Making the Case for the Dun’s Review
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
For those interested in American business history, the Dun's Review is a must read with articles on a variety of topics.
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Category: Business
And She Became Mother Jones
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Mary Harris Jones, otherwise known as Mother Jones was a leader in the history of Labor, here is some of her story.
Posted in: Business, Labor, Women's History
The Beauty Entrepreneur: Madam C. J. Walker
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about Madam C. J. Walker, businesswoman and beauty entrepreneur.
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Business, Women's History
Rajah Raboid and the Business of Mystery
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was written by Brendan Bachmann, a visiting library science student from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Horoscopes have long been popular with those hoping for a glimpse of their future. Indeed, some individuals have made a business of the mystical, profiting from people’s curiosity of the unknown. A horoscope pamphlet that has recently …
Posted in: Business, Guest Blog Posts
“The Battle Creek Diet System”: A Pamphlet and Birth of the Fake Meat Industry
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This is a guest post written by Brendan Bachmann, a visiting library science student from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Over the last few years there has been an explosion in meat substitute product popularity. The “fake meat” industry is thriving, and it is predicted by some to become worth $140 billion dollars in the …
Posted in: Business, Cookbooks and Food
Mining and Wagons. What’s the Connection?
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Library does not actually have a copy of every book ever printed, but we are always adding to the collection mostly through Copyright deposit or purchase. In 2019, we acquired a few things we wanted to publicize. Directory sources are a seemingly never-ending resource for answering business-related questions at the Library, so we keep …
Posted in: Business
Rockefeller: Making of a Billionaire
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
But a century before these tech and financial giants, there was John D. Rockefeller. He accumulated so much wealth that he could still make the list if he were alive today.