The recollections of Edward W. Decker, 1954.

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The recollections of Edward W. Decker, 1954.

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Two typed copies of an edited transcript (29 pages each) from a 1954 interview between Edward W. Decker and Lucile Kane. The interview covers the early Minneapolis, Minnesota financial community, including many individual businesses, and Decker's rise to the Northwest Bank presidency (1912-1934). Also Decker's recollections of many Minneapolis and St. Paul businessmen, especially Thomas Lowry.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Lowry, Thomas, 1843-1909

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Decker, Edward Williams, 1869-1956.

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Kane, Lucile M

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Northwest Bancorporation

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Northwest Bancorporation ("Banco"), a Minneapolis-based bank holding company, was organized in 1929 by executives of the Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis. Conceived as a "group banking" organization, each member bank exchanged its stock for stock in the holding company. Each bank retained its unit structure and continued to operate on a local basis, with its own board of directors. The holding company was expected to provide specialized services that the member banks usuall...