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 letter from American lawyer, author of Ben Hur, and governor of New Mexico, General Lew Wallace, to his son Henry, while traveling to Turkey along with his wife Susan in the late 1800s. It appeared in her book Along the Bosphorus, which recounted their travel experiences. In the letter he describes how he arranged…
Here is the conclusion to the Nathaniel Hawthorne story, transcribed by yours truly in Anniversary Gregg. Attachment: the-snow-image.pdf
Violet and Peony continue their adventure in the snow in this second part of the story, transcribed in Anniversary Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: the-snow-image-part2.pdf
Volume 32 of the Gregg Writer has just indirectly been made available on Google books. You cannot access it from the main page for this volume covering 1929 to 1930. But you are able to go to the link below and download the book directly: Vol 32 1929-1930
The beautiful story by Nathaniel Hawthorne is presented here in two parts and transcribed in Anniversary Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: the-snow-image-part1.pdf
Here is a lovely story from the pen of American writer Nora Archibald Smith, transcribed by yours truly in Anniversary Gregg. Attachment: a-story-of-the-forest.pdf
On January 1 2025, the 1929 Gregg Shorthand Anniversary manual enters the public domain in the United States. The copyright was renewed properly, so it took a long time for that manual to lose its copyright. Most of the anniversary textbooks created after 1929 are still copyright protected.
I am planning to start writing as soon as I have free time for Gregg. A couple years ago, one of my motivations for learning shorthand was to use it for taking notes during (competitive) debate rounds. As I was writing “peace” over and over, I had the idea to use shorthand. (And I figured…
A few months back, I bought an Anniversary functional manual and started reading it. At some point, it occurred to me that high school students probably spent an hour per day in class and 40 minutes outside of class studying the manual. I didn’t have that much time. My study was somewhat intermittent, and when…
Here is a beautiful story by American writer Sarah Orne Jewett, transcribed in Anniversary Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: the-night-before-thanksgiving.pdf