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.
Here is an Anniversary shorthand story from the Gregg Writer. The Stage Coach (1820) was written by Washington Irving. Irving is famous for writing Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Both of these stories were published in separate Gregg Shorthand books for 1902, 1916, and 1929 shorthand. All Gregg Shorthand versions of…
The Gregg Shorthand Reader (1912) contains reprints of shorthand plates from issues of the Gregg Writer magazine. This book matches the 1902 Gregg Shorthand manual. There is another version of this book on the Internet Archive that is difficult to read. It was scanned in black and white from an original copy with faded plates….
Today I uploaded a PDF file to the Internet Archive that contains five Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews short stories written in Gregg Shorthand from the Gregg Writer. The stories are presented in chronological order, based on the original publication dates for the English versions. The stories were originally published from 1906 through 1913. They were…
Here is a 20-page pre-anniversary shorthand story from the Gregg Writer (June-Sept 1922). The Touch System (1909) is a detective story that seems very implausible. I recently read this article. It is not a difficult read. TouchSystem
Here is a story from the Gregg Writer magazine in 1916 pre-anniversary shorthand. It appeared in the Gregg Writer magazine from December 1923 through February 1924. The original story in English text was published in 1919. The title is Open Hearth: A Story of Pete of the Steel Mills and his Fellow Work-men. I recently…
Below is a link to Sire de Maletroit’s Door in Pre-anniversary Gregg Shorthand. The story was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1877 . It was serialized in the Gregg Writer from October 1922 through January 1923. The shorthand plates are somewhat faded. This was a problem with many Gregg publications prior to 1924….
Today I uploaded 7 scanned issues of the Gregg Writer to the Internet Archive. I also updated the PDF file I previously posted that includes links to downloadable issues of the the Gregg Writer for Google Books and Internet Archive. Here are the issues I uploaded: Gregg Writer – Volume 8 – July-August 1906: https://archive.org/details/GreggWriterJulyAug1906…
Harvard Library recently allowed Google Books to scan all Gregg Writer magazine issues in their collection that were not already scanned. (Google Books scanned some full volumes years ago. Those are available through Google Books and the Haiti Trust.) The recent scans include Gregg Writer magazine issues from 1901-1918. These scans include: —Complete Volumes: 4,…
Please help me test a new PDF file that contains ten O. Henry short stories written in Gregg Shorthand. The stories were serialized in 22 issues of the Gregg Writer magazine. All of the stories are in the public domain. This PDF file is not viewable on the Internet Archive viewer. You need to download…
I recently purchased several issues of “The Gregg Writer” from 1930s and 1940s. I removed the pages that were of interest to me, and scanned them for my files. They contain a wealth of information, such as theory, word drills, phrasing principles, court reporting, etc. The incomplete issues are: May 1934, October 1938, December 1938…