Virtually “Inside Adams” Background Images
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Are you working from home? Are you web conferencing? We have some backgrounds for you.
Posted in: John Adams Building
Archive: 2020 (40 Posts)
How About an Ice Cold Beverage?
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
May 8, 1886 was the day the first Coca-Cola was served.
Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History
“Rationing Safeguards Your Share”
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
World War II brought rationing for everyone and for almost everything, find a few resources for your research project.
Posted in: Business
The Cost of Independence Pt II: John Dunlap, Founding Printer
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
John Dunlap, a Philadelphia printer at the time of the American Revolution, may be known for printing the Declaration of Independence, but he also printed currency for his new country.
Posted in: Business, Rare Books and Special Collections
How the U.S. Census Drove Computing Technology
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about Herman Hollerith and his contribution to the Census.
Posted in: Business, Census and Statistics, Inventions
Making the Case for the Dun’s Review
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
For those interested in American business history, the Dun's Review is a must read with articles on a variety of topics.
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
And She Became Mother Jones
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Mary Harris Jones, otherwise known as Mother Jones was a leader in the history of Labor, here is some of her story.
Posted in: Business, Labor, Women's History
The Beauty Entrepreneur: Madam C. J. Walker
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about Madam C. J. Walker, businesswoman and beauty entrepreneur.
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Business, Women's History
Rajah Raboid and the Business of Mystery
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was written by Brendan Bachmann, a visiting library science student from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Horoscopes have long been popular with those hoping for a glimpse of their future. Indeed, some individuals have made a business of the mystical, profiting from people’s curiosity of the unknown. A horoscope pamphlet that has recently …
Posted in: Business, Guest Blog Posts