This dissertation examines popular periodicals in the late 19th- and early 20th-century America as pivotal artifacts in the history of literacy education. It first reviews current histories of literacy, writing instruction, and magazines at the...
The middle school years are most difficult because students now have to use reading to learn in all content areas. Low-performing students who daily face reading difficulties in school often feel helpless in their desire to become better readers...
Shen, Fu, 1763-ca. 1808. Fu sheng liu ji; Shen, Fu, 1763-ca. 1808--Criticism and interpretation; Chinese literature--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912--History and criticism; Conduct of life in literature
This study endeavored to provide a new path to understand Fusheng liu
ji (Six Chapters of a Floating Life) by Shen Fu in the middle of the Qing
Dynasty (1636-1911). Shen Fu recorded his love story with his wife Chen Yun and his life as a Chinese...
John P. Morton & Co. Stationers - Printers - Office Outfitters, located at Main Street in Louisville Kentucky, viewed with a pedestrian and two cars parked in front. Sign at the top of the building: John P. Morton & Company, with 426 on...
The chemical analysis of atmospheric dust is of interest to two major groups, namely—the workers in industrial hygiene and the workers in the air cleaning and ventilating industries. The industrial hygienists, who are concerned with the...
A woman in a long dress clutches a copy of the McGuffey Reader in the doorway of the McGuffey Log School. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it moved to the...
Will Harris, Jean Thomas, and Anna Harris, all dressed in white, stand on the steps of the McGuffey Log School. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it moved...
Rural schools; Women; Log cabins; Books; Costumes--United States
Jean Thomas, wearing a hat and dress, stands in the doorway of the McGuffey Log School clutching a McGuffey Reader. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it...
Jean Thomas, wearing a calico dress, stands in the doorway of the McGuffey Log School clutching a McGuffey Reader. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it...
Will Harris, Jean Thomas, and Anna Harris, all dressed in white, stand next to the chimney of the McGuffey Log School. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it...
Jean Thomas, wearing a calico dress and holding a bonnet and two books, stands at the fence of the McGuffey Log School (so marked by a wooden handwritten sign). Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as...
Jean Thomas, wearing a calico dress and holding a bonnet and two books, stands at the fence of the McGuffey Log School (so marked by a wooden handwritten sign). Her 'Wee House in the Wood' brick home is visible at left. Thomas acquired possession...
Will Harris, Jean Thomas, and Anna Harris, all dressed in white, stand on the steps of the McGuffey Log School. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it moved...
This photograph of the one-room school next door to Thomas' 'Wee House in the Wood' in Ashland, Kentucky, was taken by Donald R. Anderson, a University of Louisville art professor and curator of photography who worked with Thomas to secure the...
Jean Thomas (center) examines a McGuffey Reader with one woman while another rings a school bell outside the McGuffey Log School, Ashland, Kentucky. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in...
Jean Thomas (center) examines a McGuffey Reader with one woman while another rings a school bell outside the McGuffey Log School, Ashland, Kentucky. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in...
Jean Thomas, wearing a long black dress, stands outdoors holding a McGuffey Reader and examining McGuffey's Reading Charts, which have been hung from a tree. Thomas attended a McGuffey School as a child, and later acquired possession of a...
Jean Thomas, wearing a long black dress, stands outdoors holding a McGuffey Reader and examining McGuffey's Reading Charts, which have been hung from a tree. Thomas attended a McGuffey School as a child, and later acquired possession of a...
Jean Thomas, wearing a long black dress, stands outdoors pointing to Lesson X (10) of McGuffey's Reading Charts, which have been hung from a tree. A copy of the McGuffey Reader leans against the tree, and a school bell sits beside it. Thomas...
Jean Thomas, wearing a long black dress, stands outdoors pointing to Lesson X (10) of McGuffey's Reading Charts, which have been hung from a tree. A copy of the McGuffey Reader leans against the tree, and a school bell sits beside it. Thomas...
