William H. McGuffey Papers
William H. McGuffey was an educator, minister, author and college president best known for creating the McGuffey Reader textbooks. The collection contains correspondence, lectures and photographs of McGuffey and his family.
Biographical / Historical Note
William Holmes McGuffey was an educator, minister, author and college president. He is best known for the series of Eclectic Readers, or McGuffey Readers, textbooks which were widely used throughout much of the nineteenth century.
Scope and Content Note
The William Holmes McGuffey collection is an assembled collection of McGuffey material including correspondence from 1846 to 1872 relating primarily to affairs at the University of Virginia and academic interests. A notebook by McGuffey's associate,...
MoreThe William Holmes McGuffey collection is an assembled collection of McGuffey material including correspondence from 1846 to 1872 relating primarily to affairs at the University of Virginia and academic interests. A notebook by McGuffey's associate, Dr. Thomas G. Addison, contains lectures on morals by Dr. W. H. McGuffey. Also included are lectures and correspondence of Alexander Hamilton McGuffey, William's brother, a collaborator on the Fifth Reader, and photographs relating to William H. McGuffey and family.
LessCollection Details
Object ID: 00.1406.0
Creator: Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center
Inclusive Dates: 1836-1894
Size: 0.2 cubic ft. and 1 oversize box
Language: English
Collection Access & Use
Item Location: Not Currently On Exhibit
Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research.
Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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Portrait of Educator William Holmes McGuffey Reading a Book, circa 1860
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Photographic print
Summary
Growing up in the Ohio wilderness, William Holmes McGuffey walked many miles to be tutored. McGuffey taught school to fund his college education, and later became a college professor and president. A well-respected educator, McGuffey was asked to publish a series of graded textbooks. McGuffey's Eclectic Readers were used in schools nationwide during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Object ID
P.O.15754
Location
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Portrait of Educator William Holmes McGuffey Reading a Book, circa 1860
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Portrait of William Holmes McGuffey, circa 1855
Artifact
Photographic print
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Object ID
36.881.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
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Portrait of William Holmes McGuffey, circa 1855
What is The Henry Ford?
The national attraction for discovering your ingenuity while exploring America’s spirit of innovation. There is always much to see and do at The Henry Ford.
