Dickens’s Poor Relation’s Story
Thanks to Paul’s research, we have this Dickens classic. From the info in the previous post, I made a PDF. It’s sort of slapped together, but it seems to print okay. Attachment: DickensPoorRelationPA1916_Pub1926.pdf
Expert Shorthand Speed Course – Anniversary – at amazon.com
If anyone is looking for the elusive volume, there’s one for sale here under $10: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XSM6N0/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A2VCZLZUW5BXC2
The Career of Charles Lee Swem
There’s a short bio of the great Mr. Swem tucked at the end of a volume entitled A Crossroads of Freedom: The 1912 Speeches of Woodrow Wilson, published in 1956. (The Symonds biography of Dr. Gregg informs us that Mr. Swem passed away that same year.) THE CAREER OF CHARLES LEE SWEM WOODROW…
A dictionary for shorthand writers, sans vowels
Here is an interesting resource, a dictionary that omits vowels: www.archive.org/details/shorthanddiction00dimbiala No publication date is found, but it looks 19th Century-ish. The full title is A Shorthand Dictionary comprising a complete alphabetical arrangement of all English words, written without vowels adapted to all systems of shorthand writing and designed for the use of gentlemen connected…
Question on Alphabetic Systems
I am wondering which is the best of the alphabetic systems in existence? Speedwriting seems to have earned the largest market share in its time. Zinman’s Rapid Writing apparently had a following. I just found a paperback called Shortrite by Rae C. Greenburg that looks interesting. (Forkner has that add-vowels-after-consonants thing—shades of Pitman?) When I…
Article on Dr. Gregg in Coronet, Jan. 1946
Article is “Shorthand for the Millions,” by Frances Rockmore Velie. Coronet was a small periodical similar in appearance to Reader’s Digest. Attachment: Shorthand for the Millions
The Evolution of Gregg Shorthand
A brief, historical overview through the Anniversary series, by Dr. Gregg. From the Gregg Writer, June 1931. Attachment: EvolutionofGreggShorthand
Shorthand Rediscovered
This article is from the Washington Times, Jan. 16, 2005. It was one of the catalysts that spurred me back into my old dream of learning shorthand. 🙂 Twelve students enrolled in an evening study program aren’t much of a crowd, but to Allen Trenum, a coordinator of adult education for Montgomery County Public Schools,…
Shorthand Terminology
I’ve occasionally run across terms that are apparently part of a vocabulary unique to our field. Examples would be (from Reporting Shortcuts 1922): Word-carrying faculty – The ability to trail a speaker, recalling the spoken words ahead of writing them down. BUSTED – What happens to a shorthand writer after falling hopelessly behind and losing…
Intensive Gregg Shorthand by the McCann Method (1942)
I received this from a used-book seller on amazon, one of those annoyingly frequent cases of ordering one thing and receiving something quite different. Ordinarily, when a mis-listed item ends up in my eager hands, I’m furious. But this time I thought maybe I had something special. I have great respect for home-grown efforts of…
