Digital Resource: Plantation Records On-Line

Often containing account books, diaries, planting information, and records of the births, deaths, and sale of enslaved workers, plantation records are a valuable resource for business historians. Although it is possible to access a selection of these materials via ProQuest's Plantation Records database, access requires a subscription. Libraries and other institutions are making progress in digitizing relevant holdings and making them freely available. The following provides a sampling of such projects:

Grenada Plantation Records, New York Public Library
Newton Plantation Collection, Barbados Museum and Historical Society
Henry Laurens Account Book, 1766-1773, College of Charleston Libraries
Journal of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney's Plantations, 1818-1819, College of Charleston Libraries
Drayton Papers, Drayton Hall
Thomas Middleton Plantation Account Book, 1734-1813, University of North Carolina Libraries
Manigault Plantation Journal, University of North Carolina Libraries
Hall Family Papers and Sugar Plantation Records, University of California San Diego Library
Greenwood Plantation Accounts, Portal to Texas History
Marx E. Cohen Plantation Journals, University of South Carolina Libraries
Thomas Thistlewood Papers, Beinecke Library, Yale University
Mason Family Account Book, George Mason University

Digital Collection: Princeton Exhibit of Subway Posters

The Princeton University Library has digitized a number of posters from the Interborough Rapid Transit Subway Company . The posters, designed by the public relations firm Ivy Lee, were displayed in subway cars to provide information to riders about changes in fares and routes, safety issues, and other matters of interest. The collection consists of 385 images dating from 1918 to 1932; many of them provide financial information about rates, company dividends, and a general look at an early rapid transit system. October 29, update: Jonathan Rees over at "More or Less Bunk" was moved by this post to go off in search of a better site, and found the massive collection of the London Transport Museum , which displays over 5,000 items in a searchable collection .

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