Annotated Bibliography

Primary Sources
Letters
Hershey, Milton S. "Dear Frineds." Letter to Friends. 30 Nov. 1887. One of a Kind.
Kutztown: Derry Literary Guild, 1983. 31. Print.
This letter Provided me with information about how his business was going and he
wanted to sell chocolate on Christmas but wanted to make sure people would go. This is a
primary because Milton was asking his friends if they would come.
Hershey, Milton S. "Dear Uncle." Letter to Uncle Abraham. 7 Mar. 1881. One of a Kind.
N.p.: n.p., n.d. 33. Print.
This letter provides me with the information that his uncle was a very wealthy man. This
is a Primary because Milton Hershey rote the letter.
Hershey, Milton S. "To Friends." Letter to Friends. N.d. MS. N.p.
This provided me with information about what Milton did over the holidays and when he
would come home. This letter was a primary because Milton wrote it himself.
Photos
N.d. Hershey Archives, Hershey.
This is a primary source because it is a photo of what was behind the counter and what
the used to make chocolate.
N.d. Hershey Archives, Hershey.
This is primary because it was a photo of the dining room and shows where peopled
could eat.
N.d. Hershey Archives, Hershey.
This photo is primary because it shows men making the candy.
N.d. Hershey Archives, Hershey.
This photo is primary because it shows Milton with his students outside the school.
N.d. Hershey Archives, Hershey.
This was a primary source because it is a photo of the workers outside the shop they
worked at.
N.d. Hershey Archives, Hershey.
This was primary because it was taken of his chocolate making machine.

N.d. Hrershey Archives, Hershey. This is primary because it was a photo taken of his
shop taken when he was alive.
Website
"The Hershey Press 1926-11-11 :: Milton Hershey School Hershey Press Collection." The
Hershey Press 1926-11-11 :: Milton Hershey School Hershey Press Collection. N.p., n.d.
Web. 09 Dec. 2014.
This website Provide me with the information of how smart the kids were that went to
Hershey school. This is a primary because it was a newspaper that was written about his
school and how smart they were in 1926.
Secondary Sources
Books
Beers, Paul B. "Milton Hershey." The Pennsylvania Sampler: A Biography of the
Keystone State and Its People. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1970. 192-200. Print.
During this section it provides me that he was a widower for 31 years after his wife had
died in 1914 and how he started Hershey in Cuba
Brenner, Joel Glenn. "The Candy Man." The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret
World of Hershey and Mars. New York: Random House, 1999. 71-82. Print.
This provides the stories of his childhood and why he wanted to start a chocolate business
and he first started a taffy business at the age of 19 and only borrowed 180 dollars
from his mom to start it
Burford, Betty, and Loren Chantland. "The Best Caramels In The World." Chocolate by
Hershey: A Story about Milton S. Hershey. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda, 1994. 30-37.
Print.
This provides me with information about where he started to make his own candy which
was in Lancaster from a pushcart.
Castner, Charles Schuyler. Introduction. One of a Kind: Milton Snavely Hershey, 18571945. Hershey, PA: Derry Literary Guild, 1983. N. pag. Print.
This book provided me with pictures of the early park and rides and quotes that Milton S.
Hershey said.
D'Antonio, Michael. "Legacy." Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of
Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. 24254. Print.
During this Chapter it talks about how Hershey grew as a company and his school was
getting more kids to go to it.
Mattern, Joanne. Milton Hershey: Hershey's Chocolate Creator. Edina, MN: ABDO
Pub., 2011. Print.
While I was reading this book provided me with information about his whole life from
when he was living on the farm to when he died.

McMahon, James D. "The Hershey Legacy." Built on Chocolate: The Story of the
Hershey Chocolate Company. Santa Monica, CA: General Pub. Group, 1998. 196201. Print.
This part of the book provides me with information about his schools medical care, and
his foundation which helps me to understand where he learned to do things.
Simon, Charnan. "Trade." Milton Hershey: Chocolate King, Town Builder. New York:
Children's, 1998. 11-12. Print.
This section provided me with when he learned to make candy in Joe Royer's Ice cream
Parlor this is where he learned that he loved making candy.
Photos
Hershey. N.d. Web. 12 Jan. 2015.
This provided me with the title of my website.

Website
"Hershey, Milton - Overview, Personal Life, Career Details, Social and Economic Impact,
Chronology: Milton Hershey." - Chocolate, School, Company, and Business. Netindustries,
n.d. Web. 18 Jan. 2015.
This provided me with a timeline that I was able to use on my website.