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Americas Best Publicly Available Bank Archives.Xlsx America's Best Publicly Available Bank Archives compiled by Robert E. Wright, Nef Family Chair of Political Economy and Director of the Thomas Willing Institute at Augustana College SD Latest Version: January 2011 Methodology: I searched title "bank," limited to archival sources, in WorldCat and ArchiveGrid, which retrieved over 800 entries. I then culled them down to the most significant collections. What Is Missing: Private collections, bank archives, and any other materials not catalogued in either of the above databases. Bank collections that do not contain the word "bank" in their titles for whatever reason. Numerous small collections containing miscellany or uninteresting items. Collections encompassing only the post-World War I period. Full credit to some larger but thinly documented collections. Weights: Point scores are the simple sum of the following: Longevitity 1 for collections longer than 50 years 2 for collections longer than 100 years Size 1 for small collections > 5 linear feet (50 volumes) 2 for medium-sized collections = > 20 linear feet (> 200 volumes) 3 for large collections > 50 linear feet (500 volumes) 4 for very large collections > 100 linear feet (> 1,000 volumes) Scope 1 for every major type of record represented in the collection: balance sheets/state of the bank bank note records correspondence/letter books day books depositors' books directors' or stockholders' meetings minutes discount/loan records experimental record books founding documents (by-laws, charters, subscription books) general ledgers journals miscellaneous records: photos, scrapbooks, etc. regulatory reports or records special account books (bad debt lists, scratch books, signature books, tellers' settlements and tallies, etc.) stock certificates, ledgers, or transfer books subsidiaries or other banks records Bank(s) Collection Name Repository OCLC No. Start Date End Date Size (feet) Boxes Volumes Balance sheeBank noBroker-dCorresDay boDeposDirectoDiscouExperiFoundGener JournaMiscelRegulaSpeciaStock SubsidScoring Centur1/2 cenSmall Mediu Large Very LScopeTOTAL Ascutney Bank Records HBS -- Baker 229918176 1847 1881 5.3 1 16 1 1 111 11 00100078 Athens Bank of Georgia Ledger University of Georgia 38478089 1857 1857 1 00000011 Bank of Binghamton Records SUNY Binghamton 501185379 1852 1955 60.6 202 1 1 1 11111038 Bank of Boulder Records Montana Historical Society Librar 70922707 1890 1930 5.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 00100067 Bank of Cape Fear Records UNC Chapel Hill 24470411 1815 1846 not specified 1 1 1 00111137 Bank of Charleston Records College of Charleston 31737216 1837 1874 4.5 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 00000088 Bank of Charleston Collection South Carolina Historical Society 36793932 1836 1912 5 11 11 1 111 01100002 Bank of Columbia Records Library Company of Philadelphia 145522320 1794 1828 1 3 11 00000022 Bank of Darien Account Book University of Georgia 38475833 1820 1824 0.3 1 1 00000011 Bank of Delaware Records Historical Society of Delaware 70977562 1795 1930 10.1 1 32 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 111000912 Bank of Endicott Records Washington State University 29853042 1903 1935 10 1 1 1 00100034 Bank of Ithaca Records New York State Historical Docum 155570536 1831 1849 6.6 22 1 1 1 1 00100045 Bank of Kentucky Ledger Kentucky Historical Society 40113856 1807 1810 0.3 1 1 1 00000022 Bank of Kentucky Records Filson Historical Society 46719434 1835 1908 0.6 2 1 01000012 Bank of Lansingburgh Ledger New York State Historical Docum 155446127 1850 1855 0.3 1 1 00000011 Bank of Leadville Collection Colorado Historical Society 28524078 1879 1888 5 4 1 1 11 00100045 Bank of Mississippi Account Books University of Chicago 79383946 1811 1811 0.6 3 1 1 11 00000044 Bank of Newburgh Records New York Historical Society 58779232 1810 1830 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 00000044 Bank of North America Records Historical Society of Pennsylvani 122540389 1780 1923 150 1 1 11111 11111111 1111111420 Bank of North Carolina Records UNC Chapel Hill 23943775 1852 1870 1 17 1 1 1 1 1 00000055 Bank of the Commonwealth Schedule of Debts Due the Kentucky Department for Librarie 86130953 1821 1850 0.3 1 1 00000011 Bank of the State of Mississippi Records University of Texas 32931967 1804 1846 16 1 1 11 00100045 Bank of the United States Records Library Company of Philadelphia 172833784 1790 1842 2.5 7 7 1 1 1 01000034 Bank of the United States of Pennsylvan Records Detroit Public Library 460637646 1822 1861 1 2 1 1 00000022 Bank of the United States, Boston Records HBS -- Baker 426157932 1792 1794 3 2 11 00000022 Bank of the United States, Natchez Offic Records LSU 70665725 1830 1846 18.9 63 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 00100078 Bank of Washtenaw Records University of Michigan 34418813 1836 1875 1 11 1 00000033 Bank of Willows Records Stanford University 426181531 1880 1905 6 1 1 11 1 00100056 Black River Bank Records New York State Historical Docum 155436324 1844 1874 19.8 66 1 1 1 00100034 Bloomington Bank Records LOC 28411086 1857 1937 80 111 1 1 01111048 Brigg's Bank of Clyde Accounts Cornell University 63534764 1854 1864 0.6 3 1 00000011 Buffalo Savings Bank Roy W. Nagle Collection New York State Historical Docum 78785920 1810 1936 157 1 1 11111128 Burlington Savings Bank Records Vermont Historical Society 45288109 1854 1895 5.4 18 1 11 11 00100056 Chemung County banks Collection New York State Historical Docum 155444188 1835 1977 0.5 1 1 1 11000024 Chesire Bank of Keene, N.H. Collection HBS -- Baker 17266654 1833 1913 15 2 199 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 01100079 Citizens Bank of Louisiana Papers LSU 82463828 1836 1902 0.3 1 1 1 1 01000034 City Bank of Binghamton Records New York State Historical Docum 155434600 1852 1952 54.9 183 1 1 1 11111038 City Bank of New Orleans Records LSU 82463837 1832 1852 6 11 00100023 City National Bank Records New York State Historical Docum 155430718 1852 1950 4.2 13 1 1 1 11111 01000078 Commercial Bank of Lake Erie Letter Book Cornell University 74898522 1816 1939 0.3 1 1 11000013 Commercial Bank of Natchez Records LSU 122588173 1835 1864 45.3 151 1 1 1 1 11 00110068 Corinth Deposit Bank Ledgers Kentucky Historical Society 85869624 1890 1976 25.2 84 1 1 1 1 1 1 01110069 Dedham Bank Collection Dedham Historical Society 70971435 1815 2003 6 1111 1 111 111000710 Donohoe, Kelly Records Stanford University 497927886 1863 1917 84 1 1 1 1 1 01111059 Economy Co-operative Bank Records Peabody Essex 681404942 1895 1930 0.5 1 1 1 11 00000033 Emigrant Savings Bank Records New York Historical Society 122517819 1841 1945 15 59 111 1 1 11100058 Evanston Bank Records Evanston Historical Society 70963336 1874 1976 0.5 1 1 11000013 Exchange Bank of Virginia Ledger Library of Virginia 86172243 1839 1860 0.3 1 1 00000011 Exchange National Bank of Atchinson, K Records Kansas State Historical Society 55859281 1859 1923 2.4 8 1 1 1 11 01000056 Exchange National Bank of Washington Records Washington State University 29852799 1880 1930 12 1 1111 101100057 Farmers' Bank of Lansingburgh Records New York State Historical Docum 155446146 1854 1861 0.6 2 1 1 00000022 Fidelity Mutual Savings Bank Records Northwest Museum of Arts and C 42687006 1907 1982 34 1 1 1 01110036 First National Bank of Butte Records Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives 70925414 1877 1977 12.3 41 1 1 11100025 First National Bank of Candor Records New York State Historical Docum 155403200 1881 1958 4.8 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 01000067 First National Bank of Central City Collection Colorado Historical Society 31203322 1881 1930 not specified 1 00111115 First National Bank of Denver Collection Colorado Historical Society 28414316 1860 1974 1 1 111 11000046 First National Bank of Forth Worth Archives Forth Worth Library 191193877 1870 1995 71 1 1 1 1 111 111110611 First National Bank of Helena Records Montana Historical Society Librar 70959256 1865 1903 165 11 111 11111111 0011111216 First National Bank of Missoula Records University of Montana 57120394 1866 1965 28 1 1 1 01110036 First National Bank of Portland Collection Oregon Historical Society Resea 671492428 1865 1910 0.04 1 00000011 First National Bank of Pullman Records Washington State University 29853045 1887 1964 40 1 1 1 01110025 First National Bank of Seneca Falls Records New York State Historical Docum 155402550 1864 1882 1.2 4 1 1 00000022 First National Bank of Watertown Records New York State Historical Docum 155436445 1855 1887 6.6 22 1 1 1 00100034 First Pennsylvania Banking and Trust Records Hagley Museum and Library 86123637 1809 1957 175 11 1 1 1 111111511 Florida National Bank of Jacksonville Records University of Florida 50750913 1887 1994 4 4 1 1111 11000057 Fort Worth National Bank Papers Forth Worth Library 191193812 1884 1988 9 18 1 1 11100025 German Security Bank Records Kentucky State Archives 191916045 1867 1951 12.3 41 1 11 111111 011000911 Goldome Bank Archives Buffalo and Erie County Public Li 52487474 1800 1980 25 1 1 11110015 Gosport Bank Records Indiana University 51302294 1856 1931 111 1 1 1 01000056 Hagerstown Bank Collection University of Maryland 48489344 1814 1852 0.5 1 1 00000011 Hartford National Bank and Trust Records University of Connecticut 61743219 1792 1976 350 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 111111713 Herald R. Clark Collection Brigham Young University 122638102 1882 1935 24 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 01110069 Hibernia Bank Records University of California, Berkeley 86117899 1859 1971 30 8 68 1 1 1 1 1 11110059 Home Savings Bank Records Boston College 38086860 1871 1945 45 1 1 1 1 01110047 Bank(s) Collection Name Repository OCLC No.
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