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 is a self-published workbook for vocabulary with dictation material from 1942 by Mary H. Inglis of Queens College in Charlotte, N.C. The vocabulary is drawn primarily from 5,000 Most-Used Shorthand Forms, like which the chapters and units are all keyed to the Anniversary Manual. The pages were all single-sided, which explains why the page…
This is a “Direct-Method” workbook designed to accompany the first 30 units of the Anniversary Manual. The workbook pages were unnumbered and presented in a “continuous” steno format, so that you read from the top page down to the bottom page. I laid it out with the top page verso and the bottom recto. Writing…
GREGG SHORTHAND RULES Gregg circles nestle inside curves Or hang outside of angles; They make a right turn on straight lines To keep from traffic tangles. If one should come ’twixt curves reverse, Like “lake” or “gale” or “pave,” Just write it on the first one’s back, The word’s identity to save. To place it…
Here’s an interesting little pamphlet from 1926 entitled Gregg Shorthand as an Equivalent of Two Years’ Course in a Foreign Language. It was written by Elizabeth Starbuck Adams, who is particularly noted as the author of Introduction to Transcription from the Anniversary period. Attachment: Gregg Shorthand – Foreign Language.pdf
Gregg Shorthand: Progressive Exercises – Anniversary Edition (with Teacher’s Key) This was one of “the Three Red Books” when Anniversary Series was launched in 1929. I redid the ruling on the main text. The rules look a little uneven in the PDF (which is strange, since it’s all the same rule cut-n-pasted), but they look…
A Course of Study for Teaching Gregg Shorthand by the Anniversary Manual Method I learned of this pamphlet from Mr. Blanchard’s book 20 Shortcuts to Shorthand Speed (available at Andrew’s site here) on p. 46. Mr. Blanchard referred to an article he had written in 1933 on “A New and Easy Method for Teaching the…
This is the Teacher’s Key to the first Speed Building book for Anniversary, an intermediate level text which is still readily available. Although subsequent Speed Building books—the One-Year Course for high schools and the college course—have a greatly enlarged vocabulary, as well as additional grammatical helps for skill in transcription, the old ’32 edition has…
Graded Readings is essential reading material for those starting out and is easily obtainable. I think we now have available most of the keys to the basic materials for beginning Anniversary students! 😀 Attachment: Graded Readings 1930.pdf
The key to the 2nd edition of Gregg Speed Studies is divided into two sections. The first is the longhand key to the reading and dictation drills, and the 2nd is the shorthand key to the writing drills. There are also a few pages tucked away in the back with the outlines of frequent surnames…
Does anyone have a copy of Direct Practice Units for Beginning Gregg Shorthand here? I have it nearly ready to post, but am chagrined to discover that a page is apparently missing from my copy. Unit 7 should include three pages, (maybe four.) I have the first two pages, but the last one is missing….