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- The subject matter ing education, employment employment ing education, of evolution the leisure, and offices like assets estate real and and agencies in Italy Roma SpA, with about 12,000 12,000 about with SpA, Roma pos- slides, pieces (negatives, and and CD-ROMs) itives - photogra Torboli, Ferruccio the in service of already pher Audiovisual Credito Italiano with about 40,000 Centre, slides, (negatives, pieces and CD-ROMs). positives a now is there In addition digital archive. the business beyond extends though that in the bank, of - encompasses an exten itself cover material, of range sive ographic section is estimated to com- to section is estimated ographic The phot century, by the photographic archive of Giuseppe Giuseppe of archive the photographic by century, th prints, 28,000 positives, 130,000 albums, prise 600 photo 1900s to the early from date They matrices and negatives. the last period of for complemented, These are the 2000s. the 20 notes. For photo albums, in addition to the elements just just the elements to in addition albums, photo For notes. highlight, to appropriate considered was it mentioned, the indivi- accompanying the captions available, where dual images. abroad and the most significant moments of corporate corporate of moments and the most significant abroad activities recreational events, such as institutional life many The collections feature campaigns. and promotional Rampolla, photographer already in service of Banca di Banca di in service of already photographer Rampolla, 172 Francesca Malvezzi Francesca promotional campaigns. campaigns. promotional The subject matter extends extends The subject matter estate assets like offices and and offices assets like estate an extensive range of material, of material, range an extensive and leisure, the evolution of real of real the evolution and leisure, agencies in Italy and abroad and and agencies in Italy and abroad the most significant moments of beyond the business of the bank, beyond covering education, employment education, employment covering events, recreational activities and recreational events, corporate life such as institutional as institutional such life corporate though that in itself encompasses though that in itself encompasses - Credit Historical Archives, established in established in Archives, Historical Credit the description of of the description For The Uni UniCredit’s photographic archives photographic UniCredit’s as materials, the photographic documentations, the paper for an like the file, of the description to given was preference - photo dates, chronological title, with: complete album, and documentation, and type of number studios, graphy The photographic archive of UniCredit in Italy consti- in Italy UniCredit of archive The photographic about the information of source varied a rich and tutes history. bank’s since the acquired documents preserve to 1951 in order renamed (Banca di Genova, in 1870 foundation company’s the most important one of are in 1895), Italiano Credito contain The archives collections in Italy. business archival well as Italiano, UniCredit/Credito of records the historical by acquired been which have the Italian of as many these had of Many the Group. Mediaeval late in the roots such Modern early period or Cassa di Banca 1473, as: Rolo Vicenza Risparmio di Verona Cassamarca, Ancona, Belluno e Torino, Cassa di Risparmio di e Trento Cassa di Risparmio di Cassa di Risparmio Rovereto, - with Capita along Trieste, di Banca over which took lia SpA, and Sicilia di Banco Roma, di pri- The archives’ Bipop-Carire. conserve, mission is to mary - facili and promote protect, impor this of study the tate heritage. tant

eabh bulletin eabh bulletin 173 UNICREDIT 1 1. Credito Italiano, WWI Victory Celebration in front of the Milan Headquarters, 1918 the Milan Headquarters, of in front Celebration Victory WWI Italiano, Credito 1. UNICREDIT

- - - , Europea and Civitas Madre ito Italiano Audiovisual Centre Centre Audiovisual Italiano ito UniCredit. to coming before col- 5,000 about of Composed slides, 25,000 negatives, our and loose positives 10,000 this col- about 350 CD-ROMS, sporting events, lection covers branch conferences, press and the interior openings, confer buildings, of exterior meetings, conventions, ences, lunches/dinners gala events, employees of and portraits is section A managers. and slides, the color to dedicated publications two for created - documenta t photographic

the most part the albums hold three types of types of the most part the albums hold three For The most recen progress the illustrate that those are There photographs. the restruc branches, new in banking: the opening of The Banco di Roma photographic section The Roma photographic di Banco has S.p.A. the Banco di Roma section of The photographic its to time prior over transfers numerous been subject to Among in 2002. inventory and a related arrangement new photo the series of are there materials the most important estate the real of the evolution document albums made to These and abroad. in Italy bank both the Roman of assets Guarneri and Felice S.p.A. albums (Banco di Roma photo metadata and the related been reproduced have archive) Among Srl. GAP the company by been associated have negatives about 6,000 are matrices there the printing groups, two into is divided The section on glass plates. comprising 141 albums (1912–1977) photo the collection of and positives and the collection of in 100 folders, albums, com- matrices (1900ca.–1992), the loose photographic prising 188 folders. - technol new of the introduction the old ones, turing of albums docu- Other equipment. professional ogies for which at or the branches by organized the events ment with as meetings well as participated, the branches

tion mainly consists of the core collection made by Fer by collection made core the of consists mainly tion - at the Cred worked who a photographer Torboli, ruccio Antica , Italiano Credito of - and archaeo masterpieces Italian the main which cover Since the middle ages. to the prehistory from logical sites, delivering digitally, mainly worked the photographer 2003, files (2003–2011). photo 80,000 approx. there are also images collected into albums and on slides, slides, albums and on into also images collected are there 1,400 dossiers have over Currently, negatives. but fewer been inventoried. been inventoried.

1 174 UNICREDIT century century often lacking. lacking. often th tographs in the in the tographs photographic records are are records photographic is of great historical value. value. historical is of great The series of photographs of photographs The series The destruction of materials The destruction of materials in some areas due to conflict conflict due to in some areas dedicated to foreign branches branches foreign to dedicated and war means that accessible that accessible means and war

- photographs dedicated to foreign foreign to dedicated photographs tographic images were produced mainly mainly produced were images tographic Many thousands of thousands of Many Amongst the most significant pho Amongst the most significant The series of The pho The The Credito Italiano/UniCredit photographic section section photographic Italiano/UniCredit The Credito 20 the early period from the chronological covers The Credito Italiano/UniCredit Italiano/UniCredit The Credito - Ital Credito of archives dedicated three the are collection (1880) S.p.A. Banco di Roma (1870), S.p.A. iano/UniCredit (1924). S.p.A. Spirito and Banco di Santo section photographic branches is of great historical value. The destruction of The destruction of value. historical great is of branches means war and conflict to due areas some in materials lacking. often are records that accessible photographic as most people living Just - the Ita abroad, working and pho- took many lian bank staff - bran overseas of tographs well as ches and surroundings - and recreatio work daily as of hel- which are nal activities, - recons to ping researchers past of aspects truct different . abroad life our in arrived photographs our the inter through repositories of Part offices. estate nal real - also entrus was filming the professional external to ted photographers. photographs depicting the staff (top management and and management (top the staff depicting photographs abroad. banks of the expansion showing and employees) to the early 2000s. Amongst the earliest noteworthy Amongst the earliest noteworthy 2000s. the early to to the series dedicated are in the archives photographs campaign carried out in the main Italian the advertising War World loans during the First war promote cities to and the series dedicated to foreign branches, especially especially branches, foreign to series dedicated the and the one in China. corpo- exclusively the 1980s and for the 1950s to from of the architecture document to in order purposes, rate and workplace the of the evolution branches, the bank‘s the record shoots the photo of Most at the company. life offices, branch and agencies city of renovation or opening - confe document that photos numerous also are there but Furthermore, exhibitions. and opening ceremonies rences, - pre the bank’s of photographs of number is a large there the from works important Other and employees. sidents recording Mulas Mario by 100 prints period include over recreational center, the data processing courses, training dating The material canteens. activities and the company loose photos; composed of is mainly the 70s back to

eabh bulletin eabh bulletin 175 UNICREDIT 2 2. Banco di Roma, Damasco Branch, 1920 Branch, Damasco Banco di Roma, 2. UNICREDIT 4 5 176 UNICREDIT 3 3. Banco di Roma, Istanbul-Pera Branch, 1923 Branch, Istanbul-Pera Banco di Roma, 3. 1925 Branch, Rodi Banco di Roma, 4. 1925 Shanghai, Temple, Loongwha la Cina, per Banca Italiana 5.

eabh bulletin eabh bulletin 177 UNICREDIT 6 6. Banco Italo-Egiziano, , the Minet el Bassal Cotton Exchange, 1930 Exchange, el Bassal Cotton the Minet Alexandria, Banco Italo-Egiziano, 6. UNICREDIT 178 UNICREDIT 8 7 7. Credito Romagnolo, Ravenna Branch Team’s Trip to Verona, 1936 Verona, to Trip Team’s Branch Ravenna Romagnolo, Credito 7. 1965 Radiology, of Congress XI International Spirito, Banco di Santo 8.

eabh bulletin eabh bulletin 179 UNICREDIT 9 9. Credito Italiano, Alaska Mountaneering Expedition, 1971 Expedition, Mountaneering Alaska Italiano, Credito 9. UNICREDIT 180 UNICREDIT 10 10. Credito Italiano, 1972 Rome Expo - Distribution of brochures, 1972 brochures, of Expo - Distribution Rome 1972 Italiano, Credito 10.

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1 Author’s profile works and in Humanities a degree has Malvezzi Francesca several for where Archives, Historical at the UniCredit she has been planning and managing the cataloguing years the ongoing to and contributing and digitization programs the Group. of on the history research Contact UniCredit Malvezzi: Francesca [email protected] https://www.unicreditgroup.eu/en/unicredit-at-a-glance/ our-identity/our-history.html facilitate interpretation: corporate books, institutional institutional books, corporate interpretation: facilitate - and account administrative diaries, letters, documents, to relating as documentation well as ing documents, brochures posters, operations; credit and financial legal, - advertis branches, to relating and prints customers for audiovisuals (1916–2000); etc. banking products ing for or bank products marketing for staff, training for created history life the bank’s for deemed significant events for Among etc.). presentations, conferences, (inaugurations, relating posters advertising the series of these materials, and the period War World loans during the First war to post- and the immediate War World the Second between impact. visual a considerable period have war by can be accessed Lampugnano building in Milan and Archives Historical the UniCredit through appointment ( S.p.A. © UniCredit All photographs: - - 181 UNICREDIT ove the accuracy of the descriptions, the descriptions, of the accuracy ove er the merger between Banco di Roma and and Banco di Roma between the merger er To impr To Aft UniCredit Historical Archives holds related materials to to materials holds related Archives Historical UniCredit

Conclusion been used all the collections have While portions of This been exhibited. never them have most of extensively, is about photographs information is because descriptive were collections photographs Many to access. difficult - pho who used them, the people by re-catalogued never were the moment in the heat of projects used for tographs in the original series and the subject or re-filed not often overlooked. often was in the shoot portrayed the event this of An on-going cataloguing and digitization program at present. heritage is in progress - crea in 1992 and the resulting Spirito Banco di Santo were archives the photographic , tion of are fonds The archival archives. Rampolla’s by increased with and type, size different of materials composed of - The photogra part as digital documents. an important Audiovisual the by out carried partly were services phic years) few a for worked the photographer (where Office con- press posters, billboards, commercials, to and relate of exteriors and interiors inaugurations, branch ferences, project conventions, conferences, buildings and locations, dinners, gala talk shows, events, meetings, presentations, years during the last thirty Pino Rampolla, by and portraits his activity. of

The Banco di Santo Spirito photographic section section photographic Spirito The Santo di Banco section is photographic Spirito The Banco di Santo and negatives photographs white black and made up of illus- The photographs the mid-30s and 1988. between the decades across the changes in the branches trated and the works renovation construction or documenting Banco, by promoted Events offices. new acquisition of and executive agencies of such as the inauguration and participation in trade in Rome) (especially offices sec The importance. national of and conferences fairs ing system (and especially Banco di Roma) assumed a assumed a Banco di Roma) especially (and ing system the Finally, and economy. in society role prominent more in S.p.A. Banco di Roma of presence the attest albums 1930s and between Africa and Mediterranean the eastern and such as drawings visual materials 1940s; as do other but banking to limited not are images These sketches. the of and the nature life everyday of features convey itself. territory - fold than 220 more series for tion is described in three ers and albums. - inten These events economic personalities. political and when the bank the 1930s of half sified in the second UNICREDIT