Records, 1836-1985.

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Records, 1836-1985.

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Records of the Society for Savings, Society National Bank, and Society Corporation, including acts of incorporation, charters and bylaws, histories, passbooks, personal papers of past presidents (especially Samuel H. Mather), minutes of trustees' and annual meetings from 1849, annual financial reports and quarterly statements, ledger books, administrative and secretarial files, bank newsletters, news and publicity releases, and scrapbooks. Included are files on bank "runs", World War I Liberty Loan drives, 1955 legislative activity regarding the formation of Society National Bank, the merger of Society for Savings into Society National Bank and the creation of Society Corporation. The collection also contains branch acquisition files and files of affiliate acquisitions, i.e. Centran Corporation and Central National Bank of Cleveland. Of particular note are reports on attracting new depositors, public relations and advertising files, and material on the construction and renovation of Society's headquarters. Also included are records of the law firm of Mather & Strong, the Cleveland Mutual Insurance Co, and Levi Sartwell, general agent of the Neil Stageline.

75.20 linear ft.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Herrick, Myron T. (Myron Timothy), 1854-1929

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Governor of Ohio 1904-1906; American ambassador to France, 1912-1929. From the description of Letter, 1916. (Ohio University). WorldCat record id: 12710420 Humanitarian, financier, industrialist, Governor of Ohio, and United States Ambassador to France. Herrick served as president and chairman of the board of the Society for Savings, Cleveland, Ohio. He also had numerous other local and national business interests. Herrick was involved in Ohio and national Republican Party p...

Society Corporation.

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Cuyahoga County War Savings Committee.

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Society for Savings

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France, Mervin B., 1901-1970.

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Mather, Samuel H. 1813-1894.

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Mather & Strong (Firm).

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Society National Bank

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Central National Bank of Cleveland

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Cleveland Mutual Insurance Company.

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Sullivan, J. J. 1845-1922.

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Sartwell, Levi, 1793-1863.

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Centran Corporation

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