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Books from the Coyne Library (See also Coyne Home Study Courses)

The Coyne Electrical School was one of the largest and most reputable electrical and electronics training organizations. They trained both in their own facility in Chicago as well as being among the earlier correspondence schools.
While there were many other training organizations, Coyne was the one with the most publications and books that went beyond those little single lesson booklets that educated many (including this webmaster) so we are focusing on building as complete as possible a library of courses, books, booklets and even advertising and student handbooks.
Two generations of American (and many international) technicians got their start with books and home study well before computers and the Internet were even a dream.

About Coyne Training books and courses
The year was 1899. The President was William McKinley. Marconi arrived in the United States to display his wireless telegraph. U.S. automobile production reached 2,500 vehicles. A century of steam power was drawing to a close, and the age of electricity was dawning.
And another thing was true in 1899: There was a need for well-trained, skilled technicians.
Coyne American Institute, possibly the Midwest’s oldest technical trade school, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
In 1899, the Coyne Electrical School of Boston established a branch of its technical school in Chicago. (The Boston school had been established by the Coyne brothers three years earlier.)
Setting standards: Over the next 50 years, the school (operated by the B.W. Cooke family) started many training traditions, such as:
The Coyne three-step “Practical Technical Training Method,” under which students are taught classroom theory, practical demonstration, and real job performance; Ongoing placement support for graduates; and Partnerships with industry and community organizations.
As the age of radio evolved, Coyne’s proficiency in radio training proved vital to the war effort in the 1940s. When television became the main source of in-home entertainment in the 1950s, TV service and repair was added.
However, the school’s core of excellence was in its electrical maintenance and hyper curricula.

Coyne School
500 South Paulina
Chicago
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Warning:
The early student recruitment brochures (prior to 1929) here have a legend that states "No applications accepted from negroes".
As this site is historical, we do not edit such content although we find it disturbing, offensive and a reminder that we still have a ways to travel.

Coyne Books
Recruiting Brochures

Brochure for prospective students 1935	Brochure for Prospective Students 1933	Brochure for prospective Students 1945	Gateway to Opportunity 1942 Includes letter and registration forms	1951 Course Brochure. "Gateway to Opportunity"

Coyne Flyer and Letter -1933 World's Fair	Putting Yourself Over Career Guidance 1957	150 Shop Prints and Wiring Diagrams 1955	Gateway to Opportunity 1927	Gateway to Opportunity 1929

Coyne 50th Anniversary Brochure from 1949	Coyne Brochure for new students 1926	Coyne Brochure for new students 1940	Brochure for Prospective Students 1940	Coyne Brochure 1937

Coyne Brochure 1938	Coyne Brochure 1952 with registration documents
Coyne Miscellaneous

Pin-Point TV Troubles 1957	Electronics for Radio Men & Electricians 1945	150 Radio & TV Picture Patterns & Diagrams 1954	150 Radio Television Picture Patterns 1963	Record Changer Troubles 1958

Coyne Electricians Handbook 1945	Coyne Electrical & Radio Troubleshooting Manual 1943	Coyne Electrical & Radio Troubleshooting 1946	Television Cyclopedia 1951 Alternate edition	Pin-Point Transistor Troubles 1959

Transistors 1951	Transistor Circuit Handbook 1956	Student Manual Industrial Electronics	Coyne Electrical Trouble Shooting Manual 1943	Coyne Electrical & Automotive Course 1937

Electronics for Electricians and Radio Men 1945
Coyne Course Books 1 to 7 late 50's Version

Application of Radio Television Principles #1 1958	Radio Television and FM Receivers #2 - 1957	Radio & Television Circuits #3 - 1958	Latest Instruments for Servicing # 4 - 1960	Practical Trouble Shooting #5 - 1961

Coyne Television Serving Cyclopedia #6 1958	Transistor Circuits #7 . 1960	Television Servicing Cyclopedia 1961
Coyne Training & Educational Manuals 1950's

Coyne Application of Radio & Television Principles 1953	Coyne Practical Television Servicing Trouble Shooting Manual 1955	Coyne Latest Instruments for Servicing Radio Television 1953	Coyne Radio and Television and FM Receivers 1953	Coyne Radio and Television Circuits 1954

Coyne Television Servicing Cyclopedia 1955	Alternating Current 1950	Basic Electricity and Circuits 1950	Wiring and Repair 1950	Radio, Television and FM Receivers 1958
Coyne Applied Practical Electricity Course

Complete 30's Electrical Course

Coyne Reference Set Technical Work for students. 1934	Coyne How to use Applied Practical Electricity Guide for the 7-volume set	Coyne Applied Practical Electricity Volume 1 Electricity 1946	Coyne Applied Practical Electricity Volume 2 Lighting 1946	Coyne Applied Practical Electricity Volume 3 Direct Current 1946

Coyne Applied Practical Electricity Volume 4 Alternating Current 1946	Coyne Applied Practical Electricity Volume 5 Armatures 1946	Coyne Applied Practical Electricity Volume 6 Refrigeration 1946	Coyne Applied Practical Electricity Volume 7 Automotive 1946	Coyne Applied Practical Radio - Television 1957
Coyne Reference Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Coyne Reference Encyclopedia 1937 Vol. 1	Coyne Reference Encyclopedia 1937 Vol. 2	Coyne Reference Encyclopedia 1937 Vol. 3	Coyne Reference Set 1934	Coyne Television Cyclopedia 1951

Coyne Electrical Reference Encyclopedia 1942 Vol 1	Coyne Electrical Reference Encyclopedia 1942 Vol II	Coyne Electrical Reference Encyclopedia 1942 Vol III	Coyne Television Servicing Cyclopedia 1957	Coyne Technical Dictionary 1955

Reference Encyclopedia 1943 I	Reference Encyclopedia 1943 II	Reference Encyclopedia 1943 III	Coyne Radiomans Handbook 1946	Television Cyclopedia 1951

Service Manual
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