Denominational Terms in Gregg Shorthand

A self-published vocabulary of Biblical, religious and general, related terms by Bernard P. Foote. I am sorry that the quality of this document is not great. The copy was faded and some of the outlines are difficult to read. Experienced writers can supply the defects, but it still underscores the importance of preserving these old…

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Key to Direct-Method Materials

Direct-Method Materials was first released in 1933. (The 2nd edition in 1942 included a much improved word and phrase index.) More useful reading material to accompany the Manual. And here’s the key! Attachment: Teachers Key to Direct-Method Materials.pdf   

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23½ Hours’ Leave

This entertaining short novel was penned in 1918 by the prolific Mary Roberts Rinehart, and written in Anniversary over six installments of The Gregg Writer (April to June and September to November 1942). Although the shorthand version is an adaptation, Google Books has the original 1918 book as a free download, in case you need…

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Reversing principle in Anniversary; Awkward phrases

I am converting to Anniversary from Simplified because my hand rather than my head often slows me down.  I write longhand very slowly and laboriously, and a number of the longer Simplified outlines take me a long time to write, even though I recall them very clearly. Writing E-S-R for instead of E-Left S-E-R-S-I-S “exercise” and E-S-L…

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