A quick thank you

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…

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How To Determine Print Month and Year For Gregg Publishing Co Books

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…

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New Items Added To the Internet Archives Library

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…

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Gregg Simplified

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…

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Georgie Gregg Got Married 10-1-1919

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…

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Anniversary outline: draman

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]…

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Brief form for “upon”

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. …

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