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.
At tandfonline.com there is a searchable archive of specialized magazine articles including many 20th century articles about shorthand from The Journal of Business Education. You can view the first page of each article for free and for a rather high price you can obtain complete articles. Search terms such as shorthand, notehand, diamond jubilee and…
I recently purchased a copy of “Gregg Handwriting” (1931, by John Robert Gregg and Mary Louise Champion). This copy was published by the Gregg Publishing Company Ltd. in London, but presents a totally American-style cursive handwriting (in the tradition of Spencer, Palmer, Zaner-Bloser, etc.) Addresses in later samples are British, and prices in pounds. Now I’m…
I’m curious if anyone has ever found information about what became of Dr. Gregg’s two children (with his second wife Janet). Did they ever have any involvement with the company or with shorthand? They would have still been young children when McGraw-Hill bought the Gregg company. And how long did Janet Gregg continue to work…
As you may know, a pangram is a sentence that uses every letter of a language’s alphabet at least once. A common example is “a quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” I was wondering if anyone has composed pangrams using the basic Gregg alphabet, however you might define that. (Would you want to…
I was watching The Big Sleep last night. There is a scene in a DA’s office with a stenographer. I thought that was very cool. Then the movie cuts to the actual page of shorthand. Anyone want to translate?
I found this website that explains the old currency of the UK, in case you’re reading shorthand books from that era: http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/moneyold.htm. The site is pretty good, with pictures of the old coins as well. Further, if you want to find out the buying power of old British currency and/or how much yesterday’s money is…
I suppose this was a field that Dr. Gregg was also interested in . . .
The hackers are at it again. Read the full story here. If you want to find out if your account was affected, click here. Anyway, it is always a good idea to change your passwords periodically.
This report titled “Old technology in NSA age: Typewriter sales surge in Germany” is a follow-up to the previous story about using typewriters to block Internet spying. Could shorthand be next?
This article from the UK Telegraph explains why.