Confessions of a Man Who Doesn’t Own a Dog
This small essay written in Anniversary appeared in the November 1936 issue of The Gregg Writer. Attachment: confessions-of-a-man-who-doesnt-own-a-dog.pdf
The Law of Success
This article penned by Mr. Henry Ford that originally appeared in the Dearborn Independent was written in Pre-Anniversary for the November 1928 issue of The Gregg Writer. Attachment: the-law-of-success.pdf
Brighter than the Sun
This technical article written in Pre-Anniversary (1916) about scientific advances (in the late 1920s) to study light in the laboratory appeared in the November 1928 issue of The Gregg Writer. It contains many challenging words! Attachment: brighter-than-the-sun.pdf
Chemical Shorthand
These two articles with suggestions on writing chemical terminology appeared in the October and November 1928 issues of The Gregg Writer. As someone who has used shorthand for technical and scientific writing, I believe these suggestions, while not as comprehensive as those proposed in James Kanegis’ book, are nevertheless very useful. Attachment: chemical-shorthand.pdf
The Thirty-Sixth Anniversary
This story written in Simplified appeared in the November 1950 issue of Today’s Secretary. Attachment: the-thirty-sixth-anniversary.pdf
Penmanship Practice – November 2015
From the November 1950 issue of Today’s Secretary. Click here for a full view.
Lots of Shorthand in the Secret Annex
Stumbled on another interesting bit tonight. There was quite a lot of shorthand studying (in different languages, too) in the Secret Annex. Check out Annefrank.org for info. I don’t know what type of shorthand this is. The characters do look Greggish. This is a stenography exercise by Margot, I think: Otto en Edith Frank take…
100-year old diary of WWI soldier — in shorthand!
This article is from last year. It appears to be Pitman shorthand. Museum uncovers 100-year-old diaries of WWI soldier … but has no idea what they say because they’re written in SHORTHAND Do any of you keep a journal in shorthand? And if you do, do you worry that your future descendants won’t be able…
Shorthand Laboratories
These are some images from the book Your First Year of Teaching Shorthand by Marion M. Lamb (1961). The shorthand laboratories shown in these photos are a real blast from the past! Thanks to the Evernote app on my Kindle, I’m creating my own portable “shorthand laboratory” these days. But these were fun to see. …