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Historical Corporate Annual Reports
Columbia University's Watson Library of Business and Economics owns a unique collection of historical annual reports. The majority of the reports predate the 1934 Securities Exchange Act which regulated and standardized reporting.
The reports were written for and disseminated to stockholders and the public. While many reports were published, there was no requirement that they be produced or adhere to a particular format.
The 4,482 corporations whose reports comprise the collection represent most of the industries that were instrumental in the creation of early industrialized America including:
- mining
- forest products
- industrial machinery
- electrical power
- agriculture
- food processing
- metals manufacturing
- oil & gas
- textiles
- chemicals
- pharmaceuticals
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- communications
- transportation
- retail & wholesale trades
- water utilities
- beverages
- insurance
- financial services
- publishing
- building or construction
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All reports are housed in Columbia University Libraries' offsite facility. To request a report:
- Open Excel file and find the company in the list
- Write down the barcode associated with the company
- Call or visit the Business and Economics Library to request the report from offsite [barcode is needed]*
Phone: (212) 854-7804 or email: business@libraries.cul.columbia.edu
*Reports must be requested in advance and be used in the library.
For non-affiliates, see http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/services/faq/browse/guests.html for information on using the Columbia University Libraries.
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