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Banks and banking

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Allen Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0064
Abstract

The business and personal papers of John G. Allen (1810- 1891) and his son Charles Edward (1860-1943), planters of Marengo County, Alabama, including Civil War letters, tenant farmer contracts, mortgages and indentures, bills and receipts, personal letters, insurance policies, and miscellaneous items relating to the family.

Dates: 1848-1906

Bank of the State of Alabama cashier's checks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0106
Abstract

Three cashier's checks drawn by Samuel Pickens.

Dates: 1826

Bank of the State of Alabama, Huntsville Branch, Notices of Protest

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0107
Abstract

Notarized notices of protest against writers of drafts, bills of exchange, and promissory notes for which there were no funds available upon their due dates. Microfilmed by Alabama State Department of Archives and History, 1954.

Dates: 1836 - 1837

Banking in Alabama, 1816-1860, volume 2, manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: W-0007
Abstract

Includes a carbon copy of the manuscript Banking in Alabama, 1816-1860, volume 2, written by William H. Brantley Jr. The bound manuscript is 371 pages long and covers the history of banking in the state from 1837 to 1849; it is part of a two-volume work that covers the years 1816-1860.

Dates: 1967

Barrie Lucien Holt papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0692
Abstract

Contains the papers of Barrie Lucien Holt, covering his life as a capitalist, planter, financier, and quartermaster general of the Alabama National Guard. Holt was an organizer and majority shareholder in the Prattville Cotton Mills and Banking Company, as well as a partner in D. M. Snow and Company.

Dates: 1841-1950

Bessemer Coal, Iron, and Land Company records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0145
Abstract

This collection contains much of the business correspondence and records of the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Company, including lists of stock holders, minutes of meetings, maps of mine sites, and correspondence with government entities.

Dates: 1886-1982

W. L. Bruce and Sons records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0223
Abstract

Ledgers and daybooks of this Catherine, Wilcox County, Alabama, country store, reflecting the economic and social conditions of this rural community from 1911 to 1936

Dates: 1911-1936

David Hubbard Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0709
Abstract

Letter dated 8 October 1841, from Alabama congressman David Hubbard to John M. Read, Philadelphia, concerning the late Bank of the United States and the power of Congress to grant a charter for it.

Dates: 1841-10-08

Finances

 Series
Scope and Contents

This series contains financial information such as reports, budgets, banking documents, expenditure invoices and tax information.

Dates: 1928-2002

First Mortgage Company, Inc., Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Annual Report

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4032
Abstract

Annual report for 1959 of the First Mortgage Company, Inc., of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: circa 1959

Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0314
Abstract

The majority of this collection contains incoming and outgoing correspondence. It also contains speeches, newspaper clippings, legal documents, personal letters, and a scrapbook related to Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr's death.

Dates: 1887-1952

James Austin Anderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0078
Abstract

A collection of copies of newspaper clippings and information about Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and its people.

Dates: 1898-1941

James Bowron papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0193
Abstract

A substantial collection of papers and materials relating to James Bowron, one of the nineteenth century iron and mining pioneers in the Deep South. It includes Bowron's 1632-page, unpublished autobiography, as well as his daily journals, letters, and pictures.

Dates: 1861-1928

James Strother Caller Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0263
Abstract

Letter written by Caller, dated 2 August 1852, from Gosport, Clarke County, Alabama, to Messrs. Jno. A. Winston &c, commission merchants of Mobile, Alabama, asking for a correction on the account of W. McConnell

Dates: 1852-08-02

Letter from Edmund Randolph to John Nicholson

 Item
Identifier: MSS-4347
Content Description

One letter from Edmund Randolf to John Nicholson sent on October 19, 1791. The letter, consisting of one page, discusses items related to the establishment of the First Bank of the United States of America.

Dates: 1791-10-19

Marion Central Bank collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3893
Abstract

Articles of Incorporation and By Laws of the Marion Central Bank as well as the minutes of a stockholders meeting and other materials

Dates: 1872-1875

National Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company Deposit Book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0717
Abstract

National Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company, Huntsville, Alabama branch, deposit book.

Dates: 1870 - 1874

Perry County, Alabama, papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0139
Abstract Letters and other documents donated by a source in Perry County, Alabama. The collection consists of eight letters to Elias Benson. There is also one summons order included in the Elias Benson series. Another series contains the will of Philip Smith of South Carolina. The Thomas and Mary Jones series contains three statements of debt made to John E. Cook, along with an indenture statement and draft. The final series includes miscellaneous documents including deed certification, court...
Dates: 1796 - 1898

Peter Brannon papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0009
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, and other materials created by Peter A. Brannon, highlighting his career as a pharmacist, an anthropologist, and an archivist.

Dates: 1900-1966

Carolyn C. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1284
Abstract

Legal papers concerning property owned by Smith's father

Dates: unknown

Traders' National Bank Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1792
Abstract

Booklets that have information about the various positions and tasks associated with the bank

Dates: circa 1922 - 1927