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Posted by: Donna Scanlon
Our guest author today is Ellen Terrell, Business Reference Specialist with another in our “Favorites From the Fifth Floor” series. Quite early in my tenure here at the Library I realized that “history” in terms of business research was not 5 years or less but 50, 100, or 200+ years ago. Coming from the private …
Posted in: Business, Census and Statistics, Favorites From the Fifth Floor
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
Our guest author today is Ellen Terrell, Business Reference Specialist. A perennial question for Business Reference staff is about old companies and businesses. And by old I mean from the 1890’s (or earlier!) not necessarily the 1990’s. One of our go-to sets is the old Mercantile Agency Reference books that developed into Dun & Bradstreet …
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor, New Orleans
Posted by: Donna Scanlon
Occasionally when visiting the stacks we run across something that we find particularly interesting either from a content or historical perspective. Shortly after my arrival here at the Library, I found such an item! Published in 1883 the book The Secrets of Success In Business claims to “show completely and practically how business is done, …
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor, ST&B Division