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.
People have recently been asking to see digital copies of the various Preanniversary Gregg Shorthand manuals. I have included Internet Archive links to digital copies of each manual from 1888 through 1916 at the bottom of this post. Please note: The link to the 1888 manual published in the UK only includes Part 1-The Phonetic…
Today I put a January 1922 article written by John Gregg on the Internet Archive. Gregg discussed rare Gregg Shorthand books and magazines. (The link to the article is included at the bottom of this post.) Gregg’s article was titled “Light-Line Phonography” and “Gregg Shorthand.” Some Bibliographical Notes. The article was written for the Willis-Byrom…
On January 1 2025, the 1929 Gregg Shorthand Anniversary manual enters the public domain in the United States. The copyright was renewed properly, so it took a long time for that manual to lose its copyright. Most of the anniversary textbooks created after 1929 are still copyright protected.
I’ve long had an interest in shorthand, because it seemed like a magical power to write quickly in (to other people) gibberish squiggles. But nothing ever came of it (because I’ve long had interests in dozens of other things). Hopefully, I can learn it now. I’m starting the Functional manual for Anniversary (from archive.org). I…
Today on the Internet Archive, I uploaded a color scan of the Gregg Shorthand Phrase Book that matches the 1916 Preanniversary Gregg Shorthand manual. It was first published in 1924. This 1924 book entered the public domain as soon as it was first published. There is a 1924 copyright notice in the book. However, there…
I uploaded a color scan of Supplementary Exercises in Gregg Shorthand (1918) to the Internet Archive today. This book provides extra exercises for the 1916 Gregg Shorthand manual. This is a color scan of an original copy with plates that are not faded. It is easy to read. I have two black and white scans…
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…
Apologies if this has been done before. I put together a little chart showing the sequence in which the symbols of Gregg are introduced to students in the textbooks of several different versions. Attachment: order_of_presentation.pdf
I have acquired a copy of “The A. B. C. of Gregg Shorthand”, a small pamphlet of 40 pages, measuring 4 and a quarter inches, by a little under 5 and a half inches; the cover is a dull orange. The price is sixpence. The title is set out on the cover in this format:…
I’m curious about an item in the 1916 manual: “At the end of many words, ted, ded, and sometimes ed, may be expressed by t being placed beneath or close to the preceding character.” (section 53) The examples given are invited n-v-i / t divided dv-i / t demanded dm-a-n…