Help needed for Speedwriting transcription

I received the following email below. If you’re interested in helping, please let me know so that I can forward you the contact information: “I have a document written by my Aunt in a form of Speed Writing. It contains Family Genealogy. The names, dates and places are spelled out, but events, occupations, stories are…

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Gregg Biography by Leslie Cowan

I stumbled upon the Gregg biography in my library catalog and checked it out over the weekend.  It was a terrific read.  I would recommend it anyone interested in Gregg shorthand. There were a few things that stood out to me while reading.  One was the remarkable nature of John Robert Gregg.  It is amazing…

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Gregg Medical Shorthand Manual and Dictionary (1953)

I recently obtained this edition being an obsessive completist and find it a very worthy addition to the Gregg  books. It’s the Simplified edition of Effie B. Smithers’ 1927 Gregg Medical Shorthand Manual which is a wonderful book and has been in my library for several years along with the 1939 The Medical Stenographer. Charles…

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Information about a GS Title

Hi Everyone,     I notice that a certain GS-related item on Ebay sold for a small fortune the other day: the Anniversary Edition of the “Gregg Shorthand Junior Manual”.  Never heard of that one before.  I’m curious to know what it is.  How does it differ from the regular Anniversary Manual? Thanks! (by A for…

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Speed Drills in Gregg Shorthand

This 1938 text, authored by Leslie and Zoubek, answers all needs for varied and entertaining reading material. Business letters are interspaced by comical stories and factual articles. It’s a big volume, 440 pages mostly all written in shorthand. The lessons are preceded by penmanship drills (similar to those appearing in The Gregg Writer at that…

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