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Eastman Business College was founded in 1859 by Harvey G. Eastman in Poughkeepsie, New York. Rather than merely being a theoretical school, students gained practical experience in the business arts by actually performing the tasks that would be expected of them in their working careers, a novel approach at the time.
Eastman Business College was founded by Harvey G. Eastman, and was for a time one of the largest commercial schools in the United States.
George F. Davis Penmanship Collection. A Brief History of Eastman Business College, 1875.
- 1875-12
- digitized
- 1870-1879
Eastman Business College was founded in 1859 by Harvey G. Eastman in Poughkeepsie, New York. Rather than merely being a theoretical school, students gained practical experience in the business arts by actually performing the tasks that would be expected of them in their working careers, a novel approach at the time.
Booklet (dated December 1875) titled 'A Brief History of Eastman Business College, from Its Earliest Conception to the Present Time.' 16 pages.
Harvey Gridley Eastman was born in Marshall, Oneida County, New York on October 16, 1832. His ancestors had come from England to Massachusetts in 1638, and later generations had migrated to...
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Business education was left to the private sector in the nineteenth-century with “business colleges” founded throughout the country. The Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York felt they were meeting a new need in the community.
