There is dispute as to where the first patents were filed
The History of the Paper Punch
Celebrate 131st Anniversary of Hole Puncher- An Invention That's Now Basic Office Utility
jan 4, 1890 - 1890: Herman Hollerith designs a punch card system to calculate the 1880 census, accomplishing the task in just three years and saving the government $5 million. He establishes
The First Paper Hole Punch
How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America: Richardson, Heather Cox: 9780190900908: : Books
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Mr. Punch's History of the Great War, by Punch
A hole punch through history
Punch, October 22nd, 1887.
Celebrate 131st Anniversary of Hole Puncher- An Invention That's Now Basic Office Utility
Hole punch history: How the world became more organised in a single thadumph, The Independent
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Mr. Punch's History of the Great War, by Punch