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Box 2

 Container

Contains 96 Results:

Certificate of the Examiners and Inspectors of Common Schools in Cincinnati, certifying that Sumner R. Mason "possesses superior qualifications for teaching, as principal, a common school, and that he sustains a good moral character," signed by William Holmes McGuffey, 1838-07

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Transcriptions have been provided for each letter, journal, and manuscript in the collection. Underscores and boldfaced type have been included when they appear in the original items. Bracketed letters and words were added by the transcribers when necessary, for clarity. Original spellings have been retained in the transcripts, while blanks were inserted when handwriting was especially difficult to decipher. Each entry has been transcribed as it was written by the author.McGuffey...
Dates: 1838-07

Itemized list of expenses of Misses H. McGuffey and W.W. Stewart, 1855

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Transcriptions have been provided for each letter, journal, and manuscript in the collection. Underscores and boldfaced type have been included when they appear in the original items. Bracketed letters and words were added by the transcribers when necessary, for clarity. Original spellings have been retained in the transcripts, while blanks were inserted when handwriting was especially difficult to decipher. Each entry has been transcribed as it was written by the author.McGuffey...
Dates: 1855

Certification of deed from Thomas P. Barry to George R. Sage and Thornton M. Hinkle, signed by Alexander McGuffey, 1871-02-20

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Transcriptions have been provided for each letter, journal, and manuscript in the collection. Underscores and boldfaced type have been included when they appear in the original items. Bracketed letters and words were added by the transcribers when necessary, for clarity. Original spellings have been retained in the transcripts, while blanks were inserted when handwriting was especially difficult to decipher. Each entry has been transcribed as it was written by the author.McGuffey...
Dates: 1871-02-20

Affidavit of W.H. McGuffey stating that the income accruing to him was returned to S.A. Birch and tax was paid to A.M. Lawson, 1871-03-24

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Transcriptions have been provided for each letter, journal, and manuscript in the collection. Underscores and boldfaced type have been included when they appear in the original items. Bracketed letters and words were added by the transcribers when necessary, for clarity. Original spellings have been retained in the transcripts, while blanks were inserted when handwriting was especially difficult to decipher. Each entry has been transcribed as it was written by the author.McGuffey...
Dates: 1871-03-24

McGuffey family history written by Henrietta McGuffey Hepburn (203-24A), 1880

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Transcriptions have been provided for each letter, journal, and manuscript in the collection. Underscores and boldfaced type have been included when they appear in the original items. Bracketed letters and words were added by the transcribers when necessary, for clarity. Original spellings have been retained in the transcripts, while blanks were inserted when handwriting was especially difficult to decipher. Each entry has been transcribed as it was written by the author.McGuffey...
Dates: 1880

Note from Mary L. Spining on envelope containing nails ca. 1827 from the home of Pierson Spining, brother of Harriet Spining McGuffey, 1955-07-16

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Transcriptions have been provided for each letter, journal, and manuscript in the collection. Underscores and boldfaced type have been included when they appear in the original items. Bracketed letters and words were added by the transcribers when necessary, for clarity. Original spellings have been retained in the transcripts, while blanks were inserted when handwriting was especially difficult to decipher. Each entry has been transcribed as it was written by the author.McGuffey...
Dates: 1955-07-16

Anonymous handwritten verses regarding pleasure being "bought at the price of pain" and how many minds there are "to whom scarcely any good can be done" and how "you must leave them as you find them in permanent mediocrity."

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Transcriptions have been provided for each letter, journal, and manuscript in the collection. Underscores and boldfaced type have been included when they appear in the original items. Bracketed letters and words were added by the transcribers when necessary, for clarity. Original spellings have been retained in the transcripts, while blanks were inserted when handwriting was especially difficult to decipher. Each entry has been transcribed as it was written by the author.McGuffey...
Dates: 1814-1955

John Witherspoon Scott's account of William Holmes McGuffey's relations with Miami faculty and students, with transcription by R.W. McFarland, 1836-09-01

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Transcriptions have been provided for each letter, journal, and manuscript in the collection. Underscores and boldfaced type have been included when they appear in the original items. Bracketed letters and words were added by the transcribers when necessary, for clarity. Original spellings have been retained in the transcripts, while blanks were inserted when handwriting was especially difficult to decipher. Each entry has been transcribed as it was written by the author.McGuffey...
Dates: 1836-09-01

Contract between W.H. McGuffey, William T. Truman, and Winthrop B. Smith for creation of the Eclectic First Reader, the Eclectic Second Reader, the Eclectic Third Reader, and the Eclectic Fourth Reader, 1836-04-28

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Transcriptions have been provided for each letter, journal, and manuscript in the collection. Underscores and boldfaced type have been included when they appear in the original items. Bracketed letters and words were added by the transcribers when necessary, for clarity. Original spellings have been retained in the transcripts, while blanks were inserted when handwriting was especially difficult to decipher. Each entry has been transcribed as it was written by the author.McGuffey...
Dates: 1836-04-28

Agreement between Alexander McGuffey, William T. Truman and Winthrop B. Smith to prepare a spelling book, 1837-02-11

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Transcriptions have been provided for each letter, journal, and manuscript in the collection. Underscores and boldfaced type have been included when they appear in the original items. Bracketed letters and words were added by the transcribers when necessary, for clarity. Original spellings have been retained in the transcripts, while blanks were inserted when handwriting was especially difficult to decipher. Each entry has been transcribed as it was written by the author.McGuffey...
Dates: 1837-02-11