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Receipt Books

6 cartons (6 linear feet)

(1925 – 1945)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier SUA-115
Creator(s) Maryland State Normal School; Maryland State Teachers College (Salisbury, Md.)
Acquisition See Nabb Center Staff
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding Aid written by Emma Tarquinio, March 2022.
Related Materials

State Normal School and Teachers College Accounting Records (circa 1920 – 1967)

College Financial Records (1925 – 1979)

Budget Proposals and Reports (1925 – 1979)
Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

This collection of receipt books dates from 1925 to 1945 and includes student financial transactions, petty cash accounts, and school cafeteria receipts that document the financial activities at Maryland Normal School (which became Maryland State Teachers College in 1935 and is now Salisbury University).

Administrative History

In 1922, the Maryland Legislature established a commission to determine a location for a two-year college to train elementary teachers on the state’s Eastern Shore. A site in Salisbury was selected and the Maryland State Normal School at Salisbury opened in September 1925.

The school’s two-year course of study was increased to three years in 1931 and to four years in 1934. In 1935, the Legislature authorized the college to grant Bachelor of Science degrees. The school was first accredited by the American Association of Teachers Colleges (later the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education) in 1942 and by the Middle States Association in 1956.

Today, Salisbury University is a nationally accredited, four-year comprehensive university within the University System of Maryland. It offers many distinct undergraduate and graduate degree programs within four endowed schools: the Richard A. Henson School of Science and Technology, the Charles R. and Martha N. Fulton School of Liberal Arts, the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, and the Samuel W. and Marilyn C. Seidel School of Education and Professional Studies. In 2016, the Honors College was created.

The school’s name has changed several times over the course of its history: Maryland State Normal School (1925-1935), Maryland State Teachers College (1935-1963), Salisbury State College (1963-1988), Salisbury State University (1988-2001), and Salisbury University (2001-present).

Scope and Content Note

This collection of receipt books from 1925-1945 includes transactions between students and the Maryland State Normal School (later Maryland State Teachers College) for academic tuition, refunds, or cafeteria bills. Most of the receipts account for the early years of the college and end before the campus academically expanded.

Arrangement Statement

The series is organized in chronological order.

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Account books
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Education
  • Corporate Names
    • Salisbury State Normal School
    • Maryland State Teachers College

Inventory List

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Box 1

  1. Salisbury School Petty Cash Receipts, Oct 1925-May 1928
  2. Salisbury Withdraw Refund Receipts, 1930-1932
  3. Salisbury School Receipt Books, Jan-Dec 1932
  4. Salisbury School Petty Cash Receipts, June 1934-Feb 1936
  5. Salisbury School Receipt Books, Sept 8th, 1936
  6. Salisbury School Petty Cash Receipts, Feb 1937-Sept 1938
  7. Salisbury School Receipts, Feb 1938-May 1938
  8. Salisbury School Receipts, May 1938-Aug 1938
  9. Salisbury School Receipts, Aug 1938-Sept 1938
  10. Salisbury School Receipts, Sept 1938-Oct 1938
  11. Salisbury School Receipts, Oct 1938-Dec 1938
  12. Salisbury School Receipts, Dec 1938-Jan 1939
  13. Salisbury School Receipts, Jan 1939-March 1939
  14. Salisbury School Receipts, March 1939-May 1939
  15. Salisbury School Petty Cash Receipts, Jan 1940-June 1941
  16. Salisbury School Receipts, March 1941-May 1941
  17. Salisbury School Receipts, Oct 1941-Dec 1941

Box 2

  1. Salisbury School Receipts, Feb 1943-May 1943
  2. Salisbury School Receipts, Aug 1943-Nov 1943
  3. Salisbury School Receipts, Jan 1943-March 1945
  4. Salisbury School Receipts, Nov 1943-Feb 1944
  5. Salisbury School Receipts, Feb 1944-June 1944
  6. Salisbury School Receipts, Sept 1944-April 1945

Box 3

  1. Salisbury School Receipts, June 1935-Oct 1935
  2. Salisbury School Receipts, April 1936- August 1936
  3. Salisbury School Receipts, June 1937-Sept 1937
  4. Salisbury School Receipts, Sept 1937- Nov 1937
  5. Salisbury School Receipts, Nov 1937-Jan 1938
  6. Salisbury School Receipts, Jan 1938-Feb 1938
  7. Salisbury School Receipts, Jan 1941-March 1941
  8. Salisbury School Receipts, May 1941-Oct 1941
  9. Salisbury School Receipts, August 1941-September 1941
  10. Salisbury School Receipts, April 1942-June 1942
  11. Salisbury School Receipts, June 1942-Sept 1942
  12. Salisbury School Receipts, Feb 1945-June 1945

Box 4

  1. Salisbury School Receipts, 1944-1945
  2. Salisbury School Receipts, 1938-1942
  3. Salisbury School Receipts, 1938-1942
  4. Salisbury School Receipts, 1937-1941
  5. Salisbury School Receipts, 1937
  6. Salisbury School Receipts, 1937
  7. Salisbury School Receipts, 1936
  8. Salisbury School Receipts, 1936
  9. Salisbury School Receipts, 1936
  10. Salisbury School Receipts, 1935
  11. Salisbury School Receipts, 1932-1942
  12. Salisbury School Receipts, 1932-1940

Box 5

  1. Cafeteria Receipts, 1944-1947
  2. Cafeteria Ledger, 1943-1945
  3. Cafeteria Ledger, May 1943-August 1943
  4. Cafeteria Receipt Books, Dec 1942-Feb 1943
  5. Cafeteria Ledger, Sept 1942-Dec 1942
  6. Cafeteria Ledger, June 1942
  7. Cafeteria Receipt Books, 1940-1943
  8. Cafeteria Balance Receipts, 1931-1945
  9. Cafeteria Ledger, 1929-1931
  10. Cafeteria Ledger, 1927-1930

Box 6

  1. Cafeteria Ledger, Feb 1942-April 1942
  2. Cafeteria Ledger, Dec 1941-Feb 1942
  3. Cafeteria Ledger, Dec 1940-Jan 1941
  4. Cafeteria Ledger, Sept 1940-Dec 1940
  5. Cafeteria Ledger, Aug 1940-Oct 1940
  6. Cafeteria Ledger, May 1940-Oct 1940
  7. Cafeteria Ledger, April 1940-May 1940
  8. Cafeteria Ledger, Feb 1940-April 1940
  9. Cafeteria Ledger, Jan 1940-Feb 1940
  10. Cafeteria Ledger, Nov 1939-Jan 1940
  11. Cafeteria Ledger, Oct 1939-Nov 1939
  12. Cafeteria Ledger, Sept 1939-Oct 1939
  13. Cafeteria Ledger, May 1939-Sept 1939

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