Gregg Shorthand Manual
date: label: date made
content: 1940
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) Gregg Shorthand Manual
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1940
label: Description (Brief)
content: Booklet with 10 sample letters containing all the brief forms and contractions in Gregg Shorthand.
label: Description (Brief)
content: In a world before copying machines and computers, every letter, memo, and report had to be typed many times. If you made one mistake, you typed it again. Secretaries drafted, corrected, and retyped in an almost endless loop. Offices had typing pools (dozens of women) making enough perfect copies for everyone. There was no backspace key!
label: Description (Brief)
content: Typing a letter was time-consuming! First, the boss dictated the letter into a Dictaphone. Next, the secretary would transcribe what she heard using shorthand. Then she would type the letter without making any mistakes. After that, the supervisor would edit and make revisions. She would then type it again.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert J. Blodgett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.3044.01
label: catalog number
content: 2013.3044.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2013.3044
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manual
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green (cover color; production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 1/16 in; 24.13 cm x 16.51 cm x .15875 cm