miami Beach, Florida,
1 March 1921-31 October 1925 (Cable Landing Office and Cojimar,
Cuba) |
| 524 |
1-2 |
New York Cable Landing,
1912-January 1916 |
| 525 |
1-2 |
North Sydney, Nova
Scotia, Canada, 1 June 1914-30 September 1922 |
| 526 |
1-2 |
North Sydney, Nova
Scotia, Canada, 1 October 1922-23 July 1942 |
| 527 |
1-2 |
Rockaway Beach Cable
Landing, 1902-1912 |
| |
3 |
Rockaway Beach Cable
Landing, 1916-1921 |
| |
|
Subseries
3: Cable Station Correspondence, 1873-1922 |
| 528 |
|
19 December 1873-9
February 1881 |
| 529 |
|
15 February 1881-23
June 1887 |
| 530 |
|
15 September 1898-15
May 1909 |
| 531 |
|
June 1909-May 1915 |
| 532 |
|
1921-1922 |
| |
|
Subseries
4: Cable Logs, 1910-1966 |
| 563 |
|
Engineers Paying Out
Log-Miami/Barbados Bale, 1920-1922
Engineers Paying Out Log-Sennen Cove/Concepcion Bay Cable,
1910
Engineers Paying Out Log-Conception Bay/Coney Island Cable,
1910
Engineers Paying Out Log-Repair of C.S. Faraday, 1915
Particulars of Cable Failures, 1929-1966 |
| |
|
Subseries
5: Agreements & Contracts, 1919; 1945 |
| 533 |
1 |
Agreement, 1919 |
| |
2-3 |
Concessions, arrangements,
or agreements regarding rights to Western Union & Mexican
Telegraph Co., for landing, connecting, operating, installing
and operating submarine cables, Vol. 1-2, April 1945 |
| |
4 |
Clauses for articles
and agreements, n.d. |
| 534 |
|
Western Union Presidential
Landing Licenses and Grants of U.S. Government for Submarine
Cables, 1945 |
| |
|
Subseries 6: Specifications
for Western Union, 1911-1960 |
| 535 |
1 |
C-23-C, Eastern white
cedar poles, 1913 |
| |
2 |
C-79-A, Construction
of pole lines, n.d. |
| |
3 |
402-A, Underground
construction, 1913 |
| |
4 |
402-B, Underground
Construction, 1922 |
| |
5 |
426-B, Use of leather
marker and brass identification, 1915 |
| |
6 |
447-A, Terminal construction,
1914 |
| |
7 |
447-B, Terminal construction,
1925 |
| |
8 |
544-C, Electrical
protection of offices and cables, 1927 |
| |
9 |
544-D, electrical
protection of offices and cables, 1945 |
| |
10 |
615-C, Locating and
installing transpositions in telephone circuits, 1930 |
| |
11 |
632-A, Replacement
inspection of pole lines, 1923 |
| |
12 |
673-A, Measurement
of ground resistance, 1921 |
| 535A |
1 |
800-A, Pole line
construction, 1920 |
| |
2 |
800-B, Pole line
construction, 1923 |
| |
3-5 |
800-C, Strength of
lines, 1939 |
| |
6 |
817-B, Preservative
treatment of hole butts, 1924 |
| |
7 |
840-A, Attachment
of outside plant material to masonry and wood surfaces, 1929 |
| |
8 |
850-A, Appendix No.
2 specifications for city distribution construction, 1940 |
| |
9 |
859-B, Installation
of patent guy anchors, 1929 |
| |
10 |
1182-C installation
of apparatus and wiring telegraph way stations, 1927 |
| |
11 |
1205-B, Installation
and use of crossarm distributing boxes, 1930 |
| |
12 |
1343-A, Operation
and Maintenance of Pneumatic Tubes, 1929 |
| 536 |
1 |
1891-A, Installation
and wiring of equipment, 1927 |
| |
2 |
2020-A, Splicing
lead sheathed paper insulated cables, 1928 |
| |
3 |
2024-A, Counting
of conductors in rubber insulated cables, 1931 |
| |
4 |
2111-A, Joint line
construction, 1929 |
| |
5 |
2143-A, Stub reinforcement
of poles, 1939 |
| |
6 |
2160-A, Installation
of lad sheathed cables in buildings, 1930 |
| |
7 |
2169-A, Installation
of compression splicing sleeves, 1936 |
| 537 |
1 |
C-4-B, No. 16 Gauge
Cables, 1913 |
| |
2 |
E-3-C, Motor generator
plants, 1912 |
| |
3 |
E-6-B, switchboard
volt-mil-ammeter, 1915 |
| |
4 |
E-6-C, installation
and operation of switchboard volt-mil-ammeter, 1931 |
| |
5 |
E-8-A, installation
and operation of equipment for interchange, 1911 |
| |
6 |
E-13-A, signaling
system for calling quadruplex, 1911 |
| |
7 |
E-21-C, installation
and operation of bridge duplex, 1912 |
| |
8 |
E-39-C, installation
and operation of main switchboards, 1913 |
| |
9 |
E-40-C, installation
and operation of loop switchboards, 1913 |
| |
10 |
E-132-B, Moisture
proofing, splicing and forming ends of cable, 1912 |
| |
11 |
E-145-C, Installation
and operation of duplex apparatus, 1914 |
| |
12 |
E-145-D, Installation
and operation of duplex half repeater sets, 1922 |
| |
13 |
E-145-E, Installation
and operation of duplex half repeater sets, 1928 |
| |
14 |
GPE 330.1D, 13 CWT
balloon buoy, 1960 |
| |
15 |
GPE 330.7B, 2 ton
balloon buoys, 1960 |
| |
16 |
GPE 300.10A, 5 ton
balloon buoy, 1960 |
| |
17 |
30-B, Allocation
of space and building operating costs of main office, new
Orleans, LA, 1938 |
| |
18 |
105-A, Installation
of facsimile equipment for Rockefeller center, 1939 |
| |
19 |
221-B, Wheatstone
relay 1-B, 1914 |
| |
20 |
222-B, Installation
and operation of distributing frames, 1915 |
| |
21 |
258-C, Wiring and
installation of Barclay printing telegraph, 1913 |
| |
22 |
263-C, Multiplex
printing Telegraph System, n.d. |
| |
23 |
301-A, Installation
and operation of selectors, 1914 |
| |
24 |
326-A, Crowfoot battery
zinc, 1914 |
| |
25 |
341-A, installation
and operation of central office time service equipment, 1914 |
| |
26 |
365-A, installation
and operation of back contact single line repeaters, 1916 |
| |
27 |
529-B, front contact
shunt locking repeaters and half repeaters, 1927 |
| |
28 |
580-A, manufacture
of main line sounder, 15-B, 1917 |
| |
29 |
586-C, installation
and operation of universal duplex repeaters, 1925 |
| |
30 |
768-A, teletype keyboard
and printer units, 1921 |
| 538 |
1 |
1142-B, chemical
rectifier 1A, 1932 |
| |
2 |
1158-A, Installation
and operation of double conductor switchboard, 1922 |
| |
3 |
1324-A, call circuit
units, 1924 |
| |
4 |
1446-A, Treated single
petticoat side-groove glass insulator, 1935 |
| |
5 |
1715-B, theory and
operation and maintenance of undulator 2-A, 1926 |
| |
6 |
1803-A, Installation
of Morse operating sets, 1927 |
| |
7 |
1885-B, hand tape
moistener, 1930 |
| |
8 |
2505-B, Installation
and operation of high speed single, 1929 |
| |
9 |
2529-A, multiple
duplex leg repeater, 1929 |
| |
10 |
2577-B, Installation
of tickers 4-A or 5-A, 1930 |
| |
11 |
2599-C, Type B Western
Union voice frequency carrier system, 1933 |
| |
12 |
3085-B, New York-Buffalo
carrier system, 1943 |
| |
13 |
3328-A, Carrier Channel
terminal 3A, 1935 |
| |
14 |
3642, Manufacture
of locking relay 51-B, 1941 |
| |
15 |
3647-A, 9 conductor
jacks 4A, 1936 |
| |
16 |
4004-A, Alternator
Bay 2-A, 1937 |
| |
17 |
4115-A, manufacture
of jack 500-A, n.d. |
| |
18 |
4119-A, manufacture
of jack 504-B, 1938 |
| |
19 |
4203-A, manufacture
of jack 802-A, 1938 |
| |
20 |
4206-A, manufacture
of jack 503-B, 1937 |
| |
21 |
4208-A, moulded plug
guide ex-2357, 1938 |
| |
22 |
4209-A, manufacture
of molded spacer ex-1924, 1938 |
| |
23 |
4210-A, manufacture
of jack strip frame ex-2354, 1938 |
| |
24 |
4234-A, manufacture
of card holders 38-A, 1938 |
| 539 |
1 |
4244-A, manufacture
of jack strip frame ex-2352, 1938 |
| |
2 |
4247-A, manufacture
of jack strip frame ex-4021, 1936 |
| |
3 |
4248-A, manufacture
of jack strip frame ex-3564, 1938 |
| |
4 |
4249-A, manufacture
of molded plug guide ex-1931, 1938 |
| |
5 |
4252-A, manufacture
of filler panel ex-1919, 1938 |
| |
6 |
4309-A, manufacture
of jack 505-B, 1938 |
| |
7 |
4737-A, jack collar
2-A, 1939 |
| |
8 |
5249-A, Manufacture
of framework 1-A for dial switching to trunks, 1940 |
| |
9 |
5250-A, Assembly
and wiring of switch rack 1-A for machine switching to trunks
plan 1-B, 1941 |
| |
10 |
5250-A, Assembly
and wiring of switch rack 1-A for machine switching to trunks
plan 1-B, 1942 (Appendix 1) |
| |
11 |
5390-A, Theory of
machine switching to trunk system plan 1-B, 1941 |
| |
12 |
Installation and
operation of composite sets on grounded circuits, 1914 |
| |
13 |
Central battery telegraphs,
1910 |
| |
14 |
Operation of facsimile
transmitting and receiving machines, 1938 |
| |
15 |
Phasing lamp unit
1-A, 1931 |
| |
16 |
Automatic message
numbering machines, 6A and 7A, 1950 |
| 540 |
1 |
Specifications for
heating, plumbing and water supply ocean cables wharf buildings,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1927 |
| |
2 |
Architects specifications
for Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, n.d. |
| |
3 |
North Sydney, Nova
Scotia specifications, n.d. |
| |
4 |
AT & T Joint
Offices Classes 10-A, 11-A, n.d. |
| |
|
Subseries
7: Specifications for other companies, 1909-1955 |
| 536 |
8 |
AT & T, 3929,
Aerial cable construction, 1919 |
| |
9 |
AT & T, 3929,
Aerial cable construction, 1925 |
| |
10 |
AT & T, 4170,
Private branch exchange, 1922 |
| |
11 |
AT & T, 4170,
Private branch exchange, 1924 |
| |
12 |
AT & T handbook
on telegraph circuits and apparatus, 1909 |
| 539 |
12 |
At &T joint offices
classes, 10-A and 11-A, n.d. |
| 536 |
13 |
Canadian National,
H-33, Installation of case die, 1951 |
| |
14 |
Chicago Telephone Co., No. 1501,
Construction of underground conduit, 1910 |
| |
15 |
Pacific Telephone and telegraph
Cp., E-3002, Design of fixtures for telephone service in buildings,
1924 |
| |
16 |
Postal Telegraph,
2074, Model 14 Printer, 1932-1933 |
| |
17 |
Postal Telegraph,
4003, Design of transpositions for voice, 1930 |
| |
18 |
Postal Telegraph,
4004, Pole line construction, 1930 |
| 514 |
7 |
Postal Telegraph, Building Concrete
and Brick Manholes, 1927 |
| |
8 |
Postal Telegraph, Splicing Paper
Insulated Lead Cover Cable, 1927 |
| |
9 |
Postal Telegraph, Use of Nail
Expansion Anchors, 1927 |
| |
10 |
Postal Telegraph, Splicing Paper
Insulated, Lead Covered Steel Armored Submarine Cable No.
16 A.W.G., 1929 |
| |
11 |
Postal Telegraph, Installation
of Approved Test Box Equipment, 1929 |
| |
12 |
Postal Telegraph, Lead Covered,
Twisted Pair, Insulated Paper Submarine Cable, 1929 |
| |
13 |
Postal Telegraph, Operation and
Maintenance of Call Circuit Equipment, 1931 |
| |
14 |
Postal Telegraph, Combustion Fuse
Block and Arrester, 1931 |
| |
15 |
Postal Telegraph, Installation,
Maintenance and Regulation of Non-Electric Clocks, no date |
| |
16 |
Postal Telegraph, 355 Repeater
Rack Assembled with wood shelves, drawing, 1930
Morkrum-Kleinschmidt Corp. wiring diagram, 1928 |
| 536 |
19 |
National Telephone,
Nico-Press Tool, 1943 |
| |
20 |
National Telephone,
Nico-Tap Sleeves, 1946 |
| |
21 |
Reliable Electric,
R-100, n.d. |
| |
22 |
Reliable Electric,
R-2A, 1955 |
| |
23 |
Teletype Corporation,
S-5190, 1939 |
| |
24 |
Western Electric Company,
New terminal marking for torodial repeating coils, 1909. |
| |
|
Subseries
8: Miscellaneous Materials, 1865-1964 |
| 541 |
1 |
RCA Branch Office
Work orders, 1939 |
| |
2-3 |
Connecticut Telephone
and Electric Corp. drawings, 1941 |
| |
4 |
Outline of Administrative
and Engineering Apprentice Course, n.d. |
| |
5 |
Facsimile reports,
1934-1946. |
| |
6 |
Barber-Colman, Baudot
Code Pin Storage transmitter photographs, n.d. |
| |
7 |
Edison's Quadruplex
Drawings, 1874 |
| |
8 |
Pictorial record of
Bartlane system of picture transmission, 1920-1923 |
| |
9 |
Barclay printing telegraph
system, technical articles, specifications (258-C and blueprints,
1908-1913 |
| 542 |
1 |
Engineering blueprints,
1913-1943 (standard Western Union Signs, n.d.) |
| |
2 |
Technical articles
re rubber insulators for pole lines |
| |
3 |
Teleprinters series
type 300 (300, 320, and 330) |
| |
4 |
Sketches of parts
for the Cardwell printer, 1919 |
| |
5 |
Maintenance and repair
manuals, 1930-1944 |
| |
6 |
Engineering drawings
and blueprints of belt conveyors, 194? |
| |
7 |
Dial telefax, 1943 |
| |
8 |
Morse Recorder, blueprints
and photographs, 1955 |
| 543 |
1 |
Comloget data and
bomb alarm, 1960 |
| |
2 |
Brown Drum Cable Relay,
n.d. |
| |
3 |
Vacuum tube specifications,
n.d. |
| |
4 |
Miscellaneous drawings
and schematics, 1865-1917 |
| |
5 |
Testing and regulating
training course, laboratory experiments, by J. Schmid of the
engineering Dept., n.d. |
| |
6 |
A discussion of the
telegraph systems used by Western Union, 1930 |
| |
7 |
Carrier Systems for
data Transmission an Anthology, 1956 and Carrier telegraph
Systems, 1944 |
| |
8 |
Switching System 55A
designed for Air Force by Western Union, n.d. |
| |
9 |
Western Union Telefax
Systems, ca.1940 |
| |
10 |
High speed telefax
copies and samples, 1940-1950 |
| 544 |
1 |
Telefax copies, ca.
1936 |
| |
2 |
Apparatus-Relay Base
41A, 1941 |
| |
3 |
Apparatus-Polar Relay
61B, 1941 |
| |
4 |
Apparatus-- Polar
Relay 17B, 1941 |
| |
5 |
Apparatus-Molding
89140, 1941 |
| |
6 |
Apparatus-Contact
Block 1A, 1941 |
| |
7 |
Apparatus-Relay Mounting
2A, 1941 |
| |
8 |
Apparatus-Contact
Block 2C, 1941 |
| |
9 |
Apparatus-Contact
Block 86603, 1941 |
| |
10-12 |
Lab reports of telegraph
equipment, 1925-1947 |
| |
13 |
Modern Telegraphy,
n.d |
| |
14 |
Submerged repeaters
for long submarine telegraph cables, 1951 |
| 545 |
1 |
Reperforator switching
system, Richmond, VA, 1941 |
| |
3 |
Reperforator switching
system, 1952-1959 |
| |
4 |
Now the speaking light,
n.d. |
| |
5-6 |
Error Detection Automatic
Correction (EDAC), 1963-1964 |
| 546 |
1 |
Microwave radio relay,
1947-1950 |
| |
2-3 |
Multiplex systems
including foreign, 1901-1930 |
| |
4 |
Manuals on wire and
wiring, 1901; 1906 |
| |
5 |
Frequency Translation in Wide
Band Transmission Systems, Bulletin No. 28-A, undated |
