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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], State Student Loan Ledger, 1928-1936, UA 0034, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

No accession documentation available.

Processing Information

The ledger was formerly assigned call number SU 2004-1216, Student Loan Ledger and Alumni Scrapbook.

Administrative History

The ledger was maintained by Howard K. Gibbons (1896-1975), treasurer and business manager at Madison College for 41 years, from 1925 until 1966. Prior to 1928, the state student loan fund records were maintained in a receipt register of the Maintenance and Operating Fund of the College. After July 1st, 1936, the records were transferred to a Burroughs Automatic Bookkeeping Machine.

Scope and Content

The State Student Loan Fund Ledger contains record of student loans at the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg, from 1928-1936. The ledger contains names of student lenders, record of their loan at 4% interest, payments, and the fund balance. Funds were held at the First National Bank, likely the Harrisonburg branch.

Arrangement

The ledger remains bound and is housed in a box.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History
• James Madison University -- Students -- History
• Ledgers (account books)
• State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History
• State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Students
• Student loans
• Universities and colleges -- Finance -- History -- 20th century