John Robert Gregg collection 1623-1980 1900-1946

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John Robert Gregg collection 1623-1980 1900-1946

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1242

Collection reflects Gregg's career as an inventor, educator and publisher of Gregg Shorthand and related commercial education material. Collection is composed of Gregg Publishing Company records, Light-Line Phonography Company records and John Gregg's personal file. Records of the Gregg Publishing Company, 1893-1963, contain domestic records, foreign records, documents, writings, galley proofs, and printed material. Subjects include Gregg shorthand, Gregg shorthand manuals, business education, competition from rival shorthand systems and the company's participation in the Panama-Pacific Exposition (1915). Noted employees include H.L. Carrad, Louis A. Leslie, Rupert P. Sorelle and W.W. Renshaw. There are a few records of Light-Line Phonography Company, 1885-1897, which covers the period before the establishment of the Gregg Publishing Company.

128 linear feet (263 boxes, 1 map tube)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6311261

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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Panama-Pacific Exposition held in San Francisco, Cal. in 1915, where Illinois had a visitors' building. From the description of Register of visitors, Feb. 1915-Dec. 1915. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49393876 History of the Panama Pacific International Exposition San Francisco hosted the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Officials from the Exposition printed postcards for the ...

Smith, Bessie, 1894-1837

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Light-Line Phonography Company.

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Gregg publishing company

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Leslie, Louis A., 1900-

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McGraw-Hill Publishing Company.

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Gregg, John Robert, 1867-1948

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Epithet: US inventor of a shorthand system British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000351.0x000362 John Robert Gregg (1867-1948) was an inventor of shorthand, educator and the founder of the Gregg Publishing Company. The company was established in 1893 in Chicago; Gregg moved the headquarters to New York City between 1907 and 1908. Eventually, he established branches throughout the United States and Canada. Gregg also ...

Carrad, H. L

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Baldwin, Faith, 1893-1978

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New York-born American novelist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Norwalk, Connecticut, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1965 Jan. 18 and [no year] Nov. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270862667 American author. From the description of The west wind [manuscript], 1962. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806212 Faith Baldwin enjoyed an unusually long and prolific career as a popular romance writer. Her works generally portray ...

Gregg, Janet

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