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The Typewriter Revolution:
A Typist's Companion for the 21st Century

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Some more Web sites that may be of interest to fans of old typewriters...

Where to begin?

• The Typewriter Database — a wealth of information on models, patents, and more.
• Antique Typewriter Collectors on Facebook — a good place to get quick help from friendly people.
• Welcome to the Typosphere — a place to discover the world of typewriter blogs.
• more online communities
  

Organizations and Periodicals

• ETCetera: newsletter of the Early Typewriter Collectors Association (US & worldwide)
• Internationales Forum Historische Bürowelt (Germany & worldwide)
• Associazione Italiana Collezionisti Macchine per Ufficio d'Epoca (Italy)
• Association Nationale des Collectionneurs de Machines à Écrire et à Calculer Mécaniques (France)
  
• Sammlerclub Historischer Büromaschinen Schweiz (Switzerland)
• The Typewriter Exchange (US)
  
• Unión Coleccionistas Antiguas Máquinas de Oficina (Argentina)
  
• Maszynopisanie.pl (Poland)
  
• Antique Typewriter Collectors on Facebook
• Antique Typewriter Maintenance Group on Facebook
  
• Electric Standard Typewriter Collectors on Facebook
  
• Typewriter fans on Reddit
• Typewriter Salespersons' Page on Facebook, by James McLeaster
  
• Typewriter collectors' e-mail lists, bulletin boards, etc.

Collecting and Restoring Typewriters

• The Typewriter Database: a growing list of serial numbers for many makes, with the opportunity for "typewriter hunters" to upload pictures and descriptions of their own machines. A great resource.
• 3D Typewriter Parts: a growing library of printable parts.
• Typewriters on The Collectors Weekly: a list of links, current news items, and current items of interest on eBay.
• The QWERTY Connection and more -- follow the links here to read about the QWERTY keyboard, the hobbies of collecting typewriters and typewriter ribbon tins, and the historic Sholes and Glidden typewriter. Created by Darryl Rehr, preserved on The Internet Archive.
  
• The Typewriter Restoration Site: this fine site by Dutch collector Paul Robert lists techniques and describes Robert's own restoration projects.
  
• Some fine typewriter techs have created YouTube channels that take you through repair and restoration techniques. They include Phoenix Typewriter, Typewriter Justice, Joe Van Cleave, Bryan Sherwood, and more.
  

Typewriter Collectors

• Nick Beland's Typewriter Pages: there's lots to explore in this site that was produced when its creator was 17 years old.
  
• Arnold Betzwieser shows us his collection, including many German machines, with careful historical and technical notes. In German.
• Mike Campbell's Typewriter Page: this collector joins the Web with some useful tips on packing typewriters, as well as other nice features.
• Swiss collector Philippe Campiche shares his collection with us. In French.
• Anthony Casillo's Antique Typewriter Collecting: the world of old writing machines as seen by a typewriter repairman and collector extraordinaire.
• Davis Typewriter Works: Will and Dave Davis' blog about their typewriter discoveries.
• Joshua Dimora's typewritercollection.com features many excellent photos.
  
• Aurelio Dragonetti shows off his collection in this web page. In Italian.
• Don Feldman shows us his typewriters at Typewriter Fever.
  
• German collector Lothar K. Friedrich displays his machines.
• Greg Fudacz presents The Antikey Chop Typewriter Collection.
  
• Juan Ramón Gracia of Spain displays his collection at Typewriter Antiques.
• Eduardo Guillem shows us his beautiful collection at Prehistoria de la Informática. In Spanish.
  
• Antique Typewriters by Martin Howard: a lovely site showcasing the typewriters of this Canadian collector. Read an article Martin wrote for the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles.
• The S.L. Johnson Typewriter Page: this collector lists the various writing machines and related items that he's accumulated, plus has special tributes to Corona and Oliver. Very nicely designed.
• Antonio Luce runs a blog based on his knowledge and collection at scrivevo.blogspot.com.
  
• Teacher Mark D. Martin presents fine photos and lots of information about his collection, mostly consisting of mid-century portables.
• Tyler Menard displays his collection here.
• Check out Ben Metzger's collection of beautiful and rare machines.
  
• Theodore Munk's collection is beautifully documented.
• Swedish Typewriter Page: an attractive site created by Christofer Nöring, with beautiful pictures spanning a century of writing machines. In Swedish, with English summaries.
• Raivo Oravas shows us his beautiful mid-century portables for sale. In Estonian.
• John Payton's site shows off his typewriters as well as his Model A Ford.
• Ettore Poccetti's site features large photos of machines in his collection in Italy.
• Chestnut Ridge Typewriter Museum: a handsome set of photos of unusual items from the vast collection of Herman Price.
• German collector Hartmut Quast's site offers some nice pictures of his collection.
• Lady Typewriter: Englishwoman Janet Riding's perspective on typewriter collecting includes photos of her collection and a great deal of information.
• Machines of Loving Grace: W.A. Seaver shows off and discusses his collection, featuring many midcentury portables as well as a variety of other machines.
• John E. Simmons shares his collection with us and offers downloadable user's manuals and repair manuals in PDF format.
• Swiss collector Georg Sommeregger's typewriters.ch not only shows us his own collection, but presents interesting material from Swiss typewriter history, a blog, and a free font, among other things. Primarily in German, with some English. He also blogs.
• Maxim Suravegin has a beautiful collection in Moscow.
  
• typewriter.be: a big and beautiful site created by Belgians Wim Van Rompuy and Guy Pérard.
• The Typewriter Gazette includes a collection list, a collection of trade literature in PDF form, a blog, and more.
  
• typewriter-museum.lv: A site based in Latvia. Link goes to the English version.
• Laurenz van Gaalen's typewriter collection
  
• Venneburg Typewriter Museum: The former collection of a young collector who collected fast and then de-acquisitioned.
  

Typewriters for Sale

• eBay (US) has thousands of typewriters for sale on any given day.
• So does German eBay.
• Antikma: a German auction house specializing in interesting typewriters.
• Auction Team Breker: this German auction house is the largest in the world specializing in mechanical and technical items, including typewriters. In English.
• Blue Moon Camera in Portland, Oregon, sells refurbished, warranted typewriters at affordable prices. They will ship machines to other locations.
• Etsy offers many typewriters, particularly midcentury portables.
  
• Galerie Alte Technik: a German dealer in antique typewriters, calculators, and other interesting old machines.
• Los Altos Business Machines in California has many vintage typewriters for sale.
  
• Mr. Typewriter, AKA Dan Puls of St. Louis, has a warehouse full of reconditioned typewriters.
• Mytypewriter.com: a source for beautiful and professionally serviced classics, both portable and desktop sized.

Typewriter History

• Antike Schreibmaschinen: a site in German by Jochen Besmer that explains all the essentials of old typewriters.
• Antique Typewriters by Will Davis: a large site with plenty of interesting information about pre-1940 machines.
• The web site of the Associazione Italiana Collezionisti Macchine per Ufficio d'Epoca includes a virtual museum of Olivetti typewriters and calculators named in honor of the late founder of the association, Glauco Pegorini.
• Business Machines: 1857-1912: some interesting documents from Harper's Weekly.
• The Chinese Typewriter is a book by Stanford history professor Thomas Mullaney. Read about his research here, here, and here.
• Corona Tribute by S. L. Johnson
• Densmore Typewriters by Mr. E
  
• Early Office Museum: a handsome site created by an antique dealer, including lots of information and pictures about typewriters and other antique office equipment.
• Eclectisaurus Typewriter Museum: an attractive site by a dealer who sells modern portables on eBay. Includes a list of repair shops.
• Halberg typewriters by Laurenz van Gaalen
  
• Hammond typewriter serial number database
• International Rasmus Malling-Hansen Society: an excellent site maintained by an organization dedicated to the Danish genius who invented the world's first commercially sold typewriter (the Writing Ball) and the fastest writing machine ever (the Takygraf).
• Music Typewriters: an interesting page by Rosendo Reyna.
  
• Scott Lindstrom presents some fascinating literature about the ultra-rare Nickerson Automatic Typewriter.
• Oliver Typewriters by Jett Morton
  
• Oliver Tribute by S. L. Johnson
• ozTypewriter: A vast collection of typewriter history investigations by Robert Messenger.
  
• Archivio Storico Olivetti: a source for information about the famous Italian company. In Italian and English.
• Olympia Traveller information by Laurenz van Gaalen
  
• This extensive Polish site includes some pages in English and provides glimpses of little-known Polish writing machines.
• Portable Typewriters, by Richard Milton: "This site is devoted to the early history of the portable typewriter, from around 1890 to 1930, illustrated by antique typewriters from my collection."
• Ribbon Tin Virtual Museum: Hoby Van Deusen's collection of typewriter ribbon tins and other "go-withs."
• Secrets of the Oliver: a series of eye-opening videos by Marty Rice.
  
• Siamese Smith Premier: an interesting exploration of Smith Premiers and other antique typewriters in Thailand, by Thai collector Pluethipol Prachumphol.
• Smith-Corona Virtual Typewriter Museum — the history of Smith-Corona products.
• Trade literature at The Typewriter Gazette — user's manuals, promotional material, etc.
  
• The Truth of QWERTY: a blog by Koichi Yasuoka that investigates the Sholes & Glidden in impressive detail.
• Typewriter Illustrations, by Jay Respler: pictures of several makes, and some corrections to typewriter history books.
• Typewriter Ribbon Tins: Packaging Imagination: a great video introduction to these charming and collectible typewriter accessories.
• Typewriters by Will Davis: Will is known for digging up intriguing facts about mid-20th-century portables that most collectors don't know about, but he has plenty of information about older machines too.
• Typewriters in Tompkins: a little about typewriter history and its connections to Tomkins County, New York.
• The User-Friendly Typewriter: a thorough and interesting article by Martin Campbell-Kelly in The Rutherford Journal explores user-oriented design in the age of the mechanical writing machine.
• Virtual Typewriter Museum: a great site from top Dutch collector Paul Robert, collaborating with other enthusiasts around the world. This online museum features pictures of machines, history, hundreds of facts, and even typewriter erotica.
• Yesterday's Office: this publication, part of Repair, Service, and Remarketing News, features interesting articles about old office machines, including typewriters.
• Yiddish Typewriters: an investigation by Nick Block.

Museums

• L’Aventure de la machine à écrire et à calculer (Montmorillon, France)
• Best Typewriters Museum (Moscow)
  
• Collezioni Pedrali (Palazzolo Sull'Oglio, Italy)
• Peter Mitterhofer Typewriter Museum: an excellent museum in Partschins, Italy, hometown of rustic typewriter inventor Mitterhofer. (No, he wasn't really the first.)
• Museo della Scrittura Meccanica (Bra, Italy)
• Museu de la Técnica de l'Empordà (Figueres, Spain)
• Museum of Business History and Technology
• QWERTZUIOPÜ: this museum named after the German keyboard arrangement features the collection of Rudolf and Sieglinde Doose. In Kerpen-Sindorf, near Cologne, Germany.
• The Safir Museum in Iran has a lovely collection of typewriters that you can glimpse on their web site, even if you don't read Farsi. "The Safir Museum is a private museum containing the collection of Farshad Kamalkhani who collected it during 10 years and finally it opened at summer of 2008 in Tehran. Mr Kamalkhani was interested in collecting and maintaining these worthy machines after 50 years working in the family business and 20 years private experience on this subject. The Safir Museum is located in Safir Shop, the company's main place. The site is not yet completed and we are in the process of improving it with a new design and full information about the collection in English and Persian."
• Schreibmaschinenmuseum Wattens (Wattens, Austria)
• For more places to see old typewriters, check out the Directory of Publicly Displayed Early Typewriters on this site.

Typewriters for the 21st Century

• The Typewriter Revolution: A Typist's Companion for the 21st Century (my book)
  
• The Typewriter (In the 21st Century) (film)
• California Typewriter (film)
  

• Electronic typewriters are offered by Swintec, Nakajima, TA Adler-Royal, and Brother.
• Will Davis provides an overview of manual typewriters manufactured in 2015 and earlier in the 21st century.
• Shanghai Weilv Mechanism Company got into the typewriter business in the '90s and is now apparently the last existing producer of manual portable typewriters, offering 3 basic portable designs under various names.
• Mehano makes a variety of toy typewriters in Slovenia; some were manual but they now all seem to be electronic.

• Olivetti
  
• Olympia currently offers four models of electronic typewriters (see their catalog).
  
• Royal offers Chinese-made manual portables, such as the Scrittore II and the Epoch (links go to my reviews) as well as electronic machines. See their typewriter lineup here.
  
• Smith-Corona
  

The Typosphere

• Welcome to the Typosphere -- a central gathering point for typewriter bloggers (see the blogroll on the right side of the page)
• The Typewriter Revolution -- my own typecast blog (see the blogroll on the bottom left of the page)

Typewriters in the News

• Latest typewriter stories collected by Google News
  
• Vintage Typewriters Enjoy a Comeback (Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, June 2013)
• UK's last typewriter produced (BBC, November 2012) (Followup story: 5 Reasons to Still Use a Typewriter)
• Steve Soboroff's typewriter time machines: an interview and photo gallery of this collector's typewriters owned by famous people (May 2012).

The Cutting Edge of Retro

• Type-O-Matic is a service that will type text for you on a typewriter and mail it to its destination in a real paper envelope. For special occasions!
• miTypewriter is an app that lets you simulate a typewriter on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad.
  
• usbtypewriter.com presents a clever way to get a manual typewriter to work as a computer keyboard.
• Jamie Wilson presents his typewriter-keyboard hybrids in this YouTube video. He's got a relatively simple way to make it work!
• Joel Zahn explains how to turn an Underwood #5 into a PC computer.
• The Electri-Clerk: what you get when you meld an Underwood and a Macintosh.
• Stop by the Vintage Type site and see their cool fonts based on old typewriters.
• Here's one place to go if you're looking for typewriter fonts for your computer. I have more on this site. By the way, no "typewriter" font is ever going to look perfectly authentic. For the best results, you have to actually use a typewriter, then scan the results (that's how I got the typing on this site, using my Remington Noiseless Portable #7).

Miscellanea

• Check out the podcast at Austin Typewriter, Ink.
  
• Typewriter Life wiki— founded in Nov. 2017, this wiki aims to bring lots of information together.
• Typewriters on YouTube: all kinds of short films that include typewriters. Some funny stuff and some useful stuff.
  
• Stock photos featuring typewriters can be found on Fotosearch, CanStockPhoto, and Go Graph.
• Barewalls Posters and Prints offers lots of typewriter-themed posters.
  
• World Record for Typing Numbers in Words: typing up to "one million," in words, on manual typewriters -- a worthwhile way to spend 16 years of your life? You decide.
• How typewriters are made: an illuminating technical discussion.
• The world's biggest typewritten portrait is the brainchild of Uday Talwalkar.
• Visit the collection of typewriter paintings by Deb Kumar Biswas.
• FreeArt offers a variety of typewriter prints.
  
• "Basic Typing, Part I: Methods" is a rare typing instruction film made by the US Navy during World War 2, hosted and narrated by a then-famous typist, Lenore Benton. The film begins with a look at some beautiful antique typewriters, then various current (as of 1943) machines. Then Ms. Benton gets down to business and teaches her techniques for lightning-fast typing. The film is divided into Part 1 and Part 2.
• At Retinascope you can find two animated films made on a typewriter.
• Irish Typewriter Keyboards: An intriguing report from Michael Everson.
• Learn about the Dvorak keyboard. This fine site includes many links to further such sites.
• For a detailed scholarly exploration of the QWERTY-Dvorak issue, which casts some doubt on the superiority of Dvorak, read The Fable of the Keys, by Stan Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis.
• Responses to Liebowitz and Margolis can be found here.