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.
The Conduct of Life is a series of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson in which he addresses how should a person live. In this excerpt from his essay Culture he discusses simple living. I transcribed it for the blog in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: plain-living.pdf
The beautiful story by Nathaniel Hawthorne is presented here in two parts and transcribed in Anniversary Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: the-snow-image-part1.pdf
From his book Walden, or Life in the Woods, here’s Thoreau’s adventure with a loon, transcribed by me in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-loon.pdf
Here are some Google books links for full volumes of the Gregg Writer and the British Gregg Shorthand Magazine. I found these recently. A few years ago I posted several links for earlier issues of the Gregg Writer. These were not there at the time. I realize that most of these are available on the…
A beautiful poem of the holiday season by English author Christina Rossetti, transcribed by me in Centennial Gregg for the blog. Attachment: a-christmas-carol.pdf
Here is a lovely story from the pen of American writer Nora Archibald Smith, transcribed by yours truly in Anniversary Gregg. Attachment: a-story-of-the-forest.pdf
From Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, here’s the Christmas Dinner scene of Bob Cratchit, Ebenezer’s Scrooge underpaid employee, in which his youngest son Tim, who is very ill, delivers one of the most poignant lines in the story. I transcribed this adaptation in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: tiny-tims-christmas-dinner.pdf
I recently updated my English key on the Internet Archive for the 1928 Gregg shorthand book The Raleigh Rainbows. That 1928 shorthand book was created as a learning tool for the 1916 Gregg shorthand manual. It soon became obsolete after the Anniversary manual came out in 1929. The Raleigh Rainbows shorthand book was only available…
In his book Sermons, Chiefly on Particular Occasions Vol. 1, Scottish clergyman Archibald Alison explains why this season is important from a spiritual point of view. An extract of the sermon is presented here, transcribed by me in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: on-autumn.pdf
Here is a beautiful story by American writer Sarah Orne Jewett, transcribed in Anniversary Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: the-night-before-thanksgiving.pdf