Historical Company Research
Books for Researching Old Massachusetts companies
Boston and Bostonians; With Illustrations, 1894 by 
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Call Number: FINE ARTS F73.5 .A6 1894xPublication Date: 1894Includes Boston trade associations, business enterprises and business owners.
History of Massachusetts Industries: Their Inception, Growth, and Success by Call Number: HC107.M4 S7 1930axPublication Date: 19304 volumes, not digitized.
Useful for finding basic information on local companies doing business prior to 1930.
International Directory of Company Histories by - This link opens in a new window
Call Number: HD2721 .I63ISBN: 0912289104Publication Date: 1988-11-15Available in the Gale Virtual Reference Library database and in paper copy in Kirstein Business Library.
Leading Manufacturers and Merchants of Eastern Massachusetts: Historical and Descriptive Review of the Industrial Enterprises of Bristol, Plymouth, Norfolk, and Middlesex Counties- This link opens in a new window
Call Number: HC107.M4 L43 1887Publication Date: 1887
The Memorial History of Boston, Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880 by - This link opens in a new window
Call Number: F73.3 .W77 v.3Publication Date: 1881Volume 3: The Revolutionary Period. The Last Hundred Years, pt. 1
The Memorial History of Boston, Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880 by - This link opens in a new window
Call Number: F73.3 .W77 v.4Publication Date: 1881
The Memorial History of Boston, Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880 by - This link opens in a new window
Call Number: F73.3 .W77 v.2Publication Date: 1880Volume 2: The Provincial Period- The Memorial History of Boston, Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880 by
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Call Number: F73.3 .W77 v.1Publication Date: 1880Volume 1: The Early and Colonial Periods 
Professional and Industrial History of Suffolk County, Massachusetts by - This link opens in a new window
Call Number: F72 .S9P9 v.1Publication Date: 1894
Professional and Industrial History of Suffolk County, Massachusetts by - This link opens in a new window
Call Number: F72.S9 P9 v.2Publication Date: 1894
Professional and Industrial History of Suffolk County, Massachusetts by - This link opens in a new window
Call Number: F72.S9 P9 v.3Publication Date: 1894- Publications of the Newcomen Society by
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Call Number: variousPublished speeches on company histories delivered at Society meetings (usually by presidents/CEOs).
