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Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Mateo Gonzalez, 2022 Junior Fellow, answers five questions about his work with the Science, Technology and Business Division on the Hispanic Americans in Business and Entrepreneurship research guide.
Posted in: Business, Five Questions
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This collection may add just a little more to what you have already discovered. Register today for the webinar on August 2, from 1-1:30pm.
Posted in: Business Reference Guides
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
In June 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Securities & Exchange Act, one of the most important pieces of legislation that regulates business in the United States.
Posted in: Business
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Have you ever used a hair curler or hair crimping gadget? Have you ever had a permanent? If so, you are getting closer to discovering Charles Nessler.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Inventions
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
The Library of Congress Science, Technology & Business Division and Health Services Division have collaborated with expert scientists to provide the public with insights about COVID-19 in Asia in a virtual program on June 22.
Posted in: Health Sciences, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos, Science
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Garfinckel's was a prominent department store chain that catered to elite consumers, including government leaders and their wives, and carved out a high-end retail niche in Washington, DC for 85 years.
Posted by: Nate Smith
This founding father spent dull meetings creating these math puzzles!
Posted in: Mathematics
Posted by: Nate Smith
This chemistry book from 1857 not only describes chemical reactions, it shows them with beautiful illustrations!
Posted in: Chemistry, Favorites From the Fifth Floor, History of Science and Technology, Science
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
An approximate notion of the bulk of the business may be gathered from the statement that Mr. Woolworth imports a larger tonnage of toys and tree ornaments than all other United States buyers put together, or over one half of the product of the world.