Sources and Suggested Reading

Many sources may be found at the Miami University Archives [Group 8 McG, Box 2]. Others may be found at the Smith Library of Regional History in Oxford, Ohio [MS81-0690/1-8]. All sources not noted as being at these two repositories - such as books and articles - are more widely available.

Major Sources:

Crawford, Benjamin Franklin. William Holmes McGuffey: Schoolmaster to Our Nation. Delaware, OH: Carnegie Church Press, 1963.

"Dedication of Memorial to William Holmes McGuffey." Commemorative booklet. The McGuffey Birthplace, West Alexander, Pennsylvania. September 23, 1934. Printed by the Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, 1935. (Miami University Archives).

Glass, Kenneth M., and Joan Miracle, eds. "Golden Anniversary of the National Federation of the McGuffey Societies and the Sesquicentennial of the Publication of the McGuffey Readers." Commemorative booklet. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. July, 1986. (Miami University Archives).

Gorn, Elliott J., ed. The McGuffey Readers: Selections from the 1879 Edition. New York: Bedford, 1998.

Havinghurst, Walter. "Primer From a Green World." American Heritage 8, no. 5 (August 1957), 10-11, 93-95. [Later reprinted in The Miami Years: 1809-1984, 62-72. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1984.]

Minnich, Harvey C. William Holmes McGuffey and His Readers. New York: American Book Company, 1936.

Mosier, Richard David. Making the American Mind: Social and Moral Ideas in the McGuffey Readers. New York: King's Crown Press, 1947.

Rodabaugh, James. "McGuffey: A Revised Portrait." Oxford Criterion (Mid-Winter, 1934), 55-63.

Ruggles, Alice McGuffey. The Story of the McGuffeys. New York: American Book Company, 1950.

Scully, James Arnold. "A Biography of William Holmes McGuffey." (EdD. dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 1967).

Smith, William E. About the McGuffeys: William Holmes McGuffey and Alexander Hamilton McGuffey. Oxford: Cullen Printing Company, 1963.

"Souvenir Program of Sesquicentennial Celebration of the Federation of McGuffey Societies Commemorating the Birth Year 1800-1950 of William Holmes McGuffey." Oxford, Ohio. July 1-2, 1950. (Miami University Archives).

Sullivan, Dolores P. William Holmes McGuffey: Schoolmaster to the Nation. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1994.

Westerhoff, John H. McGuffey and His Readers: Piety, Morality, and Education in Nineteenth-Century America. Milford, MI: Mott Media, Inc., 1982.

Minor Sources:

Baldwin, Neil. Henry Ford and the Jews: The Mass Production of Hate. New York: PublicAffairs, 2001.

Berger, Allen. "Nothing Comes From Nowhere: The Story of the National Federation of McGuffey Societies." Reading Today, June/July 1995.

Berger, Allen. "McGuffey a Great American." Hamilton Journal-News, Sept. 20, 2000.

Berger, Allen. "An Interview With William Holmes McGuffey." Illinois Reading Council Journal 29, no. 1 (2001), 14-16.

"Book Review." History of Reading News, Spring 1996, 5.

Chamberlin, Jo. "McGuffey and His Readers." Reader's Digest, April 1942, 75-78.

Conover, Charlotte Reeve. "Mrs. Conover's Corner: Memories of McGuffey." [Newspaper and date unknown]. (Smith Library of Regional History).

Cram, Ronald H. "William H. McGuffey." American Presbyterians 66, no. 4 (Winter 1988), 241-244, 249.

"Dr. McGuffey and His Associations With Miami." Republican-News (Hamilton, OH) Nov. 21, 1910.

"Eclectic Reader." Time, Aug. 3, 1936.

Eichel, Mabel Jacques, Director of the Women's Division. Letter from Committee of Americans to Harvey Minnich of the McGuffey Societies. June 14, 1941.

Evans, Ray, Jr. "Ohio Was Like That." Columbus Sunday Dispatch Magazine, May 16, 1948.

"Fans: McGuffey Deserves Commemorative Stamp," Hamilton Journal-News, April 30, 1999.

"Flashback." Tristate Magazine, Nov. 24, 1985.

Fullerton, Hugh S. "That Guy McGuffey." Saturday Evening Post, Nov. 26, 1927.

Fullerton, Hugh S. "Two Jolly Old Pedagogues." Saturday Evening Post, June 14, 1941, pgs. 27, 99, 101.

Gamertsfelder, Walter S. [Dean of the Graduate School, Ohio University] Address to the Federation of McGuffey Societies of America, July 2, 1950, Oxford, Ohio. (Smith Library of Regional History).

Hahne, Ernest. "Wanted: Another McGuffey." July 22, 1946. (Smith Library of Regional History).

Historical Program Committee. "His Classroom Was a Nation." Miami University Sesquicentennial booklet, 1959. (Miami University Archives).

"Humble History." Time, Nov. 14, 1927.

Kincaid, William. "Historic McGuffey Museum Nears Re-Opening." [newspaper unknown], May 30, 2002, A4.

Letter from Lena M. Henderson to Mr. O. D. Hutchinson, Vice President of McGuffey Societies, no date. (Miami University Archives).

McDermed, Warren. "McGuffey Group Cites Social Code of Educator as Cure for World's Ills." [newspaper unknown]. 1941. (Smith Library of Regional History).

"McGuffey Federation to Dedicate Marker." Oxford Press, July 13, 1984.

"McGuffey Honored Through Variety of Area Events." Oxford Press, Feb. 10, 2000.

"McGuffey Readers are 150 Years Old." Middletown Journal, July 6, 1986, D1.

"McGuffey Revered as Teacher." Cincinnati Post, Sept. 14, 2000.

"McGuffey Societies Meet at Miami University This Weekend." [Newspaper unknown]. July 4, 1957. (Smith Library of Regional History).

"McGuffey Societies Plan Golden Anniversary Meet." Oxford Press, June 26, 1986. Sec. 1, p. 3.

"McGuffey Societies Told Founder Stressed Reverence." Religious News Service, July 28, 1948.

Minnich, Harvey C. Address to the Federated McGuffey Societies of America, July 1950, Oxford, Ohio. (Smith Library of Regional History).

Minnich, Harvey C. Letter to members of the Oxford McGuffey Society. July 7, 1942. (Miami University Archives).

Minnichs. Christmas card. 1945. (Miami University Archives).

Moley, Raymond. "Raymond Moley Says McGuffey Immortal Builder of Nation." Oxford Press, July 27, 1950. Reprinted from Associated Newspapers, Inc.

Moley, Raymond. "In Honor of McGuffey." Address to McGuffey Societies, 12 July 1950. (Smith Library of Regional History).

Murphy, Anna Marie and Cullen Murphy. "Onward, Upward with McGuffey and Those Readers." The Smithsonian (December 1984).

"National McGuffey Federation to Mark Golden Anniversary." Oxford Press, 1986.

Offenhauer, R. E., Superintendent. Letter to Harvey C. Minnich. June 5, 1937. (Smith Library of Regional History).

Oklahoma City McGuffey Society handbook. American Printing Company, 1939. (Miami University Archives).

"Oxford, Ohio: The Home of the McGuffey Readers." [undated brochure]. Federation of McGuffey Societies.

Pick, George J. Paper read to the National Federation of McGuffey Societies, 1984, 6. (Smith Library of Regional History).

"Plan Honors For M'Guffey." Ohio Society of Chicago. June 1930. (Smith Library of Regional History).

Root, E. Merrill. "A McGuffey Reader in Every School." Christian Economics, vol. 14, no. 4 (Feb. 20, 1962).

Root, E. Merrill. "What McGuffey Readers Read." Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, April 1973.

Schuessler, Raymond. NRTA Journal, Sept. 1978. In Glass, Kenneth M., and Joan Miracle, eds. "Golden Anniversary of the National Federation of the McGuffey Societies and the Sesquicentennial of the Publication of the McGuffey Readers." Commemorative booklet. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. July, 1986. p.5 (Miami University Archives).

Shera, Myrtle. "William Holmes McGuffey Honored for Unselfish Service to Man." Oxford Press, Jan. 22, 1939.

Shriver, Phillip R. "Profile: William Holmes McGuffey." Timeline (Aug./Sept. 1986).

Siedel, Frank. [Untitled]. Coronet. (Smith Library of Regional History).

"Smith Display Pays Tribute to McGuffey." Oxford Press, July 10, 1986.

Smith, William E. "Dr. Smith Reports On World of William Holmes McGuffey." Oxford Press, Aug. 5, 1965, p. 4.

Smith, William E. "McGuffey Monument on McGuffey Homestead." The Report 9, no. 1 [The McGuffey Issue] (February, 1969), 2.

Smith, William E. "The American Mind in the Making." Address to McGuffey Societies, n.d. (Smith Library of Regional History).

Smith, William W. [President of the Federation of McGuffey Societies]. "The McGuffey Movement," Address at the convention celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Federation, 1955. (Miami University Archives).

Smith, William E. Papers. 1973. (Smith Library of Regional History).

"Song Selections for the McGuffey Club." Federation of McGuffey Societies. McGuffey Poems and Music by McGuffians. July 22-23, 1939. (Smith Library of Regional History).

Stone, Marvin. U.S. News and World Report, May 2, 1983. In Glass, Kenneth M., and Joan Miracle, eds. "Golden Anniversary of the National Federation of the McGuffey Societies and the Sesquicentennial of the Publication of the McGuffey Readers." Commemorative booklet. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. July, 1986. (Miami University Archives).

Sullivan, Mark. "The Most Influential Volumes in America: 'McGuffey's Eclectic Readers,' Food for Our Nineteenth Century." New York Herald Tribune, Jan. 3, 1937.

"Textbook Museum." Time, July 28, 1952.

"The Classic Curriculum." From Mott Media. (Miami University Archives).

"The McGuffey Spirit." Video. Produced by United Telephone Company of Ohio.

Thorias, Robert S., Rev. "The Heritage We Share." Address delivered at worship service (memorial service for Harvey Minnich) for Federation meeting in Oxford, July 20, 1952, p.8.

Watters, Frieda. "William Holmes McGuffey." The Wonderful World of Ohio Magazine 32, no. 10 (October, 1968), 25-27.

"William H. McGuffey Was a Presbyterian." Presbyterian, Oct. 1985.

Wright, Gilson. "Wanted: Another McGuffey." Cincinnati Enquirer, July 22, 1946.

Woolf, S. J. New York Times Magazine, Jan. 12, 1936.

Images:

All images are courtesy of the Smith Library of Regional History.

Suggested Reading:

Davis, Fred. Yearning for Yesterday: A Sociology of Nostalgia. New York: The Free Press, 1979.

Halbwachs, Maurice. The Collective Memory. New York: Harper & Row, 1980 [1950].

Lowenthal, David. "Nostalgia Tells it Like it Wasn't." In The Imagined Past: History and Nostalgia. Edited by Malcom Chase and Christopher Shaw. New York: Manchester University Press, 1989. 18-32.

Putnam, Robert D. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.

Rosenzweig, Roy, and David Thelen. The Presence of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.

Sullivan, Mark. Our Times: The United States 1900-1925. Part II: America Finding Herself. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927.

Wecter, Dixon. The Hero in America: A Chronicle of Hero-Worship. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972 [1941].