Records, [ca. 1906]-1946.

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Records, [ca. 1906]-1946.

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A collection of correspondence, minutes, reports, other documents, publications, and clippings relating to English spelling reform. The papers, documenting the activities of the Simplified Spelling Board and the Spelling Reform Association, were compiled and arranged by Godfrey Dewey. Publications of the Simplified Spelling Society of Great Britain are also included.

30 linear ft (ca. 23,600 items in 72 boxes).

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Simplified Spelling Board

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Prominent members of the Simplified Spelling Board included Andrew Carnegie, Mark Twain, Melvil Dewey, Isaac K. Funk, Lyman J. Gage, Henry Holt, William James and David Starr Jordan. From the description of Simplified Spelling Board publications, 1906-1913. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64072529 ...

Spelling Reform Association.

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Dewey, Godfrey, 1887-

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Secretary of the Simplified Spelling Board, 1921-1946, and the Spelling Reform Association, 1932-1946. From the description of Records, [ca. 1906]-1946. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122610791 Educator, author. From the description of Reminiscences of Godfrey Dewey : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309732450 Educator, spelling reformer. De...

Simplified Spelling Society of Great Britain.

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