H-Business is the digital network for the Business History Conference, an international organization devoted to the study of business enterprise and organization and of all aspects of the interactions of business with society, government, and culture in a historical context.
New episode is available in the Hagley History Hangout—In this episode, Gregory Hargreaves, Center Programming Officer, interviews Sara Wermiel about her research project “Introduction of the Rolled I-Beam in the U.S.A.
A (more or less) weekly feature with a roundup of articles and other materials of interest to scholars of business and economic history.
For anybody whose resolution in 2021 is was to get organized, I present a history of the tabbed file folder and the vertical filing cabinet, and their role in the growth of corporate capitalism.
On Wednesday January 13, join the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation for a very special online 25th Year Anniversary Innovative Lives panel discussion with inventor alumni from past Innovative Lives programs.
The William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan is accepting applications for research fellowships for the 2021-22 cycle. Specializing in pre-1900 American history and culture, the Clements Library's primary resources (books, manuscripts, prints, maps, photographs, and much more) support diverse research topics. Particular strengths include: graphic arts, gender and ethnicity, religion, the American Revolution, Native American history, slavery and antislavery, Atlantic history, the Caribbean, cartography, reform movements, travel and exploration, among others.
