M. E. (Mary Elsie) Thalheimer

Mary Elsie Thalheimer, often published as M. E. Thalheimer, wrote a substantial group of history textbooks for schools in the late 19th century. Records from library and books databases connect her name with works such as A Manual of Ancient History (1872), A Manual of Mediaeval and Modern History (1874), A History of England for the Use of Schools (1875), The Eclectic History of the United States (1881), and The New Eclectic History of the United States (1890).

The surviving catalog record suggests she was an American author, and the publishing history of her books shows that they were used as practical classroom texts rather than specialist scholarly works. Their repeated editions and preservation in major digital libraries point to a writer whose work had a lasting place in school history education.

Reliable biographical details about her life are scarce in the sources I could confirm, so it is safest to remember her mainly through her books: concise, structured histories written to teach students clearly and efficiently.