Henrietta Larson
American historian, 1894-1983
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Henrietta Melia Larson was an American business historian. Life and work Henrietta Melia Larson was born in Ostrander, Minnesota on 24 September 1894 to Hans Olaf Larson and Maria Karen Nordgarden . Her sister was Agnes Larson. She received her B.A. from St. Olaf College in 1918 and taught one year of high school before she became an instructor at Augustana College in 1921–22. She studied at the University of Minnesota in 1922–24, then taught at Bethany College from 1925 to 1926. Larson received her Ph.D. from Columbia University and The Wheat Market and the Farmer in Minnesota, 1858–1900 in 1926. She then taught at Southern Illinois University in 1926–28 before she became a research associate at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration in 1928. Together with N. S. B. Gras, she wrote Jay Cooke, Private Banker in 1936 and she was the editor of the Bulletin of the Business Historical Society in 1938. They compiled the Casebook in American Business History in 1939 and Larson was promoted to assistant professor that same year. She became the first woman to be appointed associate professor in the Graduate School of Business in 1942. Six years later, she wrote the Guide to Business History with Kenneth Wiggins Porter and she became associate editor of the Harvard Studies in Business History and then editor two years later. Larson was the senior author of the History of Humble Oil and Refining Company and History of Standard Oil Company , Vol. 3: New Horizons, 1927–1950, together with Evelyn H. Knowlton and Charles S. Popple. She was appointed professor of business history in 1960 and retired the following year. Larson died on 25 August 1983.
Henrietta Larson's Published Works
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- Casebook in American Business History (1940) (35)
- Jay Cooke, Private Banker (1936) (26)
- Guide to business history : materials for the study of American business history and suggestions for their use (1948) (20)
- Guide to Business History. (1950) (17)
- History of Humble Oil & Refining Company : a study in industrial growth (1976) (12)
- History of Humble Oil and Refining Company. (1961) (9)
- New Horizons, 1927 1950 (1971) (7)
- Business History: Retrospect and Prospect (1947) (7)
- Trek of the Oil Finders: A History of Exploration for Petroleum. By Edgar Wesley Owen. Tulsa, Oklahoma: The American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Pp. xv, 1647. $38.00 (1976) (7)
- History of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), 1927-1950: New Horizons (1973) (5)
- The Browns of Providence Plantations: Colonial Years (1952) (5)
- The Armor Business in the Middle Ages (1940) (3)
- Occupational Mobility in American Business and Industry 1928–1952 . By W. Lloyd Warner and James C. Abegglen. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1955. Pp. xxi, 315. $5.50. (1956) (2)
- Some Thoughts on a History of the Business Man (1938) (2)
- Business and Capitalism: An Introduction to Business History.@@@Casebook in American Business History. (1940) (2)
- The American Petroleum Industry: The Age of Illumination, 1859–1899. Harold F. Williamson and Arnold R. Daum. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1959. pp. xvi, 864. $7.50 (1960) (2)
- Availability of Records for Research in the History of Large Business Concerns (1948) (2)
- Some Unexplored Fields in American Railroad History (1942) (2)
- From the Rio Grande to the Arctic: The Story of the Richfield Oil Corporation. By Charles S. Jones. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. Pp. xxvii + 364. $8.95 (1973) (2)
- Business Men as Collectors (1944) (2)
- Problems and Challenges in Business History Research with Special Reference to the History of Business Administration and Operation (1950) (2)
- Jay Cooke's Early Work in Transportation (1935) (1)
- Federal Debt-Management Policies, 1865–1879. By Robert T. Patterson. Durham: Duke University Press, 1954. Pp. xi, 244. $4.50 (1955) (1)
- Two Giants of International Trade: The Unilever and Royal Dutch Histories—A Review Article (1959) (1)
- CHAPTER 65. ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS PLANNING (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 45. SERVICE INDUSTRIES (1948) (0)
- Discussion by Henrietta M. Larson (1942) (0)
- XII. DEALING IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES 1865-1869 (1936) (0)
- II. JAY COOKE'S BANKING INHERITANCE (1936) (0)
- CHAPTER 9. NATIONAL CAPITALISTS (1948) (0)
- VIII. THE SALE OF THE FIVE-TWENTIES AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM (1936) (0)
- I. A SON OF THE FRONTIER (1936) (0)
- CHAPTER 62. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND DISEASE (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 30. CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 61. LABOR: CONDITIONS, ORGANIZATION, AND GOVERNMENT REGULATION (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 46. TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 55. BUSINESS ETHICS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 12. FOREIGN BUSINESS UNITS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 74. TRADE ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 64. RELATIONS OF GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 8. FINANCIAL CAPITALISTS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 80. GENEALOGIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 83. NEWSPAPERS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 69. THE HISTORY OF BUSINESS HISTORY (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 5. PETTY CAPITALISTS (1948) (0)
- XVIII. INCREASING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE NORTHERN PACIFIC IN 1872 (1936) (0)
- III. A BROKER'S CLERK (1936) (0)
- CHAPTER 13. AGRICULTURE: FARMS AND RANCHES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 11. MISCELLANEOUS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 21. PETROLEUM COMPANIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 53. THE LOCATION OF BUSINESS UNITS AND INDUSTRIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 39. NEWS INDUSTRY (1948) (0)
- XV. THE NORTHERN PACIFIC UNDER WAY 1870 (1936) (0)
- CHAPTER 22. PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CONCERNS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 4. GENERAL (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 75. GOVERNMENT MATERIALS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 10. COLLECTIVE BUSINESS BIOGRAPHIES AND BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES (1948) (0)
- The Business History Foundation, Inc. (1947) (0)
- CHAPTER 59. “SUCCESS” AND SELF-HELP LITERATURE FOCUSSED ON BUSINESS (1948) (0)
- XIX. THE FALL OF THE BANKING HOUSE OF JAY COOKE, 1872-1873 (1936) (0)
- CHAPTER 41. PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (1948) (0)
- The John B. Alley, A Pioneer Locomotive (1936) (0)
- CHAPTER 86. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AIDS (1948) (0)
- XIV. ENTERING NORTHERN PACIFIC FINANCE (1936) (0)
- Book Review:The Triumph of American Capitalism: The Development of Forces in American History to the End of the Nineteenth Century Louis M. Hacker (1942) (0)
- CHAPTER 18. INSURANCE COMPANIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 2. GENERAL AND EUROPEAN HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF AMERICAN BUSINESS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 67. WAR AND BUSINESS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 47. WAREHOUSING (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 37. MANUFACTURING (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 14. BANKS (1948) (0)
- IX. JAY COOKE AND LATER WAR FINANCE 1863-1865 (1936) (0)
- CHAPTER 66. GENERAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS (1948) (0)
- XI. JAY COOKE AND POST-WAR FINANCIAL POLITICS 1865-1869 (1936) (0)
- CHAPTER 15. COMMUNICATION COMPANIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 68. NATIONAL WEALTH AND INCOME AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 20. MINING COMPANIES (1948) (0)
- Some General Considerations (1943) (0)
- IV. PARTNER IN E. W. CLARK & CO., 1843–1857 (1936) (0)
- CHAPTER 77. PUBLICATIONS OF HISTORICAL SOCIETIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 82. PERIODICAL AND SERIAL PUBLICATIONS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 71. BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL MUSEUMS (1948) (0)
- XX. JAY COOKE CARRIES ON (1936) (0)
- “Plutarch's Lives” of Trade: The First Series of American Business Biographies (1946) (0)
- CHAPTER 35. FUR TRADE (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 78. HISTORICAL AND OTHER SPECIAL LIBRARIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 48. BUSINESS MEN (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 31. DISTRIBUTION (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 58. EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS (1948) (0)
- LIST OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA (1945) (0)
- William Sturgis, Merchant and Investor (1935) (0)
- CHAPTER 42. PUBLIC UTILITIES: GAS AND ELECTRICITY (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 26. MISCELLANEOUS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 84. LITERATURE AND FOLKLORE (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 70. BUSINESS MANUSCRIPT RECORDS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 25. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 6. MERCANTILE CAPITALISTS (1948) (0)
- VI. THE BANKER TURNS TO TRANSPORTATION 1858-1860 (1936) (0)
- CHAPTER 63. GENERAL TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 32. FINANCE (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 1. ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS AND CAPITALISM (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 52. ASSOCIATIONS OF BUSINESS MEN (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 16. CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES (1948) (0)
- The Mexican Petroleum Industry, 1938–1950. By J. Richard Powell. (Publication of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of California.) Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1956. Pp. xiv, 269. $4.00 (1956) (0)
- CHAPTER 57. BUSINESS FAILURES, BANKRUPTCY, AND RECEIVERSHIPS (1948) (0)
- VII. JAY COOKE & CO. AND EARLY CIVIL WAR FINANCE, 1861-1862 (1936) (0)
- Index to Volume XVI (1956) (0)
- CHAPTER 19. MANUFACTURING COMPANIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 28. AGRICULTURE (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 40. PETROLEUM INDUSTRY (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 36. INSURANCE (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 72. COMPANY PUBLICATIONS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 38. MINING (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 23. PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES (1948) (0)
- V. E. W. CLARK & CO. IN THE INVESTMENT BUSINESS (1936) (0)
- Books Received (1943) (0)
- CHAPTER 44. RECREATION INDUSTRIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 73. TRADE JOURNALS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 49. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 34. FOREST INDUSTRIES (1948) (0)
- XVI. REORGANIZATION AND EXPANSION OF JAY COOKE'S BANKING BUSINESS, 1870-1871 (1936) (0)
- American Economic and Business History: A Guide to Information Sources . By Robert W. Lovett. Detroit, Mich., Gale Research Co., 1971. Pp. 323. $14.50. (1972) (0)
- CHAPTER 27. GENERAL HISTORY OF INDUSTRIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 50. BUSINESS ORGANIZATION: OWNERSHIP AND LEGAL (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 56. BUSINESS RISK (1948) (0)
- XIII. JAY COOKE'S OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS 1865-1869 (1936) (0)
- A New Book on Banking Four Hundred Years Ago (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 24. REAL ESTATE AND COLONIZATION COMPANIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 43. REAL ESTATE (1948) (0)
- The Records of a Flour Milling Firm of Rochester, New York (1937) (0)
- An Early Industrial Capitalist's Labor Policy and Management (1944) (0)
- CHAPTER 76. DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 85. WORKS OF FOREIGN T R A V E L E R S IN AMERICA (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 17. DISTRIBUTION CONCERNS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 33. FISHING AND WHALING INDUSTRIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 7. INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISTS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 87. GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 79. BIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS AND MATERIALS (1948) (0)
- George Burton Hotchkiss, Milestones of Marketing . New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. 305 pp. $2.50. (1940) (0)
- AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 51. COMBINATIONS AND THE PROBLEM OF MONOPOLY (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 54. BUSINESS AIDS AND INSTRUMENTS OF CONTROLS (1948) (0)
- XVII. THE NORTHERN PACIFIC BOND CAMPAIGN OF JAY COOKE & CO. IN 1871 (1936) (0)
- CHAPTER 3. AMERICAN SETTING (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 81. REGIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL HISTORIES (1948) (0)
- CHAPTER 29. COMMUNICATION INDUSTRIES (1948) (0)
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