Pic of the Week: Circa 1973 shelf locations
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Do you want to know where the books at the Library were in 1973?
Posted in: John Adams Building, Pic of the Week
Archive: 2012 (22 Posts)
Andrew Carnegie – Man of Steel
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about the life and businesses of industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
Pics of the Week: Sequoyah
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post is about a door detail of Sequoyah on the bronze door of the John Adams Building.
Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, John Adams Building, Native American History, Pic of the Week
Business Research Orientation class turns 5
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Back in 2007, my coworker Jan Herd and I decided to develop a class specifically for business researchers. Our very first class was in October 2007. While we included some general information about doing research at the Library and a detailed overview of the Library’s online catalog, we wanted to feature specific guidance on business …
Posted in: Business
Robber Barons: Gould and Fisk
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This blog post is about Jay Gould and James Fisk Jr; "robber barons" from the 19th century.
Private Eyes
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The blog post is about Allen Pinkerton and the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
An Early History of Life Insurance
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Today’s guest post is by 2012 Junior Fellow Alec Korte. A life worth living is a life worth insuring. The above quote was the bedrock on which Judge Willard Phillips, a Massachusetts lawyer, founded the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1835. The anchor that held that bedrock firm was the leadership at the top, which …
Posted in: Business
Five Questions (The Intern Edition): Alec Korte
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
1. What is your background? Excluding five years in California, I have lived most of my life in Bowling Green, Ohio, home to its namesake university as well as the National Tractor Pulling Championship. I am currently enrolled at the University of Cincinnati, where I am studying Mechanical Engineering and, eventually, Business as part of …
Posted in: Business, Five Questions
A Fortune Made from Fur: John Jacob Astor
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This blog post is about John Jacob Astor early American businessman.