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.
Here is an extract of the essay Contemplations on the Starry Heavens by English clergyman and writer James Hervey, transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly for the blog. Attachment: the-planetary-and-terrestrial-worlds.pdf
For our francophone writers and in celebration of Bastille Day (la Fête nationale française, le 14 juillet), the story of La Marseillaise, as told by the French author, poet, and statesman Alphonse de Lamartine, and transcribed by yours truly in Sténographie Gregg (both Anniversary and Simplified) for the blog. Attachment: la-marseillaise-anniv.pdf Attachment: la-marseillaise-simpl.pdf
An essay about America, from the book Let the Record Speak by American journalist Dorothy Thompson, here transcribed by me in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: america.pdf
David Ramsay was one of the American Revolution’s first major historians. Although trained as a physician, during the Revolutionary War he was a member of the South Carolina legislature. Since he was personally involved in the events of the revolution (him serving as field surgeon in the South Carolina militia and his brother Nathaniel as…
In February 1753, at age 21, George Washington was appointed Major of one of the Virginia Militia districts. The British and French wanted each to control the Ohio Valley: the British constructing forts along the Ohio River, and the French between the Ohio River and Lake Erie. In October 1753, Washington was sent as a…
Here is small selection transcribed in Sténographie Gregg by yours truly for the blog (both in Anniversary and Simplified). Attachment: améliorer-son-vocabulaire-anniv.pdf Attachment: améliorer-son-vocabulaire-simpl.pdf
From The Wilderness World of John Muir, here are some random thoughts about nature in general by the Scottish-born American naturalist, author, philosopher, botanist, and zoologist, transcribed by yours truly in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: some-random-thoughts.pdf
The USS Nautilus (SSN-571), sharing its name with Captain Nemo’s fictional submarine in Jules Verne’s classic 1870 science fiction novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, was the world’s first operational nuclear-powered submarine. It was the first to complete a submerged transit of the North Pole on August 3, 1958. Decommissioned in 1980, it is…
Here is a small article about tigers, transcribed by me in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: the-feline-monarch-of-asia.pdf
Helen Keller lost her sight and hearing after contracting an unknown illness when she was 19 months old. What would she have done if she had full command of her sight and hearing for just three days? Find out in this essay written by her and transcribed by me for the blog in Centennial Gregg….