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 uploaded a PDF file to the Internet Archive that contains five Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews short stories written in Gregg Shorthand from the Gregg Writer. The stories are presented in chronological order, based on the original publication dates for the English versions. The stories were originally published from 1906 through 1913. They were…
Here is a 20-page pre-anniversary shorthand story from the Gregg Writer (June-Sept 1922). The Touch System (1909) is a detective story that seems very implausible. I recently read this article. It is not a difficult read. TouchSystem
Here is a story from the Gregg Writer magazine in 1916 pre-anniversary shorthand. It appeared in the Gregg Writer magazine from December 1923 through February 1924. The original story in English text was published in 1919. The title is Open Hearth: A Story of Pete of the Steel Mills and his Fellow Work-men. I recently…
Below is a link to Sire de Maletroit’s Door in Pre-anniversary Gregg Shorthand. The story was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1877 . It was serialized in the Gregg Writer from October 1922 through January 1923. The shorthand plates are somewhat faded. This was a problem with many Gregg publications prior to 1924….
Today I posted Advanced Practice in Gregg Shorthand, Parts 1, 2, and 3, on the Internet Archive. These books are very rare. They include several readings for 1902 Pre-Anniversary Gregg Shorthand. They were published in 1913, 1914, and 1915. The English key for the Shorthand plates is found in Expert Speed Shorthand Course (1910, 1913), which is…
Today I uploaded 7 scanned issues of the Gregg Writer to the Internet Archive. I also updated the PDF file I previously posted that includes links to downloadable issues of the the Gregg Writer for Google Books and Internet Archive. Here are the issues I uploaded: Gregg Writer – Volume 8 – July-August 1906: https://archive.org/details/GreggWriterJulyAug1906…
Harvard Library recently allowed Google Books to scan all Gregg Writer magazine issues in their collection that were not already scanned. (Google Books scanned some full volumes years ago. Those are available through Google Books and the Haiti Trust.) The recent scans include Gregg Writer magazine issues from 1901-1918. These scans include: —Complete Volumes: 4,…
Please help me test a new PDF file that contains ten O. Henry short stories written in Gregg Shorthand. The stories were serialized in 22 issues of the Gregg Writer magazine. All of the stories are in the public domain. This PDF file is not viewable on the Internet Archive viewer. You need to download…
I stumbled upon a very interesting book published in 1922 by The Gregg Publishing Company. Titled “Vocabulary Studies for Stenographers”, it was authored by Enoch Newton Miner. The book contains the pronunciation, definition, and shorthand outlines of “words in most common use among educated people which frequently are, in different ways, most perplexing to the…
I thought it might be handy to put all the dictation recording links in one place, so they are easier to find. These links represent hundreds of dictation recordings! I’ve always been intrigued by the concept of the shorthand laboratory of yesteryear. If you have Evernote, you can turn your phone or tablet into a…