THE GOLDSMITHS'-KRESS
COLLECTION, 1450-1850
Combining the strengths of two preeminent collections at
the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature from the
Senate House Library at the University of London and the
Kress Collection of Business and Economics at the Harvard
Business School, this collection provides full-text searching
of an abundance of rare primary source materials: monographs,
serials, political pamphlets and broadsides, proclamations,
and more.
BUSINESS &
ECONOMICS
TRADE LITERATURE AND THE
MERCHANDIZING OF INDUSTRY
The evolution of business is inextricably linked with American and
international history and identity. For the first time, researchers can
now explore this aspect of American and international life via catalogs,
pamphlets, advertising materials, and ephemera on essential industries that
emerged in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries — steam engines,
railroads, motorized vehicles, agricultural and farm machinery, building and
construction, mining, and more.
This digital collection, covering 1820-1926, allows researchers to determine
the history of companies and industries, discern styles from furniture to
machinery, analyze marketing and management techniques, and examine
illustrations of the items used at home and in business. The collection
exposes technological advances over time, architectural advances, societal
changes, and business history and reveals vital aspects of our culture,
society, and history.
SMITHSONIAN COLLECTIONS ONLINE
Gale NewsVault Gale Artemis: Primary Sources
MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD
