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Business
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Beatrice Alexander 
 A biography of Beatrice "Madame" Alexander, designer and founder of the Alexander Doll Company and "one of the foremost female entrepreneurs of the twentieth century." Includes timeline, bibliography, and online artifacts (articles, audio clips, facsimiles, letters, photographs, and portraits). From the Jewish Women's Archive. http://jwa.org/exhibits/wov/alexander/ Topics: Business, Correspondence, Judaism, Notable People: Women Last updated Oct 28, 2007 Berkshire Hathaway Inc.: Shareholder Letters
This site contains CEO Warren Buffett's annual letters to the shareholders of the Berkshire Hathaway company, going back to 1977. These letters are considered essential reading by investors and frequently assigned as homework for business school students. Not searchable. http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.html Topics: Correspondence, Finance, Investing Last updated Aug 13, 2007 The Klondike Gold Rush: Curriculum Materials for the History of the Pacific Northwest in the Washington Public Schools
Devoted to the Klondike gold rush in Alaska, and its economic influence on Seattle. Contains a chronology (1886-1916), discussion themes, classroom activities and resources, a bibliography, photographs, maps, and transcriptions of letters, diaries, and articles. From the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington. http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Resources/Curriculum/Klondike/Klondike%20Main.html Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History Last updated Jun 23, 2009 The Maritime Heritage Project (MHP)
The history of ships reaching and leaving San Francisco is presented with newspaper articles, letters, advertisements, passenger quotes, statistics, poetry, and illustrations. There are sketches of travel conditions, migration, commerce, the gold rush, and cultures. Vessels are listed, often with detailed descriptions. Captains provides biographies of "Masters under God" who sailed into San Francisco. Other categories cover foreign ports, shipping paths, passenger lists, ship nationalities and cargos, VIPs, gossip, and tall tales. http://www.maritimeheritage.org/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, Transportation Last updated Oct 3, 2002 tobaccopapers.com: UK Tobacco Industry Advertising Documents Database
"Search, view and download over 650 documents from the UK tobacco industry's main advertising agencies ranging from 1994 to 1999. ... [Search] to see examples of letters and memos sent between tobacco companies and their advertising agencies as they planned their campaigns to promote cigarettes, cigars and rolling tobacco to people in the UK." Also includes case studies and related links. From the Centre for Tobacco Control Research, United Kingdom. http://www.tobaccopapers.com/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Business, Correspondence, Diseases & Conditions, Drugs & Medications by Type, Industries, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jan 28, 2004 Virtual Museum & Archive of the SEC and Securities History
"This virtual museum and archive preserves and shares the history of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and of the securities industry from 1929 to the present. It includes a wide range of primary materials, including a timeline, papers, photos, oral histories and original programs broadcast from this site." Include letters, speeches, manuals, annual reports, and many other documents. http://www.sechistorical.org/ Topics: Correspondence, Government, Government, Industries, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jul 5, 2005 |
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