I have recently become aware that there is an expertly handwritten edition of the Holy Bible being kept in a box in a corner of a shelf in a special library in New Jersey, and at this time it may only be viewed in person and by appointment. As one might expect from the name of this blog, these "special edition" scriptures to which I refer are written entirely in Gregg Shorthand. The purpose of this blog is to effect the release of these Writings out from under this "bushel" which they have been placed under so that they may be set on a hill in order to shed their light on the community for which they were intended: Those who know and/or are learning/studying Gregg Shorthand.
During the years 1934 through 1936 this project was undertaken and completed in California by Mansfield Crawley. He filled the pages of twelve 100-page steno pads with shorthand outlines for the words and phrases of the Old and New Testaments writing in the same style of shorthand found in the 1929 Anniversary edition of the Gregg Shorthand manual. Although Gregg Shorthand has undergone revisions before and since this edition, it is nevertheless readily accessible by anyone familiar with any edition of the "light-line" phonography (as it was originally called when first published in 1888).
Glad to see this post.
ReplyDeleteI invite you to go a second mile and write an e mail directly to Mr
Congleton at Rider University Library, special collections archiver.
Apparently there is not enough manpower to scan this Gregg bible and place it in the internet.
Anyone. Living in New Jersey reading this blog? Help is needed to go to Lawrensville and copy at least a page from this bible.
May be it would be good to start by copying the 3 letters written by Mr.Mansfield (and wife). What did he said? I think he wanted other Gregg students to be able to use his work in their own personal learning.
You reader, add your comment here. That would be helpful too.
Shaleto.
Has there been any progress made on getting the manuscript scanned? Unfortunately, I don't live near NJ.
ReplyDeleteI would go to NJ to copy some pages. Is there any progress?
ReplyDelete@Steven Bhardwaj
ReplyDeleteSteven, do you live near New Jersey? If you could take some pictures with your phone,and upload them here as a sample, that would be awesome!
Shaleto