Hibernia Bank Records, 1859-1971

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Hibernia Bank Records, 1859-1971

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Consists primarily of organizational records, including bylaws and Board of Directors' meeting minutes, 1862-1950 (v.4- 49). A few cash receipt books, 1859-1861, mortgage tax receipt books and indexes from the 1860s and 1870s, and a sampling of passbooks and other records of depositor receipts, judgments and balance statements comprise the surviving records of day-to-day transactions. Records relating to court cases involving the bank pertain primarily to matters of earnings, dividends, gift tax, and bank reorganization, as evidenced in the files of Attorney, Garrett McEnerney. Documentation of the internal operations of the bank is limited to a very few records of employee salaries and expenses for assorted social events. Also includes Richard M. Tobin and other Tobin family correspondence, 1914- 1917, condolences and other papers relating to the death of Joseph Sadoc Tobin, 1918-1920; and 11 volumes of scrapbooks, 1908-1919, containing newspaper clippings relating to the history and development of banking in San Francisco.

Number of containers: 3 boxes, 5 cartons, 68 volumes; Linear feet: 20

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Hibernia Bank

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Founded as the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society in 1859 in San Francisco, Calif., by John Sullivan. Began as a membership corporation providing only savings bank services, but in 1946 became a stockholding corporation in order to provide commercial banking and trust services. In 1988, the Hibernia Bank was purchased by Security Pacific of Los Angeles and absorbed into their operations. From the description of Hibernia Bank records, 1859-1971. (University of California, Berkeley). Wo...