1950s-1930s
1958
Operations combined under EBSCO Industries, Incorporated, allowing the establishment of profit centers
1958
Corporate headquarters was moved to downtown Birmingham, Alabama
1954
Vulcan Enterprises (now EBSCO Professional Partnership Group) was founded to provide community-related messages for binder covers
1948
Hartsfield Printing Company (later became EBSCO Media) was purchased by Military Service Company to supply personalized stationery to the armed forces
1947
Vulcan Binder & Cover (now Vulcan Information Packaging) was formed to manufacture binders
1946
Metal Fabricators and Finishers (now known as Vulcan Industries) was formed to manufacture magazine display stands
1944
Elton B. Stephens and his wife, Alys Robinson Stephens, formed a partnership to sell magazines, personalized binders, and racks to the U.S. Armed Forces under the name of Military Service Company
1936
Elton B. Stephens graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law and decided managing the sale of magazines was more profitable than a career in law
1930
Elton B. Stephens began selling magazines to earn money for college
