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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
August 15th marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal, a tremendous engineering endeavor that has played a major role in trade and commerce over its hundred years.
Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
What is your background? I’m a recent graduate of Berry College in Rome, Georgia, where I studied economics and minored in history. I grew up in the Metro Atlanta area, and I’ve always loved books, especially historical novels a la Little House in the Big Woods and Anne of Green Gables. In my third year …
Posted in: Business, Five Questions
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
A blog post about Niles' Weekly Register.
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Guest Blog Posts
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Over the last year we have been busy updating the Business homepage. Many of the guides have been updated and new ones have been added. Here are a few of the new items: There is a detailed guide created to help researchers track down Census information: Census Connections A Guide To Locating Selected U.S. Decennial …
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Recently I was in Frankfort, KY visiting a friend and she took me to see the Frankfort Cemetery. There are a number of illustrious people buried there, including Daniel Boone and many previous governors. Her favorite, however, was William Goebel, a governor who was assassinated. As a business librarian and blogger, I am always looking …
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Larry Doyle has worked on and around Wall Street for the last 30 years, having embarked on his Wall Street career in 1983 as a mortgage-backed securities trader for The First Boston Corporation. He served as Chair of the Mortgage Trading Committee for the Public Securities Association. After working at Bear Stearns, Union Bank of …
Posted in: Business, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Working at the Library has meant that I have had to adjust my concept of business history. Prior to working here, doing business research meant finding the most current and up to date information and history meant two years. It wasn’t long after starting that I realized Library of Congress researchers had a much different …
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
It was the world of banking and high finance where Morgan was the most visible and made the biggest impact.
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
A few statistical sources on African Americans.
Posted in: African American History, Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor