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Creator
Rockwell, Julius Ensign, 1860-1926
Call number
MssCol 2595
Physical description
.8 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language
Materials in English
Preferred Citation

Julius Ensign Rockwell papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Access to materials
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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.

Biographical/historical information

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).

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.

Scope and arrangement

The collection, 1762-1882, contain incoming letters to Rockwell, writings and printed matter by other shorthand writers.

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.

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.

*Note; Additions may be unavailable due to cataloguing.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

1927, National Shorthand Reporters

Processing information

Accessioned by V. W., 1/18/89

Using the collection

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328