Helpful Resources:

History Channel - Biography of Vanderbilt

• Secondary Source - Biography written by History Channel

Vanderbilt - History Channel Video Biography

• Secondary Source - Biography video clip from History Channel

Political Cartoon - Harper's Weekly - Primary Source

• Primary Source - Cartoonist illustrating some of Vanderbilt’s business practices against his competition

Vanderbilt - NYTimes Secondary Source

• Secondary Source - Review of Vanderbilt’s Biography

Protector of our Industries - Puck Magazine

• Primary Source - Political Cartoon suggesting that Vanderbilt and other Robber Barons are sailing on the backs of poor laborers

Vanderbilt - by Professor Stephen K. Schultz (University of Wisconsin)

• Secondary Source - information assembled by a professor and historian