Annual reports of examinations of banks, 1940-1969.

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Annual reports of examinations of banks, 1940-1969.

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Annual bank examination reports for banks chartered under the Illinois Banking Act (1940-1965), prepared by state bank examiners (e.g., Auditor of Public Accounts (1940-1957); Dept. of Financial Institutions (1957-1965); Commissioner of Banks and Trust Companies (1965- )) include correspondence with bank officers concerning irregularities found during bank examination; general remarks on bank conditions, with suggestions for operational improvement; bank official and employee resumes or lists; large account lists; and examiner questionnaires concerning bank management and operation. Reports (1966- ) become more detailed and include outgoing correspondence to the bank officers concerning report review; examiner remarks on general banking and installment loan department practices and procedures; completed bank operation questionnaires (e.g., affiliated corporations; building use by other financial enterprises); large account lists; financial information concerning directors, officers, and employees; bank income and dividend reports. Also included are questionnaires completed by the examiners concerning coments on included are questionnaires completed by the examiners providing comments on the institution's future, management, loans and discounts, audits and internal control; minutes and related information (e.g., board member attendence record); account books (i.e., general ledger; liability ledger; collateral register); individual and savings ledger; general accounting; automation safe deposit department; customers' safekeeping; and supplementary examiner comments. Accompanying the reports are annually revised resumes of bank officials (e.g., personal worth; shares held).

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