Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?

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J.P. Morgan, Jr., and his yacht. Library of Congress: Prints and Photographs Division
Print Resources
  • Most print resources on the Robber Barons will be located in the 330s, 900s, and Biography.
  • Print resources on specific topics may be found by searching the Online Catalog for books.
  • Some example search terms:
    • Ford, Henry
    • Robber barons
    • Capitalism
  • eBooks ~ eBooks from Gale Virtual Reference Library

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Databases: Scroll over an image for a complete description.

Search Biography Resource Center for brief and extensive biographies, articles, and web resources about people in American and world life, both past and present.~ Search examples: Henry Ford, J.P. Morgan

Search Britannica Online for reference information in literature, science, social science, and history. Britannica Online also carries news stories from The New York Times. ~ Search examples: John D. Rockefeller, Robber Baron, Jay Gould

Search Clipart.com for clipart, photos, fonts and more. User name: smaine Password: south ~ Clipart, photos, fonts, and more

Compton's Encyclopedia~ Easy-read reference articles. Search examples: Capitalists, Andrew Carnegie

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Search History Resource Center: US for reference information, periodical articles, primary sources, and multimedia items such as maps and images from United States history. ~ Search examples: Robber barons, Capitalists and Financiers

Search Student Resource Center Gold for reference, periodical, and primary source articles as well as maps and images across all subject areas. ~ Search examples: robber barons, Thomas Clark Durant, Daniel Drew, Andrew Carnegie

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Internet Resources

Robber Baron Resources

  • Andrew Carnegie: The Richest Man in the World ~ a documentary special from PBS
  • Carnegie Corporation of New York ~ Click on a link for information and photos. Ignore the "for Kids." It's for everyone.
  • The Henry Ford Museum ~ Exhibits and information about Henry Ford
  • The Morgan Library ~ a brief biography from the Morgan Library which holds an astonishing collection of art objects in virtually every medium, including rare books, manuscripts, drawings, prints, and ancient artifacts that are the core of the Morgan Library's holdings.
  • Prints and Photographs ~ Search the Online Catalog of this Library of Congress division for political cartoons, photographs, and other primary sources regarding John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford, and others.
  • The Rockefeller Archive Center ~ "The Center's 35,000 cubic feet of documents, 500,000 photographs, and 3000 films provide unique insights into worldwide developments and issues of the 19th and 20th centuries."

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N. Mellendorf, Librarian. Maine South High School, Library Resource Center, Park Ridge, IL
Created: 4/6/06 Last update: 5/12/08 Contact: nmellendorf@maine207.org