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Guide to
Business History Resources
Sources Cited for "Business and Employment records"
by Kory L. Meyerink
in: Chapter 10
The Source : a guidebook of American genealogy, Revised edition
edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking
©
1997
Ancestry
Reproduced 2001 with permission of the publisher
Table of Contents
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- Research and Finding Aids
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- Ash, Lee. Subject Collections: A guide to Special Book Collections
and Subject Collections and Subject Emphasis. . . .7th ed. - Providence, NJ: R.R. Bowkker Co., 1993.
- Benedict, Karen M. A Select Bibliography on Business Archives and Records Management.Chicago.
- Society of American Archivists. 1981.
- Brownstone, David M., and Gordon Carruth, Where to Find Business Information.
- New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1979.
- Cochrane, Thomas Childs. 200 Years of American Business.
- New York: Basic Books, 1977.
- Craumer, Lucille V., ed. Business Periodicals Index.
- New York: H. W. Wilson Company, annual since 1958.
- Daniels, Lorna M. Business Information Sources. 3rd ed.
- Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.
- Moskowitz, Milton, Michael Katz, and robert Levering, eds. Everybody's Business:
A Field guide to the 400 Leading Companies in America.
- New York: Doubleday/currency. 1990.
- Roy, William G. "Collecting Data on American Business Officials in the
late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century.
- Historical Methods. 15 (Fall 1982): 143-51.
- Slocum, Robert B. Biographical Dictionaries and Related Works. 2 vols.
- Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1986.
- Directories
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- The American Blue book of Funeral Directors.
- New York: Kates-Boylston Publications, biennial since 1929.
- Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America.
- New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Co., irregular since 1885
(Later editions titled who's Who in Railroading in North America.)
- Directories in Print
- Detroit: Gale Research Co., annual since 1967.
- Directory of business Archives in the United States and Canada
- Chicago. Society of American Archivists.
- Directory of Corporate Affiliations.
- Skokie, Ill.: National Register Publishing Co., annually since 1967.
- Directory of Deceased American Phusicians: 1804-1929.
- Chicago: American Medical Association. 199(?).
- Directory [of] Historical Societies and Agencies in the United States and Canada. 14th ed.
- Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1990.
- Dun's Marketing Serices. (Dun's) Million Dollar Directory.
- New York: Dun and Bradstreet Corp., annually since 1963.
- Encyclopedia of Associations.
- Detroit: Gale Research Co., biennial.
- Fortune Magazine. Fortune Double 500 Directory.
- Trenton: Fortune Magazine, annually since 1970.
- Jacques, Constant H., ed. Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches,
- Nashville: Abington Press, annually since 1935.
- Kruzas, Anthony T. and Robert C. Thomas, eds. Business Organizations and Agencies Directory.
- Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1980.
- Martindale-Hubble Law Directory
- Summit, N.J>: Martindale-Hubble. Annual.
- The National Directory of Morticians. Irregular.
- Youngstown, Ohio.: National Directory of Morticians, 1950--.
- National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Directory of Archives and
Manuscript Repositories in the United States.
- Washington,D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1988.
- National Yellow Book of Funeral Directors.
- Youngstown, Ohio: Nomis Publications, annual.
- Nordland, Rod. Names and Numbers; A Journalists Guide to the
Most Needed Information Sources and Contacts.
- New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1978.
- Standard and Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives.
- New York: Standard and Poors Corp., annually since 1928.
- Vandenberg, Peter N., ed. Historical Directory of the Reformed
Church in America 1628-1965.
- New Brunswick, N.J.: Reformed Church in America, 1966.
- Ward, Baldwin H., ed. Wards Direcory of 55,000 Largest Corporations.
- Petaluma, Calif.: Baldwin H. Ward Publications, annual.
- Ward, Baldwin H., ed. Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private
and Public Companies.
- Petaluma, Calif.: Baldwin H. Ward Publications, annual.
- Typical Guides to Manuscript Collections
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- Dructor, Robert M. A Guide to Genealogical Sources at the Pennsylvania State Archives.
- Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
1980.
- Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 2nd ed.
- Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1949.
- Larson, David R., ed. Guide to Manuscript Collections and Institutional Records in Ohio.
- N.p.: Society of Ohio Archivists, 1974.
- Lovett, Robert W., and Eleanor C. Bishop, comps. List of
Business Manuscripts in Baker Library.
- Boston: The Library, 1969.
- The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections.
- Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress, annually since 1962.
- Pflugll, Warner. A Guide to the Archives of Labor History and
Urban Afairs.
- Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1974.
- Examples of Printed Primary Business Records
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- Gill, Harold B., Jr: Apprentices of Virginia 1623-1800.
- Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1989.
- Kingsbury, Susan Myra, ed. The Records of the Virginia Company of London. 4 vols.
- Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938.
- Neible, George W. "Account of Servants Bound and Assigned Before
James Hamilton, Mayor of Philadelphia."
- Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 32 (1908): 88-103, 237-49. 351-70.
- Nelson, William, ed. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the
State of New Jersey. 1st series, vol. 12.
- Patterson, NJ.: Press Printing and Publishing Co., 1895.
- Pennsylvania German Society. Record of Indentures of Individuals Bound
Out as Apprentices, etc.,... Philadelphia...1771 to 1773....
- Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1973.
- Ritter, Kathy. Apprentices of Connecticut 1637-1900.
- Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1986.
- Scott, Kenneth. "Some Huntington, Long Island Residents, 1763-1779."
- National Genealogical Society Quarterly 61 (Sept. 1974): 173-77.
- Severance, Frank Haywood. The Holland Land Company and
Canal Construction in Western New York.
- Buffalo, N.Y: The Buffalo Historical Society, 1910.
- The Stoystown and Greensburgh Turnpike Road Company: Minutes 1815-1826.
- N.p.: Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, 1976.
- Stryker-Rodda, Kenn. "The Janeway Account Books 1735-1746."
- Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 33 (Jan./April 1958): 1-4.
- Selected Vocational Collective Biographies
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- Barrett, Walter. The Old Merchants of New York. 5 vols.
- New York: Carleton, 1863-70.
- Bell, Charles H. The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire.
- Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1894.
- The Bench and Bar of Chicago: Biographical Sketches.
- Chicago: American Biographical Publishing Co., n.d.
- Bjerkoe, Ethel Hall. The Cabinetmakers of America.
- Garden City, N.J.: Doubleday, 1957.
- Bowers, William S. Gunsmiths of Pen-Mar-Va, 1790-1840.
- Mercersburg, Pa.: Irwinton Publishers, 1979.
- Burton, E. Milby. South Carolina Silversmiths, 1690-1860.
- Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Co., 1968.
- Carlisle, Lilian Baker. Vermont Clock and Watchmakers,
Silversmiths, and Jewelers, 1778-1878.
- Burlington, Vt.: Stinehour Press, 1970.
- Currier, Ernest M. Marks of Early American Silversmiths.
- Watkins Glen, N.Y: American Life Foundation, 1970.
- Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of North Carolina From 1696 to 1860, 2nd rev. ed.
- Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1984.
- ________.The Silversmiths of Virginia from 1694 to 1850.
- Richmond: Dietz Press, 1952.
- De Voe, Shirley Spaulding. The Tinsmiths of Connecticut.
- Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press for the
Connecticut Historical Society, 1968.
- Drepperd, Carl William. American Clocks & Clockmakers.
- Boston: C.T Brandord Co., 1958.
- Drost, William E. Clocks and Watches of New Jersey.
- Elizabeth, N.J.: Engineering Publishers, 1966.
- Eckhardt, George H. Pennsylvania Clocks and Clockmakers.
- New York: Devin-Adair Co., 1955.
- Elliott, Mary Quickly. Biographical Sketches of Knox County Writers.
- Mount Vernon, Ohio.: n. pub., 1937.
- Ensko, Stephen Guernsey Cook. American Silversmiths and Their
Marks. 3 vols.
- New York, 1927-48.
- Foote, Henry Stuart. The Bench and Bar of the South and
Southwest.
- St. Louis: Soule, Thomas & Wentworth, 1876.
- French, Hollis. A List of Early American Silversmiths and Their
Marks. 1917. Reprint.
- New York: Da Capo Press, 1967.
- Fried, Frederick. Artists in Wood: American Carvers of
Cigarstore Indians, Show Figures, and Circus Wagons.
- New York: C.N. Potter, 1970.
- Gardner, Albert Ten Eyck. Yankee Stonecutters: The First
American School of Sculpture, 1800-1850.
- New York: Columbia University Press for the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, 1945.
- Gerstell, Vivian S. The Silversmiths of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1730-1850.
- Lancaster, Pa.: Lancaster County Historical Society, 1972.
- Gill, Harold B., Jr. The Gunsmith in Colonial Virginia.
- Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1974.
- Heisey, John W A Checklist of American Coverlet Weavers.
- Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1978.
- Hiatt, Noble W The Silversmiths of Kentucky: Together With
Some Watchmakers and Jewelers, 1785-1850.
- Louisville, Ky.: Standard Print Co., 1954.
- Hutslar, Donald A. Gunsmiths of Ohio 18th and 19th Centuries. Longrifle Series.
- York, Pa.: George Shumway, 1973.
- Kovel, Ralph M. A Directory of American Silver, Pewter, and
Silver Plate.
- New York: Crown Publishers, 1961.
- Langdon, John Emerson. Canadian Silversmiths, 1700-1900.
- Toronto: Stinehour Press, 1966.
- Laughlin, Ledlie Irwin. Pewter in America: Its Makers and Their
Marks.
- Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1940.
- Lewis, George E. The Bench and Bar of Colorado. Denver: Bench
- and Bar Publishing Co., 1917.
- Lynch, James Daniel. The Bench and Bar of Texas.
- St. Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Co., 1885.
- Martin, John Hill. Martins Bench and Bar of Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia: Rees Welsh and Co., 1883.
- Martin, John Hill. Martins Bench and Bar of Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia: Rees Welsh and Co., 1883.
- Miller, Stephen Francis. The Bench and Bar of Georgia. 2 vols.
- Philadelphia: 1.B. Lippincott, 1858.
- Palmer, John McAuley. The Bench and Bar of Illinois, 2 vols.
- Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1899.
- Parsons, Charles Sumner. New Hampshire Clocks &
Clockmakers.
- Exeter, N.H.: Adams Brown Co., 1976.
- Proctor, Lucien Brock. The Bench and Bar of New York.
- New York: Diossy, 1870.
- Reed, George Irving. The Bench and Bar of Michigan.
- Chicago: Century Publishing and Engraving, 1897.
- Reed, George Irving. The Bench and Bar of Ohio, 2 vols.
- Chicago: Century Publishing and Engraving, 1897.
- Reed, Parker McCobb. The Bench and Bar of Wsconsin.
- Milwaukee: the compiler, 1882.
- Rice, Alvin H. The Shenandoah Pottery.
- Berryville, Va.: Virginia Book Co., 1974.
- Roberts, Kenneth D. Planemakers and Other Edge Tool Enter-
prises in New York State in the Nineteenth Century.
- Cooperstown, N.Y: New York State Historical Association,
1970.
- Sams, Conway Whittle. The Bench and Bar of Maryland.
- Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1901.
- Shelton, Lawrence P California Gunsmiths, 1846-1900.
- Fair Oaks, Calif.: Far Far West Publishers, 1977.
- Smart, Charles E. The Makers of Surveying Instruments in
America Since 1700. 2 vols.
- Troy N.Y: Regal Art Press, 1962-67.
- Wendell, Emory. Wendell 's History of Banking and Banks and
Bankers of Michigan.
- Detroit: Winn & Hanunond, n.d.
- Selected Historical Information About Businesses and Records
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- Apprenticeship Past and Present. Rev. ed.
- Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Labor, 1964.
- Bailyn, Bernard. The New England Merchants in the Seventeenth
Century.
- Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1955.
- Clough Shepard B. A Century of American Life Insurance:
A History of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York 1843-1943.
- New York: Columbia University Press, 1946.
- Cochran, Thomas. Railroad Leaders, 1845-1890.The Business
Mind in Action.
- Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953.
- Commerce, Manufactures and Resources of Buffalo and Environs:
A Descriptive, Historical and Statistical Review; Industry,
Development, Enterprise.
- Buffalo, N.Y : Commercial Publishing Co., 1880.
- Daniells, Lorna M. Studies in Enterprise.
- Boston: Little, Brown, 1957.
- Dun and Bradstreet. America's Corporate Families.
- Skokie, Ill.: National Register Publishing Co., annual.
- Engelhardt, George Washington. Buffalo, New York: The Book of
Its Merchants Exchange.
- Buffalo, N.Y: MatthewsNorthrup Co., 1897.
- Evans, George H., Jr. Business Incorporations in the United
States, 1800-1943.
- Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1948.
- Galles, Duane "Using Life Insurance Records in Genealogical
Research."
- Genealogical Journal 20 (1992): 156-71.
- Herrick, Cheesman A. White Servitude in Pennsylvania. 1926; reprint ed.,
- New York: Negro University Press, 1969.
- Historical Statistics of the United States Colonial Times to 1970.
- Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1975.
- The Industrial Advantages of Houston, Texas and Environs: Also
a Series of Comprehensive Sketches of the City's Representative
Business Enterprises.
- Bryan, Tex.: Fuller Printing Co., 1977.
- Information Please Almanac, Atlas and Yearbook. 35th ed.
- New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982.
- Lanier, Henry Wysham. A Century of Banking in New York, 1822-
1922.
- New York: Gilliss Press, 1922.
- Larkin, Harold F. "Retention of Life Insurance Records."
- American Archivist 5 (April 1942): 93-99.
- Larson, Henrietta. Guide to Business History.
- Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948.
- Levitt, James H. For Want of Trade: Shipping and the New Jersey
Ports, 1680-1783.
- Newark, NJ.: New Jersey Historical Society,
1981.
- Lewinson, Paul and Morris Rieger. "Labor Union Records in the United
States."
- American Archivist 25 (Jan. 1962): 39-57.
- Madison, James H. "The Credit Reports of R. G. Dun and Co. as Historical
Sources."
- Historical Methods Newsletter 8 (Sept. 1975): 128-31.
- _______. "The Evolution of Commercial Credit Reporting Agencies
in Nineteenth Century America."
- Business History Review 48 (1974): 164-86.
- Moody's Transportation Manual.
- New York: Moody's Investors Service, annual.
- Peabody, Robert E. Merchant Venturers of Old Salem: A History of
the Commercial Voyages of a New England Family to the Indies
and Elsewhere in the XV111 Century.
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1912.
- Robert D. Fisher Manual of Valuable and Worthless Securities ....
New York:
- R.D. Fisher, 1926 to present.
- Salinger, Sharon V To Serve Well and Faithfully: Labor and
Indentured Servants in Pennsylvania.
- New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
- Saretsky, Gary D. "North American Business Archives: Results
of a Survey."
- American Archivist 40 (October 1977): 413-20.
- Sample Corporate Histories
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- 1OO Years 1OO Men, 1871-1971: A History of the Edwards &
Broughton Company in Raleigh. North Carolina. Edited by
Christopher Crittenden, William S. Powell. and Robert H.
Woody.
- Raleigh. N.C.: Edwards & Broughton, n.d.
- Clough. Shepard B. A Century of American Life Insurance: A
History of the Mutual Life Company of New York, 1843-
1943.
- New York: Columbia University Press, 1946.
- Ewing. John S., and Nancy P. Norton. Broadloom and Busi-
nessmen: A History of the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company,
1825-1953.
- Cambridge: Harvard University Graduate School
of Business History, 1955.
- Gibb, George S. The Whitesmiths of Taunton: A History of Reed
and Barton, 1824-1943.
- Cambridge: Haryard University Graduate School of Business History, 1943.
- Hower, Ralph M. History of Macys of New York, 1858-1939:
Chapters in the History of a Department Store.
- Cambridge: Harvard University Graduate School of Business History, 1943.
- ________.The History of an Advertising Agency: N. W Ayer &
Son at Work, 1869-1949.
- Cambridge: Harvard University Graduate School of Business History, 1949.
- Shinn, Charles Howard. The Story of the Mine: As Illustrated
by the Great Comstock Lode of Nevada.
- New York: D. Appleton. 1897.
- White. Gerald T. A History of the Massachusetts Hospital Life
Insurance Company.
- Cambridge: Harvard University Graduate School of Business History, 1955.
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