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.
I just finished reading a biography about George D. Watt, who was a Pitman scribe to the Mormon prophet, Brigham Young, for 30 years during the mid 1800’s. The biography is available in print as well as in .pdf format for free on the University of Utah website here. It was fascinating– how often do…
Found these receipts in a used shorthand book I bought in recent years. Thought you might find them interesting!
If you’ve read any biographical information about Dr. Gregg, you’ll know that when he was quite young he had a legal dispute with Thomas Malone, another shorthand inventor/teacher who had authored “Script Phonography”. Dr. Gregg worked as a teacher for Malone, and when Gregg created his own system Malone took him to court over the…
I just found this book in Amazon and eBay. Mr. Tursi is President of the NY State Court Reporter’s Association, and founder, director, and instructor at the Verbatim School of Court Reporting in Long Island, NY. He wrote this book in 2015. It has chapters on Mr. Pitman, Dr. Gregg, Mr. Dupraw, and Mr. Swem,…
If there are any Gregg reporters here, you might find this new special edition reporting notebook interesting. CBS reporter John Dickerson helped with its design. This is not Gregg-ruled, but Collegiate-ruled (I suppose that could bring up a whole debate about whether Gregg ruling is too wide or not). For info and a video of…
Here’s a little movie for ya! Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODD-ykX_ZiM
I stumbled across a blogger on Tumblr (Bug Catcher in Viridian Forest) who has compiled some shorthand sightings from both the Sherlock Holmes books and the BBC Sherlock series. Pretty fun! The link is here.
I was watching Dr. Who this weekend and saw some shorthand! It’s in the episode called Blink from season 3 (the one with the weeping angels). Here is the link to the shorthand scene– the shorthand is found at minute 1:36. Below is a screenshot of it. I guess this is Pittman shorthand, though a…
Just ran across this book from 1921. It is a general reference, not directed to any particular version of shorthand, with lots of admonitions for the professional stenographer as well as helps with spelling and grammar, etc. https://archive.org/details/stenographersma00kildgoog
There is nothing about shorthand in this article, but it does suggest that those students who go the no-tech route for their note-taking fair better in school. Folks doing Notehand, take note! Why smart kids shouldn’t use laptops in class