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Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Join our Business Reference Specialists in exploring the lives of several Hispanic American business icons, using some of the biographical, business, and other resources available through the Library of Congress, on October 15, 2024, at 12pm.
Posted in: Hispanic American History, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Join the Business Section for a short, 30-minute webinar at 1pm on Wednesday, September 11, highlighting collections, with content related to the fashion industry as examples.
Posted in: Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Richard Cantillon was an Irish-born banker who made his fortune, and several enemies, across early 18th century Europe. When a fire consumed his London home in 1734, including a body found within, the initial reports pointed to a tragic accident.
Posted in: Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
While going through a pamphlet collection on banking history for her Junior Fellow project, guest author Kelsey Moore takes an interest in two pamphlets on North American shell money, also known as wampum, which circulated before the rise of silver and gold in the colonies.
Posted in: Money, Native American History
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Business Section Intern Olivia DiAcetis describes her spring 2024 project analyzing data from reference interactions.
Posted in: Business, Digital Scholarship and Data
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
This week we commemorate Equal Pay Day, which represents the extra number of days beyond a year that the average woman needs to work to earn the same amount a man earns in one year for equal work, by taking a look at sources that examine the pay gap.
Posted in: Labor, Women's History
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Join the Business Section for a short, 30-minute webinar at 1pm on Wednesday, February 28, highlighting collections, with content related to the fashion industry as examples.
Posted in: Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
The new website of the Science and Business Reading Room has just gone live, and we're pretty excited!
Posted in: Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
December is Write A Business Plan Month, an annual reminder to create and maintain a roadmap in order to achieve your entrepreneurial ambitions. In this post, we highlight a few helpful resources to get started.
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides