Proper Names and Common Christian Names
The following is a list of proper names written in Anniversary. Attachment: proper-names-common-christian-names.pdf
Vocabulary Building Lessons in Gregg Shorthand
This is a self-published workbook for vocabulary with dictation material from 1942 by Mary H. Inglis of Queens College in Charlotte, N.C. The vocabulary is drawn primarily from 5,000 Most-Used Shorthand Forms, like which the chapters and units are all keyed to the Anniversary Manual. The pages were all single-sided, which explains why the page…
The Shorthand Student – March 1948
The following is a compilation of articles that appeared under the title “The Shorthand Student” on the March 1948 issue of Gregg Magazine. The articles are: 1. Just Right! by William C. Blackwell 2. Blend drills 3. Brief form derivatives drills 4. Brief form drills 5. Typing Transcription Practice 6. Vocabulary of Business Speeches The…
Derivatives drills
The following drills appeared in the May 1936 issue of The Gregg Writer. Attachment: derivatives-drills.pdf
Direct Practice Units for Beginning Gregg Shorthand
This is a “Direct-Method” workbook designed to accompany the first 30 units of the Anniversary Manual. The workbook pages were unnumbered and presented in a “continuous” steno format, so that you read from the top page down to the bottom page. I laid it out with the top page verso and the bottom recto. Writing…
The Disjoined Prefixes and Suffixes
This article that appeared in the December 1933 issue of The Gregg Writer discusses the disjoined prefixes and suffixes. While the actual prefixes and suffixes refer to Anniversary, the technique and study material can be easily adapted to other series of Gregg. As a bonus, it contains outlines of proper names of people in the…
The Alphabetic Charts
This article that appeared in the December 1910 issue of The Gregg Writer discusses one of the ways of reviewing Gregg Shorthand: by constructing alphabetic charts. It is a great way of summarizing the major principles of the system. While the chart in this case applies to Pre-Anniversary, it can be adapted to all series…
Comparative Summary of “R” Forms
This chart summarizes the “R” rules in Anniversary and Pre-Anniversary Gregg, with illustrations of the reverse circle. Attachment: comparative-summary-of-r-forms.pdf
Progressive Exercises – Anniversary
Gregg Shorthand: Progressive Exercises – Anniversary Edition (with Teacher’s Key) This was one of “the Three Red Books” when Anniversary Series was launched in 1929. I redid the ruling on the main text. The rules look a little uneven in the PDF (which is strange, since it’s all the same rule cut-n-pasted), but they look…
Spanish Business Letters
The following business letters appeared in the October 1939 issue of El Taquígrafo Gregg, the Spanish version of The Gregg Writer, written in the 1923 edition of the system. The language in the letters is somewhat antiquated: they are not the easiest letters to transcribe either, so if someone wants to attempt a transcription, post…