Issue 1. Vol 1. The Inquire Capitalism blog

The Inquire Capitalism database seeks to collect and curate information about company archives and gather it in one place. As of the beginning of 2021, the library contains over 400 entries with information about companies’ historical archives. It documents the location of the business records, scholarship related to the companies’ history, and links to historical data that exist about those companies on the web. During Spring 2021 semester, two new interns have joined the team and are both curating previously collected data as well as conducting research online to expand the reach of the database (more on pages 2 and 3).

The Inquire Capitalism database is open for contributions. For more information contact Professor Sean Adams, director of the Inquire Capitalism Program at the University of Florida (spadams@ufl.edu).

Look forward to this blog’s next issue featuring Associate Professor of Management Marcelo Bucheli (Gies College of Business, the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) talking about his experience researching at the archives of Chiquita in Colombia.