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	Paradigm, No. 6 (October, 1991)
		William Holmes McGuffey was remarkable for his almost total lack of involvement in the publicity aspects of a work that bore his name throughout most of the 19th century.
		William Holmes McGuffey’s own involvement in the series was over by 1843, although he may have taken a few publicity trips on the series’ behalf.
		McGuffey and the firm of Truman and Smith were sued for plagiarism in 1837 by the firm of Copeland and Samuel Worcester, author and publisher of the Worcester Readers.
	www.mcguffeyreaders.com /webster.htm (3999 words)

	McGuffey Readers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The author of the Readers, William Holmes McGuffey, was born September 23, 1800, near Claysville, Pennsylvania, and moved to Youngstown, Ohio with his parents in 1802.
		McGuffey became a "roving" teacher at the age of 14, beginning with 48 students in a one room school in Calcutta, Ohio.
		The success of McGuffey's vision is evidenced by the fact that the reprinted versions of his Readers are still in print, and may be purchased in bookstores across the country, including the Museum Shops at the Old Courthouse and Gateway Arch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McGuffey_Readers (1423 words)

	William Holmes McGuffey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Holmes McGuffey (September 23, 1800 - May 4, 1873) was an American professor who created the McGuffey Readers, one of America's first textbooks.
		In 1845, McGuffey moved to Charlottesville, Virginia where he became Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia.
		McGuffey is buried at university burying ground, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Holmes_McGuffey (362 words)

	William Holmes McGuffey - Schoolmaster to the Nation
		William McGuffey was a stern Presbyterian minister and educator of Scots-Irish background who, perhaps more than any other individual shaped the social and moral influences on American youth during the 19th century.
		By the late 1800's the McGuffey readers, as Sullivan documents, were revised to the standards of the times, which included molding the contents of the texts to conform to maximizing monetary profit, which had been inconsequential to McGuffey, and to appeal to the broadest potential market.
		William Holmes McGuffey, Schoolmaster to the Nation is not so much a story of a man as it is a story of the evolution of American values.
	www.strugglingteens.com /opinion/williamholmesmcguffey.html (546 words)

	Memorial & Commemorative Trees at the University of Virginia - Officially Designated Trees
		William McGuffey, an ordained minister in Bethel Chapel of the Presbyterian Church in Ohio, accepted the invitation to become the Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of Virginia in 1845.
		McGuffey's appointment was significant since he was the first minister to hold a position on the faculty of the University.
		The original McGuffey ash died in 1990, and the present ash is a graft of its parent.
	www.virginia.edu /architectoffice/memorialtree/officialMcGuffey.html (106 words)

	Paradigm, No. 6 (October, 1991)
		William Holmes McGuffey was remarkable for his almost total lack of involvement in the publicity aspects of a work that bore his name throughout most of the 19th century.
		McGuffey, an ordained Presbyterian minister, was at that point a professor of ancient languages at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
		McGuffey and the firm of Truman and Smith were sued for plagiarism in 1837 by the firm of Copeland and Samuel Worcester, author and publisher of the Worcester Readers.
	faculty.ed.uiuc.edu /westbury/paradigm/monaghan.html (3998 words)

	William Holmes McGuffey - Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He later served as president of Ohio Univ. at Athens (1839-43), as professor of philosophy at Woodward College, Cincinnati (1843-45), and as professor of moral philosophy at the Univ. of Virginia (1845-73).
		He helped to organize the public school system of Ohio but is now remembered chiefly as the compiler of the McGuffey Eclectic Readers, the First and Second of which were published in 1836, the Third and Fourth in 1837, the Fifth in 1844, and the Sixth in 1857.
		A memorial was erected to McGuffey at his birthplace in West Finley township, Pa., in 1931.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-McGuffey.html (653 words)

	William Holmes McGuffey
		William Holmes McGuffey, son of Alexander and Anna Holmes McGuffey, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on September 23, 1800.
		In 1829 McGuffey was ordained to the ministry by the Oxford Presbytery at Bethel Church on Indian Creek, near the small village of Millville.
		William Holmes McGuffey is no longer remembered for his lectures, his sermons, or his classroom instruction, but for his Readers.
	www.units.muohio.edu /mcguffeymuseum/mcguffey.html (2308 words)

	The William Holmes McGuffey House
		The William Holmes McGuffey Museum stands on Outlot 9 in Oxford, which was sold to Robert Blair in 1810 at the first public sale of college lands at the Butler County courthouse.
		The next owner was William Holmes McGuffey, who joined the Miami University faculty in 1826 at a salary of $600 a year.
		The east porch did exist during McGuffey's time, although in a somewhat simpler form and the upstairs portion was originally open rather than closed in by windows as it is now.
	www.units.muohio.edu /mcguffeymuseum/househistory.html (885 words)

	History of Literacy: BOOK REVIEW: William Holmes McGuffey
		McGuffey, however, was paid only $1,000 and, in later years, he was given a barrel of ham each Christmas.
		His brother, William, taught at Woodward College, a small school in Cincinnati, until he received an invitation to become the Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Virginia, where he spent the last twenty-eight years of his life.
		For example, James W. Kirchansky, who uses the McGuffey Readers in his 3R Schools in California, says that "80 percent of American children are cripples in their reading ability." Half the adults of the postwar generation are "functional illiterates who cannot understand a newspaper editorial page" (p.
	www.historyliteracy.org /scripts/search_display.php?Article_ID=84 (1386 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Columns: Letters at 3AM
		McGuffey's enthusiasm and care for education is transmitted on page eight in his "Suggestions To Teachers": "The great object of the intelligent teacher should be to awaken the attention of the pupil to the subject of the lesson he is reading.
		It was McGuffey who invented the tall tale of young George Washington's cherry tree, which was still taught as fact (and in McGuffey's version) when I was a boy.
		For McGuffey had created a textbook for a "public education" -- the education of the general public -- in which largely working-class children, who had never been taught on a mass scale before, would be given the tools to open any book of any kind in their language.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2001-04-27/cols_ventura.html (1205 words)

	PURITAN NEWS WEEKLY
		McGuffey went on to be ordained as a Presbyterian minister and to serve as president of two colleges in Ohio.
		When his brother William went to work at Miami University in 1826, Alexander went with him and was enrolled at the University's grammar school.
		Sadly, the McGuffey brothers – like the overwhelming majority of Americans – swallowed the lie that was inherent in the American Revolution and the formation of the United States.
	www.puritans.net /news/mcguffey030105.htm (1284 words)

	McGuffey's Readers
		McGuffey's educational course begins, in the Primer, by presenting the letters of the alphabet to be memorized, in sequence.
		William H. McGuffy is considered the author of The Primer and first four Readers.
		The Primer (64 pgs.) McGuffey's educational course begins by presenting the letters of the alphabet to be memorized, in sequence.
	www.howtotutor.com /guffy.htm (936 words)

	McGuffey \| History of the McGuffey Reading Center \| William Holmes McGuffey
		William Holmes McGuffey was appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Virginia in 1845 and remained there until his death in 1873.
		It is said that Professor McGuffey sought to understand the interests, abilities, and comprehension of children by arranging them in groups by age and reading them selected pieces which he intended to include in his readers.
		The McGuffey Ash tree was planted in the garden of Pavilion IX on the West Lawn in 1826, soon after the University opened for
	curry.edschool.virginia.edu /reading/projects/mcguffey/mcg-his.html (351 words)

	William Holmes McGuffey - The Info Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1845, McGuffey moved to Charlottesville, Virginia where he became Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia.A year after his first wife Harriet died in 1850, he married Miss Laura Howard, daughter of Dean Howard of the University of Virginia, in 1851.McGuffey is buried at university burying ground, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
		McGuffeys Readers are still in use today in some school systems, and by parents for home schooling purposes.The author of the Readers, William Holmes McGuffey, was born September 23, 1800, near Claysville, Pennsylvania, and moved to Youngstown, Ohio with his parents in 1802.
		McGuffeys name was continued on these revised editions, yet he neither contributed to them nor approved their content.Other types of schoolbooks eventually replaced McGuffeys.
	saleofbooks.com /990748_william-h-frederick_0394488229100greatgardenplantsentertainmentbook.html (1859 words)

	Ohio Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		McGuffey wrote his famous Peerless Pioneer Readers from 1826 to 1836.
		They were first published in 1836 and quickly became some of the most popular and effective educational tools in the United States.
		It was said that McGuffey had no real interest in money.
	ohiobio.org /mcguffey.htm (97 words)

	McGuffey's Oxford Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		McGuffey Museum has been a registered National Historic Landmark since 1966, honoring the significance of William Holmes McGuffey and the McGuffey Eclectic Readers.
		Professor McGuffey was Professor of Ancient Languages and Moral Philosophy at Miami University from 1826 to 1836.
		Marrying Harriet Spining of Dayton in 1827, Professor McGuffey bought Outlot 9 and the small frame house upon it in 1828.
	www.lib.muohio.edu /mcguffey/museum.php (309 words)

	AllRefer.com - William Holmes McGuffey (Education, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		William Holmes McGuffey[muguf´E] Pronunciation Key, 1800–1873, American educator, b.
		He helped to organize the public school system of Ohio but is now remembered chiefly as the compiler of the McGuffey Eclectic Readers, the First and Second of which were published in 1836, the Third and Fourth in 1837, the Fifth in 1844, and the Sixth in 1857.
		A memorial was erected to McGuffey at his birthplace in West Finley township, Pa., in 1931.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/McGuffey.html (354 words)

	Grandparents' Attic: M'Guffey Reader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		William Holmes McGuffey was the author and, it is one of the best known school books in the history of American public education.
		McGuffey Readers were an essential part of the American classroom for generations.
		McGuffey believed that an essential part of public education was the teaching of morality.
	www.natureshift.org /oldsite/natureshift/curricula/Grandparent_Attic/school/gpa_McGuffey.htm (152 words)

	William Homes McGuffey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		McGuffey was born September 23, 1800 in western Pennsylvania, a descendant of the Scottish pioneers who flowed into the Quaker state throughout the 18
		McGuffey went to Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, as a professor of foreign languages.
		McGuffey was one of the three founders of the common school system of Ohio.
	www.chicago-scots.org /clubs/History/Newsletters/2000/Oct00-1.htm (401 words)

	Brief Biography of William Holmes McGuffey
		McGuffey, taken from William Holmes McGuffey and the McGuffey Peerless Pioneer Readers by H. Minnich, will give a brief survey of his life and books.
		McGuffey received only one thousand dollars for his work in accordance with his contract.
		McGuffey was indifferent to money and sharp bargaining.
	www.lib.muohio.edu /mcguffey/memorial.php (519 words)

	William Holmes McGuffey - 4th Ohio University President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		McGuffey came to the presidency at age 38 from the same position at the Cincinnati College, where he had gone from a professorship at Miami University.
		The expanded physical plant and faculty, and the proliferation of studies to include such subjects as music and drawing contributed to increasing financial problems.
		As a result President McGuffey resigned and assumed a position at Cincinnati's Woodward high school and then moved to a professorship at the University of Virginia.
	www.ohiou.edu /athens/history/people/mcguffey.html (176 words)

	Mott Media - MGuffey Reading Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873) was a "born" educator.
		Beginning by teaching his younger brothers and sisters, William McGuffey accepted his first teaching position at 13 in a one-room school with 48 students.
		Later McGuffey rose to the rank of university president, serving Cincinnati College and Ohio University, but spent the final third of his life teaching moral philosophy at the University of Virginia.
	www.mottmedia.com /mcguffey.html (686 words)

	McGuffey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		McGuffey Hall is located in the College Green, between coordinates G-4 and H-4 on the campus map.
		McGuffey Hall was built in 1839 and housed students in the early 1900's, then student organizations, and finally administrative offices.
		McGuffey Hall was named in honor of William Holmes McGuffey, the fourth president of Ohio University, serving from 1839 until 1843.
	www.ohiou.edu /athens/bldgs/mcguff.html (184 words)

	Text and Academic Authors Association
		McGuffey's Eclectic Readers, usually called simply McGuffey's Readers, were in print until 1921.
		McGuffeys are presented at the annual TAA awards banquet which closes out our annual convention in June.
		McGuffey entries are nominated by publishers, not the authors.
	www.taaonline.net /awards/mcguffies.html (453 words)

	William Holmes McGuffey Biography / Biography of William Holmes McGuffey Main Biography
		William McGuffey was born on Sept. 28, 1800, in Washington County, Pa. He learned his letters at home, was tutored in Latin by a nearby minister, and attended the Old Stone Academy in Darlington, Pa. He graduated from Washington College in 1826 and became professor of ancient languages at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
		In 1836 McGuffey was elected president of Cincinnati College, where he became prominently associated with a citizens' group seeking to promote public education.
		McGuffey's interest in public education led to a publishing agreement to produce a series of elementary readers to serve student ne.....
	www.bookrags.com /biography-william-holmes-mcguffey (225 words)

	Reader's Companion to American History - -McGUFFEY'S *(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)*
		McGuffey was a professor at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a Presbyterian minister.
		McGuffey's brother Alexander produced the Fifth Reader in 1844, a spelling book in 1846, and a Sixth Reader in 1857.
		Although the revised texts issued in 1857 added the name "McGuffey" to the title, they moved away from the Calvinist values of salvation, righteousness, and piety and reflected the morality and cultural values of a broader American society that had incorporated religion within the civil structure.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_058200_mcguffeysrea.htm (299 words)

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