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Collection Data
- Description
- 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.
- Names
- Beale, Charles Currier, 1864-1909 (Creator)
- Beale, Charles Currier, 1864-1909 (Collector)
- Dates / Origin
- Date Created: 1640 - 1910
- Library locations
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Shelf locator: MssCol 235
- Topics
- Shorthand -- Alphabet
- Shorthand -- Pitman, Benn, 1822-1910
- Shorthand -- Graham, Andrew J. (Andrew Jackson), 1830-1894
- Shorthand -- History
- Shorthand -- Pitman, Isaac, 1813-1897
- Genres
- Manuscripts
- Typescripts
- Notes
- Biographical/historical: Charles Currier Beale (1864-1909), stenographer, publisher, educator and shorthand collector.
Beale was born in Boston May 3, 1864 and died in Melrose, Massachusetts.
Beale studied Andrew Jackson Grahams' Handbook, a variation of Pitmans' shorthand. Beales' business interests included the Beale Shorthand Bureau and School of Phonography which he founded and operated in Boston between 1884-1908.
An avid collector of shorthand manuscripts and printed material, Beale amassed a large collection which was donated to the New York Public Library by the National Shorthand Reporters Association in 1913.
- Content: The collection covering the years 1640-1910, emphasizes the subjects of American and English shorthand systems and also manuscripts written in shorthand.
Theology is represented by Bibles on both the Old and New Testaments, sermons and the Book of Common Prayer, spanning the 18th and 19th century. To a lesser extent, the subjects bibliography and court trials are represented in shorthand.
Authors represented include: Stephen Addington, William Addy, Joseph Alleine, Stephen Pearl Andrews, John Angell, Caleb Ashworth, Phineas Bailey, Thomas Belsham, George Riker Bishop, Timothy Bright, John Byrom, Richard Creed, Jacob Cushing, Theodore Ledyard Cuyler, Philip Doddridge, Henry Dow, Andreas Gottschling, Marcus Tullius Cicero Gould, Edwin Guest, Joseph Gurney the younger, Thomas Gurney, John Hart, W. L, Haskel, Arthur Head, Jerome Bird Howard, Patrick Kean, D, D, Lathrop, G, Russell Leonard, Theo- philus Metcalfe, John Milton, William Wesley Osgoodby, John Parkins, Benn Pitman, Joseph Prosser, Joseph C. Rice, Julius Ensign Rockwell, Spencer C. Rodgers, Thomas Shelton, Edward Burtenshaw Sugen, Robert S. Taylor, Samuel Taylor, James Thomson, Johannes Trithemous, Isaac Watts, John Westby-Gibson, James Weston, Louisa M. (Bailey) Whitney, William Williamson, John Willis, William Henry Woodcock, and Alexander Tremaine Wright.
The NYPL Bulletin 1934, October pp. 889-896 should be consulted for a detailed description. The box lists for the manuscripts in the printed guide are obsolete.
- Acquisition: 1913, Received from National Shorthand Reporters Association (91 ft)
- Content: Accessioned by Valerie Wingfield, 1989-02-08
- Physical Description
- Extent: 6.5 linear feet (23 boxes)
- Type of Resource
- Text
- Identifiers
- NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11810069
- MSS Unit ID: 235
- Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 054edf30-4595-013a-2a1a-0242ac110002
