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’m currently learning pre-anniversary Gregg, and I’m using Graded Readings as some extra reading practice. I mostly just want to know if the words I’m having trouble with are because of language shift over the years or if I need to practice them. I know there’s a key for the anniversary Graded Readings, but is…
I received an email from a lady that wants to donate the following shorthand books (pictures are of the actual books, first come, first served): 1. Gregg Speed Studies – Second Edition (Anniversary) 2. Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified Functional Method – First Edition 3. Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified Functional Method – Second Edition 4. Gregg…
I received an email from a lady whose mother was a legal secretary for many years. Her mom would have been 100 this year, and as the executor of her state, she wants to find a new home for her mom’s materials. I agreed to post the list of available titles in the hopes that…
Today on the Internet Archive, I uploaded a color scan of the Gregg Shorthand Phrase Book that matches the 1916 Preanniversary Gregg Shorthand manual. It was first published in 1924. This 1924 book entered the public domain as soon as it was first published. There is a 1924 copyright notice in the book. However, there…
Today I uploaded a new color scan of the second version of Letters From a Self-Made Merchant To His Son in Gregg Shorthand. This version was first published in December 1918 with shorthand plates by Georgie Gregg. It matches the 1916 Pre-Anniversary Gregg Shorthand Manual. This book has 120 pages with only 87 pages of…
I put a new color scan of The Great Stone Face (1912) on the Internet Archive today. This is the first Gregg Shorthand version. It matches the 1902 manual. This version was first serialized in the Gregg Writer magazine from October 1908 to March 1910. Except for the first two pages, all of the plates…
I uploaded a color scan of Supplementary Exercises in Gregg Shorthand (1918) to the Internet Archive today. This book provides extra exercises for the 1916 Gregg Shorthand manual. This is a color scan of an original copy with plates that are not faded. It is easy to read. I have two black and white scans…
The Gregg Shorthand Reader (1912) contains reprints of shorthand plates from issues of the Gregg Writer magazine. This book matches the 1902 Gregg Shorthand manual. There is another version of this book on the Internet Archive that is difficult to read. It was scanned in black and white from an original copy with faded plates….
I came across this a little while ago: https://blog.archive.org/2017/10/10/books-from-1923-to-1941-now-liberated/ This appears to be a *legal* option for sharing books that were published between 1923 and 1941, which opens up the possibility of legal digital access to, for instance, the anniversary edition functional method books, which were published in 1936 (and renewed in Oct 1963, dang…
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