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Community Bonds: The Early History of the Chinese Six Companies
This guest post was authored by 2026 Junior Fellow Maile McCall in the Business Section of the Researcher Engagement and General Collections Division. As part of my Junior Fellow project, “Exploring...
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Five Questions, Intern Edition: Rebecca Speas, 2026 Junior Fellow
What is your background? I was born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, before completing my undergraduate degrees in history and theatre at Wake Forest University. I then worked in a variety of...
View ArticleThe History of the American Investor: A Story of the Stock Market from the...
Just 15 years after the Declaration of Independence and three years after the inauguration of George Washington as the first U.S. President, a group of New York City stock dealers agreed to the first...
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Patriotic Clothing Trends during WWI: A Peak into an American Trade Magazine
This post was written by Kelly Bennett, Business Reference and Research Specialist in the Science & Business Reading Room. This year, the Library of Congress has commemorated America’s 250th...
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Dinosaurs in the Stacks: A Free to Use Set
Dinosaurs may have gone extinct 66 million years ago, but in many ways, they are still very much still with us. Prehistoric fossils are scattered throughout the strata of the Earth and have been found...
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A Functional Fashion: Uniforms of the U.S. Army
Think of the U.S. Army soldier of today and one might picture a person clad in varying shades of green and brown prowling through a forest. Or perhaps, one might imagine a figure in tan and beige,...
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Ridley’s on Grand
Edward Ridley emigrated to New York from England in the early 1840s and opened a small dry goods establishment at 311 Grand St., in New York City. The business grew and eventually expanded to nearby...
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David Bushnell’s Secret Submarine of the American Revolution
The night of September 6, 1776, was not a day that would live in infamy. There were no shots “heard round the world.” The night’s events did not inspire any works of poetry that would become the...
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America 250: Business Leaders from the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
This post was written by Lynn Weinstein, Business Reference and Research Specialist in the Science & Business Reading Room. As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday in July...
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Paul Otlet: Classifying Information, Counting Books, and the Internet
If the name Paul Otlet is unfamiliar, it shouldn’t be! Otlet was an organizer of information and his ideas are part of library lore, but they are also considered influential in the development of what...
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Reading Between the Lines: Following the Evolution of ESG through the Library...
This post was written by Lynn Weinstein, Business Reference and Research Specialist in the Science & Business Reading Room As a business librarian at the Library of Congress, I often find that even...
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“Wetlands, Ecology, and Landscapes of Power: A Human History of the Great...
Join the Library of Congress History & Genealogy Section on Thursday, April 30 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. for an in-person event about the Great Dismal Swamp, which spans northeastern North Carolina...
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The Style Stakes: How the Kentucky Derby Shaped American Fashion, April 23...
The Library of Congress is bringing the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby to D.C. with an evening program filled with Derby-themed activities, collection displays, and a conversation with Derby...
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William Playfair: Statistical Graphics, Scandal and a New Library Acquisition
This post was written by Kelly Bennett, Business Reference and Research Specialist in the Science & Business Reading Room. The Library of Congress recently acquired an 1805 work by William...
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Chocolate: Trademarking the Food of the Gods
What comes to mind when you think of chocolate or cocoa? I bet it is not graphic design and typography used in registered trademarks! While performing research for the Library’s recently published...
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Fiercely Fashionable: Tobé Coller Davis, Eleanor Lambert, and Virginia Pope
As part of the Library of Congress Fashion initiative celebrating America’s 250th anniversary, and to honor women during Women’s History Month, I decided a post featuring Tobé Coller Davis, Eleanor...
View ArticleBusiness Collections Orientation March 25: The Clothing and Fashion Industry
Join the Library of Congress Business Section for a 30-minute webinar at 1 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday, March 25. We’ll provide an overview of select print and online business collections and share how you...
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The Centennial Monorail: America’s Highway in the Sky
This post is by Colleen Gardina, Engineering Specialist in the Science & Business Reading Room. If you’ve ever been to a very famous, very magical theme park, you might be familiar with a monorail....
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The Romance of Energy
Do you ever feel that electric charge when someone enters the room? Do you feel their energy radiating? These feelings could be describing your affection for or attraction to a special someone, or —...
View ArticleBusiness Resources for Your America 250 Events
In April 2025, the Business Section hosted a webinar looking at the July 1876 edition of the Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book. The webinar was a quick look at the Dun & Bradstreet Reference...
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