Finances/Financial Support, 1931 - 1965

File — Box: D-08

Identifier: D:081

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

1931 - 1965

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

June 30, 1942 annual financial statement for college, audited by Tait, Weller and Baker of Philadelphia; annual financial statements 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942; bonds, mortgages, real estate, stock values taken from auditors' report of 8/31/54; Pres. Seegers letters to four Allentown banks thanking for loans - 1954; Survey of Voluntary Support for America's Colleges and Universities includes 6 large forms (31"x20") showing college's funds received from: corporations, religious denominations, governing board, alumni, non-alumni, bequests, trusts; includes years 1958-1965; Support by Lutheran Church of America and Synod; Friends of Muhlenberg, Parents' Association; Woman's Auxiliary; Synod campaign

Financial Statement June 30, 1931 includes: endowment investments, building fund, current funds received and expenditures, Freihofer Scholarships, Schieren Scholarships, Grim Estate, S.A.B. Stopp Library, Sacred music, Rehrig Estate, auditor's report, assets and liabilities, the budget, Preparatory School, Board of Trustees