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.
One of our blog members, Peter Meggison, who is a former Gregg Shorthand teacher, has put a number of his shorthand books up for sale. Click here for a complete list with the price (not including shipping). If anyone is interested, please let me know using the About … Contact link of the blog and I’ll…
Today, I put a new color scan of the 1903 Preanniversary first version of Letters From a Self-Made Merchant To His Son in Gregg Shorthand on the Internet Archive. This is the first version of Letters From a Self-Made Merchant To His Son in Gregg Shorthand. This book was first published in 1903. It matches…
Today, I put a new high-resolution color scan of the 1902 Gregg Shorthand Dictionary that matches the 1902 Preanniversary Gregg Shorthand manual. The PDF file I placed on the Internet Archive several weeks ago was lower resolution. This new scan is a great improvement over my earlier scan. This dictionary was first published in 1902….
Today, I put a new color scan of the 1919 Preanniversary hardback version of Alice in Wonderland in Gregg Shorthand on the Internet Archive. The description on the Internet Archive page for this pdf document includes an extensive history of the various versions and printings of Alice in Wonderland in Gregg Shorthand. There is only…
People have recently been asking to see digital copies of the various Preanniversary Gregg Shorthand manuals. I have included Internet Archive links to digital copies of each manual from 1888 through 1916 at the bottom of this post. Please note: The link to the 1888 manual published in the UK only includes Part 1-The Phonetic…
The U.S. 1902 Gregg Shorthand manual has copyright dates of 1901 and 1902, but it was not printed until July 1902. It was not sold until July or August 1902. Here is the timeline of events: There is no copyright record in the US copyright books for the Gregg Shorthand manual in 1901. The Forward…
Today I put a January 1922 article written by John Gregg on the Internet Archive. Gregg discussed rare Gregg Shorthand books and magazines. (The link to the article is included at the bottom of this post.) Gregg’s article was titled “Light-Line Phonography” and “Gregg Shorthand.” Some Bibliographical Notes. The article was written for the Willis-Byrom…
Today, I put a color scan of the 1902 Gregg Shorthand Phrase Book on the Internet Archive. It matches the 1902 Preanniversary Gregg Shorthand manual. It was first published in 1902. This book was sold by Gregg until 1924 when it was replaced by a later version that matched the 1916 Gregg Shorthand Manual. This…
Today, I put a color scan of the 1902 Gregg Shorthand Dictionary on the Internet Archive. It matches the 1902 Preanniversary Gregg Shorthand manual. It was first published in 1902. This book was sold by Gregg until September 1916 when it was replaced by a later version that matched the 1916 Gregg Shorthand Manual. This…
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…