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Walla Walla Savings Bank (Walla Walla, Washington) Records, 1889-1897

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Walla Walla Savings Bank
Title
Walla Walla Savings Bank (Walla Walla, Washington) Records
Dates
1889-1897 (inclusive)
Quantity
6 linear feet of shelf space.
Collection Number
Cage 17
Summary
Correspondence, documents, accounts and ledgers of a commercial bank, financing such activities as the foreign marketing of wheat, from its opening in 1889 to its suspension in 1893. Also correspondence and accounts of the receivers who saw to the liquidation of its affairs, 1893-1897.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The Walla Walla Savings Bank was organized at Walla Walla, Washington, in 1889 under the authority of the territorial banking and corporate laws. The major organizer and President of the bank was James K. Edminston, previously a Seattle mortgage broker operating a branch office in Walla Walla. The bank began operations on September 2, 1889 and concentrated its efforts in commercial banking in the wheat trade. The major eastern correspondent was the Chase National Bank of New York City, and operations extended as far as St. Petersburg. Operations continued for slightly over four years with the bank suspending operations on December 9, 1893, its drafts having gone to protest in the general stringency of 1893. From December, 1893 to early 1897 the bank was in the hands of three successive receivers who saw to the liquidation of its affairs.

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Content Description

The collection is relatively intact, although there are a few open spots in the chronology of correspondence.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 17, Guide to the Walla Walla Savings Bank Records . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into three series; 1) Correspondence, original and letter books, for the years of active operations. 2) Accounts and correspondence of the receivers. 3) Ledger and account books. Arrangement is chronological, except that the large-size ledger books have been segregated into a separate series for convenience in storing and handling.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Subject Terms

  • Banks and banking--Washington (State)--Walla Walla
  • Wheat--Marketing

Personal Names

  • Edminston, James K.

Corporate Names

  • Walla Walla Savings Bank (Walla Walla, Wash.)--Archives (creator)

Finding aid prepared by MASC staff
ca 1970

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