Jasper County Savings & Loan Archival Collection

The third and final focus group of the museum's MHRAB grant project is an eclectic group of papers and photographs that came to the museum when the latter was given one hour to remove records from the basement of the former Jasper County Savings & Loan Association (JCSL) building before the balance of materials were trucked to Washington DC to the federal agency overseeing the Home Security Savings and Loan failure. Mercantile Bank took over the building (409-411 S Main) and operated for a short period before building a new structure elsewhere in town.

Most materials were boxed and could not be inspected until taken to the museum. What resulted was small collection of records from JCSL established in 1887 and its sister financial organization, the Marion Building & Loan Association (established in 1889), and other businesses associated with both lending institutions through insurance, abstracting or other related professional services. The two associations were formally consolidated in 1934 as Jasper Savings & Loan Association celebrating their 75th anniversary in 1962. In 1964, Home Federal Savings & Loan took over and eventually merged with another organization taking the name Home Security Savings & Loan.

Jasper County Building & Loan Association
Marion Building & Loan Association

Ledger of Stock Issues, 1887-1905
Cash Book, 1917 - 1919
Cash Book, 1919 - 1922
Scrapbook of Bank Advertising, 1912 - 1917
AR Boxes 201, 202, 203, 204
Correspondence Files, 1925 - 1933

Archival Box Records (AR Box) include 7.5 cu ft of correspondence between JCSL secretary A L Anchors concerning loans being held by the two associations. The country's growing economic troubles that resulted in the Depression are documented in these letters that were written by shareholders and loan holders of both organizations, living in Carthage and elsewhere in the United States.

These correspondence records are indexed in Past Perfect by writer's surname, business name, local address of property involved with either loan association and miscellaneous subjects appear on the Past Perfect container list for each archival box.

Microfilmed: No

Selected Subjects:
Carthage, MO
Advertising
A Lloyd Anchors
Attorneys in Carthage
Bank of Carthage
Banner Printing
George Beimdiek
Building Trades in Carthage
Bureau of Building & Loan Supervision, State of Missouri
Amos H Caffee
Calhoun & Putnam Lumber
Camp Clark, Galena, MO
Carmean-Reynolds Hardware
W E Carter
Carter Hardware
Carthage Creamery
Carthage Chamber of Commerce
Carthage Furniture & Carpet Co
Carthage Marble Corporation
Carthage Marble & White Line Co
Carthage Patriot's Fund
Carthage Planing Mill
Carthage Post Office
Carthage Press
Carthage Superior Spring Bed Manufacturing
Carthage Water & Electric Plant
Church of God
Julia Clark
J D Clarkson
Crane Theatre
Construction Trades in Carthage
Grace Crozier
DeArmond & Maxey, Lawyers
Del Monte Apartments
Democrat Printing
Department of Finance, State of Missouri
Depression
Albert Deutsch
Rachel Deutsch
A S Dierdorff
Alfred M Drake
First Christian Scientist Church (also called Church of Christ, Scientist)
First Methodist Episcopal Church (now 1st United Methodist Church)
First National Bank
F E Ford Woodworking & Cane Weaver
Galloway Drug Co
Grace Episcopal Church
Hotels; Letterheads of
Howard Gray
Jasper County Savings & Loan Association
Hesser Electric
H C John Hardware, Seed & Feed
Knudsen Plumbing
Kyte & Harrison, Contractors
R E Hooker Electric
Liberty Bonds
Marion Building & Loan Association
Frank McGrath
Ruth McCarroll
Samuel McReynolds
Joe Manlove
J M Minkler
Morris Plumbing
Morrow - Taaffe Lumber
Joseph D Perkins
Fred C Pfifer
Pingree & Dennison
Putnam & Jones Lumber
Real Estate Business in Carthage
Saint Louis, MO
Savings & Loan Industry
Percy K Simpson, Architect
Smith Brothers Manufacturing (Big Smith)
Eb Smith
E O Smith
Stanley-Thomas Lumber
Stanton Plumbing
Uncle Sam Oil Co
United Film Ad Services, Kansas City, MO
United States Department of Treasury
Wells Drug Co
P N Wiggins
Emma L Williams (Mrs W A Williams)
W A Williams
Williams Insurance
World War I; Home Front
Yayan Home
YMCA

Prior appointment necessary for use of all archival collections. This material is not available for walk-in, on-demand use. Consultation by phone or email prior to your visit, will result in a more successful research visit and allow museum staff to prepare materials and also a work space for your use on site.