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.
This is the third version of Letters From a Self Made Merchant To His Son in Gregg Shorthand. This book was published in 1933 with shorthand plates by Winifred Kenna Richmond. It matches the 1929 Anniversary Gregg Shorthand Manual. The first Gregg Shorthand version of Letters From a Self Made Merchant To His Son was…
This short story by the American poet and playwright Charles Divine was originally published in the November 1926 issue of Everybody’s Magazine. It was written in pre-anniversary and serialized in the January to March 1927 issues of The Gregg Writer. Attachment: the-comma-hound.pdf
This short story by the 19th century American author Bret Harte was published in his book Frontier Stories in 1882. It was serialized in the September to December 1930 issues of The Gregg Writer. The transcript can be found here. Attachment: left-out-on-lone-star-mountain.pdf
This story from the book “Whirligigs” by O. Henry (available in Google Books), and written in Anniversary, was serialized in the September to November 1933 issues of The Gregg Writer. Attachment: madame-bo-peep-of-the-ranches.pdf
Attached is a MUCH Better scan of English text version of the 1914 Pre-Anniversary (1902) Serialization of “The Diamond Necklace.” This is from the September and October 1914 Gregg Writer. I was able to get access to the original magazines. The earlier version I posted included pages scan from negative microfilm. This key is significant…
Attached is a MUCH improved scan of the the 7 part serialization of “The Diamond Necklace” in Pre-Anniversary 1902 Gregg Shorthand. I was able to get access to original magazines and scanned the pages in color. My earlier scan was partly from black and white negative microfilm. This version was never published in book form. …
This entertaining short novel was penned in 1918 by the prolific Mary Roberts Rinehart, and written in Anniversary over six installments of The Gregg Writer (April to June and September to November 1942). Although the shorthand version is an adaptation, Google Books has the original 1918 book as a free download, in case you need…
Attached is English text version of the 1914 Pre-Anniversary (1902) Serialization of “The Diamond Necklace.” This is from the September and October 1914 Gregg Writer. This key is significant because it is the same text used for all 4 Gregg Shorthand versions of “The Diamond Necklace”: PA 1902 (1914), PA 1916 (1923), Anniversary (1931), Anniversary…
Attached is the 7 part serialization of “The Diamond Necklace” in Pre-Anniversary 1902 Gregg Shorthand. This version was never published in book form. It was serialized in the Gregg Writer starting August 1914 with Parts I through 4. Parts 5 through 7 were included in the September 1914 Gregg Writer. The key was included in…
Attached is an incomplete serialization of “The Diamond Necklace” in Pre-Anniversary 1902 Gregg Shorthand. This version was never published in book form. It was serialized in the Gregg Writer starting August 1914 with Parts I through 4 (included in the attached file). There were probably 2 more parts that were published in the Sept and…