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Historical Stock Prices
To find historical stock prices for a company, consult older issues of a newspaper. Some Web sites also offer historical stock price information. Keep in mind that the company’s name may have changed over time and that the company may have been traded on a different stock market in the past. The resources listed below are helpful in the search for past stock prices.
Newspaper Sources
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index (ProQuest)Page image and full-text index to The New York Times from 1851 to four years ago. Additional year of content added annually.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Wall Street Journal (ProQuest)Page image and full-text index to The Wall Street Journal from 1889 to 18 years ago. Additional year of content added annually.
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The Wall Street Journal - Print and Microfilm1889-2005: Carothers Microform Area
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Wall Street Journal (Online)Access the Wall Street Journal via the database links that most closely match the dates you're interested in.
Moody's Manuals
Available in the Serial Stacks.
Information about corporate events such as name changes, mergers and acquisitions, and stock splits.
Also available online in the reference database Mergent WebReports.
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Mergent Corporate Manuals (Mergent Archives)Access to Mergent and Moody's Corporate Manuals from 1909 to the present.
Specific titles:
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Moody's Bank and Finance ManualCall Number: URI Serial and Providence Campus Periodical HG4961 .M65URI has 1955-2000.
CCE has latest 10 years. -
Moody's Industrial ManualCall Number: URI Serial and Providence Campus Reference HG4961 .M67URI has 1954 - 2001.
CCE has 1993 - 2001. -
Moody's International ManualCall Number: URI Serial and Providence Campus Reference HG4009 .M66URI has 1981 - 2000.
CCE has 1993 - 2000. -
Moody's Manual of Investments : American and foreignCall Number: URI Serial HG4961 .M71951-1953. Library has:
BANK AND FINANCE 1951-54
INDUSTRIAL SECURITIES 1947-49,1951-53
PUBLIC UTILITIES SECURITIES 1951-53
RAILROADS 1951-53
TRANS. 1952-53 -
Moody's OTC Industrial ManualCall Number: URI Serial and Providence Campus Reference HG4961 .M675URI has 1970 - 2000.
CCE has 1994 - 2001.
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Other Print Sources
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Commercial and Financial ChronicleCall Number: URI Serial/MForm HG1 C7Located in the Serial Stacks. 1896 - 1910 (incomplete)
On Microfilm: 1909-1940
Weekly financial newspaper with stock quotes. Includes prices from the New York Stock Exchange, regional exchanges, and for specialized listings, such as banks, railroads, and “Industrial and Miscellaneous Stocks.” -
Commercial and Financial Chronicle. Bank and Quotation SectionCall Number: URI Serial HG1 C7 SUPPLocated in the Serial Stacks. 1909,1911-24,1928
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Common Stock Newspaper Abbreviations and Trading Symbols byCall Number: URI and Providence Campus Reference HG4636 J37 1989ISBN: 0810822555Some 6,300 stocks are arranged in three sections: by company name, by newspaper abbreviation, and by trading symbol. The primary markets where each company's stock is traded are identified. [Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.]
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Common Stock Newspaper Abbreviations and Trading Symbols. Supplement. byCall Number: URI Reference HG4636 J372 1991 Suppl. 1ISBN: 0810824191
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Internet Resources
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Yahoo! Finance Historical PricesFrom the main page, enter the stock symbol followed by the "Get Quote" button, then select the "Historical Prices" link.
Provides historical prices for stocks on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Information provided includes opening price, high, low, close, and trading volume. Years covered vary by company, with data available back to 1970. Data may be downloaded in spreadsheet format. -
Big ChartsStock charts, screeners, interactive charting and research tools. A service of MarketWatch.
Select the Historical Quotes tab. This tool allows you to look up a security's exact closing price. Type in the symbol and a historical date to view a quote and mini chart for that security.