Series I. Volumes, 1844-1905, inclusive
Letter book (in French), 1844-1845, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Covering July 31, 1844 through August 7, 1845.
Beach Brothers, New York Sun articles of co-partnership, accounts, etc., 1844-1855, 1848 Nov. 27, inclusive
Ledger, 1845-1860, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Covering September 2, 1845 through December 31, 1860, and including "Moses S. Beach, in a/c with The Sun Establishment," July 8, 1853 through June 27, 1857.
Letterpress copybook, 1850-1851, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Beach Brothers and Moses Sperry Beach, New York Sun. Covering August 12, 1850 through June 26, 1851.
Scrapbook (1 of 3), 1851, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Containing mostly Moses S. Beach's editorials from the New York Sun, with a pamphlet issued by the newspaper of "Practical Hints for a Tour in Europe."
Scrapbook (2 of 3), 1858-1867, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Moses S. Beach editorials and travel articles from the New York Sun. With a prospectus and passenger list for the "Excursion to the Holy Land, Egypt, the Crimea, Greece, and Intermediate Points of Interest" aboard the steamer "Quaker City," the tour famously lampooned in Mark Twain's chronicle, The Innocents Abroad (1869). Moses S. Beach and his daughter, Emmeline Buckingham Beach, were among the passengers.
Scrapbook (3 of 3), 1867-1869, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Moses S. Beach. With earlier and later material, such as continued accounts of the "Quaker City" steamer's journey to the Holy Land, and a tipped-in letter from Henry Ward Beecher to a Mr. Pond, dated Albany, January 2, 1877. A Harper's Weekly cartoon pokes fun at Alfred E. Beach's pneumatic subway, November 2, 1867.
Travel diary, 1851, 1873, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Covering the Beach family's European tours of 1851 (April 16 through August 31), and 1873 (April 26 through May 21).
Album, 1851, inclusive
Scope and Contents
A compilation of engraved images of the various sites the Beach family visited during their European tour of 1851.
Journal [ledger], 1861-1868, inclusive
Scope and Contents
"Journal—M. & C. Beach" [Moses & Chloe Beach], recording expenses for January 1, 1861 through December 31, 1868.
Manifold book, 1873, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Covering April 26 through December 20, 1873, and containing "Travel Siftings," a diary in letter form of the Beach family's European tour.
Checkbook, 1877-1879, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Stubs for checks written April 20, 1877 through September 13, 1879. Also contains miscellaneous New York Sun accounts of the 1860s.
Diary, 1875-1897, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Diary kept by Ella Beach for the period June 1, 1875 through January 2, 1897.
Manifold book, 1878, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Ella Beach's diary in letter form of a European tour, April 9 through November 8, 1878.
Album, 1896, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Violet Beach's album containing photographs and ephemera of various European locales, 1896.
Album, 1905, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Violet Beach's album of mass-produced images, postcards, and ephemera of various European locales, 1905.