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.
In this essay from his book The Age of Faith (Part 4 of The Story of Civilization), American historian Will Durant briefly describes the origins of the medieval practice of feudalism. I transcribed it for the blog in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: the-origins-of-feudalism.pdf
From Hendrik van Loon’s The Story of Mankind, a small selection about how the theater arts came about, transcribed by yours truly in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: the-origins-of-the-theatre.pdf
Here is a small essay about the history and functions of the National Weather Service, transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: ask-the-weatherman.pdf
The following are excerpts from an address delivered on August 31, 1837 to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge by Ralph Waldo Emerson and transcribed by me it in Simplified Gregg. Phi Beta Kappa’s literary quarterly magazine, The American Scholar, was named after the speech. Attachment: from-the-american-scholar.pdf
From the book The Use of Life by English banker, scientist, and politician Sir John Lubbock, here is an excerpt on reading, transcribed by me in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: delights-of-reading.pdf
Henry Robson Richardson was one of America’s most famous architects. Born in Louisiana in 1838, he studied at Harvard, Tulane, as well as the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. One of his major works is Boston’s Trinity Church. Bishop Phillips Brooks was the rector of this Episcopal church and wrote an article in 1886 for…
Here are some wise words by British politician Sir John Lubbock from his book The Use of Life, transcribed by yours truly in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: a-cheerful-spirit.pdf
Here is an extract from the book The Conduct of Life, a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, transcribed in Simplified Gregg by me for the blog. Attachment: eyes.pdf
Here is a selection from Chapter IX of the book First Impressions of England and Its People, by the Scottish geologist and writer Hugh Miller, about the ocean, “the great agent of change and dilapidation.” I transcribed it in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: traces-of-the-ocean.pdf
Here is a beautiful selection from Volume 1 of the book Modern Painters, by English writer, philosopher, and art critic John Ruskin, transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: the-open-skies.pdf