Letters, creditors during the Depression

 
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Letters, creditors during the Depression

Object number1984.038.49.1
Date1935-1939
OriginLittle Rock, Arkansas
Mediumpaper and ink
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (22.2 x 27.3 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionPackageof correspondence (21 letters) primarily between People's Building & Loan Assoc. officers and their collection agent and holders of loans (Elmore and Landrum) over a period from April 17, 1935 to Jan. 11, 1939. These document attemps of creditors to collect debts during the Depression and debtors trying to make/avoid payments. Reflects business/econmic climate of Arkansas and the plight of Arkansans during the Great Depression.




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