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 letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Mayor of Washington DC, Mr. Roger Weightman, was written on June 24, 1826. He wrote it using his left hand, as he had broken his right hand and it never healed. He was very ill: he will become bedridden two days later and die on July 4. I…
The X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft that set altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the limits of outer space. It was designed to be carried aloft and drop launched from under the wing of a B-52. In this selection from the August 22, 1960 issue of Life Magazine and transcribed by yours truly in…
This article transcribed by yours truly in Simplified Gregg deals about the importance of a good nutrition in everyone’s life. Attachment: eat-right-and-feel-better.pdf
An extract of one of the most famous speeches by Theodore Roosevelt in 1899, here transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: the-strenuous-life.pdf
This selection about hurricanes in the Caribbean was written in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: hurricanes-in-martinique.pdf
This entertaining story was adapted from the book The Cow-tail Switch: And Other West African Stories by American anthropologists and folklorists Harold Courlander and George Herzog, and was written by yours truly in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: talk-a-tale-from-africa.pdf
Some facts and figures about the Great Lakes, written by yours truly in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-great-lakes-of-north-america.pdf
This essay appeared in the March 1942 issue of The Gregg Writer. I wrote it for the blog in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: shorthand-in-history-and-histrionics.pdf
The following selection appeared in James Sylvester’s Paleography. I rewrote it in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: first-steps-in-the-invention-of-writing.pdf
Some advice on achieving success, from the pen of Frank Crane, here written by yours truly in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: ten-success-hunches.pdf