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.
President John Adams (1735-1826) and Abigail Smith Adams (1744-1818) exchanged over 1,100 letters, beginning during their courtship in 1762 and continuing throughout President Adam’s political career (until 1801). These warm and informative letters include his descriptions of the Continental Congress and his impressions of Europe while he served in various diplomatic roles, as well as…
If you have ever wondered what must it be like to stand before the door of a plane waiting your turn to leap out into the open sky, George Weller in his book “The Story of the Paratroops” tells us in vivid detail of just such experience in New Guinea during World War II. Here…
The game of basketball has millions of fans all over the world. In this selection written in Simplified Gregg by me for the blog, you will find out how that popular sport began. Attachment: the-story-of-basketball.pdf
The Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is located in the border between Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. The Cumberland Gap is a narrow pass through the long ridge of the Cumberland Mountains that served as a key passageway for not only settlers, but Native Americans, and migratory species, such as the buffalo. A team of frontiersmen…
Here is the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice, as retold by British-born American writer Olivia Coolidge. I rewrote it for the blog in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: the-great-musician.pdf
This interesting reading selection tells the story of the tradition of St. Valentine’s Day. I wrote it in Simplified for the blog. Attachment: st-valentines-day.pdf
This is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the March 2, 1962 issue of Time Magazine about John Glenn’s first orbit in space that I wrote in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: spaceman-glenn.pdf
Here is the classic Christmas story told by the Brothers Grimm, which I transcribed for the blog in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: the-elves-and-the-shoemaker.pdf
This essay evokes one of the most important institutions in remote places, the general store or mercantile functioned as among the most important connections local residents had to the wider world, providing them with the latest consumer goods, news, and mail. More than that, as author Phyllis Fenner remembers of her grandfather’s country store, these…
This story appeared in Blackwood’s Magazine and I wrote it for the blog in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: an-anecdote-of-the-duke-of-newcastle.pdf