THG - Other Telephone Societies

Other Telephone Societies

The THG is not alone, there are many more 'friendly societies' out there on the web who are keen to share their research with others. Here are just a selection of OTSs...

Antique Telephone Collectors Association (ATCA)

The Antique Telephone Collectors Association, or ATCA, is the largest telephone collectors organization in the world. Chartered in 1971 as a non-profit corporation by the state of Kansas, its over 1500 active members are located throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. The office is located in the Museum of Independent Telephony, Abilene, KS.

Australasian Telephone Collectors Society (ATCS)

ATCS was founded in 1977 by a group of people in New South Wales who were interested in telephone collecting and decided that they should get together to form a ‘club’. The purpose of this ‘club’ was mainly to facilitate the acquisition of phones amongst those involved. The society grew from there. The ATCS web site gives details of restoration hints, annual show details and an extensive links page to related sites around the web.
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Telephone Collectors International (TCI)

The goal of the Telephone Collectors International (TCI), a corporation (in Kansas), since 1986, is "to educate the public, as well as the members of the Corporation, regarding the history of telephony, the value of old telephones and related items, their collectability and preservation; to research telephone history and publish and provide literature thereon; to promote the public exhibition of old telephones and related items; and to promote common courtesies and guidelines for use by the public."

The Telephone History Group -(The other THG)

The Telecommunications History Group (in Denver, Colorado) is pedalling hard to preserve America's rich telephone We guarantee that you will find us not to be the average telephone history outfit. We have assets, collections, contacts and information unlike anyone else. And if we can figure out this internet and web page stuff, we'll grow to be your primary source for information about the telecommunications industry from 1876 to the present.

Telephonecollecting · A place to talk about collecting telephones etc. [A Yahoo! Group]

One of the many free sign-up clubs available via the search engine YAHOO. You can check out the messages without having to join.

Sveriges Telehistoriska Samlar Forening

STSF at Malungsvàgen 57, SE-192 71 Sollentuna, Sweden. (Swedish Telecomms History Association).

LINKS- These are sorted into very broad categories, and the subjects tend to overlap so if in doubt, check all headings.
See also the INFORMATION Section
Covert Activities	Post Office History
Inventors & Scientists	Search Engines
Latest Links	Telecom Quotes
Miscellaneous	Telegraph, Railways & Datacomms
Museums & Places to visit	Telephones & Exchanges
OTS's (Other Telephone Societies)	Television & Radio
Phonecards	Webrings

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