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McGuffey readers

 Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Carpenter, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2106
Scope and Contents

One notebook used by Mr. Carpenter while he was writing “History of American Schoolbooks.” Collection also includes 4 notebooks and 14 small scrapbooks containing notes and clippings about William McGuffey and the McGuffey readers. Also included is a small tabloid newspaper and a letter to Reverend Ira Sherman from William McGuffey, November 5, 1847.

Dates: 1847-1965

McGuffey's Eclectic Speller

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4404
Scope and Contents

School textbook titled "McGuffey's Eclectic Speller:Revised Edition". It was published by the American Book Company in 1879, and contains 144 pages. McGuffey Readers were a series of textbooks used for grades 1-6 during the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries.

Dates: 1879