Here’s a collection of books about teaching shorthand. I thought it might be nice to put these together in one place.
Downloadable .pdf Books
- Method of Teaching Shorthand by Edward McNamara (1914)
- Teaching of Shorthand: Some Suggestions to Young Teachers by John Robert Gregg (1916)
- The American Shorthand Teacher Vol. 1 & 2 edited by John Robert Gregg(1920-33)
- The Educational & Practical Value of the Study of Shorthand by Rupert P. SoRelle (1921)
- Making Shorthand Teaching Effective by John Robert Gregg (1921)
- Gregg Shorthand Junior Manual (1927)
- The Use of the Blackboard in Teaching Shorthand by John Robert Gregg (1928)
- A Course of Study for Teaching Gregg Shorthand for Highschools (1930)
- A Course of Study for Teaching Gregg Shorthand by the Anniversary Manual Method (1930)
- Course of Study in Shorthand for Senior High Schools (1932) — Has lesson plans for both Gregg and Pitman and advice to teachers
- Teacher’s Guide to Gregg Notehand (1960)
- Gregg College Book of Facts (unknown year)
Books You Can Read Online (But Not Download)
- Practical Pointers for Shorthand Students by Frank Rutherford (1904)
- The Measurement of Achievement in Shorthand by Elmer Hoke (1922)
- Shorthand Championship Tests by Walt H. Mechler (1922)
- Lesson Plans in Gregg Shorthand by Lula May Westenhaver (1925)
- A Neglected Factor in Education by George Everett Walk (1926) — This one has info about teaching children shorthand and longhand simultaneously
- Standards in Elementary Shorthand by Frances Raymond (1926)
- Problems of Teaching Shorthand by Paul S. Lomax (1930)
- Teaching Gregg Shorthand by the Analytical Method by Minne Frick (1931)
- Teaching Principles & Procedures for Gregg Shorthand by Etta C. Skene (1932)
- Daily Lesson Plans for Teaching Gregg Shorthand by the Sentence Method, by Meyer E. Zinman, et al (1934)
- Lesson Plans for Teaching Gregg Shorthand by the Direct Method by Ann Brewington, et. al (1943)
- Your First Year of Teaching Shorthand & Transcription by Marion M. Lamb (1961) — Very practical info, esp. in the dictation section
Print Books on Teaching Shorthand
- Methods of Teaching Transcription by Louis Leslie (1949)
- Methods of Teaching Gregg Shorthand by Louis Leslie (1953)
- Shorthand Learning & Instruction by VanHuss, Lambrecht, & Christensen, South-Western Publishing Co. (1980)
- Methods of Teaching Shorthand & Transcription by Crank, Anderson, & Peterson, Gregg Division, McGraw-Hill Book Company (1982)