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| The American Sunday School Union (ASSU) was founded in 1824 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with the mission of promoting Sunday schools and their ideals of early literacy and the spiritual development of children. The ASSU was a significant publisher, and through its Sunday schools a significant provider, of books and periodicals for children, playing a large role in shaping the direction of 19th century children's literatue in America. This web site, which presents work compiled by Ellen Little, a student in the Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program at the University of Pittsburgh, is designed to both highlight the ASSU publications available in the Elizabeth Nesbitt Room (ENR) and to serve as a springboard to other resources. For questions, contact us at information-sciences@library.pitt.edu. |
Book of One Hundred Pictures (JF - shelved with miniatures)
Philadelphia, American Sunday School Union
The Child’s Scripture Question Book (268.432 C537)
Philadelphia, American Sunday-School Union, [c1836].
An Easy Introduction to the Knowledge of Nature (L028.502 T74e)
Author: Trimmer, Mrs. Sarah (Kirby)
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, c1846.
The Easy Lesson Book for Infant Scholars (L238 M94)
Author: Mudge, Zachariah Atwell
Philadelphia : American Sunday-School Union, c1862.
Fanny Mansfield; or, The Adopted Sister (JF)
Philadelphia : American Sunday School Union, [c1847]
The Holiday Gem: For Boys…
Philadelphia : American Sunday-School Union, c1843. Julia Changed; or, The True Secret of a Happy Christmas(JF)
Kitty Brown and her City Cousins
Philadelphia : American Sunday-school Union, [c1831].
Philadelphia : American Sunday-School Union, 1852
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/UF00002013.jpg
or http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/UF00002013.pdf
Kitty Brown; Beginning to Think
Philadelphia : American Sunday School Union, 1853.
Kitty Brown and her Little School
Philadelphia : American Sunday-School Union, 1851.
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/UF00002016.jpg
or http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/UF00002016.pdf
The Little Deceiver Reclaimed (JF)
Philadelphia : American Sunday School Union, [c1832].
Series: Family library
Little Kitty Brown and her Bible Verses (JF)
Philadelphia : American Sunday-School Union, 1851
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/UF00002123.jpg
or http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/dl/UF00002123.pdf
The Lost Tongue (L028.501 A51l)
Philadelphia : American Sunday-School Union, c1835.
One Step; or, To What Will It Lead? (JF)
Philadelphia : American Sunday-School Union, [c1853].
Rosa Lane; or, Short Stories in Short Words (L028.501 R697)
Philadelphia, American Sunday-School Union [c1861].
The Story of Joseph and his Grandfather (JF)
Philadelphia : American Sunday School Union, 1878.
Sample pages
The Vine (d PS991 .A1 V65 1800z)
Philadelphia : American Sunday School Union, 1800.
Way to the heart of childhood; or, Seed sown in spring-time (JF)
Philadelphia : The American Sunday-School Union, 1865.
Youthful Piety (028.501 Y92)
Philadelphia : Sunday and Adult School Union, 1822.
The Youth’s Friend [monthly], 1834-35 (051 Y4223)
Philadelphia : American Sunday-School Union.
Much information about and many digitized copies of American Sunday-School Union publications are available on the Internet. It is even possible to purchase books or reprints of these materials. Following is a list of useful websites for further study. |
American Sunday School Books Digitization Project Michigan State University Libraries Digital Sources Center and the Central Michigan University Libraries have digitized 37 books published by the American Sunday School Union. This is part of a larger project involving a total of 121 books by several religious publishers. http://msupress.msu.edu/series.php?seriesID=26 |
The American Sunday-School Union: Educating a Nation by Vickie R. Rumble This detailed history of the Union was originally published in Citizen's Companion, Civilian Re-enactor's Journal, 2002 issue. http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Quarter/2926/American_Sunday_School_Union.html |
Disability History Museum This site, designed to “promote understanding about the historical experience of people with disabilities” contains text and pictures from several Union publications, though all relate specifically to disabilities. http://www.disabilitymuseum.org/search_lib.php?from=kwlist&q=sunday_school |
Making of America Books This digital library, funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, has a collection of nearly 8500 19th century primary sources. The Sunday-school section has 35 books, though only 2 are Union publications. http://www.digitalbookindex.com/_search/search010histuseducationsundayschoola.asp |
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Allis Family; or, Scenes of Western Life Project Gutenberg publishes free electronic books and currently has over 10,000 books available, most of which are in the public domain. Since this book, published originally by the American Sunday-School Union, is posted in plain text, almostany computer should be able to access it. http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/8083 |
The Sunday School Union Books Two books published by the American Sunday-School Union are available in their entirety on this web site put together by Indiana University of Pennsylvania, along with some analysis of their content. Links to two lists of other Union publications owned by the library system are on the site. http://www-lib.iupui.edu/special/unionbooks/unionbook.html |
Textual Collections (A State University System of Florida PALMM Project) – “Literature for Children” collection The University of Florida has 25 digitized ASSU publications available on this website. http://fulltext10.fcla.edu |
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