STUDENT GUIDE for HISTORY DAY 2010
Online Primary Sources
The Hagley Library welcomes students researching their projects for History Day 2010. We have plenty of topics to choose from considering this year's topic - Innovation in History.
Below is a list of topics with links to related material in Hagley's online digital archive. If you would like digital copies of any of these images for your project, please send your request via email to research@hagley.org. Please include the title of the image and/or the Hagley ID#.
We also have a list of topics that can be researched on-site at the Hagley Library. If you would like to speak with our staff about your topic or arrange a viist to the library, please contact Marge McNinch at 302-658-2400 ext 319 or mmcninch@hagley.org.
HISTORY DAY TOPICS AND LINKS
Browse all Hagley trade catalogs and pamphlets chosen for History Day 2010
Airplanes
- The Lammot du Pont Aeronautical Collection contains images related to airplanes and air travel
- Images of the Seadrome
- Trade catalog published by Fokker Aircraft Corporation entitled "Fokker Aircraft, Very Reliable" (ca. 1930)
- Trade catalog published by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation entitled "Lockheed in the 1950's" (ca. 1950)
- Trade catalog published by De Havilland Aircraft Company for De Havilland Heron (1953)
Barbed Wire
- Images related to the development of and patents for barbed wire
- Trade catalog published by Oliver Bros. & Phillips entitled "Handbook of Fencing" (ca. 1880s)
- Trade catalog published by Cambria Steel Company for Cambria Wire and Nails (1918)
- Trade catalog published by Mid-States Steel and Wire Company for Mid-States Products (1940)
Canning/Cellophane
- Images related to canning and food preservation
- Images on the development, advertising, and production of cellophane
- Trade catalog published by J. Fred Owings Manufacturing Company for the Slemmer Canner (1908)
- Trade catalog published by Elgin Manufacturing Company for Elgin Filling Machines (1919)
- Trade catalog published by E.W. Bliss Company for Bliss Can Making Machinery (ca. 1950)
Computers
- Images of early computers including the ENIAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC
Dynamite
- Images related to the production and manufacturing of dynamite
- Trade catalog published by Hecla Powder Company for Caps, Fuse, and Electric Goods (1882)
- Trade catalog published by Giant Powder Company for Dynamite, Gelatine, Gelatine Dynamite, and Judson Powder (ca. 1884)
- Trade catalog published by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company for Red Cross Low Freezing Dynamite (1909)
- Trade catalog published by Keystone National Powder Company for Farming with Dynamite (1912)
Electricity
- Image of the first all-electric home in Wilmington, Delaware
- Trade catalog published by Otis Bros. & Company et al. for Electric Lighting of Residences (1888)
- Pamphlet published by Macbeth Daylighting Company on Daylighting in the Operating Room and in the Autopsy Room (1923)
- Pamphlet published by Southern California Edison Company on The Model Electric Farm (ca. 1945)
Gatling Guns, Machine Guns, and Repeating Rifles
- Images of men with Maxim Gun (the first self-powered automatic machine gun)
- Pamphlet published by the United States War Department on the Purchase of Gatling Guns (1873)
- Trade catalog published by Marlin Fire-Arms Company for Marlin Repeating Rifle (1881)
- Pamphlet published by the U.S. Army Ordnance Department on the History of Machine Guns and Automatic Rifles (1922)
Gunpowder
- Digital exhibit titled "The DuPont Company on the Brandywine" covers the early history of the Company with links to primary sources
- Images of the DuPont gunpowder yards, taken by DuPont employee Pierre Gentieu
- Images of explosions at gunpowder mills
- Trade catalog published by Deland & Barta for Gunpowder for Sporting and Blasting (1881)
- Trade catalog published by California Powder Works for Santa Cruz Gunpowder (ca. 1883)
- Trade catalog published by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company for Gunpowder (1891)
- Trade catalog published by Hercules Powder Works for Sporting, Cannon and Mining Powder (1897)
- Trade catalog published by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company for Black and Smokeless Powders (1923)
Household Vacuum
- Trade catalog published by Palm Vacuum Cleaner Company for The Palm System: Modern Sanitary Cleaning (ca. 1910)
- Trade catalog published by Western Electric Company for vacuum cleaners entitled "Home Sanitary" (ca. 1914)
- Trade catalog published by the Arco Vacuum Corporation for the Arco Wand Vacuum Cleaner (1930)
Internal Combustion Engine
- Trade catalog published by Globe Gas Engine Company for Marine Engines and Launches (1893)
- Trade catalog published by Otto Gas Engine Works for Portable Gasoline Engines (1904)
- Trade catalog published by Domestic Engine & Pump Company for Portable and Semi-Portable Gasoline Engines (1920)
Plastics
- Images of the development of DuPont plastics
- Images of Lucite products and production
- Trade catalog published by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company for Pyralin Toiletware (1923)
- Trade catalog published by Eastman Chemical Products for UVEX, the Versatile, High-Impact Plastic Sheet (ca. 1960)
- Trade catalog published by United States Plastic Corporation for Industrial Plastics (ca. 1960s)
Refrigerators
- Images of refrigerators
- Trade catalog published by Campbell & VanSyckel for Alaska Dry Air Refrigerators (1885)
- Trade catalog published by Banta Refrigerator Co. for Banta Refrigerators, Catalog No. 10 (1921)
- Trade catalog published by Frigidaire Corporation for Frigidaire Advanced Refrigeration (1931)
Sewing Machines
- Images of sewing machines and the sewing machine industry
- Trade catalog published by Corliff, Macy, & Company for Sewing Machines and Cases (1876)
- Trade catalog published by Singer Manufacturing Company for Sewing Machines (1893)
- Trade catalog published by New Home Sewing Machine Company for New Home Portable Electric (1919)
Steam Engines
- Images and drawings of steam engines (and more images here)
- Trade catalog published by George Vail & Company for Speedwell Iron Works (1855)
- Trade catalog published by George Page & Company for Steam-powered Machines (1879)
- Trade catalog published by Skinner Engine Company for Skinner Engines with Automatic System of Lubrication (1907)
Telegraph
- Trade catalog published by American Compound Telegraph Wire Company for Compound Telegraph Line Wire (1869)
- Trade catalog published by Western Electric Manufacturing Company for Telegraph Instruments and Supplies (1882)
- Trade catalog published by Partrick & Carter Company for Telegraph and Electrical Supplies (1893)
Telephone
- Trade catalog published by The Long Distance Telephone Company for The Long Distance Telephone (1884)
- Trade catalog published by Western Telephone Construction Company for Switchboards and Telephones (1898)
- Pamphlet published by American Telephone and Telegraph Company entitled "Victory Calling: The Telephone in the War" (ca. 1943)
Telescope
- Images of the Hale telescope (includes photographs of Albert Einstein)
- Trade catalog published by James W. Queen & Company for Astronomical Telescopes (1885)
- Trade catalog published by Queen & Company for Refracting and Reflecting Telescopes (1901)
- Trade catalog published by John A. Brashear Company for Optical, Physical, Astrophysical, and Astronomical Instruments (1906)
Transcontinental Railroad
- Pamphlet by John A. Poor on The Transcontinental Railroad (1869)
- Pamphlet on The Transportation Problem in the United States (1932)
- Pamphlet by Gerald L. Painter on the first transcontinental railroad entitled "The Tie That Binds" (1985)
Waterwheels
- Images of waterwheels
- Trade catalog published by Fitz Water Wheel Company for I-X-L Steel Overshoot Waterwheel (1907)
- Trade catalog published by the James Leffel & Company for Leffel Turbine Water Wheels (1916)
Browse all Hagley trade catalogs and pamphlets chosen for History Day 2010
We also have a list of topics that can be researched on-site at the Hagley Library. If you would like to speak with our staff about your topic or arrange a viist to the library, please contact Marge McNinch at 302-658-2400 ext 319 or mmcninch@hagley.org.