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.
Straddling the Arctic Circle, the Great Bear Lake, in the Northwest Territories of Canada, is the largest lake entirely in Canada, the fourth-largest in North America, and the eighth-largest in the world. At just over 12,000 square miles, it is bigger than Belgium. Its maximum depth of 1,463 feet makes it deeper than Lake Superior….
Ramesses II, the Great, is considered the most celebrated and most powerful pharaoh of ancient Egypt. This small article, transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly, covers some interesting aspects of his life and death. Attachment: ramesses-needs-a-passport.pdf
This is an short account of the fascinating life of Kit Carson, one of the most important figures in the westward expansion of the United States, written by American author, naturalist, and botanist Donald Culross Peattie. I transcribed it for the blog in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: kit-carson.pdf
Here is the second and last part of the Trieste’s historic dive into the Challenger Deep by Walsh and Piccard, told by the former, and transcribed by yours truly in Anniversary Gregg. Attachment: our-7-mile-dive-to-bottom-part-2.pdf
Rising 14,115 feet above sea level, Pikes Peak is about 12 miles west of Colorado Springs, and is the highest mountain in the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Named after American explorer Zebulon Pike, here is the story of the first American sighting of the mountain, transcribed in Simplified Gregg by me for…
In this small extract from his book Consolations in Travel, British chemist and inventor Sir Humphry Davy describes the natural forces that shape the world that we live in. I transcribed it in Centennial Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-operations-of-nature.pdf
The Mariana Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean, is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth. Measuring about 1,580 miles in length and 43 miles in width, its maximum known depth is 36,037 feet (about 7 miles), located at the southern end of a small valley in its floor known as the Challenger Deep. If…
Here are some facts and history about the Earth’s southernmost and least populated continent, transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: antarctica-the-white-continent.pdf
Jane Loudon was a 19th century British author who was a pioneer in what later became science fiction, and also wrote about gardening, botany, and horticulture. In this excerpt from her book The Young Naturalists’ Journey, or the Travels of Agnes Merton and Her Mama, one of the characters of the book, Mr. Trelawney, reads…
This is the second and final part of last month’s article about the fascinating sport of bobsledding, here transcribed by me for the blog in Anniversary. Attachment: down-the-mountain-part-2.pdf