INTERSTENO CONGRESSES FROM 1887 till 1937
in the framelines of tecnological developments.
Information mainly taken from La stenografie dans le Monde by Marcel Racine – 1965, integrations by Gian Paolo Trivulzio
1834 – Franz Xaver Gabelsberger – Publishes his main work ‘Enleitung zur deutschen Redezeichenkunst oder Stenographie’.
1837 – Isac Pitman – presents its Phonography – a steno method based on geometric signs which will be widely spread all over the English speaking countries.
1843 – Franz Xaver Gabelsberger – Publishes ‘Neue Vervollkommungen’ i.e. New improvements in which he sets the basis of creating reduced signs based on linguistic and logical rules.
1844 – Samuel Morse – Beginning of telegraph communication
1855 – Giuseppe Ravizza – Builds the ‘Cembalo scrivano’ the first prototype of typewriter
1864 – Peter Mitterhofer – Builds a typewriter made with wood.
1873 – Remington start manufacturing typewriters conceived by Sholes – Glidden – Soule
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Year
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Town – Nation
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President
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n. of participants and nations
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printed report
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remarks
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1
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1887
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London – England
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145 – 13 nations
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yes
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By the courtesy of Helena Matouskowa, the annexed document shows the names of the ‘founders’ of Intersteno attending this first meeting.
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1888 – Gregg system is published in the United States
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2
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1889
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Paris – France
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188 – 15 nations
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yes |
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3
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1890
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Munich – Germany
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4
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1891
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Berlin – Germany
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5
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1893
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Chicago – USA
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500 (nearly all from USA)
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yes |
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1895 – Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in sending radio signals without wires.
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6
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1897
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Stockolm – Sweden
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7
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1900
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Paris – France
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260 – 18 nations
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8
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1905
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Bruxelles – Belgique
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103 – ?
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9
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1908
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Darmstadt – Germany
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? – 13 nations
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10
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1912
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Madrid – Spain
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329 – 18 nations
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11
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1913
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Budapest – Hungary
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No report was made |
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The first World War not only broke the continuity of the Intersteno Congresses but also influenced the activity of the following ones. As a matter of fact there were different Congresses only attended by a part of the nations, refusing to have the ‘ennemies’ to take part. The ‘reconciliation’ happened only in 1934 at the Amsterdam Congress.
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12
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1920
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Strasbourg –
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442 – 15 nations
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13
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1922
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Dresden – Germany
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Was attended by German stenographers who were not accepted at the Strasbourg Congress |
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13
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1924
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Lausanne – Switzerland
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333 – 17 nations represented – 10 attending theCongress
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15
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1926
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Milano – Italy
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Beno De Vecchis |
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No report was made |
This congress is the second part of the Congress in Dresden |
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16
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1927
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Bruxelles – Belgique
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more than 1000 – 27 nations
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17
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1928
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Budapest – Hungary
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M. Béla Schck – vice President |
588(259 coming from abroad) – 22 nations
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Reports made in 4 languages – 820 pages |
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1929 Wladimir Sworykin invents the cathodic tube, which permits to Germany and England to experiments othe first TV transmissions.
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18
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1931
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Paris – France
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? |
?
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was a tentative to have a reconciliation of the different countries after the 1st war world. The tentative had no effect |
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1934 – Sound recording on magnetic tapes begins to be a practical use for broadcasting
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19
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1934
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Amsterdam – Holland
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A.E. d’Oliveira. |
317 – 27 nations
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340 pages with texts of all speeches |
all countries joined again all together |
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20
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1937
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London – England
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389 – 34 nations
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Second World War – Intersteno activity stops till 1954 when Marcel Racine invited national representatives at the Hotel Du Lac – in Mont Pelerin Vevey and in this meeting the decision to re-found Intersteno was taken. One year later, the new Intersteno Congress took place in Monaco-Montecarlo.
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