This WISE course discusses the history of American history textbooks. We will focus on history books written for high school school students from the 19th to 21st century.

Syllabus

Presentations

Bibliography

America Revised: History Schoolbooks in the Twentieth Century Frances Fitzgerald

Schoolbook Nation Conflicts over American History Textbooks from the Civil War to the Present Joseph Moreau

Public domain textbooks used in this course

Year	Title	Author
1787	An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking	Noah Webster
1802	Elements of Useful Knowledge. Volume I.	Noah Webster
1802	Elements of useful knowledge : Volume II : containing a historical and geographical account of the United States : for the use of schools / by Noah Webster.	Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.
1826	History of the United States, from their first settlement as colonies, to the cession of Florida, in eighteen hundred and twenty-one: comprising, every important political event; with a progressive view of the aborigines; population, religion, agriculture, and commerce ..	Grimshaw, William, 1782-1852
1827	History of the United States from their first settlement as colonies to the close of the war with Great Britain, in 1815 / by Salma Hale.	Hale, Salma, 1787-1866.
1830	A History of the United States of America	Charles Augustus Goodrich
1832	History of the United States : to which is prefixed a brief historical account of our [English] ancestors, from the dispersion at Babel, to their migration to America, and of the conquest of South America, by the Spaniards / by Noah Webster.	Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.
1836	A history of the United States, on a new plan; adapted to the capacity of youth	Olney, J[esse] 1798-1872. [from old catalog]
1837	History of the United States, containing all the events necessary to be committed to memory	Bishop Davenport
1838	A history of the United States : for the use of schools and academies	Frost, John, 1800-1859
1843	A pictorial history of the United States : with notices of other portions of America / by S.G. Goodrich ; for the use of schools.	Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860
1844	Abridged history of the United States; or, republic of America	Emma Willard
1844	The life and voyages of Christopher Columbus, by Washington Irving. Abridged and arranged by the author, expressly for the use of schools.	Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
1847	Juvenile American history, for primary schools	Willson, Marcius, 1813- [from old catalog]
1848	History of the United States of America, designed for schools. Extending from the discovery of America by Columbus to the present time;	Guernsey, Egbert, 1823-1903
1855	School history of the United States / by A.B. Berard.	Berard, A. B. (Augusta Blanche), 1824-1901.
1857	History of the United States : from their first settlement as colonies, to the peace with Mexico, in 1848	Grimshaw, William, 1782-1852
1858	Manual of United States history. From 1492 to 1850	Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898. [from old catalog]
1859	A History of the United States	Benson John Lossing
1859	Catechism of United States history	Carroll, B. R. (Bartholomew Rivers)
1860	Abridged history of the United States, or, Republic of America;	Willard, Emma (Hart), Mrs., 1787-1870. [from old catalog]
1867	The first book of history [microform] : combined with geography and chronology for younger classes	Shea, John Gilmary, 1824-1892
1869	Illustrated school history of the United States and the adjacent parts of America, from the earliest discoveries to the present time	Quackenbos, G. P. (George Payn), 1826-1881
1871	A pictorial school history of the United States : to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States, with questions and explanations / by John J. Anderson	Anderson, John J. (John Jacob), 1821-1906
1871	A brief history of the United States	Joel Dorman Steele
1871	A compendium of the history of the United States from the earliest settlements to 1872	Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883
1871	Swinton’s condensed United States. A condensed school history of the United States, constructed for definite results in recitation, and containing a new method of topical reviews	Swinton, William, 1833-1892
1875	History of the United States, for schools and academies. By Joseph T. Derry …	Derry, Joseph Tyrone, 1841-
1875	A paragraph history of the United States from the discovery of the continent to the present time. : With brief notes on contemporaneous events. Chronologically arranged / By Edward Abbott.	Abbott, Edward, 1841-1908.
1875	Young folks’ history of the United States	Thomas Wentworth Higginson
1876	History of the United States / by J.A. Doyle ; with maps illustrative of the acquisition of territory and the increase of population by Francis A. Walker.	Doyle, John Andrew, 1844-1907.
1876	History of the United States : prepared especially for schools : on a new and comprehensive plan, embracing the features of Lyman’s historical chart / by John Clark Ridpath.	Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900.
1877	A history of the United States of America : including some important facts mostly omitted in the smaller histories : designed for general reading and for academies	Leeds, Josiah W. (Josiah Woodward)
1880	The Eclectic History of the United States	Mary Elsie Thalheimer
1880	New school history of the United States of America, from the earliest discoveries to the present time. By J. S. Blackburn and W. N. McDonald.	Blackburn, John S.
1881	A paragraph history of the United States from the discovery of the continent to the present time. With brief notes on contemporaneous events. Chronologically arranged.	Abbott, Edward, 1841-1908.
1883	New school history of the United States	Holmes, George Frederick, 1820-1897
1884	A history of the United States of America, preceded by a narrative of the discovery and settlement of North America and of the events which led to the independence of the thirteen English colonies, for the use of schools and academies	Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902. [from old catalog]
1885	A History of the United States for Schools	Alexander Johnston
1885	A grammar-school history of the United States. By L. A. Field.	Field, L[ida] A. [from old catalog]
1887	An abridged history of the United States, for the use of schools. With an introduction by the Right Rev. J.L. Spalding.	Hassard, John R. G. (John Rose Greene), 1836-1888.
1891	The Leading Facts of American History	David Henry Montgomery
1891	A school history of the Negro race in America from 1619 to 1890 : with a short introduction as to the origin of the race : also a short sketch of Liberia	Johnson, E. A. (Edward Augustus), 1860-1944
1892	A history of the United States of America. Intended for students in schools, academies, colleges, universities and at home, and for general readers. By Robert Reid Howison.	Howison, Robert R. (Robert Reid), 1820-1906.
1893	History of the American people	Shinn, Josiah Hazen, 1849-1917
1895	A history of the United States, by Allen C. Thomas.	Thomas, Allen C. (Allen Clapp), 1846-1920.
1896	Lee’s advanced school history of the United States, by Susan Pendleton Lee, with questions and summaries for reviews and essays, by Louise Manly.	Lee, Susan Pendleton.
1896	Epochs in American history.	Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916.
1896	School history of the United States	Jones, John William, 1836-1909
1897	The model history; a brief account of the American people, for schools	Taylor, Edward, of Bowling Green, Ky. [from old catalog]
1898	A students’ history of the United States, by Edward Channing …	Channing, Edward, 1856-1931.
1898	History of our country : a text-book for schools / by Oscar H. Cooper, Harry F. Estill, and Leonard Lemmon.	Cooper, Oscar Henry, 1852-
1898	A history of our country	Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916, author
1898	A history of the United States for schools,	Fiske, John, 1842-1901.
1899	Swinton’s primary United States, first lessons in our country’s history;	Swinton, William, 1833-1892.
1901	A history of the American people, by Francis Newton Thorpe.	Thorpe, Francis Newton, 1857-1926.
1903	A school history of the United States, by Philip Alexander Bruce.	Bruce, Philip Alexander, 1856-1933.
1903	New grammar school history of the United States;	McMaster, John Bach, 1852-1932
1904	A history of the United States / by Waddy Thompson.	Thompson, Waddy, 1867-1939.
1904	The new century history of the United States	Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902.
1909	American history,	James, James Alton, 1864- [from old catalog]
1910	Sadlier’s elementary history of the United States
1910	Sadlier’s excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools / by the author of Sadlier’s elementary history.	Teacher of history.
1910	Our republic; a history of the United States for grammar grades	Riley, Franklin L. (Franklin Lafayette), 1868-1929
1911	An American history	Muzzey, D. S. [from old catalog]
1913	American history for grammar grades, by Everett Barnes.	Barnes, Everett.
1913	American History for Schools	Robert Bartow Cousins, Joseph Abner Hill
1914	A history of the United States for Catholic schools, prepared and arranged by the Franciscan Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration, St. Rose convent, La Crosse, Wis.	Franciscan Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration (La Crosse, Wis.)
1914	The student’s history of our country : for grammar grades / by R.G. Hall, Harriet Smither, Clarence Ousley.	Hall, R. G. (Robert Green), 1870-
1915	A School History of the United States	William Harrison Mace
1917	American history, for use in the secondary schools / by Roscoe Lewis Ashley …	Ashley, Roscoe Lewis, 1872-
1917	History of the United States	Charles Manfred Thompson
1918	History of the American people	West, Willis Mason, 1857-1931
1918	A history of the United States	Latané, John Holladay, 1869-1932
1919	An American history, by Nathaniel Wright Stephenson.	Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright), 1867-1935.
1919	A history of the American nation	McLaughlin, Andrew Cunningham, 1861- [from old catalog]
1919	A history of the United States	O’Hara, John P
1919	History of the United States for Catholic schools	McCarthy, Charles Hallan, 1860-1941
1919	History of the United States	Fite, Emerson David
1919	Our United States : a history / by William Backus Guitteau.	Guitteau, William Backus, 1877-1963.
1920	School history of the United States / by Albert Bushnell Hart.	Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943.
1920	Truths of history… a fair, unbiased, impartial, unprejudiced and conscientious study of history. Object: to secure a peaceful settlement of the many perplexing questions now causing contention between the North and the South.	Rutherford, Mildred Lewis, comp. 1852-1928,
1920	A History of the United States for grammar schools	Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913
1923	History of our country; for higher grades, by Reuben Post Halleck …	Halleck, Reuben Post, 1859-1936.
1923	Modern history, by Carlton J. H. Hayes … and Parker Thomas Moon.	Hayes, Carlton J. H. (Carlton Joseph Huntley), 1882-1964.
1930	The rise of American civilization / by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard; decorations by Wilfred Jones	Beard, Charles Austin, 1874-1948