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.
A self-published vocabulary of Biblical, religious and general, related terms by Bernard P. Foote. I am sorry that the quality of this document is not great. The copy was faded and some of the outlines are difficult to read. Experienced writers can supply the defects, but it still underscores the importance of preserving these old…
Direct-Method Materials was first released in 1933. (The 2nd edition in 1942 included a much improved word and phrase index.) More useful reading material to accompany the Manual. And here’s the key! Attachment: Teachers Key to Direct-Method Materials.pdf
By the redoubtable Elbert Hubbard, who was a friend of Dr. Gregg. This was evidently Mr. Hubbard’s last writing before he perished when the Lusitania was sunk. This little booklet is the source of the quote found on the inside front jacket of the Cowan biography: And all honor to the man who has taught…
by Minnie De Motte Frick and Edward Vietti. This book was not put out by the Gregg Co.; it was self-published. As such, it has some of the issues with stenciled outlines versus plates which were discussed in the thread on the McCann Method. Mrs. Frick of course is best known for her Analytical Method—which…
Here is a truly remarkable magnum opus, self-published by a gentleman who worked for the U.S. Dept. of Commerce as a Technologist (Chemical and Metallurgical.) This volume takes Gregg shorthand to the outermost limits of its applicability in a demanding field. The author also presents a method for representing numbers with Gregg outlines (Appendix B.)…
This is a brief list of shorthand terms from Analytical Lessons in Gregg Shorthand (1924) by Minnie DeMotte Frick. Many of the terms are specific to her teaching method and probably not general to shorthand, but there may be a few nuggets to mine. Attachment: Frick glossary.pdf
I’m unclear on a very basic point. I’m confused about the best approach to handling words encountered in dictation for which the correct outline isn’t known or recalled. Should I attempt to write an outline on the fly anyway, and just “put a ring around it”? (Up to now I’ve been making quick longhand notations…
From the Expert Shorthand Speed Course (1945), I finally learned what the vertical columns are for in the actual court reporting notebooks. So I thought I’d try my hand at making a template. After minutely examining the graphics of the several examples, there seemed to be minor variations in how the vertical rules should be…
The choice for this project was determined by the high regard in which the Functional Method is held—and by the great difficulty many have had in obtaining this essential volume. While used copies of the two main Anniversary texts are easily found, the Teacher’s Handbook is rarely available. The Handbook includes nine essays on the…
An obituary of Doris Lovett, a remarkable woman who was “nearly a half century in the back halls of power.” And her skill as a stenographer evidently played no small role in getting her there. She would have been an Anniversary writer, and: Her Gregg shorthand was “just like it came out of the book, . . .”…