McGuffey’s First Weeks at Miami University
In the late fall of 1826, William Holmes McGuffey took up his post as professor of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, and Ex-officio Librarian. What was […]
Education
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 […]