Main Collection
- Keeping Track
- Interest
- Very Early Debtors
- Early Regulations of Interest and Credit
- First Real Coins – Cattle Are Heavy
- The Pilgrims
- Money, Credit and Debt
- When Did The Dollar Arrive?
- How Did We Get The $ Symbol
- Debtors’ Prison
- When Did Credit As We Know It Arrive In The U.S.
- Early Sources of Credit – Pawnbrokers
- Early Installment Sales
- General Credit Terms in Early Consumer America
- Saving Money
- Credit Cards
- The Finance Company
- Bankruptcy
Special Exhibits
- Visit Betty and Dave
Additional Reading
- How to Budget, How to Buy, How to Pay
- “The Way to Wealth” – 1757
- Duty of Economy – Criticism of the American lack of thrift – 5/20/1905
- National Thrift Week – 01/17/1920
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