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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Blog post about one of the quotes from the murals in the Science and Business Reading Room in the John Adams Building and features a detail from one mural.
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week, Presidents
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
I thought I would take an opportunity to post briefly on BEOnline (Business and Economics Online). The BEOnline project began in 1996 and has developed into a useful collection of Internet links organized by subject area. Donna Scanlon who blogged for Business before I did, featured the job search and career assistance area in a …
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Today’s photo features a map of the telephone lines found in the October 1894 issue of the National Telephone Directory from American Telephone and Telegraph Company. As noted on the title page, this publication “is intended to be a List of Stations Connected by Metallic-Circuit Lines” within the “LONG DISTANCE” System and includes businesses and …
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This year we are commemorating the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. The Library recently debuted the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, and after spending time looking at those photographs, I thought it would be interesting to write a blog post featuring business-related resources that illuminate the lives of the people living in the …
Posted in: Business, Census and Statistics, Favorites From the Fifth Floor