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William Holmes McGuffey Eight-Sided Table
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Title
William
Holmes
McGuffey
Eight-Sided
Table
Subject
Education
McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873
Tables
Place
Oxford (Ohio)
Butler County (Ohio)
Description
William
Holmes
McGuffey
designed
this
eight-sided
table
and
commissioned
local
cabinet
maker
Murrell
to
build
it
.
It
is
57
inches
(144.78
cm)
in
diameter
.
McGuffey
used
the
table
to
compile
his
first
textbook
, the
McGuffey
Eclectic
Reader
,
published
in
1836
.
McGuffey
, an
Ohio
native
, was a
Miami
University
faculty
member
when
he
created
the
series
of
textbooks
that
bears
his
name
. His
brother
Alexander
Hamilton
McGuffey
(1816-1896)
was also
involved
in
developing
the
texts
.
Sales
of the
books
reached
500,000
in
1843
and
2
million
by
1860
.
Between
1870
and
1890
,
approximately
sixty
million
copies
were
sold
. The
popularity
of the
texts
,
which
emphasized
the
importance
of
honesty
,
hard
work
,
thrift
, and
personal
respect
,
earned
McGuffey
the
nickname
"
schoolmaster
to the
nation.
"
Creator
Murrell (cabinetmaker)
Date of Original
1830
circa
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
Submitting Institution
William Holmes McGuffey Museum
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Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1278_940043_001.tif
Image Height
2994
Image Width
3819
File Size
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Format
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