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Organizational records, 1968-1983.

Title: Organizational records, 1968-1983.

Documents record the formation of the Bank of New York Company, Inc. holding company, and include certificate of incorporation, 1968; correspondence concerning stockholder information, 1969; miscellaneous business correspondence, 1969-1973; a listing of relative stock values for each of the banks merging to form the holding company, 1969; preliminary prospectus, 1969; a chart showing the Bank of New York Company and subsidiaries, 1983; and a plan of acquisition and exchange among the Bank of New York Company, the Bank of New York, County Trust Company, Endicott National Bank, Mechanics and Farmers Bank of Albany, Exchange National Bank of Olean, and the Metropolitan National Bank of Syracuse, 1968.

ArchivalResource: .4 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155473328 View

Merged banks and companies records, 1823-1980.

Title: Merged banks and companies records, 1823-1980.

Miscellaneous documents relating to the mergers of banks and companies with the Bank of New York include mailings to stockholders, proxy statements, printed material, press releases, meeting notices, and stock certificates. Banks and companies involved are Bank of Buffalo, 1975; County Trust Co., 1955-1974; Empire National Bank, 1980; Empire Trust Co., 1902-1966; Endicott National Bank, 1968-1969; Exchange National Bank of Olean, 1968; Fifth Avenue Bank, 1838-1957; Mechanics and Farmers Bank of Albany, N.Y., 1827-1968; Metropolitan National Bank of Syracuse, N.Y., 1968; New York Life Insurance and Trust Co., 1823-1922; Tanners National Bank of Catskill, N.Y., 1972 (and a Catskill Steam Transportation Company note, 1867); United National Bank of Long Island, N.Y., 1973; and the Valley National Bank of Long Island, N.Y., 1970-1971. Of note are correspondence, minutes, reports, bylaws, accounts, acts of incorporation, articles of association, photographs, lists of directors, stockholders and others, and printed material that document some aspects of the history and operations of the Empire Trust Co., Fifth Avenue Bank, New York Life Insurance and Trust Co., and Mechanics and Farmers Bank.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 cubic ft., 5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155473303 View

Olcott, Thomas W. (Thomas Worth), 1795-1880. Papers, 1816-1886.

Title: Papers, 1816-1886.

Letters and papers of Olcott. Among the subjects covered are the history of the Bank; banks and politics in New York during the Jacksonian era; the operations of the safety Fund Banking System; land acquisition in the West, particularly Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and western New York; the Boston and Albany Railroad; the Corning Land Company; and the building of the Union Pacific Railroad. The papers are divided into the following groups: letters received, including correspondence with Martin Van Buren, Samuel P. Chase, William Henry Seward, William B. Astor, Silas Wright, William Kent, J. Pierpont Morgan, and Horatio Seymour; documents including land deeds, wills, leases, bonds, sureties, orders to pay, checks, bank ledgers, partnership agreements, earnings reports, tax assessments, and land sales; household bills and receipts; bank notes including excellent examples of early American currency; miscellaneous account books, photographs, and printed material; patents for Michigan and Ohio lands to William Thompson, Thomas W. Olcott, and Garrit Denniston signed by Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren (proxy signatures).

ArchivalResource: ca. 4,000 items (18 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122575404 View

Russell Sturgis architectural drawings and papers, 1847-1932

Title: Russell Sturgis architectural drawings and papers, 1847-1932

ArchivalResource: .8 linear feet of papers; 24 photographs; and 16 drawings (2 manuscript boxes)

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-a/ldpd_3460587 View

Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909. Russell Sturgis architectural drawings and papers, 1847-1932.

Title: Russell Sturgis architectural drawings and papers, 1847-1932.

Typescripts and manuscripts of Sturgis' lectures on art and architecture, 1884-1895, notably with related slide lists, exam questions, notes, and lecture announcements, many for Columbia College; his acceptance speech for the presidency of the Architectural League, 1889; various study photographs and a photograph of Sturgis, 1905. Five individual architectural drawings and 165 letters, 1874-1875, some with sketches, many of which are from Russell Sturgis, the rest from contractors and suppliers, all to Dudley Olcott, head of the Mechanics' and Farmers' Bank in Albany, N.Y., relating to the construction of the bank. Thirty letters, 1931-1932, to and from writer and literary agent Lyman Sturgis relate primarily to Lyman's work as a literary agent and editor for the Beacon Syndicate.

ArchivalResource: .8 linear feet (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/505720009 View

Olcott, Thomas W. (Thomas Worth), 1795-1880. Letter from B. F. Butler to Thomas W. Olcutt, 1834 Oct. 6.

Title: Letter from B. F. Butler to Thomas W. Olcutt, 1834 Oct. 6.

Letter from B. F. Butler, Stuyvesant, N.Y., concerning the endorsement of his brother's loan from the M. & F. Bank while organizing a partnership in the Kinderhook & Stuyvesant Tow Boat Company.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/236206507 View