Works Cited
Primary Sources
2009. Photograph. News.yahoo. Comp. Odd Andersen. Abc News, 1 Feb. 2010. Web. 2 Feb. 2013.
The website provided a picture of what the Nobel medal and diploma looks like. It would be a great visual in our project to show what they look like.
Atlantic Giant Powder Co. V. Mowbray. Circuit Court. Oct. 1876. Bulk Resource. Web. 29 Nov. 2012.
The lawsuit document had descriptive info of the dynamite patent comparing to other alike inventions that copied dynamite. The document gained
us new knowledge of the explanation of dynamite.
Aung San Suu Kyi Speech in Norway on June 16, 2012. Prod. Taang Sianpu. Perf. Aung San Suu Kyi. YouTube, 2012. Online.
In this video, Aung San Suu Kyi gives her Nobel Peace Prize Speech. This helps our research because it shows us what she did to gain this reward and
why. It also informs us why people are chosen.
Dynamite Explosion Ullun Argentina. 1936. Photograph. San Juan Argentina.Flickr.com. Yahoo, 17 Jan. 2006. Web. 2 Feb. 2013.
From this website, we found an interesting picture that would be great to use in our project. It demonstrates the explosion of dynamite.
Great Britain. House of Commons. H.M. Stationery Office. H.M. Stationery Office. Vol. 9. London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1893. Google. Web. 25 Nov.
2010.
The government book included a interview directly from Alfred Nobel about the manufacture and safety of dynamite. The interview contained
valuable first-hand account information about handling dynamite and comparing it with other explosives. In addition, we gained more
primary sources because of this.
Lenguel, Emil. "For Whom Alfred Nobel Created a Pedestal; a Friend of Peace." New York Times (16 Oct. 1982): 20. Proquest. Web. 7 Nov. 2012.
The relationship between peace and Alfred Nobel and the importance was helpful to learn. Inside the newsletter, it showed how Nobel was a pacifist
and his desire of peace.
Nobel, Alfred. "Alfred Nobel Quotes." BrainyQuotes.com. Web. 2 Dec. 2012.
These quotes helped us to see how Alfred viewed himself or his inventions. It helped us see why Alfred did what he did.
Nobel, Alfred. "Alfred Nobel Quotes." Qotd.org. Web. 3 Dec. 2012.
These quotes helped us look in on who Alfred was. It helped us understand what he thought or if it explained what he did and why.
Nobel, Alfred B. "Alfred Nobel's Testament." Global Reasearch. 27 Nov. 1895. Web. 29 Oct. 2012.
The original context of what Alfred Nobel wished for,assisted us exactly what he wrote about for the Nobel Prizes. Nobel's will had details of what he
wanted and names that could lead to potential sources.
Nobel, Alfred B. Improvement in Exploding Nitroglycerin. United States Blasting-Oil Company of New York, assignee. Patent 4816. 19 Mar. 1872. Print.
The patent provides description of nitroglycerin and Alfred Nobel's methods of taming and improving the explosive.We gained new information
about nitroglycerin.
Nobel, Alfred B. Letter to Bertha Von Suttner. History1900.about.com. Adams Media Corporation, 20 Apr. 2000. Web. 2 Dec. 2012.
The quote from a letter of Alfred Nobel provided us what he thought about war and peace. This quote will be used in our project to show that.
Nobel, Alfred B. Shell Fuse. Patent 575163. 12 Jan. 1897. Print.
This patent by Alfred Nobel shows us what Alfred created besides his main creations. This also shows he was not out to create destruction.
Nobel, Alfred. Military Quotation. By James Charlton. New York: Thomas Dunne Book, 2002. 114. Google. Web. 2 Dec. 2012.
The quote stated from Alfred Nobel showed more of his thoughts on war and peace. The material in the quote reflected on his thinking about his
dangerous invention of dynamite.
Nobel Peace Prize Medal. Photograph. Nobel Prize, Stockholm, Sweden. Nobel Prize. 2006. Web. 2 Dec. 2012.
This photo shows the Nobel Prize and what it looks like. It helped us know what the medals look like, and to put an example in our website.
Photograph. Sparta, North Carolina. Alleghanynews. Comp. Lon Leatherland. 11 Nov. 2004. Web. 2 Feb. 2013.
We used the picture in our project to show what it would look like when dynamite is in use. The picture is a great visual that perfectly shows that.
Sohlman, Ranger, and Henrick Shuck. Nobel: Dynamite and Peace. New York: Cosmopolitan Book, 1929. Print.
This primary book from an executor and assistant of Alfred Nobel, helped confirm information and wrote about Alfred Nobel personally. It included
personal collections of letters and other insights of Nobel. Nobel: Dynamite and Peace lead me to more primary sources,answered question, and
provided many names,dates,events and ideas related to Nobel.
Story of Dynamite Pt 1-2 (1925). Dir. Bureau of Mines and Department of Commerce. National Archives, 1925. YouTube. Web. 30 Nov. 2012.
The history of dynamite provided us visual and textual scenes that happened in 1925. The manufacture, use and effect of dynamite was very helpful to
us. We gained more information by watching this compelling documentary.
Suttner, Bertha V. "Alfred Nobel's Death and Will." Memoirs of Bertha Von Suttner: The Records of an Eventful Life. Vol. 2. Boston and London: Ginn and,
1910. 141-47. Google. Web. 28 Nov. 2012.
The effect of Alfred Nobel's death at that time and his will gave us an understanding of what happened at the time where Nobel left his estate to the
world. There has been different perspectives about people's thoughts on that.
Suttner, Bertha V. Lay Down Your Arms. New York: Longmans Green and, 1908.Open Library. Web. 18 Nov. 2012.
Alfred Nobel was overpowered by this book about peace, this fictional book provided me why this impacted many people and changed their views
of peace and war. Lay Down Your Arms helped me understand what an influence this book, and his close friend, Bertha Von Suttner had on him to
create the Nobel Prizes
Suttner, Bertha V. "Letters from Alfred Nobel and Visit to Alfred Nobel 435 Society in Berlin." Memoirs of Bertha Von Suttner: The Records of an Eventful
Life. Vol. 1. Boston and London: Ginn and, 1910. Google. Web. 19 Nov. 2012.
The memoirs of Bertha von Suttner helped us because Suttner had direct account to Alfred Nobel. She had collections of letters between them, which
some was part in her book. The memoirs gave us a perspective of what Nobel was like when he lived. The book also lead us to other primary sources.
United States. Department of Commerce and Labor. Vol. 8. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1892. Google. Web. 4 Dec. 2012.
The comparing information about dynamite and the inventions before that, was helpful for us to understand the features of them. Also comparing
information is the injuries,death and etc between the inventions. The statics in the book showed how dangerous the explosives.
Secondary Sources
86 Alfred Nobel and Dynamite. Dir. Jorg Richter. YouTube. 18 May 2012. Web. 23 Dec. 2012.
This video has animations of dynamite that help to learn more about dynamite, which it did help us. The insight of dynamite brought a greater
understanding to the invention and the inventions inspired after dynamite.
Alfred Nobel. Dir. Harry Murphy. YouTube. Sanfran4me, 20 Aug. 2012. Web. 21 Dec. 2012.
The general idea of Alfred Nobel in this video provided new understanding of his life to us. The video also provided a visual slideshow to visualize the
information that we learned.
Altman, Lawrence K. "Alfred Nobel and the Prize That Almost Didn't Happen." The New York Times. ProQuest, 26 Sept. 2006. Web. 2 Nov. 2012.
By reading this article, we gained more information and new knowledge about the Nobel Prizes. In addition to that, the article answered several
questions we had about the Prizes.
Bailey, Ellen. "Alfred Nobel: Backround." Biography Resource Center. Gale, 1 Jan. 2006. Web. 8 Nov. 2012.
This review of Alfred Nobel's life granted us more detailed information for us to learn about Alfred Nobel. As well as that, the article answered some
questions of ours about Nobel and what he did.
Bankston, John. Alfred Nobel and the Story of the Nobel Prize. Bear, De.: Mitchell Lane, 2004. Print.
In this secondary book, Bankston talks about Alfred Nobel's life. He also talks about the important impact of Nobel's two, most popular inventions on
society back then as well as today. This gave insight to us on why Alfred Nobel did what he did.
Bellis, Mary. "Dynamite- Alfred Nobel and the History of Dynamite." About.com. Web. 29 Oct. 2012.
This article gives insight on Alfred Nobel's many inventions, but mainly his more popular ones, and also shows how the inventions helped society. With
the information we collected from this secondary source, we looked more into Alfred's creations.
Bergengren, Erik. Alfred Nobel-The Man And His Work. New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1962. Print.
This secondary book helped us, because it included names that could lead us to potiental primary souces. Along with that, the book showed us new
knowledge and understanding about Alfred Nobel's work.
Binns, Tristan Boyer. Alfred Nobel: Inventive Thinker. New York: Scholastic, 2004. Print.
This secondary book gave us a brilliant first understanding of Alfred Nobel. The book had many information to create a foundation to start off
researching and helped lead us to new sources, both primary and secondary.
Dynamite:Blast From The Past. Dir. Jonathan Leeds, Nathan Luftman, Sarah Reibman, and Greg Ritchie. YouTube. 8 Jan. 2010. Web. 29 Nov. 2012.
This documentary confirmed and provided us with information about dynamite's history. The documentary contained intense visual context that made us
understand more about dynamite and how it works.
Evanoff, Micheal, and Marjorie Fluor. The Lonelist Millionaire. Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie, 1969. Print.
Alfred Nobel had many relationships between him and many people, as shown in this secondary book. The book gave us a perspective of his detailed
life and understanding. Also, it included what Alfred Nobel wished for.
Fant, Kenne. Alfred Nobel: A Biography. New York: Arcade, 1993. Print.
This secondary book by Kenne Fant contains a detailed overview of Alfred Nobel's life, in which Fant also talks about Alfred's inventions and their
importance. This helped us because we now know the motives behind what Alfred did and why he did it.
Frost, Bob. "Alfred Nobel: From 'Merchant of Death' to Man of Peace." Biography: 92.University of Phoenix. Web. 2 Dec. 2012.
In this magazine article, the author Bob Frost talks about Alfred Nobel and his life, very crucial things to our project. He talks about some of the
winners of the prize and also how Alfred created the prizes. This was a helpful secondary source that helped us learn more about the life of Alfred
Nobel.
Gleasner, Diana C. Dynamite. New York: Walker and, 1982. Print.
The book provided valuable information about the many uses of dynamite to the world
and the background information about it. Showing the effects of dynamite gave us an insight of how big of an impact dynamite made.
Gray, Tony. The Story of Alfred Nobel, the Peace Prize and the Laureates Champions of Peace. Michigan: Paddington, 1976. Print.
The story of Alfred Nobel had detailed information to give us an imporved and more understanding of Alfred Nobel, dynamite and the Nobel Prizes.
There is also more insight of exactly how the Nobel Prizes got started.
Higgins, Edwin. The Prevention of Accidents from Explosives in Metal Mining. Vol. 19. Washington: Government Printing Office, 2009. Google.
University of Michigan, 2 Sept. 2009. Web. 8 Dec. 2012.
The guide of preventing the accidents in mines gives me a perspective of the miners involving dynamite. The guide included the dangers of dynamite in
mines and statics of the deaths and injuries because of dynamite.
Holmund, Per. "The Nobel Prizes: Milestones from the Nobel Prizes." BolagsFakto. Web. 29 Dec. 2012.
The effect of the Nobel Prizes at the time when it was created brought us what other peoples perspective about Nobel Prizes and how it came to be.
Besides that, it showed new details about creating the Nobel Prizes.
Lengyel, Emil. "For Whom Alfred Nobel Created a Pedestal; a Friend of Peace." New York Times (16 Oct. 1982): 20. Proquest. Web. 7 Nov. 2012.
The material from the newsletter gave us knowledge about the relationship between peace and Alfred Nobel. The information included his need and
life of peace.
Long, Samuel W. "Farming With Dynamite." The Times Dispatch 30 July 1911: 14.Library of Congress. Web. 23 Oct. 2012.
The use of dynamite in agricultural provided us the many uses of dynamite besides the dangerous destruction use. The magazine article showed us
the friendly side of dynamite that still was effective.
"News Top 24: Alfred Nobel's Bibliography." News Top 24: Alfred Nobel's Bibliography. Blogger. Web. 29 Jan. 2013.
It provided good knowledge for us about what Alfred Nobel did with his life. The website also provided us pictures to use in our websites.
Nobel Prize: Alfred Nobel, the Man P1. Prod. Kurdistan Planetarium. YouTube. Google, 25 Feb. 2010. Web. 28 Dec. 2012.
Alfred Nobel's life provided us new information about him and a better understanding of dynamite and the Nobel Prizes. There was also visuals about
the Nobel Prizes that helped us.
"Nobelprize.org." Nobelprize.org. The Nobel Foundation. Web. 29 Jan. 2013.
The information about most of everything to do with Alfred Nobel was very helpful to understand, to correct information, and learn more information.
We also used some pictures in our website and used quotes.
Nordlinger, Jay. Peace They Say. New York: Encounter, 2012. Print.
The information in this secondary book was helpful to explain how the Nobel Prizes functioned and the process it took before, during, and after the
ceremonies. The author also wrote about the meaning of peace for the world and how Nobel would want peace.
Poliakoff, Martyn, and Rob Stockman. "Dynamite and TNT-Periodic Table of Videos."YouTube. 3 Feb. 2011. Web. 3 Dec. 2012.
This explaination of the science of dynamite helped our understanding about how dynamite worked. It gave us new understanding of the importance of
how dynamite worked.
Rajesh, Christobel. "Nobel Prize Winners: How They Are Chosen." Helium.com. Web. 4 Nov. 2012.
In this article, Rajesh talks about the criteria needed for winning a Nobel Prize. This helps our research because now we know what someone needs to
do to be able to win the prize Alfred created.
Reichhardt, Tony. "Alfred Nobel's Rocket Camera." Air & Space Smithsonian. 5 Oct. 2009. Web. 3 Nov. 2012.
Learning about Alfred Nobel's rocket camera granted us the insight of other important inventions Nobel made besides the most 'popular' ones. The
information showed us that Nobel didn't only make things that killed people, and that he had other inventions that were yet important but not
destructive.
Rosenburg, Jennifer. "History of the Nobel Prize- How the First Nobel Prizes Were Awarded." About.com. Web. 22 Oct. 2012.
This artice by Jennifer Rosenburg gives the history of the Nobel Prizes. It gave us important information on Alfred Nobel's life and his creations as well.
This helped us learn more about Alfred and what he did.
Skoog, Ingemar. "The Alfred Nobel Rocket Camera: An Early Aerial Photograph Attempt." Academic Search Premier. EBSCO, 6 Nov. 2009. Web. 11 Dec.
2012.
The material in the article provided more information about how Alfred Nobel effected the rocketry industry and what he did. The article
provided other inventions Nobel made to also effect the world besides destruction. Including that, the article led us to more information of who he was
involved with and an insight of Nobel; that he is not set out to invent destructive things.
Stead, William T. "The Nobel Prizes-Methods of Their Distribution." New York Tribute12 Feb. 1905, Sunday ed.: 25. Print.
The distribution between the Nobel Prizes helped our understanding. It explained parts of the whole process of the Nobel Prizes, and how it functioned.
The process of the Nobel Prizes was helpful for us to understand and increase our knowledge.
Tiner, John H. "Alfred Nobel Inventor of Dynamite." SIRS Discoverer. ProQuest, Jan. 2010. Web. 31 Oct. 2010.
What drove Nobel to make dynamite gave us insight on the public's thoughts. After all the accidents from workers being careless, everyone pointed
to Nobel for inventing such a mildly dangerous invention. That was what people thought of, which determined Nobel to make dynamite safer
VinZant, Unwirklich. "Criteria for Winning a Nobel Prize." Helium.com. Web. 4 Nov. 2012.
In this article, Unwirklich VinZant talks about the different Nobel Prizes. He also talks about the needed criteria for the prizes, which helps us learn what
someone needs to do to be worthy of the Nobel Prizes. This helped our research because it gave us info on the prizes.
Wargin, Kathy J. Alfred Nobel-The Man Behind The Peace Prize. Chelsea: Sleeping Bear, 2009. Print.
The central information of Alfred Nobel gave us a background knowledge of him to start off researching more about Nobel. The book included
illustrations to understand more of the text.
Who Was Alfred Nobel? Chemistry Calendar, December The History of Chemistry and Alfred Nobel. Dir. Jonas Stenstron. YouTube. 30 Dec. 201. Web. 10
Dec. 2012.
This secondary film has visual imagery of the Nobel Prizes to help our understanding. Including that, the film provided a perspective of a former
member of the Nobel Prize Committee about the drive of creating the Nobel Prizes.
Process Paper
When we first started our project research, we gathered a list of possible topics. We narrowed the list down to three topics and read what each was about. Once we had the basic information about each topic, we chose the one we thought would fit the best and was most interesting. This topic was Alfred Nobel. Alfred's creations were turning points in history because his top, most known creations changes a lot of views, opinions, and ways of doing different type of things today. Once we had our topic, it was time to research about it.
To start our research, we began with looking up basic info about Alfred Nobel in secondary sources such as non-fiction books. As we started to get more into our research, we also got into more complicated pieces of info like his creations and his work. We also started getting more complicated sources, some which were more into the primary category. The primary sources were like government articles or letters by Alfred himself, and the secondary were magazine articles and documentaries. Once we had our research done and ready, it was time to move onto our project.
Our presentation category is a website. First, we decided on what would be our best interest and what would be the best fit to present our information. We narrowed down to two options to display our information, a website and an exhibit. Then we decided on a website because it would be easier to display our information and pictures about Alfred Nobel. We would be able to showcase pictures of dynamite explosions, Nobel Prize ceremony, and Nobel’s life to show important context more easily than an exhibit. We're determined to have a unique and creative website that shows how our topic is related to the theme.
Our project, Alfred Nobel, is related to the theme; Turning Points in History. His major creations, dynamite and the Nobel Prizes, had a massive effect worldwide. Dynamite impacted various components in many histories, such as, agriculture, industrial, scientific and human achievement. Most importantly, this dangerous explosive physically altered Mother Nature. Without dynamite, we might not have the Panama Canal, Musconetcong tunnel, Mount Rushmore and other enormous projects that involved a lot of human labor. The feedback from dynamite led Nobel to the founding of the Nobel Prizes. He left his money after he died to award accomplishments for years to come.
To start our research, we began with looking up basic info about Alfred Nobel in secondary sources such as non-fiction books. As we started to get more into our research, we also got into more complicated pieces of info like his creations and his work. We also started getting more complicated sources, some which were more into the primary category. The primary sources were like government articles or letters by Alfred himself, and the secondary were magazine articles and documentaries. Once we had our research done and ready, it was time to move onto our project.
Our presentation category is a website. First, we decided on what would be our best interest and what would be the best fit to present our information. We narrowed down to two options to display our information, a website and an exhibit. Then we decided on a website because it would be easier to display our information and pictures about Alfred Nobel. We would be able to showcase pictures of dynamite explosions, Nobel Prize ceremony, and Nobel’s life to show important context more easily than an exhibit. We're determined to have a unique and creative website that shows how our topic is related to the theme.
Our project, Alfred Nobel, is related to the theme; Turning Points in History. His major creations, dynamite and the Nobel Prizes, had a massive effect worldwide. Dynamite impacted various components in many histories, such as, agriculture, industrial, scientific and human achievement. Most importantly, this dangerous explosive physically altered Mother Nature. Without dynamite, we might not have the Panama Canal, Musconetcong tunnel, Mount Rushmore and other enormous projects that involved a lot of human labor. The feedback from dynamite led Nobel to the founding of the Nobel Prizes. He left his money after he died to award accomplishments for years to come.