Museum News
patron saint, Alexander Hamilton, on its
first full-color cover. At that time it was
reformatted to its current size, and the
certificate price lists and dealer information were removed.
The following year, the Museum
appointed an editorial advisory board
comprised of journalists, historians and
academics to oversee the magazine’s content. Over the coming years the editorial
board shifted the magazine’s content focus
to appeal to a broader audience of people interested in business, economic and
AUG 16
1841
President John Tyler vetoes
the third Bank of the US,
leading to a riot at the
White House.
financial history. Auction news became
a much smaller department, and news
about the Museum’s exhibits and programs became prominently featured.
In 1997, the editorial board voted to
shorten the magazine’s title to Financial
History. Two years later, Financial History
became the Museum’s official membership magazine. The editorial focus was
honed to conform to the Museum’s primary mission areas, namely to provide
informative articles about the history of
the financial markets, money, banking
AUG 23
1976
Vanguard launches the first
retail index fund, called First
Index Investment Trust.
The Ticker
and entrepreneurship to an audience that
ranged from students to professors and
financial professionals to investors.
This 100th edition is the only issue to be
published in full color, which has enabled
the Museum to show off in greater detail
the beauty of the materials it collects and
exhibits. We hope you enjoy reading it as
much as we have enjoyed publishing it.
Kristin Aguilera is the Museum’s deputy
director. She has been the editor of Financial History magazine since 1997.
AUG 30
1930
Warren Edward Buffett
is born in Omaha, NE.
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