Staff Picks
From a single memo to the output of an entire career, explore our staff’s favorite content and new collections, documents, or themes in FRASER.
Staff Picks: BLS African American Labor Series
February 1, 2017This feature highlights the early work and studies on African American labor done by the Bureau of Labor from 1897 to 1907. Read more
Staff Picks: Wartime Credit
January 19, 2017The Board’s G.17.2 release tracked store loans for furniture, appliances, and jewelry from 1941 to 1953. Learn more about regulation of installment credit during World War II. Read more
Staff Picks: Wonderland Revisited
November 2, 2016Learn more about economic and trade policy during World War II in this parody of the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party found in the archival papers of economist Winfield Riefler. Read more
Staff Picks: Commercial and Financial Chronicle
September 21, 2016The Commercial and Financial Chronicle, now available in FRASER, is an excellent source of contemporaneous economic and business information for the years 1870 to 1935. Read more
Staff Picks: The New York Fed Circulars
September 7, 2016The New York circulars show more than 80 years of the day-to-day business of the Fed. Read more
Staff Picks: BLS Unemployment Statistics
August 3, 2016A quick review of how the BLS defines and tracks unemployment and how it has changed over time. Read more
Staff Picks: 1979 BLS “Exploring Careers” Workbooks
July 6, 2016Learn more about the evolution of the working world in the 1979 Bureau of Labor Statistics workbook series “Exploring Careers.” Read more
Staff Picks: Bulletins of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
June 15, 2016The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Bulletins are a FRASER staff pick. With over 2,000 bulletins on labor, the workforce, and working conditions, BLS Bulletins are a valuable research asset. Read more
Staff Picks: Budget of the United States Government
May 18, 2016Learn about the documents – ranging from simple guides to detailed tables – in the federal government’s annual Budget. Read more
Staff Picks: Company Housing
April 20, 2016Company-provided housing was once a common practice in America. This 1920 BLS Bulletin examines company housing across the country. Read more
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