Treasurer/Business Manager, 1942 - 1968

File — Box: D-05

Identifier: D:060

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: This series includes materials relating to Admissions, budget, Career Planning and Placement, Dean of College/Faculty/Students, Development Office/development drives, estates/wills/bequests, Financial Aid, tuition, grants, Muhlenberg's libraries, Public Relations, Ministerium Appeals, Memorial Funds, Multicultural Life, Public Relations, Registrar, and scholarships.

Includes booklets, newspaper clippings, promotional and marketing materials, correspondence, statistical reports, letter heads, emails, published papers, newsletters, legal papers, photos, matriculation book, and postcards.

Dates

1942 - 1968

Creator

Muhlenberg College (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research, with only a few very limited restrictions; access by appointment.

Extent

From the Collection: 50 Linear Feet (The bulk of the printed material (previously the vertical files) is contained in flip-top document cases. Textiles, memorabilia, and other realia is stored in appropriate lidded boxes.)

Additional Description

Note to students re: financial requirements for Fall Term 1957, Fall Term 1968; income/expenses for 1958-1959; John Oberly is acting business manager while two regular staff members are serving in military (1944); Business Office report by Edmund Keiter includes departure of Navy V-12 unit, additional classroom space, crowded conditions throughout facilities, period of relative affluence, need for stronger budgetary controls; Treasurer's Office report includes death of office employees William S. Fink, Bursar, and Oscar F. Bernheim, Treasurer, (and many other positions held), problems due to influx of veterans; Howard M. MacGregor appointed Treasurer of College 1946; Postcard receipt for student Mr. Morris paying bill 1942; Overview of college facilities, property insurance, building upgrades, scholarship assistance, deficit or surplus, expenditures, qualifications for college Treasurer; Publicity article about treasurer Howard M. MacGregor; D:129 Tyson's 1946 letter re: background of supervision of business operations of college 1937-46; bleak economics of college; "new" business manager 7/1/38; auditors Tait, Weller and Baker bring order out of chaos