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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Charles Carpenter, Collector, Papers, A&M 2106, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
One notebook used by Mr. Carpenter while he was writing "History of American Schoolbooks." Collection also includes 4 notebooks and 14 small scrapbooks containing notes and clippings about William McGuffey and the McGuffey readers. Also included is a small tabloid newspaper and a letter to Reverend Ira Sherman from William McGuffey, November 5, 1847.
Related Material
57, 1773, 2106, 2119
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Authors -- Letters and papers
- Carpenter, Charles, 1889-1975
- McGuffey readers
- McGuffey, William
- Schools -- Books
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Carpenter, Charles, 1889-1975
- McGuffey, William