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Nortel Collection

Historical Note: The collection covers corporate activities of Northern Electric, Northern Telecom, Bell-Northern Research, Nortel Networks, and Nortel.

Abbreviations:

  • BNR: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
  • WC: W. Clipsham
  • NT: Northern Telecom
  • NOR: Nortel Networks
  • WEC: Western Electric Company
  • WB: material donated by Walter Banks
  • KB: material donated by Keith Brickman
  • HB: material donated by Henry Wiebe
  • GR: material donated by Greg Reynolds
  • ZS: material donated by Zbigniew Stachniak
  • JM: material donated by John Morden
  • RR: material donated by Robert Roden
HARDWARE
  • Northern Telecom/Nortel Passport 50 DS1 MVPE module, [GR]
  • Nortel Networks Passport 50 E3A FP module, [GR]
  • Nortel Networks Passport 50 OC3S FP module, [GR]
  • Nortel Networks Passport 50 CP module, [GR]
  • Nortel's 1 MEG Modem, NTEX35AA, [ZS]
  • Nortel Display Phone
  • Northern Electric paper calculator, 1973 [JM]
  • Dual NAND silicon microcircuit, Northern Electric, 1960s? [RR]
Corporate Documents
  • Northern Telecom worldwide senior management structure, May 1983, [KB]
  • Northern Telecom Inc., Major Business Units, May 1, 1985, [KB]
  • Northern Electric Organization structure, September 1972. [KB]
NEWSLETTERS and MAGAZINES
  • Northern Circuit, Northern Electric, Spring 1965. [KB]
  • Northern News, Northern Electric,
    vol. 44, no. 7 (1969). [JM]
  • The Networks, Northern Electric,
    September 1973. [JM]
  • telesis, BNR
    issues: vol. 3, no. 2 (1973) [WB], vol. 4, no. 3 (1975), vol. 5, no. 2 (1977) and no. 9 (1978) [WB], vol. 6, no. 1 (1979) [WB], vol. 8, no. 4 (1981), issues 92, 93 (1991), 98 (1994). [WC]
  • the, Northern Electric, Ottawa
    issue 2 (1969), 4, 5 (1970). [WC]
  • Miscellany, BNR
    vol. 2, 3 (1987), 4, 5 (1988), 6, 7 (1989). [WC]
  • Printed Circuit, Northern Telecom at Bramalea
    vol. 18, no. 7 (1991). [JM]
  • Lachine Journal, Northern Telecom at Lachine
    no. 5 (1992). [JM]
  • Network news, Northern Telecom
    May 1992. [JM]
  • Between-Us, Northern Telecom at Lachine and Laurentian
    no. 4 (1993). [JM]
MANUALS, USER GUIDES, REPORTS, PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
  • 1940-1949
    • No. 1 Crossbar Dial Telephone System, Photographs, Educational Bulletin No. 2.5, WEC, December 1947. [HW]
  • 1950-1959
    • No. 5 Crossbar Dial Telephone System, Completion of a Call, Educational Bulletin No. 2.5 B-1, WEC, April 1954. [HW]
    • The Step-By-Step Dial Telephone System, Telephone System Training, Lesson No. 3, No. 2.5 B-1, WEC, June 1954. [HW]
  • 1960-1969
    • E.H. Lanham, A Brief Story of the Growth, Evolution, and Expansion of Telephone Systems from the Magneto Era to the Present, Technical Memorandum TM 8161-2-64, Northern Electric, December 31st, 1964.
    • Toronto Works, Telephone Directory, Northern Electric Company, Switching Division, 1 November 1966 [WBr] 1 Nov. 1966. [HB] Preliminary Version, IPSA (29 November, 1970) [WK].
  • 1970-1979
    • Time to switch... SP-1 electronic switching systems, Northern Electric, October 1973. [JM]
    • Datapac: Standard Network Access Protocol, Trans-Canada Telephone System, 30 November, 1974. [WC]
    • Datapac: Overview, Trans-Canada Telephone System, 1974? [WC]
    • An Introduction to GRAPPLE Programming, ver. 4.21, BNR 13490, July 1974. [WB]
    • GRAPPLE Console Users Manual, ver. 1.0, BNR(?), 18 June, 1975. [WB]
    • GRAPPLE Language Reference Manual, ver. 5.10, BNR 13500, June 1975. [WB]
    • Datapac: Standard Network Access Protocol Specification, Trans-Canada Telephone System, 1976. [WC]
    • Datapac: Four papers presented to the Third International Conference on Computer Communications, Toronto, August 1976, Trans-Canada Telephone System, 1976. [WC]
    • W. Clipsham, SL10 Data Network Processor: General Description, BNR, Issue 1, September 1976. [WC]
    • D. Drynan, SL10 Data Network Processor: Trunk System, BNR, February 1977. [WC]
    • Integrated Software Engineering System: Cost-Benefit Analysis, BNR, November 1978. [WC]
    • Integrated Software Engineering System: Overview, BNR, November 1979. [WC]
    • Integrated Software Engineering System: System Requirements Specification, BNR, November 1979. [WC]
  • 1980-1989
    • Writing Handbook, BNR, 1987. [WC]
    • DPN: Data Networking System Reference Handbook, Northern Telecom, 1986. [WC]
    • DPN-100: Data Networking Reference Handbook, Northern Telecom, 1988. [WC]
    • Telephony, BNR, Technical Educational Department, 198?
  • 1990-
    • DPN-100/500: Data Networking General Description, Release 1.0, BNR, February 11, 1990. [WC]
    • DPN: Data Networking System, BNR, October 1990. [WC]
    PAPERS and OTHER MATERIAL
    • Datapac and the SL-10 Packet Switching System: Selected Published Papers, 1976-79, BNR.
    • Northern Telecom: The Anatomy of Transformation, 1985--1995, Nortel/Northern Telecom, November 1996. [WC]
    • SINC Network Description, SINC Technical Document, Bell/BNR SINC Design Team, October 31, 1974. [WC]
    • DPN Technical Papers 1985-1986, BNR. [WC]
    • W.W. Clipsham, F.E. Glave, and M.L. Narraway, Datapac Network Overview, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Communication, P.K. Verma (ed), Toronto. 3-6 August 1976; the material includes memos and slides prepared for the presentation. [WC]
    • The BNR Network, 197? [WC]
    • I. Cunningham, Host to Network Protocol for the Bell-Northern Research Network, version 1.2, BNR, October 1973. [WC]
    • B. Clipsham et al, First Level Protocol for a Data Switch, version V, August 14, 1972, CASE: R3777. [WC]
    • C.C. Martel, I.M. Cunningham, and M.S. Grushcow, The BNR Network: A Canadian Experience with Packet Switching Technology, BNR. [WC]
    • B. Hobbs, {\it Chrysalis: Transforming The Way We Do Business}, Northern Telecom S321, September 19, 1991. [JM]
    • 32 photographs of the Northern Telecom constructions at 8200 Dixie Rd. taken between February 23 and December 8, 1987. [JM]
    • Four photographs of the Northern Electric Calgary Cable Plant, 19?? [JM]
    • Various promotional Nortel Networks brochures, 1995--2003. [ZS]
 
 
 
 
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