380 Pages
by
Routledge
The American savings and loan industry began in the 1830s to help people of modest financial means buy a home. Despite the long history of the industry there has been limited scholarly work done on its early years. This collection allows an insight into the place of the savings and loans industry within the wider context of American society.
Volume 1 Origins and Functions of the Savings and Loan Industry General Introduction Introduction Amos Cummings, Jr, Building and Loan Associations (1854), extract Seymour Dexter, A Treatise on Cooperative Savings and Loan Associations (1894), extract Henry S. Rosenthal, Cyclopedia of Building, Loan and Savings Associations (1920), extract Cooperative Building Associations in Massachusetts Josiah Quincy, Jr, A Plea for the Incorporation of Co-operative Loan and Building Associations (1875), extract Daniel Eldredge, Massachusetts Cooperative Banks or Building Associations (1893), extract Alexander Block, The Essential Characteristics and Differences of American Building and Loan Associations (1928) Charles N. Thompson, ‘The Building and Loan Association as an Institution for Savings of the Industrial Classes versus the Savings Bank’ (1893) Promoting Building Associations 1Robert Treat Paine, Jr, Cooperative Savings Banks or Building Associations (1880) F. W. Bell, Building Associations, How Operated, Advantages, Etc. ([1886]) James Clarency, The Value of Building Associations and How to Buy a Home (1902) Values and Principles William Franklin, Building Associations of Connecticut and Other States Examined (1856), extract Robert T. Corson, ‘Getting Back to First Principles’ (1901) Seymour Dexter, ‘The Future of Building and Loan Associations’ (1902) Charles F. Bentley, ‘How Far Can We Safely Drif Away from the Original Conception of the Building Association?’ (1903) How Size Affects the Mission of Building and Loans Addison Burk, ‘Fundamental Principles of Building Societies’ (1908) Lewis L. Rankin, ‘Foundation Principles for a Good Building and Loan Association’ (1908) Editorial Notes
Biography
David L Mason
