Series S7 - The Commerce Man

Established in the spring of 1946, The Commerce Man was originally published by the Commerce Club in order to meet the demands and changes within University by returning World War II veterans. The main purpose of the periodical was to present the students of the School of Business with their own magazine based upon the contributions of undergraduates, recent alumni and faculty. The periodical also offered valuable training for student producers, advertisers and writers. The periodical was published semi-annually in the fall and spring of each academic year, until the Fall 1954 issue where it became an annual publication. The content of the magazine shifted greatly through its two decades of publication, but usually the periodical offered business-related articles, book reviews and articles on recent research within the program. Notably in the 1950s and early 1960s, the periodical published detailed descriptions of recent graduates and positions they held within industry. Throughout the Commerce Man’s publication it faced financial difficulty and by 1965 the periodical was reduced to a once yearly publication though each issue was significantly longer. The periodical was restructured again, when in 1969 the Commerce Society broke away from the Faculty of Arts and Science becoming the newly founded Queen’s Commerce Society in the Business School. Due to a mixture of financial strain and loss of interest within the newly founded Commerce Society the Commerce Man ended publication in 1974. The publication of the Commerce Man offers a inside look into Commerce Society at Queen's, and Canada's changing post war business models.