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.
In this adaptation from his article Thoughts of a Combat Pilot published in the October 2, 1954 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, and transcribed by yours truly in Simplified Gregg, Charles Lindbergh reveals what went on his mind when, as an “unofficial” combat pilot in World War II, he “went forth to kill.” Attachment: a-church-in-a-gunsight.pdf
This selection is an excerpt from the book The Everlasting Man, by English writer and philosopher G. K. Chesterton, here presented in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: god-in-a-cave.pdf
From Military Times, a great article explaining the origin of Veterans Day, here transcribed by me in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: origin-of-veterans-day.pdf
From the pen of the great Ray Bradbury, here is the original version of the story, in Simplified Gregg transcribed by yours truly. Attachment: the-lake.pdf
From 1920 through 1960, the English keys for the shorthand plates in the Gregg Writer and Today’s Secretary only appeared in The American Shorthand Teacher (1920-1950) and Business Education World (1950-1990). Scans of every issue of The American Shorthand Teacher and Business Education World are available as separate magazine issues on the Internet Archive. (They…
William Sullivan (1774-1839) was a prominent Boston lawyer, Federalist politician, and author. Sullivan was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1795, served on the Massachusetts General Court (1804-1830), and was a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (1830). From 1830, he devoted most of his career to writing about political institutions of the United States….
From his book A Tour on the Prairies, here is an extract of Chapter 9 transcribed by yours truly in Simplified Gregg, in which Washington Irving describes his adventure with honey bees. Attachment: a-bee-hunt-in-the-far-west.pdf
This selection by American statesman and political philosopher Samuel Adams — whom the famous beer was named after — was taken from a speech delivered in the Continental Congress, about one month after the Declaration of Independence. At the beginning of the speech, Adams is thinking of the hope still cherished by some Americans of…
In this small selection from his book, Pierre Nozière, Anatole France describes the famous banks of the Seine River in the heart of Paris, here in Sténographie Gregg transcribed by me. Attachment: en-longeant-les-quais-de-la-seine-anniv.pdf Attachment: en-longeant-les-quais-de-la-seine-simpl.pdf
Do you practice the habit of being adequate? Find out by reading this small selection in transcribed in Simplified Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: the-habit-of-being-adequate.pdf