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.
Thanks to everyone on these boards for being so generous in sharing your wisdom here. I’ve been teaching myself Gregg shorthand for over a year now, flitting from the early versions through later and later ones looking for shortcuts, then gradually gravitating back to the earliest editions as I came to understand from first principles…
OK, i would love to hear your guess as to how much longer it would take in terms of months to learn Anniversary than to learn Simplified if the student were to put in one hour a day? Is the learning curve crossed by the time the student gets to the end of the first…
http://www.archive.org/details/HowToDeterminePrintMonthAndYearForGreggPublishingCoBooks&reCache=1 Here is a new document I just put on the Internet Archive Library that explains how to determine the Print month and year for a copy of a book from the Gregg Publishing Company for 1914 through 1941. As you know, some of the Gregg Shorthand Manuals, Readers, and Novels had many press runs…
I added a few new items to my Gregg Shorthand Manuals, Readers, and Novels on the Internet Archives. The new items include: –A great scan of the 1916 Gregg Manual with a complete PDF index –New Versions of The Diamond Necklace –The Anniversary Edition of A Xmas Carol with the missing pages included http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Printed+in+Gregg+Shorthand%22 (by…
From 1914 through 1941, the Gregg Publishing Company used a printers code on the verso (reverse side) of a Gregg book title page. Sometimes the printers code appeared at the end of a Gregg book. If you know how to read the printers code, in most cases, you will be able to determine the month…
I was writing a note to myself and wanted something like “until further notice”. It doesn’t have to be that phrase exactly, just something to remind me to keep an eye out for the next change. Any ideas? Thanks, Cricket (by Cricket for everyone)
I have just finished a course in Gregg Shorthand Simplified. The class used the Gregg Shorthand Simplified Manual. I am now attempting to increase my skill by studying “Most Used Shorthand Words and Phrases,” “Speed Building Simplified,”, and “Simplified College Edition, Vol.s 1 & 2.” When I have a words or phrases that I cannot…
Georgie Gregg, niece of John Gregg and daughter of Jared Gregg, went to live with her Uncle in New York in 1912 at the age of 17. She wrote Shorthand Plates for the Gregg Writer from around 1916 through 1919. She also wrote the Shorthand Plates for: –Creeds of Great Business Men – 1918 (Serialized…
I need help in deciphering the Anniversary outline, “draman,” found in Gregg Shorthand Manual for the Functional Method, 1936, page 546: Context: “There should also be a voucher by the [draman] of the amount paid for his services.” Later the outline “draj” appears in the following context: ‘In this way the two accounts, commission and [draj]…
The “word sign” for the word “upon” given in both the 1902 and the 1916 manuals is “pn.” In the Anniversary manual the brief from given for “upon” is “pon.” The Simplified manual reverts to the earlier brief form. Does anyone have thoughts about the editors’ reasons for changing the form in the Anniversary edition. …