State Student Loan Ledger

Access and use

Location of collection:
James Madison University
Second Floor Room 203, MSC 1704
Carrier Library
James Madison University
880 Madison Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tiffany Cole
Phone: (540) 568-3444
Phone: (540) 568-3612
Fax: (540) 568-3405
Restrictions:

Collection open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.

Terms of access:

Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of James Madison University is retained by James Madison University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information, contact the Special Collections Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).

Preferred citation:

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

Summary

Extent:
0.13 cubic feet 1 box
Abstract:
The State Student Loan Fund Ledger contains record of student loans at the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg, from 1928-1936.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
No accession documentation available.
Processing information:

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

Arrangement:

The ledger remains bound and is housed in a box.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard