Auditing -- United States -- History;Railroads -- Accounting -- History
The paper explores the origins of the auditing profession in the United States. It is suggested that the development of the audit function in this country can be traced to reporting by internal and shareholder auditors in the American railroads...
This paper concentrates on accounting aspects arising from the development of the railways. Railways in nineteenth century Britain had a major influence in reshaping some of the legislative procedures in parliament, the development of the capital...
Touche, Niven & Co.;George Armistead & Co.;Brown, Bornhofft & Co.;John F. Forbes;William P. Field & Co.;McLaren, Goode & Co.;Morton & Gottenstratter;Musgrave & Co.;Richter & Co.;E. J. Shorrock & Co.;Snyder, Ellinger, & Davies;White & Currie;Charles...
The full title is: "The first forty years": A chronology of the more-important events in the hisory of the firm of Touche, Niven & Co. from its organizaton on March 1, 1900 to September 30, 1940; Five supplements bring the chronology up to August...