- unitid
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{"value"=>"2595", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 2595", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1762/1882", "value"=>"1762-1882"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1762
- date_inclusive_end
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1882
- keydate
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1762
- date_start
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1762
- date_end
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1882
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Julius Ensign Rockwell papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".8 linear foot (2 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Julius Ensign Rockwell (1860-1926) was a bibliographer and stenographer for the U.S. Dept. of the Interior and Bureau of Education. He collected textbooks, Bibles and prayer books written in various shorthand systems. Collection consists of letters to Rockwell, writings and printed matter by other shorthand writers, and shorthand manuscripts. Letters, 1762-1882, written in longhand, are from shorthand writers and teachers of shorthand. Also, shorthand manuscripts including Bibles, psalms, prayer book, and notes on sermons."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Julius Ensign Rockwell papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Rockwell, Julius Ensign, 1860-1926", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Julius Ensign Rockwell (1860-1926), stenographer for the United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Education and, bibliographer. Published works include: The Teaching Practice Literature of Shorthand (1884); Shorthand Instruction and Practice (1893).</p> <p>The Guide to the Research Collection of the New York Public Library (1975) states that Rockwell collected particular distinctive curious, or rare titles, rather than systematic series of editions; these include textbooks, Bibles, Testaments and prayer books in the various systems of shorthand. The manuscript portion of this collection is in the Manuscript Section of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division. The National Shorthand Reporters Association donated this collection to the library in 1927.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection, 1762-1882, contain incoming letters to Rockwell, writings and printed matter by other shorthand writers.</p> <p>The letters, 1884-1924, written in longhand are from shorthand writers and teachers on the subject of shorthand. The writings are: Stenography or Shorthand. Writing Made Easy by Charles Dundas (1817); Criticisms on the New Testament by J. D. Scotland (?), and, System of Shorthand (1775). Printed Matter: Howells' Acme System of Phonography (1921); The Reporters Manual and Vocabulary by Benn Pitman and R. P. Prosser (1884); Manual of Phonography (1860); The Reporters Companion (1877) by Benn Pitman.</p> <p>Recent additions to the collection are shorthand manuscripts: Bible. New Testament. English Shorthand (188-?; 1818); Bible. Old Testament. Psalms. English Shorthand. (1825); Book of Common Prayer. Church of England (1775); Manuscript shorthand notes of sermons by James Keith Edwards (1849); Shorthand Notes in Manuscripts (1881-1882) 2 vols.</p> <p>*Note; Additions may be unavailable due to cataloguing.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>1927, National Shorthand Reporters</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Accessioned by V. W., 1/18/89</p>"}
- extent_statement
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.8 linear feet (2 boxes)