Andrew Carnegie – Man of Steel
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about the life and businesses of industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
Category: Biography
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
A Fortune Made from Fur: John Jacob Astor
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This blog post is about John Jacob Astor early American businessman.
But Was She Really the “Witch of Wall Street”
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This blog post is about Hetty Green a Gilded Age businesswomen with quite the reputation.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History
Eleanor Lambert–Empress of Seventh Avenue
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
… [Eleanor Lambert] realized that the American fashion industry, along with the individual designers deserved to be treated as equals on the world stage. From that moment on, this idea would become her driving passion. (John Tiffany, Eleanor Lambert: Still Here, Pointed Leaf Press, c2011: p.19) On Thursday February 2, 2012 we are hosted a …
Posted in: Biography, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos, Women's History
Who was James Swan?
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This blog post features Revolutionary era financier James Swan.
Posted in: Biography, Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History
Five Questions: Jan Herd, Business Digital Reference Librarian
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
1. What is your background? My background ethnically is Anglo and Pennsylvania (PA) Dutch. I was raised on a PA working farm (Herd Farms), which my siblings and I still own. I attended a one room country school three miles from the farm. When I was seven I began working on the farm and …
Posted in: Biography, Business, Five Questions
Profiles in American Business
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
I had been looking for a good way to start an occasional series on both the well known and lesser known men and women in American business, when I ran across a great series of articles in Moody’s Magazine from 1909 written by Mark M. Reynolds. Each month’s issue featured one or more profiles. As …