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.
Part one: I appreciated the recent WWII diary post by @AngelaM because it was “messy” shorthand. Being new to shorthand I truly appreciate the well written exemplars to be found on this site and in textbooks. If you are going to learn something you have to know what “right” looks like. But I greatly appreciated…
I just found this book in Amazon and eBay. Mr. Tursi is President of the NY State Court Reporter’s Association, and founder, director, and instructor at the Verbatim School of Court Reporting in Long Island, NY. He wrote this book in 2015. It has chapters on Mr. Pitman, Dr. Gregg, Mr. Dupraw, and Mr. Swem,…
I recently obtained the November 1958 edition of The National Shorthand Reporter. Most of the magazine is not very interesting but I found some fascinating (to me) classified ads on the final pages. Here we can see how an important collection of shorthand books was amassed, and there are a couple of ads indicating that…
At tandfonline.com there is a searchable archive of specialized magazine articles including many 20th century articles about shorthand from The Journal of Business Education. You can view the first page of each article for free and for a rather high price you can obtain complete articles. Search terms such as shorthand, notehand, diamond jubilee and…
(PDF File) This 1937 thesis describes an experiment in which Gregg shorthand learners and Pitman shorthand students were carefully tested to compare how quickly the two systems can be learned. Many of the Gregg students achieved proficiency and were offered jobs before the experiment concluded. The Pitman students did not do so well, and that’s…
Thought it might be a good idea to have a thread for booklists, just in case anyone is hit by the urge to make any, or wants to link to existing lists. It happened to me… I made a preliminary list of Series 90 books, based on data from WorldCat and ABEbooks, which I have…
Gregg, John Robert. The story of Gregg shorthand :as told by John Robert Gregg at the Silver Jubilee Convention of the Gregg Shorthand Association, Chicago, August, 1913. New York : Gregg Publishing Co., [1913]. I just ran across this gem today, and I don’t see it among any of the shared documents. Is it available…
Hello! I’ve already posted perhaps best developed article about stenography/shorthand on Wikipedia: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenografia Of course, it’s in Polish. 😉 Now I’m going to edit such a definitions like: tironian notes tachygraphy Tiro (Marcus Tullius) If You have any historical materials in Your collection, that You did not posted them here, I would be grateful for…
By the redoubtable Elbert Hubbard, who was a friend of Dr. Gregg. This was evidently Mr. Hubbard’s last writing before he perished when the Lusitania was sunk. This little booklet is the source of the quote found on the inside front jacket of the Cowan biography: And all honor to the man who has taught…
Below are dedication pages of some of Mrs. Richmond’s shorthand books from her personal collection. Enjoy! Gregg Medical Shorthand Manual (1927) Gregg Reporting Shortcuts (1922) Gregg Shorthand Anniversary Manual-Miniature Gregg Shorthand Functional Method – Book 1 Gregg Shorthand Functional Method – Book 2 Gregg Speed Studies (1917)