A large part of my job as a teacher involves paperwork - lesson plans, handouts, IEP reports, and memos, to name a few. While the computer has made the storage of these documents much more efficient, I continue to save hard copies in my classroom file cabinet as well. Last week during the end of first semester summer school, I found myself running out of paperclips. As I thought about how necessary these little implements of organization have become in my world, I wondered who invented this revolutionary home/office/school supply. My internet research led me to the following informative websites:

http://www.officemuseum.com/paper_clips.htm

You may find this website to be helpful as well:

http://www.enotes.com/how-products-encyclopedia/paper-clip

However, the most significant use for these small metal objects(although they can be made of plastic or even bamboo), involves an eighth grade class in a middle school in Tennessee. www.acfnewsource.org/religion/paper_clip_project.html

The official wedsite: The Paper Clip Project