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.
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…
A Little Journey to the Home of Sir Edwin Landseer was serialized in the Gregg Writer in Anniversary shorthand from April through June 1933. Landseer was a famous painter in England who painted realistic pictures of animals, especially dogs. (I’m not sure if he’s the one who came up with the familiar picture of the…
The Sign Language was serialized in 1916 Pre-Anniversary shorthand in the Gregg Writer from September through December 1924. The story appeared in Harper’s magazine in 1917. The author, Charles Caldwell Dobie, worked in the insurance industry until he could devote his career to full-time writing. Here is his biography: https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6vd723j Link to the story: SignLanguage
A Man’s Chance was serialized in 1916 Pre-Anniversary shorthand in the Gregg Writer from November 1919 through January 1920. At the very end of the story, the author is credited as “William E. Park in System.” I could not find anything on the Internet about the author or System magazine. Here is the link: MansChance
Left Behind (1905) by Arthur Ruhl was serialized in 1916 pre-Anniversary shorthand in the Gregg Writer from September through December 1921. The story appeared in Scribner’s Magazine in September 1905. Arthur Ruhl was an athlete turned journalist. He wrote books and published magazine stories. Left Behind seems to be a story about a track meet….
The Holly Tree (1855) by Charles Dickens appeared in a collection book called Christmas Stories (1854?). It was serialized in Anniversary shorthand in the Gregg Writer in December 1944 and January 1945. It is difficult to determine whether the story first appeared in the Christmas Stories collection or in a separate book or magazine. There…
At the bottom of this post you’ll find links to two separate pre-anniversary stories by Helen Moriarty that were serialized in the Gregg Writer. The shorthand conforms to the 1916 Gregg Shorthand manual. All on Account of Miss Mooney was serialized in the Gregg Writer from August through December 1920. The story originally appeared in…
Adventures of a Kernel of Wheat appeared in the Gregg Writer from February through April 1929. This was right before the anniversary manual was introduced in May 1929. The story is in 1916 pre-Anniversary shorthand. The English source material was an uncopyrighted story that served as a promo for the wheat milling industry. I found…
Today I uploaded Gregg Notes No. 1 (1915) to the Internet Archive. The link is included at the end of this post. This book is from the Gregg Court Reporting Series. There are two court testimonies and two jury charges written in Gregg Shorthand. The shorthand matches the 1902 Gregg Shorthand manual. The separate book…