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.
Dear shorthanders, Attached here is “The Vocabulary of the Gregg Shorthand Manual: Anniversary Edition.” This is actually a surprisingly useful little resource. It refers to every word used in the manual by unit and page number, so that a shorthand writer doesn’t just memorize each word he looks up in a dictionary, but learns the…
This booklet, written by Harry Sundwall, was published in 1939 by the BYU University Press. It contains useful shortcuts, reading, and writing practice. Attachment: gregg-shorthand-lds-vocabulary.pdf
This is the Teacher’s Key to the first Speed Building book for Anniversary, an intermediate level text which is still readily available. Although subsequent Speed Building books—the One-Year Course for high schools and the college course—have a greatly enlarged vocabulary, as well as additional grammatical helps for skill in transcription, the old ’32 edition has…
Graded Readings is essential reading material for those starting out and is easily obtainable. I think we now have available most of the keys to the basic materials for beginning Anniversary students! 😀 Attachment: Graded Readings 1930.pdf
The key to the 2nd edition of Gregg Speed Studies is divided into two sections. The first is the longhand key to the reading and dictation drills, and the 2nd is the shorthand key to the writing drills. There are also a few pages tucked away in the back with the outlines of frequent surnames…
A self-published vocabulary of Biblical, religious and general, related terms by Bernard P. Foote. I am sorry that the quality of this document is not great. The copy was faded and some of the outlines are difficult to read. Experienced writers can supply the defects, but it still underscores the importance of preserving these old…
Direct-Method Materials was first released in 1933. (The 2nd edition in 1942 included a much improved word and phrase index.) More useful reading material to accompany the Manual. And here’s the key! Attachment: Teachers Key to Direct-Method Materials.pdf
This article contains vocabulary from nineteen (yes, nineteen) vocational areas, written in Anniversary (The Gregg Writer, April 1931). Attachment: spending-a-month-in-twenty-vocations.pdf
The following set of drills appeared in the September through December 1930 issues of The Gregg Writer, and they are correlated with the chapters of the Anniversary manual. Attachment: drills-on-the-manual-lessons.pdf
by Minnie De Motte Frick and Edward Vietti. This book was not put out by the Gregg Co.; it was self-published. As such, it has some of the issues with stenciled outlines versus plates which were discussed in the thread on the McCann Method. Mrs. Frick of course is best known for her Analytical Method—which…