40 Hours, 5 Days
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about the role the Ford Motor Company played in the drive to the 40-hour work week.
Posted in: Business
Category: Business
Your Roadmap to Success: Write a Business Plan in December
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
New “This Month in Business History” Entries for United Farm Workers, César Chávez, and Dolores Huerta
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Business Reference project This Month in Business History has three new entries that feature United Farm Workers, César Chávez, and Dolores Huerta.
Posted in: Business, Business Reference Guides, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Hispanic American History
Geyer’s: Businesses and “How they Face the World” (part 3)
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Geyer's Stationer the trade publication for American stationers features many wonderful images of stores from around the United States and can be used for more than understanding the trade, such as for images of businesses around the U.S.
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Geyer’s: More than Just Paper, Pens, & Pencils (part 2)
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Geyer's Stationer was a trade publication for stationers in the United States who sold many products to the growing American business sector including furniture and filings systems.
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Cough Gum & Candy Day in the 1923 Confectioners Journal
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
With Halloween trick-or-treating right around the corner, it's a great time to take a sweet peek in the Confectioners Journal, a trade journal for the candy industry.
Posted in: Business, Cookbooks and Food
Geyer’s: Everything a Stationer Needs (part 1)
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is the first of three posts about the trade publication Geyer's Stationer, the magazine for the stationer trade since its founding in 1877. It shows what was sold in stores, as well as providing a window on the changing American business landscape.
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Webinar Recording Now Available – African Americans in Business: Doing Historical Company Research
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
The webinar focuses on John Merrick (1859-1919), Co-Founder of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company and Alonzo Herndon (1858-1927), Founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. Both the recording and transcript can be found on the African Americans in Business and Entrepreneurship: A Resource Guide.
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Business, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Business Collections Orientation September 13
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
If you missed our business orientation in June, join us for another short webinar on our business collections at 1pm (EDT) on Wednesday, September 13. Since we can't show you everything in 30 minutes, we'll be using items related to Andrew Carnegie and the steel industry as examples of what you might uncover in these collections!
Posted in: Business, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos