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Paper ClipsA common item with an
uncommon story
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Early Paper Fasteners
• Fastening papers has been found as early as the 13th century
• Before paper clips, most people used sewing pins to fasten papers
• Inventor John Ireland Howe is invented a machine to mass produce these pins in 1835
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Early Paper Clips
• There are over 50 patents for devices that claim to “fasten papers together”
• The first paper clips showed up in the 1860s• There are three people commonly credited for
inventing the paper clip
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George McGill
• One of the most know inventors of paper clips. Due largely to the fact that he was granted 15 different patents from 1888 to 1903.
• His patent from 1903 is similar to the common paper clip today. However, he doesn’t receive credit inventing it because that design had already been invented and patented years earlier.
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Paper Clips Project
Linda Hooper, a middle school teacher in Whitewell, TN, wanted her students to truly understand how vast the number of Jews executed during the Holocaust was.
How did she do it?
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Paper Clips
• Produced by Joe Fab• Shown for the first time
in 2003 in Whitewell• Officially released in
2004• Won many awards at
various film festivals
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Six Million Paper Clips
• Written by Peter Schroeder and Dagmar Schroeder- Hildebrand
• Copyrighted in 2004
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Clippit
• Introduced in Microsoft Office 97
• Nicknamed “Clippy”• Meant to provide help
and tips for Microsoft Office users
• Sadly, Clippy was laid to rest after Microsoft Office 2004
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Origin
• Johan Vaaler is commonly credited with inventing the paper clip.
• However, William Middlebrook created the common paper clip.
• Cushman and Dennison bought Middlebrook’s patent in 1899 and began selling it as the “Gem clip.”
• The Gem clip is the best selling paper clip in the US.
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One Red Paper Clip
• On July 14, 2005, Kyle MacDonald traded a red paper clip for a fish shaped pen.
• This began a year long journey during which MacDonald eventually bartered his way up to a house.
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Cultural Impact
• Middle school students collected well over 6 million paper clips to represent the 6 million executed during the Holocaust in what was called the “Paper Clips Project.”
• This resulted in a documentary and a book about the project.
• Clippit, or “Clippy” was a Microsoft Office program that helped users become familiar with Office.