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.
Those interested in the history of Gregg Publishing and/or Gregg Shorthand will enjoy perusing The Light-Liner. A few volumes have recently been put online at the Louis A. Leslie Shorthand Collection website, part of Rider University Libraries. This is a link to Volume 2, numbers 2-8. The other relevant items can be found by typing…
http://books.google.com/books?id=5uwCAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA235&dq=%22gregg+shorthand%22&lr=&as_brr=1&cd=73#v=onepage&q=%22gregg%20shorthand%22&f=false (by Shorthand-learner for everyone)
Poem, bottom of page 441, in “Progress”, Vol, III, Number 1, 1897. I thought this was charming. (by Shorthand-learner for everyone)
A wonderful find from 1904. Pages 651-664 are the course in shorthand. Can you tell I’m going through the Google Book searches?
“Gregg’s Shorthand” in “Odds and Ends”, by Frank Rutherford in monthly periodical, “The Stenographer”, 1894. Lovely one-page write-up introducing Gregg Shorthand. (by Shorthand-learner for everyone)