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Information & Reference Services - History & Archives Department
Providing answers at the Ashtabula County District Library!
A Brief Tour of the Archival Holdings
in the Platt R. Spencer Memorial Archives & Special Collections Area.

Leander Lyon was a former druggist in Conneaut, Ohio.  He collected old and rare books, as well as maintaining a lending library at his business.  He became fascinated with the phonetic spelling movement that was sweeping the country at that time.

Back Row.  The large book is a bound set of the "Phonetic Teacher," a quarterly periodical subscribed to by proponents of the movement.

Front Row.  This attractive little book is a "First Reader" of the phonetic movement.

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