Resources
The following lists many resources I consulted:
The Telecom Digest is an excellent place to start searching. A great archive and lots of good links, although difficult to navigate:
http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/telecom-archives
Try also the Antique Telephone Collectors Association:
http://atcaonline.com/atca2.html
Also, search Yahoo by topic. Search for 'Telephone History.' Here you go:
http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=telephone+history
If you get really stumped, go over to Dejanews.com to easily search the newsgroup or USENET postings. Someone will probably be able to help if you post your question:
http://search.dejanews.com/
Book and Magazine Bibliography:
Many of these books are out of print, however, several new resources are online to make finding old copies easier. Go to the Advanced Book Exchange at http://www.abebooks.com/ (external link)
Boettinger, 1976, The Telephone Book, Riverwood Publishing, Croton on Hudson, New York
NB: This book was updated in 1983 by Stearn Publishers (formerly Riverwood) to include a chapter about divestiture. (Thanks to Dorothy Stearn of Stearn Publishers Ltd. for pointing this out.)
Brooks, John, 1975, Telephone: The First Hundred Years, Harper and Row, New York
Bruce, Robert R, 1973, Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude, Boston 1973 37, 121
Conly, Robert L, July, 1954, "New Miracles of the Telephone Age," The National Geographic Magazine
Cox, Wesley, 1985, Kiss Ma Bell Good-bye: How to Install Your Own Phones, Telephones, Extensions & Accessories --and Save Lots of Money, Crown, New York
Fagen, MD, ed., 1975, A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System. Volume 1 The Early Years, 1875 -1925. New York: Bell Telephone Laboratories
Hyde, J Edward, 1976, The Phone Book: what The Telephone company would rather you not know, Henry Regenry Company, Chicago
Morgan, Jane, 1967, Electronics In The West: The First Fifty Years, National Press Books, Palo Alto, p63. Good discussion about De Forest
[Myers] Myer, Ralph O, 1995, Old Time Telephones!: Technology, Restoration and Repair, Tab Books, New York. 123 Excellent.
Pecar, Joseph A, Roger J. O'Conner, David A. Garbin, 1993, The McGraw Hill Telecommunications Factbook, McGraw Hill, New York
Rhodes, Beginning of Telephony 45, 13-14 Bell develops the idea for the telephone.
Steinberg, William F, and Walter B. Ford, 1957, Electricity and Electronics -Basic, American Technical Society, Chicago
Swihart, Stanley, "Independents Show Bell The Way to Big-City Dial Service," Telecom History Issue 2 Spring 1995, p94
Thomas Watson, Exploring Life, 1926, New York
"GTE Corporation" Britannica Online.
[Accessed 11 February 1999].