Historical Financial Research - Stocks and Markets: Old Stock Certificates: Print Resources

The Directory is the remaining portion of the Annual Stock Guide, a part of the Library Reference Service. It contains 'brief profiles' of a very broad range of U.S. securities affected by name changes, mergers or acquisitions, or bankruptcy. It includes judgments as to whether a stock has any remaining value.

This set of print volumes was the first attempt at an encyclopedic compilation of details about extinct companies. Starting in 1926 the service has very brief entries for companies, including a date of dissolution. Its main feature is that it includes very small, private companies. Our set, from 1926 - 1983, is shelved at * R-SIBL HG4927.R64 in Financial Services.