Papers of June Barrows Mussey [manuscript], 1813-1989.

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Papers of June Barrows Mussey [manuscript], 1813-1989.

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The collection pertains to Mussey's research on Samuel Griswold Goodrich (Peter Parley) and contains two original Goodrich letters; electrostatic copies from other depositories of his correspondence, consular dispatches, articles and books; and June Barrows Mussey's correspondence and research material re Goodrich, including photographs. With these are biographical materials on June Barrows Mussey including photographs, and Merrythought Book Labels from his private press. The collection also contains publishers and booksellers contracts and receipts, 1836-1863, of William James Hamersley including a contract with Chauncey Allen Goodrich and a handwritten 1833 "newspaper" "The Yorkshire Gazette & Bennis-Ayres Journal."

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Mussey, June Barrows, 1910-1985

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Barrows Mussey was an American translator who completed English translations of various works, mostly novels, of German and other European authors during the 1940s. From the guide to the Barrows Mussey Translations, circa 1940-1944, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) ...

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860

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Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) wrote a popular and widely imitated series of educational works for children under the pen name of Peter Parley. His intent was to provide an alternative to the British biases of 19th-century schoolroom texts and the questionable morals of nursery rhymes. He also created two children's magazines, Merry's Museum and Parley's Magazine, as well as an annual gift book, The Token. Goodrich served in the Massachusetts legislature in 1837 and held the post of U.S. c...

Mussey, Virginia,

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Merrythought Press.

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Goodrich, Chauncey A. (Chauncey Allen), 1790-1860

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, merchant, magistrate and coroner. From the description of Chauncey S. Goodrich papers, 1831-1909. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418435 American clergyman and lexicographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, to Norman White, 1855 Oct. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269577165 Chauncey Allen Goodrich. From the description of Memorial album, 1860. (American Antiquarian Society)...