Links

Many of these sites contain links for further research and information.  Please send us your link ideas to be added to this page!

This site contains great maps and information about historic industrial and other sites:

 https://historyhunter.org/

 

 

Industry Specific History Sources

Airlines:

http://wahsonline.com

http://www.airtimes.com/index.htm

http://timetableimages.com

Automobiles:

http://autohistory.org

http://www.coachbuilt.com/

http://www.naam.museum

https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Info/Automobile-History-Timeline

https://theoldmotor.com/

Consumer Products

https://cosmeticsandskin.com/

Food and Telecommunications:

This amazing site includes a ton of historical financial statements an information on AT&T, Borden, and Beatrice Foods.

https://www.beatriceco.com/btitpc/

Department Stores:

http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org

Media

https://www.cablecenter.org/

https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/

https://worldradiohistory.com/

https://www.cablecenter.org/

https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/

https://www.radiomuseum.org/

https://www.earlytelevision.org/index.html

https://www.historyofinformation.com/index.php

Oil and Gas Industry:

https://aoghs.org

Railroads:

http://www.nrhs.com

Retailing:

https://www.fmi.org/our-research/supermarket-anniversary-facts

For further research and information:

Lists of the oldest companies in each nation and in many U.S. cities are given at these two websites:

https://businessfinancing.co.uk/the-oldest-company-in-almost-every-country/

https://www.workandmoney.com/s/oldest-business-every-major-us-city-58fdd666e8e4447f

An excellent podcast series on the great battles of business:
https://art19.com/shows/business-wars

Website with short biographies of many entrepreneurs through history:
https://www.famous-entrepreneurs.com/list

This podcast series tells the stories behind familiar brand names.
https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL2hvdXNlaG9sZC1uYW1l

This great site reprints excellent older company histories from the International Directory of Company Histories:

http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/

A great museum and library at the old DuPont works in Delaware:

https://www.hagley.org

Beard books List of Business Histories:

http://www.beardbooks.com/beardbooks/lists_business_histories.html

http://www.friendsofbusinesshistory.com/index.html

A list of industry museums in the United States:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Industry_museums_in_the_United_States

Various historical data at this site:

https://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/courses/resources/historical-data-visualization/Pages/default.aspx

The Society for Industrial Archeology:

http://www.sia-web.org

The Society of American Archivists, Business Section:

https://www2.archivists.org/groups/business-archives-section

The Economic and Business History Society:

http://ebhsoc.org

The Business History Conference:

https://www.thebhc.org

The Business and Finance Division of the Special Libraries Association:

http://bf.sla1.org/

Business History at Harvard, including the prestigious Business History Review:

https://www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/Pages/default.aspx

Also at Harvard, the Lehman Brothers Collection:

https://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/lehman/

Biographies at the American National Business Hall of Fame:

http://anbhf.org

There are many similar state and local sites, including the Texas Business Hall of Fame:

http://www.texasbusiness.org

Many company and industries histories and biographies of leaders can be found at such great local history sites as these, on Chicago and Texas:

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/

https://tshaonline.org/handbook

A great publisher of local history books, including books on specific industries and companies, ranging from department stores and railroads to automobile and aviation companies:

https://www.arcadiapublishing.com

The American Historical Association:

https://www.historians.org

Other good sites to learn history:

https://www.history-magazine.com

http://www.historynet.com/american-history

http://about.aaslh.org/home/

https://www.history.com

www.americanheritage.com

https://www.companieshistory.com/

Home

https://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/

The Society for Industrial Archaeology:

http://www.sia-web.org

 

Local Business History

https://historymuseumsb.org/research-history/business-history/

Chicago:

https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/

Milwaukee:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/photos-milwaukees-industrial-past/