Basic Virginia Business and Economic History Bibliography

The RBHC staff has compiled a basic bibliography for researching Virginia business and economic history.
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Articles and Book Reviews

As the journal of record for Virginia History, the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography routinely publishes articles and reviews of books on the business and economic history of the state.
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Virginia Business History Articles on the VHS Web Site

"VHS Acquires Craddock-Terry Records"   |   Read article

"Clementina Rind, Printer"   |   Read article

"Cookbooks (Advertising)"   |   Read article

"The Henkel Press"   |   Read article

"Lane Cedar Chest"   |   Read article

"Larus & Brother Advertisements"   |   Read article

"The Virginia Company of London"   |   Read article

Online Resources

BusinessHistory.net: www.businesshistory.net

Business History (Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, Commerce and Culture, Enterprise and Society): www.businesshistorybooks.com

Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History: http://eh.net/encyclopedia

Hagley Museum & Library, Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society: www.hagley.lib.de.us/center.html

Historical currency conversion tool: http://futureboy.homeip.net/fsp/dollar.fsp

Historical purchasing power tool: www.measuringworth.com/ppowerus/

Library of Congress, Business Reference Services: www.loc.gov/rr/business/

Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Business: www.bus.vcu.edu

Virginia Tech Libraries, Manuscript Sources for Railroad History: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/railroad/rrintro.htm