Beale shorthand collection 1640-1910

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Beale shorthand collection 1640-1910

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/235

Charles Currier Beale (1864-1909), a collector of shorthand manuscripts and printed materials, founded and operated the Beale Shorthand Bureau and School of Phonography in Boston between 1884 and 1908. Collection consists of materials concerning American and English shorthand systems and also manuscripts written in shorthand which were acquired by Beale. Types of manuscripts include Bibles from the 18th and 19th centuries, sermons and prayer books; works by various authors; accounts of court trials; and other works transcribed in shorthand. Also, some correspondence, 1899-1907, and bibliographies of books about shorthand and books written in shorthand.

6.5 linear feet (23 boxes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312500

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Beale, Charles Currier, 1864-1909

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Epithet: of Boston, USA, teacher of short-hand British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001091.0x00017b Charles Currier Beale (1864-1909), a collector of shorthand manuscripts and printed materials, founded and operated the Beale Shorthand Bureau and School of Phonography in Boston between 1884 and 1908. From the description of Beale shorthand collection, 1640-1910. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record...