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McGuffey

 Sub-Group — Multiple Containers

Abstract

Miami University General, A-Z; McGuffey House; McGuffey Volunteers; Box 1 [12A-E-1D]! Files: 1. McGuffey House and Boarders Lecture 2/3/15, Dr. Helen Sheumaker

Miami University General, A-Z; McGuffey House; Miscellaneous Materials Found in the McGuffey House; Box 1 [12A-E-2B]! Contents: 1. W. E. Smith. Miami Valley School Survey (1961) a. County School Surveys [1 box] b. Local School Surveys [1 box] c. City School Surveys [1 box] d. Exempted Village School Surveys [1 box] 2. Newspapers dontated by Charles Hannah in April 1962 a. Cincinnati Papers (1890's) [1 box] b. Oxford and Hamilton Papers (1890's) [1 box] c. Miscellaneous Papers [including one from 1728] [1 box] 3. Miscellaneous photographs and Christmas Cards [3 boxes] 4. "Road Tax Duplicate" [soldiers' and widows' pensions] (1908-12) 5. Nine term papers written for W. E. Smith in 1960, including one spiral notebook of research for the paper of Stephen Millett 6. History of Harriet McGuffey Love by Mary McGuffey Speer, including a letter to W. E. Smith from Mary M. Speer

Miami University General, A-Z; McGuffey House; Miscellaneous Materials Found in the McGuffey House; Box 2 [12A-E-2B]! Contents: 1. Katherine Hartley Autograph Book (1800's) 2. Schoolday Magazine v.17, ns. 1-12 (1873) 3. Scrapbooks I and II 4. W. E. Smith-John Glossinger correspondence 5. "An Contents: 1. C. I. Hoy. John Jacob Astor: An Unwritten Autobiography of John Glossinger" [typescript] 6. Miriam Logan. Memories of Mrs. Alice A. James 7. Aunt Kitty's Nursery Rhymes. New York: Hurd and Houghton 8. Hueston letters and photos 9. Materials of inventor Sylvester Onslow Gould [not listed on original index] 10. Letter addressed to Mr. and Mrs. George H. Skinner 11. Lecture announcement

Miami University General, A-Z; McGuffey House; Miscellaneous Materials Found in the McGuffey House; Box 3 [12A-E-2C]! Contents: 1. Math Copy Book (c1812) 2. S. Minnich - Copy Book (1836) 2. Samuel Minnich - His Book (1841) 3. Numeration, Pennmanship Book, Ledger [belonged to Abigail Hollingsworth?] 4. William James. Algebra Book and Journal (1837) 5. W. J. Stephenson and Sons Ledger (1875) 6. Unidentified Ledger 7. A. Hines, Wilmington, Ohio, Trigometry Notebook (1824) 8. Sale of School Lands Election Notice (1867) 9. Journal of Unidentifed Woman #5 (1893-95) 10. Journal of Unidentified Woman #6 (1895) 11. Journal of Unidentified Woman #7 (1896-97) 12. Journal of Unidentified Woman # 8 (1897-98)

Miami University General, A-Z; McGuffey House; Miscellaneous Materials Found in the McGuffey House; Box 4 [12A-E-3A]! Contents: 1. Folder of Miscellany a. Mary R. Cochran to "Emma," letter including itinerary for planned trip to Latin America (May 20, 1946) b. F. M. Beshore, leave of absence from US Army in Cuba (March 6, 1899) c. Souvenir and Directory of the first Methodist Episcopal Church, Marion, Indiana (1899) d. News clippings of marriage announcements e. Dinner menu to the San Carlos Hotel on occasion of the laying of the corner stone of the Pensacola Hospital (October 11, 1919) f. Pearl Myer composition book with notes on William H. McGuffey g. "Failure of the Indiana Schol Readers to Meet Either the Requirements of the Schools or the Law" (n.d.) h. Cover letter from William C. Muschenheim for Hotel Astor ticket (1914) i. Christmas card from Glenn Shaffer (n.d.) j. Tuition-fee receipt from Miami University for J. R. Huston (February 20, 1861) 2. Frazier E. Wilson, ed. "Journal of Captain Daniel Bradley: An Epic of the Ohio Frontier" [typescript-listed as property of W. E. Smith] 3. Ella Bernard Correspondence (1800's) 4. Miscellaneous News Clips 5. Ada Abbott Correspondence with Men in the Service (1943-45) 6. Joseph Alleine. An Alarm to Unconverted Sinners in A Serious Treatise on Conversion. New York: American Tract Society, [1837?] 7. Charles Hepburn Classbook (1875) 8. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings - mainly poetry 9. Mary Louisa Sutliff, comp. A Record of the Ancestors and the Descendants of Betsy Mulford Sutliff. Albany, N.Y.: Fort Orange Press, 1897. 10. Katherine Wallace Kitts. Henry Pawling and Some of his Descendants. Sharon Hill, Penn.: 1903. 11. John Lane Mathematics Classbook (1814)

Miami University General, A-Z; McGuffey House; Miscellaneous Materials Found in the McGuffey House; Box 5 [12A-E-3B]! Contents: 1. Kesslings of Hamilton, Ohio, Scrapbook 2. Historical Scrapbook (c.1900) 3. McGuffey Scrapbook [includes envelope of loose clippings] 4. Mariette Gould Scrapbook [includes envelope of loose clippings]

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1762 - 2010

Conditions Governing Access

Materials do not circulate and are made available to users in the Miami University Archives.

Conditions Governing Use

Materials do circulate and may only be used in the archives.

Extent

7 Boxes

Language of Materials

English