Packard Business College

Packard's Business College or Packard Business College was a post-secondary business college in New York City 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.[1]

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.[2]

The teachers employed in the college were chosen for their practical as well as their theoretical knowledge of business affairs.[2]

References

  1. ^ Packard's Business College.; Its Thirty-Third Anniversary and Graduating Exercises. New York Times, May 22, 1891.
  2. ^ a b Business Colleges. Packard's Business College Scientific American Vol. XLIII. No. 25, pub. by Munn & Co. December 18, 1880.