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.
At the end of March 2021, the Internet Archive published the Gregg Writer/Today’s Secretary magazine Volumes 6 through 84 (9-1903 through 5-1982). This is the entire run of both magazines, except for Gregg Writer Volumes 1 -5 (4-1899 through 8-1903). The good news is that you can download images for all magazines through 1961. You…
From 1920 through 1960, the English keys for the shorthand plates in the Gregg Writer and Today’s Secretary only appeared in The American Shorthand Teacher (1920-1950) and Business Education World (1950-1990). Scans of every issue of The American Shorthand Teacher and Business Education World are available as separate magazine issues on the Internet Archive. (They…
Google Books recently scanned most of Gregg Writer Volume 2 from the Harvard library collection. The scan includes October 1899. It also includes February through September 1900. November, December, and January are missing from the Harvard collection and were not scanned. (For Volume 2, the magazine ran from October 1899 through September 1900.) Google Books…
Besieged by Bears (1909) was serialized in the Gregg Writer in Anniversary shorthand in January and February 1935. This story appeared in Wildlife on the Rockies (1909) by Enos A. Mills: https://archive.org/details/wildlifeonrockie00mill/page/n10 Here is a link to the story: BesiegedByBears
I uploaded Edgar Allen Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) to the Internet archive today. This story was serialized in the Gregg Writer from April through July 1923. These shorthand plates were not published in a separate Gregg publication. The shorthand matches the 1916 Gregg Shorthand Manual. A few of the pages…
A Christmas Effigy was serialized in 1916 pre-anniversary shorthand in the Gregg Writer in December 1921 and January 1922. This story by Archie P. McKishnie appeared in the Farmers’ Magazine (Toronto). I cannot seem to find a biography on this man, but here is a link to a bibliography with a few of his works:…
Where is They Sting (1920) was serialized in the Gregg Writer magazine in 1916 Pre-anniversary shorthand in August and September 1922. There is an Anniversary version serialized in the Gregg Writer magazine from March to May 1936. (I believe that this version was posted elsewhere on this blog.) This story was published in All-Story magazine…
A Tale from a Log Mill was serialized in the Gregg Writer in 1916 Pre-anniversary shorthand in February and March 1921. Authorship was credited to Ethel R. Brown; Berkeley High School; Berkeley, California. The Tale of a Log Mill was written in Anniversary shorthand for Gregg Speed Studies (1929). Authorship was credited to Ethel M….
The Story of a Thousand-Year Pine (1906) was serialized in the Gregg Writer from April to May 1929. The story is in 1916 preanniversary shorthand. (The Anniversary Manual came out in May 1929, so it would’ve been premature to write this story in Anniversary shorthand.) A much shorter version of this story was written in…
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…