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Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Interested in how to do Business Research at the Library of Congress? Attend our Virtual Business Research Orientation on September 8, from 1-2 pm!
Posted in: Business, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
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
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
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
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.
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Interested in how to do Business Research at the Library of Congress? Come to our Virtual Business Research Orientation May 12, from 1-2 pm!
Posted in: Business
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Interested in how to do business research at the Library of Congress? Come to our Virtual Business Research Orientation on March 10, from 1-2 pm!
Posted in: Business
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Many early African American insurance companies focused on industrial insurance or burial insurance and employed people in the community to sell and administer insurance contracts. Explore our resources related to African American insurance industry, including founders like Aaron McDuffie Moore, John Merrick and Charles Clinton (C.C.) Spaulding.
Posted in: African American History, Business
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Today in the United States, we often think of a canvasser as someone soliciting votes, but historically, canvassers were also those who solicited orders for items such as books or life insurance policies.
Posted in: Business