Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of a Caucasian woman telling a story to an African American girl; the drawing is lined with jack-o-lanterns; description reads: ""Supplement to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sunday, June 10, 1900""
Goodwill (Commerce) -- Accounting -- Standards -- United States
The paper traces the development of the current valuation concept of goodwill from 1900 to 1970, when the present position was articulated. The paper suggests that there may be alternative bases for goodwill valuation and concludes that additional...
House of Brown;Brown Brothers and Company;Banks and Banking -- Accounting
This article focuses on the contents of two nineteenth-century letters which discuss the allocation of income among the partners of a leading Anglo-American merchant banking firm, the House of Brown. The writers debate alternative methods of...
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of three African American male faces; photo inset of Irving Jones; text reads: ""The most successful song hit of 1901. As introduced and sung by Lew Dockstader.""
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of a young lady taking a promenade, as a cherubim touches a blue bow in her hair; text reads: ""Supplement to the Newark Sunday News, June 9th, 1901""
Rubber industry and trade -- Bolivia;Plantations -- Bolivia;l'Anson, Henri
In January, 1900, Henry I'Anson applied, successfully, for the position of accountant at a rubber plantation in Bolivia. He and his wife journeyed there by steamship, steam launch, and canoe, to find a less than hospitable welcome. I'Anson's...
Generally accepted accounting principles require the exclusion of permanent property and the non-recognition of depreciation in most governmental funds. Although this issue was settled in the early 1930s fervent debate continued as to the merits of...