University of Wyoming
Willard V. King worked as an attorney in New York City and served on the Columbia University Board of Trustees. After he graduated with honors from Columbia University in 1889, King joined the Continental Trust Company of New York where he served in roles from secretary to vice president until 1904 when the company merged with the New York Security and Trust Company to create the New York Trust Company. King had continued to serve as vice president there until he was elected to serve as president of the Columbia Trust Company in 1908, shortly after the Panic of 1907. In 1909, King was appointed as a member of the Commission on Speculation to investigate the New York Stock Exchange. When the Columbia-Knickerbocker Trust Company formed in 1912, King served as its first president.
King was known to be extremely active in the city, serving as director of the Brunswick Terminal and Railway Company, Columbia Trust Company, and City Land Improvement Company. He also became a member of the Chamber of Commerce of New York as well as the New York Trust Companies Association, and he served as treasurer for both the New Association for the Blind and the American School of Classical Studies in Rome.
Collection contains material pertaining to King’s trusteeship at Columbia University, including copious correspondence dated from 1903 to 1953; files on the Columbia Bicentennial; files concerning various committees at Columbia such as Buildings and Grounds, Development, and Finance; newspaper clippings; and press releases.
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Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
This material was received from Anthony King in April 1965.
There are no known other archival collections created by Willard V. King at the date of processing.
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