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University of Iowa Iowa Research Online Theses and Dissertations Summer 2014 Make-do and mend: amateur repairs in nineteenth century schoolbooks Elizabeth Ann Stone University of Iowa Copyright 2014 Elizabeth Stone This thesis is available at Iowa Research Online: https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1401 Recommended Citation Stone, Elizabeth Ann. "Make-do and mend: amateur repairs in nineteenth century schoolbooks." MFA (Master of Fine Arts) thesis, University of Iowa, 2014. https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.h0d5on6p Follow this and additional works at:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd Part of theBook and Paper Commons MAKE-DO AND MEND: AMATEUR REPAIRS IN NINETEENTH CENTURY SCHOOLBOOKS by Elizabeth Ann Stone A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts degree in Book Arts in the Graduate College of The University of Iowa 1 August 2014 Thesis Supervisor: Associate Professor Timothy Barrett Copyright by ELIZABETH ANN STONE 2014 All Rights Reserved 2 Graduate College The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL _______________________ MASTER’S THESIS _______________ This is to certify that the Master’s thesis of Elizabeth Ann Stone has been approved by the Examining Committee for the thesis requirement for the Master of Fine Arts degree in Book Arts at the August 2014 graduation. Thesis Committee: ___________________________________ Timothy Barrett, Thesis Supervisor ___________________________________ Giselle Simon ___________________________________ Julia Leonard ___________________________________ Gregory Prickman To Margaret, Who will soon be gathering her own schoolbooks 2 ii the schoolbook, the pencil, and slate are about the first property that the child owns and for the care of them he is personally responsible M. Anderson Letter to editor, Colman’s Rural World September 19, 1900 3 iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I acknowledge my debt of thanks to my advisors: Timothy Barrett, Julia Leonard, Giselle Simon, and Gregory Prickman for their steady guidance. Additionally the support of Brenna Campbell and Kathleen Tandy was vital to the completion of the project. Thank you to Mary Bennett at the State Historical Society of Iowa and Kathryn Hodson at the University of Iowa Special Collections, both of whom graciously allowed access to the stacks. Finally, thank you to Margaret and John, who were patient throughout the entire process. 4 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................. vi LIST OF FIGURES .......................................................................................................... vii INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................1 CHAPTER I HISTORY OF SCHOOLBOOKS, 1785-1901 .................................................7 Genres of Schoolbooks .....................................................................................7 Materials, Structures, and Modes of Production ............................................11 Expanse of Education .....................................................................................17 II TWO IOWA SCHOOLBOOK COLLECTIONS ...........................................20 University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections’Schoolbook Collection ...................................................20 State Historical Society of Iowa Schoolbook Collection ...............................24 III CLASSIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF REPAIRS ..................................27 Categories and Analysis of Amatuer Mends ..................................................28 Over-casting and Board Tacketing ......................................................31 The Overcover .....................................................................................34 Rebacking ............................................................................................40 Sewn Mends on the Original Covering Material .................................42 Resewing the Textblock ......................................................................44 Rehinging the Inner Joint .....................................................................45 Other Evidence of Use ....................................................................................47 American Craft Tradition as the Genesis of Book Mending ..........................48 CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................52 Importance of Folk Repairs in Research ........................................................52 Preservation of Bibliographic Information ..........................................52 5 Enhancement of Provenance ................................................................52 Folk Mend Conservation Practice and Recommendation ..............................54 Need for Consistent Terminology .......................................................54 Alternatives to Intervention .................................................................54 Future Research ..............................................................................................55 APPENDIX: TABLES ......................................................................................................57 BIBLIOGRAPHY ..............................................................................................................62 v LIST OF TABLES Table A1. Tally of Schoolbooks with Folk Mends ....................................................................57 A2. Folk Mends Within the University of Iowa Schoolbooks ........................................58 A3. Folk Mends Within the State Historical Society of Iowa Schoolbooks ...................59 A4. Scaleboard Bindings Within the University Of Iowa Schoolbook Collection .........60 6 vi LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. A plaid cloth homemade dust jacket or overcover. Richard Snowden, The History of North and South America. ........................................................................1 2. Laced boards were the standard construction through the middle of the nineteenth century. ...................................................................................................11 3. Scaleboard refers to the thin wooden board that defines the structure. ...................12 4. A trade binding where the original covers were loose, original spine lost, and a new spine was attached to the textblock and onto the boards. ...............................16 5. Overcasting along both joints. The cord used is coarser than other examples. Note how the cord loops into the spine, then just barely into the sides; it does not enter the signatures and so does not interfere with the opening. Lindley Murray, English Grammar. .....................................................................................31 6. Overcasting on the front board. Stitches are much closer together and penetrate less of the structure than the previous example. Nicolas Wanostrocht, A Grammar of the French Language. ...............................................32 7. Two simple tackets attach the board to the spine. John Gummere, A Treatise on Surveying. ............................................................................................................33 8. An example of board tacketing, where thread is wrapping around the edge of the two boards and enters into the textblock. William Holmes McGuffey, McGuffey’s New Eclectic Spelling Book. . ...............................................................33 9. An overcover with decorative stitching. Charles H. Stowell, M.D., A Healthy Body. ........................................................................................................................34 10. Bright patterned overcover, with one long strip of material stitched on to make a tie for closing. There are two overcovers of this material in the SHSI collection. Sander’s Fifth Reader .............................................................................35 7 11. An overcover with a distinctive cloth choice. Calvin Patterson, Common School Speller. .........................................................................................................36 12. A rough woven cloth overcover, with note of its provenance. Caleb Bingham, The American Preceptor.. .........................................................................................36 13. Leather overcover stitched through boards. William Wilkinson, The American Ready Reckoner. ......................................................................................................37 14. A commericial flexible sized wrapper.. ...................................................................39 15. Decorative cloth reback, matching the color of the paper on the face of the book. D.M. Warren, Warren’s Brief Course in Geography. ...................................40 vii

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Stone, Elizabeth Ann. "Make-do and mend: amateur repairs in nineteenth century schoolbooks." MFA (Master of Fine Arts) thesis,. University of Iowa
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