Developing an Economic Snapshot? The Post-War Years as Example
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Researching the history of the U.S. economy? This case study may help guide your own research.
Posted in: Business
Category: Business
BEOnline+ Website Database Review: A Junior Fellow Virtual Experience
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
A reflection from Pariti Sutaria's time as a Junior Fellow this summer, updating and curating a database of indexed business and economics websites.
Posted in: Business, Five Questions
Mental Arithmetic
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
However, practical arithmetic standardized professionalization by treating all students as potential workers in fields that required numeracy skills--from banking and farming to masonry and carpentry. The business application of arithmetic education became so ingrained--apparently to Davidson’s dismay--that by 1895, the West Virginia State Series curriculum defined arithmetic as: “the solving of problems from its various applications to business life.”
Posted in: Business, Mathematics
Du Pont: From French Exiles to the Toast of the Brandywine
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Along the serene Brandywine River in Delaware, in 1802, Eleuthere Irene du Pont de Nemours founded his powder works and began the legacy of a powerful and wealthy French American family...
Posted in: Business, Inventions
Numeracy and Crowd Science
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Numeracy plays a big role in the lives of data journalists, geographers, and demographers who research and measure large crowds.
Posted in: Business, Mathematics
Jumping for Joy at a July Return to Reference!
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Starting July 26, the Library's Science and Business Reference Sections will provide reference services in the Main Reading Room, by appointment only, between the hours of 9:30 am – 12:30 pm and 1 pm - 4 pm, Monday through Friday. For science and business reference appointments in the Main Reading Room, call us at (202) 707-5639.
Join us for a virtual Business Research Orientation on July 14
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Interested in how to do Business Research at the Library of Congress? Come to our Virtual Business Research Orientation July 14, from 1-2 pm!
Posted in: Business
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Westinghouse Works at the World’s Fair
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Held to celebrate the centennial of Thomas Jefferson's 1804 Louisiana Purchase, the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair was the perfect place for George Westinghouse to demonstrate his companies' dominance and specifically, the skills of the 9,000 Pittsburghers who worked in his factories.
American Dynamo: The Life of George Westinghouse
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
With nearly 400 patents to his name, Westinghouse is a beacon of Gilded Age industry.