The Gregg Group was founded 22 May 2004, prompted by the lack of online shorthand resources. As the primary use for shorthand — business and legal recording — has waned in recent decades, we generally acclaim the skill as a hobby or personal tool. The purpose of the group is to promote the use of Gregg systems of shorthand by providing advice to beginners, support for students, and an association of users of this efficient, attractive, and enjoyable method of writing.
This article by Charles L. Swem appeared on the November 1935 of The Gregg Writer, and contains a list of reporting shortcuts of common phrases heard in convention speeches. The shortcuts were written by Charles Zoubek and serialized from the November 1935 to the January 1936 issues. Attachment: observations-on-convention-reporting-and-its-problems.pdf
The Christmas Seals campaign was launched in the United States by the American Red Cross in 1907. Nowadays, it is managed by American Lung Association. The money collected from donations to the Christmas Seal campaign is used in the fight against lung diseases. Some of these stamps are collectibles, and there is a group, The…
This short story by the 19th century American author Bret Harte was published in his book Frontier Stories in 1882. It was serialized in the September to December 1930 issues of The Gregg Writer. The transcript can be found here. Attachment: left-out-on-lone-star-mountain.pdf
From the December 1949 issue of the Gregg Writer. Click on the image for a full view. Attachment: oga-sr-dec49.gif
Attached is the “Taquigrafía Carissimi” file, as kindly provided by Valo. Attachment: Sistema-Carissimi.pdf
Hi Everyone, I’m curious to know 2 things (apologies, in advance, if there’s already a thread on this; I didn’t see one): 1. what different shorthand systems do others know? I imagine there are at least a few Pitman writers on this listserv. Do any of you write in other shorthand systems as well?…
Thanks to everyone on these boards for being so generous in sharing your wisdom here. I’ve been teaching myself Gregg shorthand for over a year now, flitting from the early versions through later and later ones looking for shortcuts, then gradually gravitating back to the earliest editions as I came to understand from first principles…
OK, i would love to hear your guess as to how much longer it would take in terms of months to learn Anniversary than to learn Simplified if the student were to put in one hour a day? Is the learning curve crossed by the time the student gets to the end of the first…
Dear shorthanders, Attached here is “The Vocabulary of the Gregg Shorthand Manual: Anniversary Edition.” This is actually a surprisingly useful little resource. It refers to every word used in the manual by unit and page number, so that a shorthand writer doesn’t just memorize each word he looks up in a dictionary, but learns the…
http://cdm15457.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p15457coll1&CISOPTR=104&CISOBOX=1&REC=5 At long last, we have a scan of the rare “A Descent Into The Maelstrom” in Gregg Shorthand. The link about is from the Louis A. Leslie Collection at Rider. I called them about the book last month when I learned that it was in their collection. They told me that it was due…