Hi cousin Tracy, Sounds as if you have an interesting subject to work with. A couple of suggestions: 1) E-mail the CT Historical Society and ask what examples of toys of the period they may have, etc. They do incredible research on historical topics. 2) Ask the research librarian at the CT State Library for some suggestions for book sources and obtain one or more through Interlibibrary Loan (ILL) 3) Enter the topic in PERSI and see what pops up. I bet there are some good articles in periodic literature in those beautiful American History oriented periodicals. Let us know what you come up with. Carol Hubbell Boggs