| Access Conditions |
Contact Callahan Museum staff regarding access. |
| Admin/Biog History |
In 1970, the Talking Books Department of APH began working on a new automated system for producing flexible phonograph records. Production using the new system began in 1972. |
| Other Artists |
Talking Books Department |
| Collection |
RG 15.5: APH Maintenance |
| Creator |
American Printing House for the Blind (Louisville, Ky.) |
| Credit line |
APH Archives, 2006.2 |
| Custodial History |
These materials were originally filed in the APH Machine Shop, which became a part of the APH Maintenance Department. They were transferred to the Callahan Museum from Maintenance in 2005. |
| Date |
1972, 1983 |
| Dates of Accumulation |
1972-1983 |
| Dates of Creation |
1972,1983 |
| Abstract |
Mimeographed copy of a report by the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) that describes a working prototype of a flexible record production process made at APH, with diagrams and photographs of the record press machinery. Additional undated photographs and 1983 diagrams of the press are included. Also includes a 1972 progress report, "Flexible Disc Record Process and Prototype of the Equipment for Production: Progress Report."
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| Extent of Description |
7 archival file folders containing a 29-page report, 17 diagrams, 24 photographs, 1 flexible disc, and 1 progress report.
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| Object ID |
2006.2 |
| Object Name |
Report, Technical |
| Search Terms |
American Printing House for the Blind
APH talking book production |
| Subjects |
Machinery
Manufacturing processes
Presses
Talking books |
| Title |
Flexible Record Production Process: A Working Prototype report and other material |
