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.
Today, I put a new color scan of the 1903 Preanniversary first version of Letters From a Self-Made Merchant To His Son in Gregg Shorthand on the Internet Archive. This is the first version of Letters From a Self-Made Merchant To His Son in Gregg Shorthand. This book was first published in 1903. It matches…
Today, I put a new color scan of the 1919 Preanniversary hardback version of Alice in Wonderland in Gregg Shorthand on the Internet Archive. The description on the Internet Archive page for this pdf document includes an extensive history of the various versions and printings of Alice in Wonderland in Gregg Shorthand. There is only…
Today I put Gulliver’s Travels Translated into Gregg Shorthand on the Internet Archive. This book was published circa 1897 in Edinburgh, Scotland. I also put an English key to this book on the Internet Archive. Both links are included at the bottom of this post. The shorthand matches the rules of the 1893 Gregg’s Shorthand…
Today, I put a scan of the 2nd edition of Aesop’s Fables Translated into Gregg Shorthand on the Internet Archive. This book was published in 1895. The 1st edition was published in 1893. Both editions were published in Edinburgh, Scotland. The shorthand matches the rules of the 1893 Gregg’s Shorthand manual. The shorthand plates were…
I’ve recently been looking at the Rider university collection of shorthand stuff donated by Louis Leslie. Rather interesting that the collection has the 1902 manual. I thought that, out of all the preanniversary editions, the 1916 version is the most mature, or the 1888 edition would be there because of its historical significance. A question…
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…
The famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow appeared in the December 1910 issue of The Gregg Writer written in Pre-Anniversary. Attachment: christmas-bells.pdf
This story by Mark Twain was originally published in 1893 in the book The £1,000,000 Bank-note: And Other Stories (available in Google Books). The story was written in Anniversary and serialized in the January to April 1939 issues of The Gregg Writer. It was released in 1954 as a movie (The Million Pound Note), starring…
Two chapters from the book “Cabbages & Kings” by O. Henry were serialized in the September to November 1937 issues of The Gregg Writer, and written in Anniversary. Attachment: dicky-rouge-et-noir.pdf
This is a legal thriller written by Arthur Train that appeared in his book “Page Mr. Tutt”, whose main character, Ephraim Tutt, predates Perry Mason as the quintessential successful and righteous lawyer. It was serialized in the September 1930 to February 1940 issues of The Gregg Writer, and written in Anniversary. Attachment: stalemate.pdf