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FIBREDEX STORAGE CASES May 2, 1956 Dear Mr. so such for your quick reply to ay query about the Fibredex Storage Cases* the Sew lork Federal Reserve Bank has already put through a purchase order for us for 20 legal siae cases. Xou will probably have received th« order before this letter. We have asked them to mark it RUS8, as we must have them immediately* Again, thank you for your courtesy. Very truly yours. lima Burstel n Assistant Mr. T. F. Me.honey General Manager The Holilnger Corporation 3834 S # Four Mile Run Drive Arlington, Virginia FIBREDEX STORAGE CASES JACKSDN 5-BBSD THE HOLLINGBR CORPORATION C 3 8 3 4 S. FDUR MILE RUN DRIVE' REC E 1 VED ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA April 30, 1956 MAY 11955 COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM iVi iss Irma ^urstein Assistant Committee on the £1istory of the federal Reserve System 33 Liberty Street New York 45, New York My dear Miss -^urstein: We are glad to send you a folder which describes and illustrates our Fibredex storage boxes* A current price list is attached, A S you will note the document cases come not only in a legal size, the No. 1551O> t)Ut also in a letter size, the No. 12510, A minimum order for any size Fibredex case is twenty. If there is further information we can give you, please do not hesitate to let us icnow. Very truly yours, THE HOLLING-EE CORPORATION T^TTl ovUUs T. F . Mahoney General Manager P Enclosure ? Please write for quotation on larger quantities. Prices listed below are FOB Arlington, Virginia. They do not include any applicable sales tax and they are subject to change without notice. Terms: 1$, 10 days; net, 30 days. MINIMUM ORDER: TWENTY OF ANY SIZE FIBREDEX STORAGE CASE. ALL FIBREDEX CASES NOW SUPPLIED IN GRAY COLOR. #12510- 1,000-490 500-5195 200-52^ 100-540 60-5695 Under 60-620 ea. " " " " " #1110- $380.00 per M 500-39^5 ea. 100-420 " 50-4595 " Under 5i8^ #15510- 1,000-539* 500-559^ 2OO-5695 100-580 60-600 Under 60-660 #983- $240.00 per M 500-2795 ea. 100-2995 " Under #l4ll4-Music File- $1.00 ea. ea. " " " " " 50-330 " 50-350 " Under 000-¥l^ ea. 500-U5J2S tf 200-Vfyf ?r ti 100-^9?* rt 50-51^ 50-55$* n #107^- 1 , 000-38^ ea tt 500-^ ?! 200-^3^ 100-^-5^ ft 50-W^ rt ?r Under 50-53?* #331- 10,000- $87.00 per M 5,000- 93-75 per M Under 5,000- 11.00 per C #732Under 1,000- $204.00 per M 1,00022.00 per C #736- in lots of 1,000 only; 1,000 - $492.75 Per M STORAGE CASES Unique Metal Edge Construction STRONGEST BY ANY TEST Super Fibre Board TOUGHNESS AND DURABILITY UNEQUALLED No Paste or Glue to Attract Vermin THE HOLLINGER CORPORATION SOUTH ZOUH MILE RUN DRIVE ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA FIBREDEX CASES ARE LIGHTER AND STRONGER DOCUMENT CASES First choice of the National Archives where valuable Government records are stored forever—almost a million in use—now being discovered by Libraries, Historical Societies, Insurance Companies, and Industrial users everywhere. Each case provides a full five inch space for either letter or legal size papers. This easy to handle five inch unit permits more complete classification of documents and with proper labeling insures easy availability of all records in storage. No. 12510 (letter size) 1 2V4 x 1 0V 4 x 5 No. 15510 (legal size) 1 5V 4 x 1 0V 4 x 5 ONE PIECE CONSTRUCTION, DOUBLE THICK BOTTOM, HEAVY WEIGHT SUPER FIBRE BOARD, DARK" PtUE. ^ 1 / u C U y 0 Used in horizontal position for storage of documents. Opens like a book and stays open. Affords easier access than old fashioned binders. Ideal for vertical storage of reprints, magazines, and pamphlets. No. 1 2 9 3 — 1 2 % x 9 x 3 ONE PIECE CONSTRUCTION, HEAVY WEIGHT SUPER FIBRE BOARD. FIBREDEX CASES ARE EASIER TO HANDLE PAMPHLET FILES A cut-away type case for vertical storage of Pamphlets or Magazines. Its rugged strength permits repeated handling when partially or completely filled without breaking down of corners. No. 983—9" x 8" x 3" Dark Bli>c Super Fibre Board,^ ^ / l ^ M / No. 1110—11" x 10" x 3V 2 " Heavy weight Super Fibre Board Buik Dlffi.^ ONE PIECE CONSTRUCTION Dust proof pamphlet storage case. The same one piece hinged lid construction as used in the Document case. This pamphlet file is rapidly gaining in popularity. No. 1074—10" x 7" x 4 " Super Fibre Boards *\ A^/CLA, ONE PIECE CONSTRUCTION MICROFILM CASE Hinged lid with thumb cuts on both sides. Made of light tan Super Fibre Board for easy indexing directly on box. Designed and used by the Library of Congress. No. 331—3 3 / 4 " x 3 3 / 4 " x 1 9/16" ONE PIECE CONSTRUCTION MAY M U S I C FILE (MINIMUM ORDER - 1 , 0 0 0 ) 1 tQ H13IORy t Designed for shelf storage of sheet music and other storage and easy access are desirable. These cases may be stacked as high as desired and material may be easily removed by sliding any case out from stack 3Vi" and lifting hinged front. No. 14114—14 3 / 4 " x 11 V 4 " x 4 " Extra Heavy Super Fibre Board—Dark Blue. Metal card holder. Special designs and sizes available with three to six weeks delivery. W e shall be pleased to furnish samples of your design in METAL EDGE construction. STRONGEST BY ANY TEST. Please write for quotation on larger quantities. Prices listed below are FOB Arlington, Virginia. They do not include any applicable sales tax and they are subject to change without notice. Terms—1% 10 days, Net 30 days. No. 12510: less than No. 983: less than No. 1074: less than 500 250 100 50 50 .41 .43 .45 .47 .53 each each each each each 100 50 50 .24 each .29 each .31 each 100 50 50 .42 each .44 each .50 each 100 50 50 .75 each .80 each .85 each No. 15510: less than No. 1110: 100 less than No. 14114: less than No. 50 50 1293: 100 less than No. 500 250 100 50 50 50 50 ,45 .47 .49 .51 .57 each each each each each .38 each .41 each .44 each .44 each .47 each .51 each 331: Standard package of 100 6.50 FIBREDEX STORAGE GASES April 26, 1956 Gentlssen: We are i n t e r e s t e d i n purchasing several of your Fibredex e s s e s , but do not have f u l l information on the®* F i r s t l y , do the cases come i n legaX s i z e length? Secondly, w i l l yon d e l i v e r &• quantity of 19 boxes only? we need no more a t the p r e s e n t t i a s * p a t the moment i s very important to us» I f v® do plr.ee fcO order, V* vould need d e l i r e r y by Ma^fl5th» ^ l e r e f o p e , wa imuli be most a p p r e c i a t i v e i € you could send us your c i r c u l a r &n& the tttwri to the above questions a s quickly M p o s s i b l e . Very t r u l y Irma Burstein Assistant Tlie fiollingsr Corp* 3$3A S. Four Mile ffon Drive Arlington, Virginia FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK M I S C . 4C.I 2SM-9-B4 OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE July 1. 1955 TO. FROM. Miss Adams - C. Mllea SUBJECT: Inventory of Furniture & Mechanical Eauimnent as of* LJ30/55 Attached, for your files, is the verified tabulated inventory record of Furniture and Mechanical Equipment assigned to your Department* • BROOK ING S INST I T U TE PROJ EC T 6 O6 * L H • • D6 0 DS b 0 DS b O DS 6 0 Ub b0 # 1 255 888 4 32 / 16 22 431 126 3 032 3 217 3218 3 994 20 • F H H 3 296 3 346 # H 4 395 CS A CN N CN N CN A b 732 • o C 0 o 9 023 9 O78 1O 183 11 11 559 11 365 11 566 11 574 2O 887 26 OO4 26 OO6 26 OO7 26 464 2 6 466 © o o u .3361 T7 2 T3 2 LETTER SI 7E 7DR WL 51 33 42 FT SEC RETARIAL 6 0 1 N Lfc SEC Rb TAR1AL 6 0 1 N SEC RETARIAL 6 Ol N L E F T 5O 50 bO 5O fi L t COR H DESK DESK DESK DESK D P F 1 L E CAR D AiH WL 4 U H SI r * SDR 4 X 6 ST G R N 6O 1 N DL SK is t CRtl Aft 1 AL e O>1 DESK WD M A H N Hi IB W A L CHA 1 R SW 1VEL A R M S CHA PO S T U R E A L U M S H A W W A LKR H HO bTUHt ALUM SHAW CMA 11 R A CHA 11 R TY PIST POSTU RE GRA w 1VfcL A H M CMA 11 H Y CHA 11 R S 1DE NO ARMS CHA 11 R S 1DE NO ARMS CHA 11 R S 1DE ARM C H A 11 H W I NUSOH WD M A H CHA 11 R Wl NDSOR MAH CHA 11 H w 1 NUSOH MAM CHA 11 R AR M W D W A L CHA 1 R W 1 N D S O R M A H CHA 1 R PO S T U R E S T D O M O R E BOOKC ASE BOOKC ASE BOOKC ASt BOOKC ASE BOOKC Abt V335 2 6 Ob 3 6 O6 4 6 Ob 5 6 O6 8 6 O6 15 6 06 1 1197 1 1197 1 1197 JL 1 J. 9 7 3O 442O 4632 493O 2063 <f O 6 3 3O6O <*u 40 4O 12 14» 114O 5 114O 65O 114O 1 8 341 6 06 4O btCI 1 O N 2 LAM P S PEDESTAL E MFR LAMP DES K EMERALIT E PEDE S LAMP EXT ENSION ARM EMER A L LAMP EXT ENS 1 ON ARMFMEHA L LAMP EXT FNStON ARM FMERA L LAMP EXT ENSION ARM FMERA L 1 4O 47 47 SMOKA DOR RUG G RAY RUG G RAY WASTE BA SKET WD MAH # 5O 50 5O 51 47 47 2 2 227 • 49 2 N D S E C T 1O N BASE 3RU SfcC i 1 ON T O P S E C T 1ON 1ST 30 1 4982 2375 385O 50 TABLE L 1BRARY L 1 NO TOP TELEPHONE TABLE GR AY MET AL UT TABLE TYPEWRITER W OOD WA LN WD TABLE MAH * 5 O79 6 59O 21 187 • # F 1 L E 4DR F 1 L E 5X8 6532 54 41 65 65O 41 1 «? 5 O 556 1 20 1 20 1O 4* 3O 1 AL 1 TE 1 TE 1 TE 1 IE 46 4O 48 46 1114 1 114 1114 1115 4 3O 55 LAMP LAMP 624933 7O3497 759408 33697O6 O 623593 EXTENSION DESK EMER TYPtWRlTEH TYPEWRITER TYPEWRITfR TYPEWRITER NUMBERING 191535 o o o ARM 4O 51 EMERAL I T E NSLS REMINGTON NSLS REMING3ON N S L S R t M I NGTON ROYAL MACHINE 71508 BATES 50 1X14 15 6O6 2548 49 17183 19554 47 129 68 50 2O58 41 fcO6 45 6O6 OXFORD 7 - 2 4 6 6 JOANNA K. ARFMAN INTERIOR DECORATOR 2 5 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK 36, N. Y. MEMBER OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF DECORATORS March 22, 1955• Miss lllen C. Singer, Research Assistant Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve System S3 Liberty Street New York 45.N.Y. Dear Miss Singer: Thank you for your letter of the 21stf placing the order for the two pin-up lamps for your office. I am returning enclosed the letter you sent indicating that She Brookings Institution is not subject to the New York City Sales Tax. The charge for the lamps will "be as follows: Retail cost per lamp Less one-third $37.50 ® 2 * $75•00 25.00 Net $50.00 Decorator1 s overhead 10$ - - - — - 5»00 $55.00 " fee 150 on $55.00 8.25 $63.25 Shopping expenses Total for the two lamps .50 &63«75 Ordinarily I sell to clients on a retail "basis only; TDUt having done contract work for Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon, I as ready to follow the method usually employed to do their work, as these lamps are for her office. The shipping directions givenfcyyou have been relayed to the wholesale house furnishing the lamps. Sincerely, AHFMAN, Joanna March 21, 1955 Hiss Joanna K. Arfraan 25 West 44th Street Hew York 36, ».I. Dear Miss Arfman: Will you please order for this office two pin-up lamps of the type described in your letter to Mrs. Senyon of February 7th. It i^-iour understanding that the charge will be $31*25 for each lamp. Because this Committee is part of the Brookings Institution, we are exempt from the Gity Sales Tax. I enclose a letter confirming this. Will you please return it to me. The two lamps should be sent to this Committee at £5 Maiden Lane (which is the back door of the bank and is used for deliveries). The bill should be made out to the Committee at the above address. Please do not hesitate to call m© if you have any questions. Me are all excited about the new lamps and very grateful to you for having s suggested them. Sincerely, Ellen C. Singer Research Assistant OXFORD 7-2466 JOANNA K. ARFMAN INTERIOR DECORATOR 25 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK 3 6 , N. Y. MEMBER OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF DECORATORS February 17f 1955. Mrs. W. Houston Zenyon, Jr. 340 East 72nd Street New York City Dear Mrs. Kenyon: Re: Your Office Lights at 33 Liberty Street After talking with your secretary, I learn that the pin-up lamps may not be permitted by the Federal Reserve Bank, although these lamps would be the most effective in lighting your desks. I am therefore enclosing two suggestions for standing lamps: (A) A flexible shaft and swivelled shade put light where you want it. Perforated collar, bulb diffuser, 35" to 59* high; finish ebony and brass. List price $35.QD (B) "Focus5 lamp, telescopes up or down; arm turns in any direction, reflector tilts and turns for glare-free light. Styrene diffuser. 41 n to 55 n high. Reflector 15"* 3-way switch. Ebony. List price $31.50. These prices, I believe, will be subject to a discount, plus my fee and overhead and N.Y#C,Sales Tax. Please let me know if you wish me to do anything further. Sincerely, OXFORD 7 - 2 4 6 6 JOANNA K. ARFMAN INTERIOR DECORATOR 2 5 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK 3 6 , N. Y. MEMBER OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF DECORATORS February 7, 1955. Mrs. Win. Houston Kenyon, Jr. 340 East 72nd Street New York City Dear Mrs. Kenyon: He. Lamps for Dowitown Office Federal Reserve Bank Building I wasn't certain whether I should write you|aitarour downtown office or at the usual address: the main thing i s to get the information to you. My suggestion, as per enclosed illustration, i s for a lamp over each desk, "better known as a Hpin-upw lamp. I had a conference with my lighting man and the "best fixture seemed to be the one which ^extends from the wall 28fl to 40tt. I t has a polished walnut arm. The arm swings from side to side, telescopes to or from the wall. The lamp raises and lovers. It has a goodlooking 21" wide natural grasscloth shade with slotted "brass gallery at top, and a Styrene diffuser to eliminate glare. I t contains three 40 watt bulbs, and has a threeway switch^ JBhe~e0$t i s $37.50 retail, less 33~l/3#, plus my 10$ land 15$,/plus H.Y.O. tax. By having a pin-up wall fixture, your desk i s kept clear and no space need "be allowed on the floor for a staj&dLing fixture/ Would you like me to order two of these for you? Sincerely, I 3 (A 1 X 6, 0 * H .2/7 i> 4 OFFICE SUPFLIE3 HONI i n 1012-1014 VIA MCGEE B A L T I M O « 1155 R A D I O . T E L E V I S I O N . E L E C T R O N I C S ST., KANSAS AIR MAIL CITY 6, MISSOURI September 3,1955 Fi l e : CON -< £ C E I V E D The Committee On^The History Of The Federal Reserve System 33 Liberty Streef, New York 45, New York SEP !£>:;• ••:.•;::f.::nE-• :y.\ THE HISTORY ";:: :: l — — ' £ SY&T&V ATTN: MILDRED ADAMS Dear Mis Adams: Your request of recent date received, very sorry we do not have a retail dealer of the Pentron dealer in New York City. There are probably quite a number of radio houses in New York,who stock the Pentron line, since this is a very popular unit. The Model #HT-225 has been discontinued and been replaced by new mddels, please note on page 2 the latest improved models of the Pentron recorders and this refers to a new catalog #561, a copy of which is being forwarded under seperate cover to your attention. Very sorry we do not have any way of telling you where to see one of these units in operation. Yours very truly, BURSTEIN-APPLEBEE COMPANY BY H.A.FROMHOLD HAF:nas (?.v$u •-). S tu a. PEiNTRON tape recorder BURSTEIN APFLEBEE Co. August 30, 1955 Gentlemen: There has been recommended to us a tepe recorder called Pentron, model HT225* for wilch ve understand you are the wholesale agent. Could you t e l l us T*ho in Hew Xork City sells this recorder at retailf Pentron i s not a naae familiar to us, and I wnild want to see i t before making any arrangement for i t s use* Thank you for your kindness in sending &e this information* Very sincerely yours, Mildred Adams Burstein Applebee 1012-H KcGee Street Kansaa City, Missouri PEwTRON TAPE RECORDER BORNET, Vaughn D. August 30, 1955 Dear Mr. Bornet: This is a late acknowledgement of your letter of August 2nd, but we have been bogged down in report-making, and everything else had to be pushed aside, even notes of gratitude. It was most kind of you to send me word about the i*entron taperrecorder The name is not familiar to &e, but that may be- simply because I have not parflued th© subject very far. I ax vriting st once to find out vho cerries that at retail here in lew lork, so that we can go and look at it further. It sounds much better than anything ve have heard of yet* We wasted a good deal of time trying to find e widely sold and popular recorder which had the necessary features for the type of interviews we are holding. As you so juEtly surcaiee, no one of them came up to standard which is I was particularly glad to have the Fentron nerne. I have re-read your "Standards for the Manufacture of Reminiscences with a Recording Device* with even more interest then I read them in the article where they were reproduced* I cannot speak for the Committee, who ere merely the advisers and counselors in thie field. They are very much interested, as as I, but their interest ends with wanting a good result, whereas mine is very deeply concerned with the ways and means. The field is so new that I grasp at any suggestion of longer experience or deeper thought on the matter. I can only say that for me personally the standards you set are highly interesting and very provocative* I think they ought to bring about a great Improvement in a new field which may, I suspect, be more full of enthusiasm than of careful judgment. I shall be very Bueh interested to see what further conclusions you come to after you have been able to pile up more experience and with the passage of time. Meanwhile, I f s most grateful for your help. Very sincerely yours, Mildred Adams / Mr, Vaughn D, Bo m e t 34? MdfCendry Drive Menlo Park, California tape recorder BQRttET, Vaughn D. RECEIVED C AUG COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF 1H£ SYSTEM FEDERAL 3^3 McKendry Drive Menlo Park, California August 2, I955 Dear Miss Adams: Your letter of July 21 has reached me, and I am happy that you found my article of assistance, I should be interested to learn more about your experiences with this new process• You will understand my natural reluctance to recommend a brand of tape recorder for reasons too obvious to mention, except that any one I recommended might break down the day after you got it. However, I would suggest that you take a look at Pentron model HT22S which lists at $225.50 but wholesales through Burstein Applebee, 1012-14 McGee Street. Kansas City, Missouri, and no doubt all of New York, at $160.75 Pl u s "kke cost of innumerable accessories. Foot control is $1^.13, accessory cord $1.88, extension cord $5*63, extension^arms $22.50, earphones about $1^.00, etc. This recorder weighs 33 lbs. and seems to have all the necessary features. Doubtless you have learned that the widely sold, popular recorders do not have features needed in oral history work. Please let me know know what your Committee thinks about the standards suggested in my article. Sincerelv yours, VB/lml Enclosure: 1 Miss Mildred Adams Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve System 33 liberty Street New York 45, New York STANDARDS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF REMINISCENCES WITH A RECORDING DEVICE The following ethical and procedural standards are suggested for the guidance of groups planning to use recording devices on a regular basis for the manufacture of typed reminiscences* They ore designed (a) to keep the person interviewed from wasting his valuable time, (b) to keep foundations and other sources of funds from withdrawing their financial support, (c) to keep historical researchers of the future from condemning the product of historianint;erviewers of today, and (d) to keep the public from being given misleading or even false information as the truth* It Original tapes or disks need not be preserved, provided competent professional stenographers transcribe the texts. If short extracts are being preserved in ofder that future generations will have samples of the interviewee1s voice, they should be made on a 33 l/3 rop*m* disk or with an expensive, high fidelity tape recording machine similar to those used by radio stations. (Posterity should not be given a low frequency, distorted voice which friends and contemporaries could not recognize without guidance.) 2. Typed transcripts should be identified as follows: name of person interviewed; name, age, and occupation of person interviewing? date and time of each section of the interview; specific place where each interview was conducted; names of persons editing and typing the manuscript• 3. Interviewers ought to place at the beginning of the typed transcript a brief, factual, and preferably chronological survey of important activities and accomplishments of the person interviewed. In the case of very famous persons, one or more citations to sketches of the person1s career in standard reference guides like Who's Who in America or Current Biography will be satisfactory. 4. Interviewers should place in the front of each typed transcript a brief statement indicating why the person was contacted originally. (!.•£•, At whose request? As part of an overall project?) This statement should indicate whether the person interviewed was informed beforehand of the portion of his career of major interest to the Oral History project. Early questions in the interview should be: "Will you please state, simply for the guidance of historians in coming generations, what, if any, scrapbooks, newspapers, books, or other materials you consulted to refresh your memory in preparation for this interview?" And, "What persons did you question in order to refresh your memory since consenting to this interview?" 5. At the conclusion of the interviewing sessions, the interviewer ought to write a page or more describing the manner in which the interview progressed, the attitude of the person being questioned, his evasiveness, forcefulness, friendliness, hesitancies, etc., as well as his physical appearance and clothes. (Researchers going through Oral History files in later years will find many names of interviewees about whom they will know nothing at all.) 6. The words of the person interviewed shall be typed exactly as spoken, or exactly as corrected by him later* Which procedure should beTollowed may vary from case to case* But the final transcript should tell explicitly which was done and indicate the general extent of the changes made after the interview (i,e,, in grammar, a few facts, or in substance). t• Final typed interviews shall include both the questions and the answers. 8. Persons to be interrogated should be asked to agree before being interviewed at length (at much effort and expense) that they will not print as a memoir or autobiography, or in any other form for profit, the final transcript or a reasonable facsimile thereof for a period of five years. (These persons are not entitled to the services of a free ghost writer-interviewer.) While interviewees may, in most cases, be given the first carbon copy of the interview, the text itself shall, by signed, formal, agreement, become the property of the Oral History organization. Subject to any limitations placed on its use by joint agreement, the original transcript shall be open on an agreed date to all qualified researchers on an equal basis. 9. Persons interviewed should be requested to sign a release granting to all researchers the legal right to quote from their transcript. This agreement shall state that the interviewee's intent is that its provisions be binding on his heirs and descendants• Permission shall also be granted to photostat, microfilm, or otherwise reproduce part or all of "the transcript for purposes of convenient research. Yet in no case shall the text or chapter length extracts be reproduced for profit without the consent of the interviewee or his heirs. (Researchers might well be shown a copy of this provision before being permitted to read the transcript.) 10. The existence of a transcribed interview shall be announced immediately on its completion through "New Acquisitions11 or "Historical Notes" sections of one or more of the nationally •circulated historical or archival journals. The announcement should give an exact date on which the transcript will be open to use by scholars. The transcript shall remain closed to all researchers, usually including the person conducting the interview, until the agreed date. Closed interviews should be closed to all, and not opened periodically at the whim of the interviewee, the interviewer, or some third person. (Yet if an Oral History project should conduct a series of interviews as part of a specific piece of research and writing, the transcripts may be limited to the exclusive use of the research staff members until the completion of the indicated volume or study. After that time, other researchers may be admitted on an equal basis.) 11. Oral History project directors should make every effort to persuade interviewees to set early dates for the release of the transcript. Closed portions should be typed separately, if possible, in order that non-secret material may receive early use. (Interviewers will have little incentive to do a good job on a transcript which will be opened only in their dotage or after their death.) 12• Oral History projects shall make every legitimate effort to persuade interviewees to augment their great service to historians by depositing their personal manuscripts in an appropriate library. Anxiety to build local manuscript collections should not blind directors to their obligation, as scholars and archival builders, to steer manuscripts to collections where they will supplement important holdings already on hand. 13. In order to reward interviewers for their efforts in preparing a thorough interview, authors should footnote from typed Oral History transcripts as follows: Interview of John Smithfield by Edgar A. Columbus, Louisville, Kentucky, August 12, 1952 (Ford Archives), p. 76. (The interviewer who prepares carefully and interviews faithfully is something of an author himself, and deserves credit for a job well done.) As the term gains in stature among historians, citations of standardized interviews may begin: "Oral History Interview of", Italics and quotation marks should not be used, for these are manuscripts, not books or articles. 14. Oral History projects have an obligation to train staff members in interviewing techniques and in historical background material before permitting them to interview persons of great stature in the making of 20th century history. (Few men and women will permit more than one series of Oral History interviews. A poor job can neither be rewritten nor repeated. This places a heavy obligation on those systematically interviewing senior ex-legislators, judges, statesmen, authors, etc.) Graduate schools may wish to give seminar credit for the total interview process, involving as it will: (a) background preparation, (b) training in interview techniques, (c) writing a biographical sketch and a descriptive essay, and (d) editing, and supervising the typing of the final typescript. to # to # # # A Checklist of Possible Tape Recorder Characteristics Foot-operated switbh, input for radio, accessory cords, microphone extension cord, conference and speech microphones and a microphone mixer for use with groups, space for transporting tapes, dual or single tracking, fast (20-1) forward and reverse speeds, frequency range of over 8000 c.p.s. at 7.5 in. per s e c , portability if desired, full erasability, amplifier wattage, output jacks for headphones and external speakers, earphones for stenographer, "magic eyeu or neon lighted volume level indicator, 7 inch reel capacity, footage consumption per hour at speed desired (7*5, 3*75, or 1.875 in. per. •sec), extension arms for using N.A.B. standard reels or 10 l/2 in. dia., general ease of threading, footage time indicator, and editing key for recording during playback. Tape costs less than $5.00 for 1,200 ft., and wholesale prices are the realistic, going prices. Tape can be erased repeatedly or cut and spliced at will. A tape recorder is a very simple machine to learn to use, children as young as nine picking up the skill quickly when around a machine for a few days. Prepared by: Vaughn D. Bornet 343 McKendry Drive Menlo Park, California BORNET, Vaughn D. July 21, 1955 Bear Mr. Borneti We have re&& with great i n t e r e s t in fee July issue of The A&erican Archivist called t?Oral History Can Be Worthwhile.11 He/ring made inquiries about the Kevins* project e t Columbia &nd made our own experiments with oral history in this office, ve were particul&rly interested in your analyses and your criticisms. From a practical point of view, t i e section entitled ^Standards for •fee H&nufacture of Reminiscences With a Recording Device* will be called to the attention of members of thig Committee who hsve been hoping for sore perfection th&a ve nave been able to achieve* One of our difficulties has been the business of the tape recorder. Having started without any electronic s k i l l in the office, ve h*ve a l l been plunged into the probleos of the various brands* lour description of the desirable elements of any tape r e corder maltes &e wonder vhether you have found one "which neets these standards and» If so, whetaer you could give us i t s name* We have been using an old Webcor made by Chicago-Webster which i s in the Bank and finding i t far fro® i d e a l . If you have found something which i s manageable in terns of a H the standards you set* we would certainly l i k e to kaow about i t * Thus t&r we hare avoided purchase for the very reason that the experiments made with the Webcor were so unsatisfactory* Our gratitude in advance for any suggestions you can send us on this matter. Very sincerely yours. Mildred Adams Mr. Vaughn D# Bornet c/o the ^aeric&n Archivist The Rational Archives Washington 2% D. C. 25 February 19U8 Notes on Sound Recorders for the Business Office (Dictation and Conference Recording Machines)* lo Major Applications (a) Dictation Recording (b) Conference Recording (c) Transcription of Recordings to Written Form (d) Telephone Recording 2. 3* Recording Media Example (a) Wax Cylinder Dictaphone; Ediphone (b) Vynlyte Disc Gray Audograph; Soundscriber (c) Vynl Plastic Belt Dictaphone (d) Cellulose Acetate Film Frederick Hart Amertape (e) Steel Wire RCA Wire Recorder (f) Paper Tape Brush Sound Mirror (g) Paper Disc Brush Mail-A-Voice Types of Machines? With the exception of the wax cylinder types, adequate means for transcription have not been provided and for this reason reasonably satisfactory equipment is not available at this time* However, it is expected that all of the following machines will be arranged to provide this service vdthin a year and so fitted, they could be considered for dictation or conference recording* Machine Name Manufacturer (a) Dictaphone Dictaphone Corp* Bridgeport,, Conn. (b) Audograph Gray Manufacturing Co, Hartford, Conn© (c) Soundscriber Soundscriber Corp* New Haven, Conn, (d) Amertape Frederick Hart Co, Poughkecpsie, No I« - 2 Machine Name k* Manufacturer (e) RCA Wire Recorder Radio(Corporation of America Camden, New Jersey (f) Soundmirror Brush Development Co« Cleveland, Ohio (g) Mail-A-Voice Brush Development Co* Cleveland, Ohio Microphone Technique; (a) Facts to be Considered? lo The microphone cannot discriminate between sounds and will pick up noise of several persons talking at the same time with ease equal to its ability to clearly pick up the voice of a single person. 2« The human ear can discriminate between wanted and unwanted sounds and therefore can easily be fooled as to vnhat is being recorded. 3» More than one voice causes confusion and can make a recording uselesso ho Extraneous noise can make the recording useless. £* Poor microphone technique, can, regardless of the type of sound recorder used, make a recording useless* 6» Good microphone technique, can, even with poorer recorders^ produce a useful recording, and with good recorders can produce excellent resultsr (b) What To Do; lo In diotating Recording, the problem is quite simple because the microphone can be"quite close to the person, which makes the voice of the person talking loud as compared to other sounds in the room. The other consideration that makes dictating recording simple, is that only one person is talking* These same comments apply to recording a lecture where the lecturer is close to the microphone* 2a In conference recording, the problem is more complicated because o T tiie"Tacts we have already considered* The following rules can form a guide for good judgement in the use of microphone technique; Rule 1; The conference must be organized so that only__onc person talks at a time* This includes the proJf" aside disc'ussions * - 3jj^J?: Each individual must be as close to a microphone as possible? Usually distances should not exceed 2 | feet/ (Rule 2 can be p-ccomplished either by having the members of the conference pass a single microphone around the table or by Having a number of strategically placed microphones) Rule 3: Each person must be identified each time that he speaks« (Rule 3 can be accomplished by having the chairman recognize each person by name each time that he speaks or by having the recorder operator provided with a seating diagram and having him maintain a log of the proceedings prefepa!?3y by superimposing a seating position number on the recording itself-,) Economics of Recording (Based upon limited study) (a) Personnel Cost; Eased upon one hour of conference recording and five hours of^transcription^ or a total of six hours of work and upon using a top price (CAF--10 typist for the recording method at $1«27 per hour (including annual leave loss) we find a total cost of $7*62 per hour of recordings On the same basis a top price stenographer (CAF-5) at $l*Ul per hour, we find a total cost of $8oU6, This leaves a differential of 81±# for paying cost of operating recording equipment* (b) Record±ng Medium; About the minimum cost of medium is 60 cents per hour' although general quoting of this type of figure is very difficult because it depends on a wide variety of factors. (c) Equipment Cost; Equipment prices vary from $60o00 to $900o00 per unit© Features of individual systems must be considered to evaluate the costc Advantages of Recordjng: 1« Recording for dictation permits the use of pool operations with the use of lower priced personnel than m the example cited* 2« Recording dees permit tne use of stenographic service at a timq or under conditions where a stenographer is not available * 3* Using proper microphone technique 100$ accuracy is possible as the human error is eliminated at the tine that trie material is taken down (recorded) * This accuracy may be extremely important under conditions such as interviews or conferences with the public or business men. -uU» Recorders of the higher fidelity types, in addition to just recording words, will record the tempo of the meeting and the tones of voice used which can serve to show whether or not the persons were emotionally upset, etc. Questions for Salesmen: 1, What is the name and address of the company manufacturing this equipment? 2. What is the extent of service for territory covered by this company in terms of local representatives? 3o What recording medium is used? U* How long does this recording medium record? 3>» Can this medium be filed and if so, ihat provisions have been made for handling it? 6. Can the recording medium be used nore than one time and if so, what kind of equipment is necessary to erase it? 7« Are transcription facilities provided and if so, do they consist of a method of quickly stopping and starting the material and a method of back spacing the material as a means of correction for stenographic use? 8» What is the cost of the quipment and what is the cost of the medium and what is the cost of recording per unit time? 9« What accessories are provided such as microphones, foot switches, back spacing switches, methods of making corrections and recording them and so forth? 10a Is a mixer amplifier and associated microphones available for use in conference recording where multiple microphones are required? 11« What provisions are available for maintaining the equipment? 12• Fhat service experience has been had with the particular model or system being considered and what references can the representative furnish? In conclusion, it might be soid that wo have very briefly scratched the surface of an interesting office technique which will improve rapidly in the next year to two years because of the rapid development of equipnent that will be satisfactory for recording dictation and for recording conferences o Due to the rapid advances now being made, it is our suggestion that careful judgement be used in selecting any system of recording because it may become obsolete in a very short period of time* Prepared For the U«S« Bureau of the Budget For Conferences on Organization and Methods J* Kenneth Lewis Elec. Eng* BuSnips, Navy |(IW^(«« DALLAS 1. TEXAS April 21, Miss Mildred Adams Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve System 33 Liberty Street New York \\$> N* Y, Dear Miss Adams, Mr. Stanley Marcus is out of the city, *nd I have been asked to answer your letter of the thirteenth. I am enclosing a brochure put out by the makers of the tf Midge tapeff. We have the machine in my deiD^rtment in the Store, and I can only say th»t the reaction of our customers that h*ve used it have been wonderful« The machine has some limitations, the greatest as far as dictation is concerned, is the fact that it will repeat only when manually rewound, and that it can not be slowed, or speeded up. I am enclosing, along >iith the brochure, a copy of Mr# Marcus 1 letter that Br# Irons spoke to you about, along with a complete price list of accessories. If I can be of any further service to you, please call on me. Sincerely yours, Neiman-Maraus Worth 3r«cken RECEIVED 25 1955 DALLAS 1, TEXAS OH THE H/STOAY transcribed in Dallas March 23, 1955 OF THC «BEIMt This letter was dictated while flying at 18,000 feet enroute to Europe. For years I've had difficulty in carrying on my business correspondence in Europe because of the unavailability of secretaries who understood English. When I read about the new miniature dictating machines last month, I decided to make a thorough survey to determine whether any would meet my requirements of dependability and lightness of weight. I saw a half a dozen of them and finally concluded that one called The Mohawk answered my needs. Two weeks trial convinced me that this was a machine that many other business and professional man in Dallas would find useful, too, so we have put them on sale in our Luggage Shop on the first floor. This machine, which weighs three pounds one ounce, can be carried over the shoulder in what looks like a camera case. It operates on a battery and records on a miniature tape which comes in a magazine. This tape, of course, is reusable. It's ideal for travel since you don't have to worry about electrical converters. It's usable in a car while driving, thus making it a handy device for salesmen to use in communicating to the home office. Doctors will find it perfect for recording symptoms during an examination. Lawyers can use it for conferences or depositions. It has dozens of uses for every man who has to write letters or record his thoughts. We're approaching London now so I must sign off. I'll mail the magazine to Dallas by return plane so my secretary can transcribe this letter and get it tc you by Thursday morning. Call our Luggage Shop to see this amazing piece of electronic equipment, or call Mr. Worth Bracken (Riverside 6911) and he'll arrange a demonstration in your office. ek Most sincerely yours, Stanley Marcus RECEIVES: APR 25 t&5 TEMPORARY LISTING «* A c c e s s o r i e s A v a i l a b l e f o r Mohawk MIDOBTAPB . OOMMlTTtt ON Ttt£ MIOTOfiV or THE Recording cartridge (1 hou?) • • . • • Throat Microphone (for recording i n n o i s y l o c a t i o n s ) * 19*75 Tfristwatch Microphone ( f o r s e c r e t recordings) 4 • 33*50 Standard Crystal Microphone * * 7*5$ • * • Conceaiable Lapel Microphone (for s e c r e t recordings) • 2ij.*50 Telephone Adaptor (for reoording two^way telephone conversations) • 10*00 • Amplifier w i i h 2?f speaker (plugs into AC or 1X5 current) 35«OO Carrying C«se f genuine brown cowhide, w i t h a d j u s t a b l e shoulder strap & pouch for a c c e s s o r i e s 4 * l4«75 4 $«5# • • 2«00 > . 7»5O Motor & Filament Battery Pnck (has 1*5 hour l i f e ) Amplifier ft !l B Battery (has 100 hour l i f e ) • Single Earphone « Double Earphone • • « . • « « « » Microphone Extension Cord - 12 f e e t Shoulder E o l s t e r • • » « « » « • • * • « • « 14^5° • • 4*95 Briefcase, modified w i t h receptac l e s and i n s i d e f i t t i n g s which completely conceal Midgetspe and microphone* far s e c r e t recordings* Outside appearance standard • (AVAILABLE SHOPTLY) # Power Converter, to make possible use of house current t o run Midgetape instead of b a t t e r y • (AVAILABLE SHORTLY) Foot Pedal^ t o o p e r a t e Midgetape remotely - f o r t r a n s c r i p t i o n purposes • • * « * » (AVAILABLE SHORTLY) EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY l r 1955 Included w i t h the Midgetape 4«75 Price n*t yt?t ^ l JQ3K36 H2& * ^PB6 XaSSKOKBSM Price not yet established 33*50 The World's FIRST Battery Operated Pocket Tape Recorder MOHAWK After years of engineering and research, Mohawk Business Machines Corporation presents the WORLD'S FIRST BATTERY OPERATED POCKET TAPE RECORDER the The midgetape m i d g e t a pe has features never before available in a tape recorder This is an actual size reproduction of the Mohawk m i d g e t a p e except for width —3% inches DIMENSIONS: 8'z inches long • 3V» inches wide • 1 % inches deep • W e i g h t - 3 lbs., 1 oz. 1 You can take it record play-back Anywhere because . . . it fits into your pocket or briefcase . . . is so small and so light . . . and completely battery operated. The Mohawk m i d g e t a p e includes hour long cartridge of re- $OOQ50 cording tape, crystal microphone, earphone and batteries. the MOHAWK midgetape features . . . FIRST Battery Operated POCKET TAPE Recorder FIRST Cartridge loaded Battery Tape Recorder Simple to operate—only three controls Records and plays for ONE HOUR Visual Battery Life Indicator Battery Life over 45 hours Recording Time Indicator American Made the MOHAWK Pocket-sized, reproduces high quality, clear, life-like recordings. Battery operated making it completely portable. Life of motor battery is 45 hours; amplifier battery 100 hours. Cartridge loaded! Slip in a cartridge of recording tape and you're ready to record. Eliminates old-fashioned tape threading found on other recorders. Cartridges are small, easily handled and mailed. Records on tape at 1% inches per second. Recording time indicator tells you at a glance recording time remaining. Manual rewind in less than one minute . . . conserves battery life. Accessories available — AC-DC playback amplifier, leather carrying case, AC power converter (to substitute for battery), foot control (for transcribing), microphone extension cord (12 feet), telephone adapter( for recording phone conversations), throat microphone, wristwatch microphone, etc. Keep recordings as long as you wish or simultaneously erase old material as you record new. midqetape — a must for: BUSINESS EXECUTIVES—This tiny but highly faithful battery recorder operates anywhere . . . car, plane, train. Use it for business conferences, contact with field offices and salesmen, rehearse business talks, personnel interviews, tests and indoctrinations, etc. on the road . . . just clip the tiny microphone to your lapel and record! No expensive power converters to plug into the cigarette lighter. Pop out the cartridge and mail-to the head office for transcription. Recording cartridge is size of a pack of cigarettes . . . mails easily! SALES MANAGERS AND REPRESENTATIVES—Men REPORTERS, RADIO, TV WORK—Record on-the-spot interviews, for newspaper stories, news programs, etc. LAWYERS—Record court proceedings, testimony, speech training, etc. INSURANCE INVESTIGATORS—Accident reports and investigations. ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS—Market surveys, public opinion polls, etc. PHYSICIANS —Recording diagnosis, medical interviews, etc. midgetape is REGISTERED AND GUARANTEED Each m i d g e t a p e battery operated recorder is numbered, registered at the factory and carries Mohawk's warranty. The name of the m i d g e t a p e owner is kept in the files of the company's Customer Relations Division, where correspondence concerning any phase of magnetic recording is welcomed and suggestions given. Here is an exceptional guarantee of the best in recording wherever you are. For further information see your dealer or write to the Sales Dept.; OHAWK BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 944 HALSEY STREET • BROOKLYN 33, NEW YORK MBM-5 C E N T R A L L I F E A S S U R A N C E C O M P A N Y — Des M o i n e s It Pays To $ "I sincerely feel that the money I have invested in Sound Scriber equipment is one of the finest investments I have ever made in my life insofar as my business is concerned. I feel it is just about as important as my automobile," says Erv Woller. He goes on to say, "Very few men in business have as little invested as we do. Actually all it takes to get into the life insurance business is a pen and pencil, suit of clothing, shirt, tie, socks, shoes and an automobile. The rest is all given to us by our Company." Erv Woller is an enthusiastic new user of the Sound Scriber. He has a Sound Scriber dictating * $ INVEST MONEY In Your Business machine mounted in his automobile. It is attached to his ignition system and thus receives power from the car battery. Here are some of the many ways in which he uses it: 1. "As I drive along I pick up many prospects—new buildings, new names on doors in likely areas—i.e. new physicians or professional men starting in practice and just hanging out their shingles —or names on doors of new office buildings. I also use the machine to record license numbers from automobiles. I turn numbers over to an officer of the law and he gets me the name and address of the person registered under the num- ber. Perhaps I see a D.D.S. or M.D. on the license plate, or it might be an exceptionally successful looking man. Thus I get his name and address from his license number. 2. "When I think of ideas which will appeal to certain policyholders or prospects, I dictate them at once—and I find myself doing a lot of thinking as I drive. 3. "After an interview with a client I get into my car and on my way to another call record a lot of ideas which I have picked up and which are pertinent to the particular prospect. I get these things down while they are fresh in my mind rather than taking time to copy them on paper or prospect cards. When I get into the office my secretary (Erv employs a young lady) transcribes these notes onto the particular prospect cards. Some of the ideas recorded are pertinent ideas about the prospect or his own situation which I would not want to write down in his presence but do want a memorandum to make sure that I can better serve him. It also helps me in closing and bringing back these points to him on delivery of the policy or on subsequent interviews. 4. "One ideal thing about the Sound Scriber in my car is that it is always at my disposal. I never have to stop my car and write anything down. All I do is grab the microphone from the dash, push the button and start talking. Of course this is a great time saver and also important because I don't forget ideas when they come to me in the course of making calls throughout the day and evening. It is surprising to know how much work a person can do while driving around the city during that ten or fifteen minutes between Continued On Page 61 58 prospects. You can get a lot of work out that you would ordinarily have to do in the office." When Erv is in his office he has his recording machine with him. "I can record telephone conversations instead of writing things down. For example, quote some figures from attorneys or trust officers. By making recordings of these conversations I can make sure I do not miss one single word. In other words the whole conversation is recorded for me and I can file discs for reference and refer to it at any time. "Any messages or thoughts I have in the office I can put down in a record. In this way I make sure they are not going to be forgotten or shoved aside." We agree with Erv that it does pay to invest money in your business. Certainly his annual personal production of over $2,000,000 indicates that he knows how to make good use of his time. Here's the way Erv analyzes his investment. "I feel that many of us in the life insurance business are quite spoiled in the sense that we are in business for ourselves but we do not have the dollars and cents invested that the man or sole proprietor in the corner grocery store has. Many times our income is much greater than the man in business for himself who might have as much as $50,000 or $60,000 invested. "Now as I look at that I can say I have so much money invested in my business and would like to capitalize it at 6%. So if I have $50,000 invested at 6% that should produce at least $3,000 a year. Then when I stop to think that in the life insurance business all I have is an automobile, clothing, my Sound Scriber and pen and ABOUT MR. WOLLER . . . Below are excerpts from a folder outlining Mr. Irv Woller's selling record in his first years of an insurance career—published by Central Life Insurance Co. pencil, that is about the maximum I can put into my business. Still compare this with my annual income. The return in my own personal situation is 40% or 50%. If we men in the life insurance business today break this down, use a nominal rate of interest such as 6% and determine the return, it becomes apparent that we have practically no money invested in our business. "In other words, it is our personal efforts and abilities for which we are paid. I don't believe there is another business in the world where men can go out and make $10,000 a year and still have so little invested, yet at the same time have the prestige and feeling of being in business for ourselves that we do. Moreover we need not answer to anybody, and our time is our own". A CONSISTENT PRODUCER Insurance sold in each year 1948 .$1,050,000 1949 $1,376,000 1950 $2,001,000 1951 $2,361,000 NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD A Remarkable Record Of Achievement His clients buy life insurance from him with the idea of holding onto their policies. Each year he has been in the business he has met the requirements of the National Quality Award as prescribed by the National Association of Life Underwriters. LARGE NUMBER OF POLICIES Erv Woller's volume of business is obtained by many average sales — no jumbo risks or group insurance have been written. The following number of policies were delivered: MEMBER - MILLION DOLLAR ROUND TABLE By providing Milwaukee families with more than two millions of life insurance protection in 1951, Erv Woller again qualified for membership in the Million Dollar Round Table. FOUR OUT OF FIVE In four out of the five years he has been in the life insurance business, he has delivered from one million to more than two millions of insurance each year. 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 165 236 189 252 270 "We congratulate Erv Woller as one of the youngest men ever to join the select Million Dollar Round Table." VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF AGENCIES mirror MMfDl... Scriber Sound D I C T A T I N G ^ ^ K ^ ^ E Q U I P M E N T the very \ all ne\V. Yc of olcUfcp^ carried o\ 3 RPM LONG PLAYING On/y SoundScr/ber provides the advantages of standard long-playing speed . . . makes discs playable on conventional 33V3 rpm record players. LADY TYCOON TRANSCRIBER:Transcription for the first time becomes an easilydispatched routine—and letters are produced in half the time with a SoundScriber secretary. She's free then to handle your important detail—be a real assistant, not just a typist. )ICTATOR: This pioneer of all t in modern dictation has e minds of thousands . . . from irst dictating experience. It's u'll |ind none of the drudgery friqned dictating equipment er to this hard-working, fast Sound D I C T A T I N G Scriber E Q U I P M E N T pace-deite* Ut modern dictation, Since 1940, every major advance in modern dictating methods has heen an achievement of SoundScriber engineering. Not until the needs of modern businessmen and women were answered by SoundScriber, was the drudgery of old-fashioned, inadequate dictating machines eliminated . . . the overall pressure of everyday business relieved. The advances that SoundScriber's newest models—the Tycoon and Lady Tycoon—bring to the office, could have been engineered only by SoundScriber .. . because SoundScriber holds the basic patents that make these models possible. IT'S HISTORY: ULTRA-CONVENIENCE:SoundScriber's Quick Review Microphone automatically "talks back" your last few words when interrup lose your train of thought. ULTRA-EASE: No fragile, inaccurate correction strips to bother with. Press a key and your explicit directions are automatically inscribed on the disc for your secretary to follow. ULTRA-SIMPLICITY: Exclusive "Television" Mirror lets your secretary " r e a d " instruction from your disc with unmatched accuracy; no paper slips; illuminated and magnified for at-a-glance reading. ULTRA-UTILITY: SoundScriber's really portable — goes wherever you go; records meetings, telephone calls, interviews . . . does the whole job with built-in ease. evidence of leadership This imposing list of SoundScriber FIRSTS is the key to modern-day dictation. Now judiciously copied, SoundScriber since 1940 has led every step of the way! u4U 40 0 First with PLASTIC RECORD DICTATION First with LONG PLAYING-MICROGROOVE DICTATION First with an ALL-ELECTRONIC SYSTEM First with TWO-ARM VERSATILITY First with CLUTCHLESS DIRECT DRIVE 1940 1947 1947 1947 1948 1949 1949 1949 1951 First with PRACTICAL TELEPHONE RECORDING First with DISC COPYING First with ILLUMINATED INDEX First with ON-THE-DISC CORRECTING First with SOUND GROOVE ERASING First with QUICK-REVIEW MICROPHONE First with "TELEVISION" CORRECTING SYSTEM First with MAGNESIUM CONSTRUCTION First with AUTOMATIC BOOSTER AMPLIFIER Manufactured by The SoundScriber Corporation, New Haven 4, Connecticut COLLISTER C O P . your local representative: 26O MADISON AVE, NEW YORK 16, N. Y. MUrray Hill 5-9850 SP 517 Printed in U.S.A.
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