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

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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

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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

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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…

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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. …

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