Primary Sources

Archive, Hulton. Photo of women working on typwriters. N.d. Hulton Archive, Getty
Images. Web. 3 Dec. 2009.

This source gave me a photograph of women typing on typewriters. This is an

important factor in the success of the typewriter. The typewriter gave women a job in the
workplace as a secretary.

Archives, National. Patent drawing of the Sholes and Glidden Typewriter. N.d. National
Archives, Washington, DC. ARC- Archival Research Catalog. Web. 30 Nov.
2009.

This source gave me a copy of the patent drawing for the Sholes and Glidden
Typewriter.

Archives, National. Photo of a delivery of a typewriter. N.d. National Archives,

Washington, DC. ARC- Archival Research Catalog. Web. 30 Nov. 2009.

This source gave me a photograph of a mail man delivering a typewriter to a

woman at her house. This shows me that the typewriter became a household necessity. It
was also said that the typewriter was also given to children as a gift for high learning
education.

Current, Richard N.. "Technology and Promotion: The Typewriter." Bulletin of the
Business Historical Society, June 1951.

This source provided me with a quote from Thomas A. Edison. The quote talked
about Christopher Latham Sholes and his reputation with the promoters of his
typewriters.

"IBM Archives: The typewriter: an informal history." IBM - United States. http://www-
03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/modelb/modelb_informal.html (accessed
January 7, 2010).

This source provided me with a quote from Christopher Latham Sholes. The
quote showed Sholes' ideas of the typewriter and how the inventor can question his own
invention.

Lubar, Steven, and Kathleen Kendrick. "Advanced Placement: U.S. History."

Smithsonian Education - Welcome.
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/ap/essays/looking6.htm (accessed
January 6, 2010).

This source gave me the statistics on how many women worked in the workplace
before and after the invention of the typewriter.
Museum, Office. "Typewriters." Early Office Museum.
http://www.officemuseum.com/typewriters.htm (accessed December 14, 2009).

This source gave me statistics on the number of typewriters sold between specific
periods of time. This gives me the knowledge of how the typewriters popularity grew as
it evolved.

Photo of a QWERTY keyboard typewriter. N.d. Smithsonian Institute, Living with

Innovation. Web. 3 Dec. 2009.

This source gave me a photograph of a QWERTY keyboard typewriter. This is a

key advancement that is still in use today.

"The Typewriter Boom." Bekkah Walker.

http://www.bekkahwalker.net/comt111a/comt_websites/Pak_Final/Pak_Final/Bo
om.html (accessed January 6, 2010).

This source gave me a photo of a typewriter that has the parts labeled. This
source also gave me statistics on the number of women working as secretaries.

Wyckoff, Seamans, and Benedict. Drawing of woman using a typewriter. N.d.

Photograph. Harvard University: Women Working 1800-1930, New York.

This source gave me a photograph of women typing on typewriters. This is an

important factor in the success of the typewriter. The typewriter gave women a job in the
workplace as a secretary.