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Digitized Manuals

There are more organizations than ever whose mission is to digitize as many books as possible. If you're looking for books about a particular system, try these resources, or just search "shorthand" in them and see how much comes up.

Louis A. Leslie Shorthand Collection at Rider University
Internet Archive Digital Books
Google Books
HathiTrust
Early English Books Online (may require institutional access)

History of Shorthand

The Shorthand Place - brief descriptions of major systems
Article by Leah Price from the London Review of Books

Gregg Shorthand

Andrew Owen's site - manuals and explanations of the different versions
Gregg Shorthand Group at Blogspot - reading and dictation materials, questions, and advice
Gregg Shorthand Message Board
"How to Write 225 Words Per Minute with a Pen" - article in The Atlantic about writing Gregg with a smartpen

Pitman Shorthand

Long Live Pitman's Shorthand! - lovingly devoted to the proliferation of Pitman's system

Miscellaneous

Automatic Shorthand Generator - super cool! Gregg, Pitman, and two German systems
Shorthand Community on Google+
Shorthand Shorthand Shorthand - info on three widely used systems: Gregg, Pitman, and Speedwriting

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