Have a look at this web link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum#History
drums history goes back 3000BC
The Human Voice Drums
The year the Premier Drums opened was in 1922. It was opened during the height of the jazz age. It is very rich in history, tradition and also innovation.
What exactly are you referring to? Drum-making technique? The history of drums? The changes that have happen style-wise in popular music? If you explain the question better, I would be glad to answer it for you!
Yes: http://gamma.sitelutions.com/~toucans/Gallery/aboutPan.html
A collective nouns for drums are a set of drums or a line of drums.
Gretsch Drums manufactures many different types of drums. Gretsch Drums manufactures Steve Ferrone Signature series drums as well as the Broadkaster series drums.
military drums are usually snare drums.
The conga and the bongo drums, and occasionally the steel drums
Delmar M. McComb has written: 'Beat! Beat! Drums!' -- subject(s): History
Angela Smith has written: 'Steel drums and steelbands' -- subject(s): Steel drum (Musical instrument), History, Steel band music, History and criticism
bongo drums and steel drums and electric drums