Packard's Business College or Packard Business College was a post-secondary
business college
A business college is a school that provides education above the high school level but could not be compared to that of a traditional university or college. Unlike universities and even junior and community colleges, business colleges typically ...
in
New York City
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which provided a concentrated one-year education in practical business subjects, such as arithmetic, bookkeeping, penmanship, and business correspondence. The school was well respected for the quality of its graduates.
''Packard's Business College.; Its Thirty-Third Anniversary and Graduating Exercises.''
New York Times, May 22, 1891.
The school was founded 1858, under the name of Bryant, Stratton & Packard's Mercantile College, by Mr. S. S. Packard and was the New York branch of a chain known as the Bryant & Stratton chain of business colleges. In 1867 Mr. Packard purchased the Bryant & Stratton interest in the New York College, and changed its name to Packard's Business College.
Scientific American Vol. XLIII. No. 25, pub. by Munn & Co. December 18, 1880.[ A Packard Business College, situated at 22nd and Broadway, New York, was featured in the 1947 film '']The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
''The Shocking Miss Pilgrim'' is a 1947 American musical comedy film in Technicolor written and directed by George Seaton and starring Betty Grable and Dick Haymes.
The screenplay, based on a story by Ernest Maas and Frederica Maas, focuses on ...
'', whose initial graduates are described as "the first group of typewriters to graduate from any business college anywhere in the world".
Notable people
* Sophia Braeunlich (1854–1898), business manager, journalist
References
* (Coordinates for E 22nd St & Broadway, New York, NY 10010)
Business schools in New York (state)
Educational institutions established in 1858
1858 establishments in New York (state)
Defunct schools in New York City
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