Please also see the US Corporate Filings and Annual Reports.
► ProQuest Historical Annual Reports
Database offers corporate annual reports for U.S. companies from 1884 to the present. Key data (financial, Fortune 500 ranking, industry classification, key people, geographic location, auditor, and related companies) are indexed in the citation and can be searched. Reports can be browsed by company name, industry or date.
► Historical SEC Filings at Columbia University
The Columbia University Libraries have on microfiche Annual Reports to Stockholders, 10Ks, Prospectuses and Proxies for NYSE and ASE companies. They are shelved in the Periodicals & Microforms Reading Room, 401 Butler Library. Both microfiche readers and reader/printers are located in this area. Annual reports and 10Ks generally are from 1969 - 1994.
Please consult the Excel finding aid for a list of companies and available reports.
For annual reports before 1934, consult the library's collection of Historical Corporate Annual Reports. Columbia University owns a unique collection of historical annual reports.
The 4,482 corporations whose reports comprise the collection represent most of the industries that were instrumental in the creation of early industrialized America.
All reports are housed in Columbia University Libraries' off-site facility. To request a report:
1. Open Excel finding aid and find the company in the list
2. Write down the barcode associated with the company
3. Call or visit the Business and Economics Library to request the report from off-site [barcode is needed]* Telephone: (212) 854-7804 or e-mail business@library.columbia.edu
*Reports must be requested in advance and be used in the library.
Please note that access policies for Columbia University Libraries differ see Accessing the Libraries