The Building Blocks of History
Sometimes, the most mundane artifacts in a museum are the ones that suggest the most interesting stories. On a windowsill in the McGuffey House & […]
Artifacts
Caslon: The Typeface That Defined Early America
How did a typeface created by an English printer come to represent America? And what does this typeface have to do with McGuffey’s Readers? Take […]
Caroline Virginia Rich McGuffey: Acclaimed Artist
Visitors to the McGuffey House & Museum are often transfixed by the portrait of the young Caroline Virginia Rich McGuffey. It is hard not to […]
McGuffey’s First Book Contract
In 1836, publishers and booksellers William T. Truman and Winthrop B. Smith approached William Holmes McGuffey to write the first for volumes of what would […]
The New England Primer: How an Early Reader Shaped the World for McGuffey
Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti, Curator In the library of the McGuffey House & Museum sits a small, glass-topped display box containing an unassuming worn book. […]
Burning the Midnight Oil
Students have always needed task lighting for their studies. This brass oil lamp from circa 1884 may have been a solution for the late 19th […]
A Reminder of the Resplendent and Repressed Past of German in Cincinnati: An Analysis and Context of “Der Amerikanische Leser: Zweites Buch”
By Hope Nickel Walking into the McGuffey House and rounding a few corners into the library, you may notice a reader that doesn’t look like […]
The Sad Iron
Jennifer Lorenzetti, MS – Curator The sad iron on display at the McGuffey Museum As long as there has been clothing that could wrinkle, there […]
April McGuffey Public Program: Steve Gordon
Glass Production in Cincinnati: Bottles, Jars, and Insulators 1850-1910 Tuesday, April 2, 2024 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum Steve Gordon, […]
Happy Pi Day!
Celebrating 3.14 is as easy as…well, you know. Front view of the McGuffey House and Museum Pie Safe Ask a random person what a pie […]