Mountain-Top Men
An inspirational selection by author Wilferd A. Peterson, written in Anniversary and appearing in the January 1939 issue of The Gregg Writer. Attachment: mountain-top-men.pdf
The Iron and Steel Industry
This article written in Anniversary appeared in the December 1937 issue of The Gregg Writer. Also, as a bonus, there are three steel industry-related business letters at the end of the article. Attachment: the-iron-and-steel-industry.pdf
Penmanship Practice – December 2013
From the December 1937 issue of The Gregg Writer. Click here for a full view.
Variations in the Anni manual?
On Andrew Owen’s site….. looking at Unit 4 of the Anniversary Manual….. there are some excellent pensmanship examples…. the ones with the dotted lines to show the slant of some consonants .. and a little further down…. diagrams of how to connect circle vowels to those consonants. When I looked in my copy of the…
Anniv Functional Method Part One needs a good home :-)
I ordered Functional Method Dictation from a used bookseller at amazon.com and she sent me a copy of Anniversary Functional Method Part One instead. After no reply from the seller as to the problem/mix-up, Amazon refunded my money and no one has requested that I return the book. It has been 2 weeks, so I…
Which Simplified books have answer keys? How would one learn without them?
I have received 4 of my Simplified books: Simplified (1955) currently sold by McGraw Hill Simplifed College Vol 1 – 2nd edition Simplified College Vol 2 – 2nd edition Simplified Functional Method – 1st edition The only book that has an answer key is Functional Method. How would one learn from the other books if…
How to Abuse a Fountain Pen
The following amusing selection by Louis Leslie was written in Anniversary and appeared in the June 1943 issue of The Gregg Writer. Attachment: how-to-abuse-a-fountain-pen.pdf
Penmanship Practice – July 2013
From the June 1943 issue of The Gregg Writer. Click here for a full view.
The White Weasel
This short story by the American writer Hamlin Garland first appeared in the 18 December 1926 issue of the Dearborn Independent. It was written in Anniversary and serialized in the March and April 1940 issues of The Gregg Writer. Attachment: the-white-weasel.pdf
Difference between College and standard editions of speed building?
I am looking to buy either “Gregg speed building for colleges: Simplified ed” or “Gregg speed building simplified” and I’m wondering which would be best. My Simplified is getting halfway decent, although I could definitely use more practice in order to get down all of the abbreviating principles. Up to now I have focused far…