Monday, February 7, 2011

PricewaterhouseCoopers - A Firm History

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), one of the world’s largest accountancy firms, was created in 1998 through the merger of two firms, Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand. Each firm has historical roots going back about 150 years to 19th century Great Britain (explore PwC's First 100 Years in Canada). The collection of PwC archival materials, donated to Columbia University in August 2000, traces the rise of both firms to become major worldwide professional services powerhouses through mergers and business expansion. To learn more about these extensive archives, visit the Archival Collections at the Columbia University (in the City of New York) Rare Book and Manuscript Library online. The Archival Collections provide access to descriptions and finding aids for more than 3,500 archival collections in six Columbia University Libraries repositories. These collections include personal papers, institutional records, corporate archives, architectural drawings and much more.