Charles Lamb (1775-1834), English author, who became famous for his informal, personal essays and literary criticism, is presented here in his vocational role as accounting clerk. Lambs long years of experience in and out of Londons counting-houses...
New England accounting historians are, of course, lucky. We sit on a whole mess of accounting dumps-state, city, town, local historical societies, museums, and private collections-not to speak of the large college collections. Much of it isn't even...
The purpose of this paper is to provide a short history of the economic conditions which have led to the development and expansion of pension plans. Accounting for the cost of pension plans is also considered from a historical perspective.
Moxey, Edward Preston, 1881-;McDonald, John, 1841-1904;Soule, George, 1834-1926;Graham, Willard J. 1897-
Biographical sketches of 4 accountants: Edward P. Moxey, Jr. By Adolph Matz; John McDonald By Harvey Mann; George Soule By Vahe Baladouni; Willard J. Graham By R. E. Ziegler.
Accounting firms -- United States -- History;Accounting -- United States -- History -- 20th century
This paper examines the growth and changing role of the accounting profession in the United States from 1900 to 1990 with special emphasis on "Big Eight" accounting firms. Major political, economic, and social events of the period and their...
Announcements are: Working Paper series; Coffman edits series; publication of the History of Accountancy by O. ten Have; History of Accounting, A Reprint Collection; Selected Classics in the History of Bookkeeping; Now available Monograph #1, A...
I have been asked several times why I started the study of Accounting history. It was for personal reasons and without further motivation. Yet since an answer was due to the question, I found four reasons: a scientific one, a cultural one, a...
University of Mississippi -- History; Academic freedom; Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Oxford; College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford -- History; Meredith, James, 1933-; Race relations; Riots -- Mississippi -- Oxford
U.S. Army military police force an unidentified student back in his room after the student attempted to climb out of his window in Lester Hall, which was being searched after a cherry bomb was thrown from the dorm earlier