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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Not long ago, the Geography & Map Division tweeted this business map of Bristol, Bordentown, Burlington, and Mount Holly in the New Jersey/Pennsylvania area. Naturally, the business librarian in me perked up, because it is a great example of how maps and company information can come together. When doing historical research on a local business, …
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
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
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was written by Nancy Groce, an ethnomusicologist and folklorist who is a Senior Folklife Specialist in the American Folklife Center. After years of planning, research, fieldwork, and archiving, the American Folklife Center is excited to begin online posting of material from its Occupational Folklife Project, a major oral history initiative featuring in-depth interviews …
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
I decided to take a short break from writing about New Orleans to highlight one really interesting title in our reference collection – English Overseas Trade Statistics by Elizabeth Boody Schumpeter. This title is a favorite of mine because of all of the tables and its historical coverage and like an earlier favorite I wrote …
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Posted by: Nancy Lovas
This post was written by Michelle Cadoree Bradley, a Science Reference Specialist in the Science, Technology and Business Division. In the collections of the Library of Congress, there are thousands of books in red buckram binding. These fairly innocuous exteriors can sometimes hide unique items. One such item from the stacks is the book Model Aircraft Project from …
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Guest Blog Posts, Science
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps can provide a window into a city's business history.
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Rare Books and Special Collections
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Library has many collections that may not, at first glance, be obvious places to find information for those doing business research. Most of these collections are only accessible to those that come to the Library, but some of the material from those collections has been digitized. Business Reference created a list of these “special” …
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
When I was writing the posts about the Capitol dome, I wrote one about the firm of Janes, Fowler, & Kirtland Co. and in the post I included an image of one of the stoves they manufactured. At the time, I was pretty confident that I wouldn’t be doing much more research on cast iron …
Posted in: Advertising, Business, Cookbooks and Food, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was written by Nancy Lovas a new Business Reference Librarian. I write atop a bookshelf in the Adams Reading Room with an excellent view of the mural on the east wall. I’ve returned to the Business Reference Section after nearly three years away and I’m getting reintroduced to all my old friends. One …
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor