"McGuffey's New First Eclectic Reader," Originally Published in 1885, Reprinted by Henry Ford, 1930
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Henry Ford remembered fondly the McGuffey Readers he studied in the one-room schools of his youth. He even had them reprinted in 1930, so that students in his Edison Institute Schools could learn from them as well. Ford -- having looked up some of his childhood classmates -- gave this reprinted Reader to Olive Burdeno, who had attended school with Ford in the 1870s.
Henry Ford remembered fondly the McGuffey Readers he studied in the one-room schools of his youth. He even had them reprinted in 1930, so that students in his Edison Institute Schools could learn from them as well. Ford -- having looked up some of his childhood classmates -- gave this reprinted Reader to Olive Burdeno, who had attended school with Ford in the 1870s.
Artifact
Textbook
Date Made
1930
Creators
McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873
Place of Creation
United States, New York, New York
United States, Ohio, Cincinnati
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Creator Notes
Written by Willilam Holmes McGuffey. Reprinted by Henry Ford in 1930 from the 1885 edition published by Van Antwerp, Bragg & Company.
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2018.30.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Estate of E. Quirk and Helene McGrath.
Material
Hardbound
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.5 in
Width: 4.438 in
Inscriptions
written on first page: Henry Ford / Mar. 3, 32
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