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.
Rider University houses the Louis A. Leslie Shorthand Collection. It looks like the university is in financial trouble, laying off 25% of its full time faculty, cutting everyone’s pay by 14%, and stopping contributions to employee retirement. If Rider closes–as many small private schools are doing–I assume the shorthand collection would be at risk of…
This is a very sweet story by Pearl S. Buck that I transcribed in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: christmas-day-in-the-morning.pdf
Willa Cather wrote this story under the pseudonym Elizabeth L. Seymour for the magazine Home Monthly, where she was the managing editor. I transcribed it in Anniversary Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-burglars-christmas.pdf
Here is a sweet Christmas story by Irish writer Oscar Wilde, transcribed by yours truly in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: the-selfish-giant.pdf
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There was a brief listing on Ebay a few days ago for a pamphlet, from Gregg Publishing, about a TV course based on the 2nd edition of the Simplified manual. It looked like only a few pages, folded and stapled, and I thought it was overpriced. When I went back to see if there were…
Nathan Tardiff of Noodler’s Ink has designed a 12″ long fountain pen especially for shorthand. The idea is that a pen this long won’t burp out ink as the hand warms the pen during lengthy writing sessions. See the video here. He’s using his invisible ink Blue Ghost in the pen. He won’t be making…
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Do we know anything about the kinds of notebooks shorthand writers used in the 19th and early 20th centuries? If the Internet is to be believed, spiral bound notebooks like the standard steno pad didn’t appear until the 1920s or 1930s. So what did stenographers write on during the early Pitman era, or during the…
This essay by English writer Owen Feltham, published in his book Resolves, Divine, Moral, and Political, explains the importance of avoiding neglect in life. I transcribed it in Centennial Gregg for the blog. Attachment: of-neglect.pdf