The Eclectic Readers were a series of graded primers for grade levels 1–6. They were widely used as textbooks in American schools from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, and are still used today in some private schools and homeschooling.
Cover of McGuffey's First Reader
McGuffey Reader 1901
William Holmes McGuffey was an American college professor and president who is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers, the first widely used series of elementary school-level textbooks. More than 120 million copies of McGuffey Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary.
William Holmes McGuffey
Greersburg Academy, a college preparation academy in Darlington, Pennsylvania.
William H. McGuffey House in Oxford, Ohio. It is a museum and National Historic Landmark.
The McGuffey home while he was president of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.