Sandusky Business College records

Collection – Multiple Containers

Identifier: MS-0248

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Abstract

The Sandusky Business College records date from 1890-1949 and are comprised of student records, financial records, and published material regarding the school. A financial ledger from a Dry Goods and Grocery Store in Flat Rock, Ohio, dating from 1851-1868, is also included in this collection. It was later used as a scrapbook for newspaper clippings.

Dates

Creation: 1851-1949

Extent

3.81 Cubic Feet (3 record cartons, 1 flat box)

1 Volumes (1 scrapbook)

Creator

Sandusky Business College (Sandusky, Ohio) (Organization)

Scope and Contents

The Sandusky Business College records are comprised of student records, financial records, and printed material from the school. The entire collection is not complete, with any material pertaining to the school unavailable before 1890, and gaps in the student and financial records. The student records are comprised of student academic and financial records, grade records and attendance records. The student academic and financial records include information on the students such as: name, address, and phone number, courses, credits, grades, and financial records. These records range in dates from circa1920 until 1945. The grade books contain the grade information for students that attended the school, with the date of the student attending varying. The attendance records include the attendance information for students in the bookkeeping and shorthand departments, along with the attendance of students in some unknown courses. There is also a file containing loose paper work that includes, order sheets, applications, notes, and spelling lists.

The financial records, from 1917 until 1949, contain information of the receipts and expenditures of the school, along with financial information about students. The records are not complete and are missing records from February 1926 through till August 1930. There are also loose papers to be found in a file at the end of the section. The printed material is from two catalogs about the school for interested and incoming students, and also from a. educational journal that was publishes by the college.

The oversized financial ledger is from a Dry Goods and Grocery Store located in Flat Rock Ohio. The dates range from 1851 until 1868, when it is believed that the store was then bought by Samuel Hormer in 1868. It is then believed that someone in the Hormer family married into the Loudenslagel family, where the book was then made into a scrapbook containing numerous newspaper articles, some even pertaining to the family. The book is connected to the Sandusky Business College, by way of the last principal of the school, who was also a Loudenslagel.

Biographical / Historical

The Sandusky Business College was founded by Professor E. A. Hall in September 1865. Originally known as the Buckeye and Great Western Business College, the college had a number of owners over its history and was known by as many different names. Despite the name changes, the school's main goal was to provide training in a business area for young adults in the surrounding counties. The Business College was accredited by the National Association of Accredited Commercial Schools, and provided courses in penmanship, arithmetic, bookkeeping, English grammar and punctuation, business correspondence, calculations, shorthand, typing, salesmanship, spelling, and trading.

Despite the quality of education and staying open through World War II, the school's last owner and principal W.O. Loudenslagel was forced to close the building in 1949 because of a decline in enrollment.

Conditions Governing Access

No known access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The collection was acquired by two donations, the first by the Sandusky Public Library on June 22, 1982, and the second by Martha Loudenslagel Carver on February 4, 2003.