The Cat’s Meow!
A small selection about cats that appeared in the September 1949 issue of the Gregg Writer, written in Simplified. Attachment: the-cats-meow.pdf
Swem & Tarr in the NYT
Here are some PDFs of old New York Times articles that mention Charles Lee Swem and Salome Lanning Tarr. Aug. 3, 1912 – Girl Typist’s Speed Surprises Wilson; Salome Tarr Takes His 6,000-Word Speech at the Rate of 150 Words a Minute. (And she was just 19.) Aug. 25, 1912 – Is Speed Stenography a…
“The Stenographer’s Friend” (???) – Edison moving picture from 1910
Here’s a short film about the “Ediphone” and how it helps out the poor, harried shorthand writer. Though many of us might question whether it proved to be “the stenographer’s friend” in the long run! Direct link is www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMlToEdIv_M. Incidentally, I have a good copy of The Stenographic Expert for Writers of Gregg Shorthand (1922),…
Key to Fundamental Drills (Anniversary)
The Diamond Necklace
This is the short story by Guy de Maupassant, written in Anniversary by Winifred Kenna Richmond. Attachment: diamond-necklace-anniversary.pdf
Supplementary Exercises in Gregg Shorthand
This booklet is a companion to the 1916 edition of the Gregg Shorthand manual, and it is correlated with the lessons. It can also be used for Anniversary practice. In addition to the practice material, it contains charts of the alphabet and brief forms, and a review word list. I have also attached the key…
Question on "Fundamental Drills" p. 72
Does anyone know what the the 3rd to the last line reads on page 72? It starts as a letter, I believe. “Mr. Lloyd Niles ….” something something. All capitalized. (by Michael for group greggshorthand)
Key to the 1916 Gregg Shorthand Manual
Key to the Anniversary Manual
Andrew Owen’s site of course already covers the Reading and Dictation Practice drills, so the only thing useful here is the Writing Practice drills. If anyone is surprised to find a two-page key to the Most-Used Phrases Chart, that’s because later editions of the Manual evidently left out the 2nd page. Andrew has both pages…
t-o-g-s?
Maybe I’m reading this wrong… I can’t decipher the penultimate word on the fourth line of page 120 in “Gregg Speed Studies 3rd ed.” Can anyone help me? (by Michael for group greggshorthand)