Organizations/Societies/Periodicals

• "The International Association of Calculator Collectors" (IACC)
  14561 Livingston St. Tustin, CA 92680 - 2618 USA
  quarterly newsletter, 16 pages, $20 international , $16 USA
  Most of the articles are about the early electronic pocket calculators and early electrical computers
  Bruce and Janice Flamm, FAX: +1 (909) 353-5625, Email: Bflamm@ix.netcom.com
  For membership information: Guy Ball, Email: mrcalc001@aol.com
  The International Association of Calculator Collectors
  
  
• "Historically Brewed"
  2962 Park St. 1, Jacksonville, FL 32205, USA
  quarterly newsletter, 16 pages, $24 international , $18 USA
  Most of the articles are about the early electronic pocket calculators and early electrical computers
  Editor: David Greelish E-Mail: Historical@aol.com HB
  HCS (Historical Computer Society)
  
  
• "ETCetera"
  Editors: Chuck Dilts and Rich Cincotta
  email: etcetera@writeme.com
  PO Box 286, Southborough MA 01772 USA
  $25 North America, $30 international.
  ETCetera Primarily about typewriters with occasional information about other office collectibles.
  
  
• "TypenKorb & TypenHebel"
  Auf der Warte 34, D - 33378 Rheda-Wiedenbrck,Germany
  Monthly magazine about typewriters & calculating machines (non electrical) . Many buy/sell adds. English Summaries. 20 pages
  Subscription: DM 70 a year international (around $35)
  Editor: Peter Muckermann Fax: + 49 5242 37175
  Typenkorb & Typenhebel
  
  
• "Historiche Burowelt"
  Postfach 50 11 19, D - 50971 Koln, Germany, Quaterly magazine about typewriters & calculating machines, English Summaries. Subscription: DM 120 a year international (around $72)
  
  
• "Charles Babbage institute (for the history of computing) newsletter"
  A small quarterly 8 page newsletter by a non profit organization. The newsletter is free.
  
  The Charles Babbage Institute for the History of Computing Home Page University of Minnesota, 103 Walter Library, 117 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
  
• "Annals of the History of Computing"
  IEEE Computer Society, Circulation Department, P.O Box 3014, Los Alamitos, CA 90720 - 9804, USA. A large 100 page quarterly magazine, expensive - about $100 with membership.
  This is a rather serious and more Scientific magazine.

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Books

"Charles Babbage institute (for the history of computing)"
They have a wonderful re print series of (16) mile stone books in this area. Three of them deal specifically with calculating machines.
The Charles Babbage Institute book list

• "The Calculating Machines" Ernst Martin 1925
  This book can be termed as the collectors bible. It has 360 pages of information and pictures on the subject arranged chronologically. (~ $50)
  
• "Le Calcul Simplifie"
  - Graphical and Mechanical Methods for Simplifying Calculation. The original is in French from 1893 by Maurice d'Ocagne". This edition is of course translated to English. The first chapter (70 pages) is about mechanical calculation. (~ $35)
  
• "Handbook of the Napier Tercentenary Celebration, or Modern Instruments and Methods of Calculation"
  The Original edition is from 1914. 342 pages with the first chapter (134 pages) about Calculating Machines. (~ $45)

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• "Origin of Modern Calculating Machines", J.A.V. Turck.
  The original is from 1921 (It's said that Martin used this book as a refferance as well). The reprint is from 1972, Arno Press, New York, ISBN 0 - 405 - 04680 - 4. 200 Pages, only about Calculating Machines. It does tend to emphasize the American side on things. As well it is less methodical than Martin's book.
  
• "Calculating Machines and Computers" Geoffrey Tweedale
  Shire Album 247, 1990. A small an comprehensive booklet (32 pages, many B/W pictures) which covers the early days of the Mechanical Calculator and the beginning of the Electronic Computer.
  I Highly recommend this booklet as a starting point. (~ $5)
  
• "Histoire des instruments et machines a calculer" Jean Marguin
  Harmann, Paris, 1995, French, 200 pages, ISBN 2 7056 6166 3.
  An incredible book, probably the most comprehensive contemporary book in it's coverage of the subject. It has incredible photographs of items which can been seen in museums only. (~ $100)
• "Computing Before Computers" Edited by William Aspray
  Iowa state university press 1990, 266 pages, ISBN 0-8138-0047-1.
  The first 2 chapters cover early calculating machines. b/w photos. (~ $60)
  
• "A Bibliographic Guide to the History of Computing, Computers, and the Information Processing Industry" James W. Cortada
  Greenwood Press in 1990.
  
• "Before the Computer: IBM, NCR, Burroughs and Remington Rand & the Industry they created, 1865 - 1956" James W. Cortada
  Princeton University Press, NJ 1993, 344 pp ISBN 0-691-04807-X
  
• "The American Digest of Business Machines"
  A most useful reprint of the 1925 addition. Lists hundreds of calculating machines and Typewriters with dozens of photographs and original specifications and prices.
  US $29.95 + Shipping, Michael A.Hancock, hancockm@ix.netcom.com
  
• "Curta Video"
  Swiss, 1993. It shows a technician assembling the Curta!!! It's about 20 minutes, with nothing else, just this. (Good video quality) Stefan Beck, fax + 41 1 950 55 92.
  
• "History of computing" an Encyclopedia of the people and Machines that made Coputer History. Mark Greenia
  An "Electronic Encyclopedia". It costs about $20 and runs on a PC. I got a copy, and it's very interesting. Over 5,000 listings from the Mechanical to the Electronical Computer.
  Mark Greenia Lexicon services P.O Box 1328 Elverta CA 95626 USA E-Mail: 75260.3237@comuserve.com (Or you can get it through "Histrically Brewed")

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