Papers from the John Mabon Warden Collection of shorthand books.
Scope and Contents
The collection of shorthand books was formed by John Mabon Warden of Edinburgh (1856-1933). Warden was an actuary for the Scottish Equitable Insurance Company. He started work at the company in 1874 as a junior clerk and gradually worked his way up to secretary of the Company, retiring in 1926. He had a wide range of private interests, such as mathematical problems, genealogy, Esperanto (becoming a leading scholar of the language) and stenography.
He built up a comprehensive collection of shorthand manuals from the 16th to the 20th century, mainly in English, but with some works in foreign languages, together with works of literature, sermons, reports of trials, etc. reproduced in shorthand.
Dates
- Creation: 1661-1930, undated.
Creator
- Warden, John Mabon, Edinburgh, Vice-President of the Esperantista Akademio, fl 1927: collector (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
67 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The volumes were previously catalogued with the shelfmark 'Wn.'.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was presented to the Library by John Mabon Warden in 1927. Manuscript material was transferred, 1972, from Department of Printed Books.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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manuscripts@nls.uk