Marcius Willson Notebook 1865?

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Marcius Willson Notebook 1865?

Manuscript notebook, 1865?, compiled by Marcius Willson, nineteenth century American textbook author. Includes an essay promoting Willson's series of readers published by Harper and Brothers; model lessons in grammar penmanship and vocabulary; and a critique of the McGuffey Readers. A notation inside the from cover identifies the manuscript as "Willson vs. McGuffey Readers."

2 inches.

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McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873

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Professor of moral philosophy, University of Virginia. From the description of [Letter] 1851 March 13, University of Virginia to J.A. Broadus / W.H. McGuffey 1851. (SBTS Library). WorldCat record id: 48466255 University of Virginia professor. From the description of Letter, University of Virginia to the Rev. A.T. McGill [manuscript] 1851 February 17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647929521 Author and philosophy scholar, of Ohio and Virgin...

Harper & Brothers.

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Correspondence (129 letters) and typescript (unsigned) revisions and notes, 1954, (23 p.) concerning the publication of The Scope of Total Architecture by Walter Gropius. Includes 22 letters from Gropius. From the description of Correspondence with Walter Gropius, 1952-1956. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612369957 Publishing firm in New York City. From the description of Harper & Brothers Records 1817-1929. (Columbia University In the City of New ...

Willson, Marcius, 1813-1905

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Marcius Willson, 1813-1905, was a prolific author of textbooks for elementary and secondary schools, including histories, readers, and spellers. His works addressed to educators included a notable pamphlet controversy with Emma Willard, 1847, over Willson's critique of competing history textbooks. During the 1860s, Harper and Brothers published Willson's series of readers, which are promoted in this manuscript notebook. From the description of Marcius Willson Notebook 1865? (Columbia...