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Montana Trust and Savings Bank records, 1914-1931

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Montana Trust and Savings Bank (Helena, Mont.)
Title
Montana Trust and Savings Bank records
Dates
1914-1931 (inclusive)
Quantity
10 linear feet of shelf space.
Collection Number
MC 117 (collection)
Summary
The Montana Trust and Savings Bank was organized in Helena, Montana, in 1913, by Thomas A. Marlow. Records (1914-1931) include correspondence, financial records, and miscellany.
Repository
Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions

Collection open for research.

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 Montana Trust and Savings Bank of Helena was organized in 1913 by Thomas A. Marlow. Marlow had previously been president of the Montana National Bank (1891) and an organizer of the National Bank of Montana (1901). Montana Trust and Savings Bank was originally located at the corner of Main and Edwards streets, but moved to the ground floor of the Montana Club building in the early 1920s. Officers of the bank during its eighteen years of operation included Albert L. Smith, vice president; Leon S. Hazard, cashier; Walter Brutsch, secretary; Trevor 0. Hammond, cashier and vice president; Lloyd G. Kiest, assistant cashier; and Frank S. Lange, cashier. Montana Trust and Savings Bank, affiliated with the National Bank of Montana (Helena), had capital, surplus, and undivided profits amounting to $250,000 in 1927.

In addition to offering a general banking business to its clients, the bank handled trusts for corporations and individuals. The firm and its officers also appear to have been involved with war relief activities during World War I, raising funds, selling Victory Bonds, and supporting the Red Cross and Montana Loyalty League. There may also have been some level of affiliation between Montana Trust and Savings and the First National Bank of Lewistown. On May 1, 1931, three Helena banks (Montana Trust and Savings, National Bank of Montana, and American National Bank) were consolidated to form First National Bank and Trust Company.

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Content Description

This collection contains incoming and outgoing correspondence (1915-1922) and financial records reflecting the everyday operation of the Montana Trust and Savings Bank, including ledgers, balances, bonds, a certificates-of-deposit register, a collection register, a discount register, a draft register, and statements.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.

Preferred Citation

Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged by series. Some material housed in Manuscript Volumes. See inventory below for more information.

Location of Collection

6:2-6

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Detailed Description of the Collection

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

  • Incoming Correspondence

    • Description: A-B (correspondents include Alexander Hendry Company, Inc.; A.G. Becker and Company; Alhambra Hot Springs; American Bank Note Company; Asia Banking Corporation; Automobile Warehouse and Service Company of Montana; Bank of Bishop; Bank of Fergus County; Bank of Ripon; Bankers Supply Company; Bankers Utilities Company, Inc.; Barnes-King Development Company; W.M. Biggs and Company; A.H. Bright; Brunaugh; Edward Brunskill; N. Buckmaster; Burroughs Adding Machine Company)
      Dates: 1920-1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1
      Location: Incoming Correspondence
    • Description: C (correspondents include C.F. Childs and Company; Cadillac-White Sales Company; Central Hyde Park Bank; Chase National Bank; Myrtle Childs; Citizens Bank, Ferndale; Citizens State Bank; City National Bank; D. Lovetto Coffeen; Cole and Parker; Commerce Trust Company; Conrad Banking Company; A.B. Cook Stock Farms; Courtenay-Hineline Inc.)
      Dates: 1915, 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 2
      Location: Incoming Correspondence
    • Description: D-E (correspondents include Norman Dalgavno; Arthur A. Davis; W.E. Day; Deer Lodge Bank and Trust Company; Donald Livestock Company; Mrs. Matt Dorrity; R.G. Dun and Company; Irving J. Eales; Eddy Bread Company; Equitable Trust Company of New York; Equity Life Insurance Company; Equity Stock Company)
      Dates: 1921-1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 3
      Location: Incoming Correspondence
    • Description: First National Bank of Chicago
      Dates: 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 4
      Location: Incoming Correspondence
    • Description: First National Bank of Lewistown
      Dates: 1917, 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 5
      Location: Incoming Correspondence
    • Description: F (correspondents include Farnham Printing and Stationary Company; Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; H.G. Ferguson; Fidelity And Deposit Company; Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; First National Bank; J. Fischer; Foreman Brothers Banking Company; Frank Realty Company)
      Dates: 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 6
      Location: Incoming Correspondence
    • Description: Guaranty Trust Company of New York
      Dates: 1921-1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 7
      Location: Incoming Correspondence
    • Description: G (correspondents include S.B. Geiger; General Metallic Oxides Company; George D. Barnard Stationery Company; Gilloghy; Glasgow National Bank; Grand Rapids Tire and Rubber Corporation; Great Falls National Bank; Great Western Securities Company; W.J. Gregor; Guaranty Trust Company)
      Dates: 1921-1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 8
      Location: Incoming Correspondence
    • Description: H-J (correspondents include Lilah Halford; Harry Berger and Company; The City of Helena; Herrin and Hoffman; E.S. Hervik; S.S. Hobson; J.F. Hollenback; Dorothy Holter; C.B. Hoogner; Annie Hossack; Jefferson Bank; Jefferson County Free High School; Johnson Fish Company; Dan D. Jones; Dudley Jones; J.R. Jones; W.H. Jones)
      Dates: 1915, 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 9
      Location: Incoming Correspondence
    • Description: K-L (correspondents include W.E. Kelley; Elisabeth G. Kennett; William Koplic; Larabie Brothers Bankers; Lauzier-Wolcott Company; Lewis and Clark County; The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company; F.B. Linderman; Liverpool Silver Mines Stockholders; Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank)
      Dates: 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 10
      Location: Incoming Correspondence
    • Description: M (correspondents include Madison State Bank; William B. McCluer; McIntire and Murphy; Merchants National Bank; Midland National Blank; Minnesota Loan and Trust Company; Montana Attorney General; Montana Department of Banking; Montana Highway Commission; Insurance Department of Montana; Montana Life Insurance Company; Moody's Investors Service; Hugo Muench)
      Dates: 1920-1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 11
      Location: Incoming Correspondence
    • Description: N-P (correspondents include The National City Company; The National Park Bank; National Shawmut Bank; Neilan and Parkhill; Northern Montana State Bank; Outcault Advertising Company; Pacific Golf and Motor; Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company; George L. Paddison; O.W. Perry; Phillips Development Company; Potter and Company; Poucher Printing and Litho Graphing Company; W.A. Powell)
      Dates: 1915, 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 12
      Location: Incoming Correspondence
    • Description: R (correspondents include Minnie G. Rader; Ravenswood National Bank; Reinholdt and Company; Reinig Company; Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation; J.W. Robinson Company; Rovig Lumber Company; Royal Indemnity Company; S.J. Rundle and Company)
      Dates: 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 13
      Location: Incoming Correspondence
    • Description: S (correspondents include St. Louis Mining and Milling Company of Montana; Saint Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company; Schrader and Rydell Tailors; Security State Bank; Edith C. Sikes; Silver Bow National Bank; W.H. Silverman Company; Smith Brothers Sheep Company; Smokeless and Sootless Coal Company; South Side State Bank; Spearhead Stock Company; State Bank of Townsend; E. Homer Stone; Stowe and Eddy Company)
      Dates: 1920, 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 14
      Location: Incoming Correspondence
    • Description: T-Y(correspondents include C.B. Towler; Union Trust Company; United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company; United States Thrift Corporation; Walker Brothers Bankers; H.H. Walker; Wells-Dickey Company; Weltmer Institute; Albert P. Willis; Woodward Securities Company; Charles A. Wright Insurance; Yakima National Bank; Yellowstone-Merchants National Bank; W.E. Young)
      Dates: 1915, 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 1 / 15
      Location: Incoming Correspondence

  • Outgoing Correspondence

  • Miscellaneous Correspondence

  • Financial Records

    • Description: Bank Transaction Forms
      Dates: 1915-1920
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 1
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Bonds
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 2
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Certificates-of-deposit register [see also Volume 2A]
      Dates: 1919-1931
      Container: Volume 1
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Collection Register
      Dates: 1929-1931
      Container: Volume 2
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Discounts-paid register
      Dates: 1914-1919
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 3
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Draft Register (includes draft register for Dec. 17, 1917 - Nov. 19, 1924; certificates-of-deposit for 1918-1923; and check register for 1916-1924)
      Dates: 1916-1924
      Container: Volume 2A
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Draft Register
      Dates: 1924-1931
      Container: Volume 3
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: General Balances
      Dates: 1919-1922
      Container: Volume 4
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Individual Checks and Deposits, A-Z
      Dates: 1914-1915
      Container: Volume 5
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Individual Checks and Deposits, A-K
      Dates: 1915-1916
      Container: Volume 6
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Individual Checks and Deposits, A-K
      Dates: 1916-1917
      Container: Volume 7
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Individual Checks and Deposits, A-K
      Dates: 1917-1918
      Container: Volume 8
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Individual Checks and Deposits, A-K
      Dates: 1918-1919
      Container: Volume 9
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Individual Checks and Deposits, A-Z
      Dates: 1921-1924
      Container: Volume 10
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Individual Checks and Deposits, L-Z
      Dates: 1915-1916
      Container: Volume 11
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Individual Checks and Deposits, L-Z
      Dates: 1916-1917
      Container: Volume 12
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Individual Checks and Deposits, L-Z
      Dates: 1917-1918
      Container: Volume 13
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Individual Checks and Deposits, L-Z
      Dates: 1920-1921
      Container: Volume 14
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Individual Checks and Deposits, L-Z
      Dates: 1921-1922
      Container: Volume 15
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Ledger: general 2
      Dates: 1915-1921
      Container: Volume 16
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Ledger: general 3
      Dates: 1922-1928
      Container: Volume 17
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Ledger: general 4
      Dates: 1929-1931
      Container: Volume 18
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Ledger: war relief activities
      Dates: 1918-1922
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 4
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Statements
      Dates: 1920, undated
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 5
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Statements from other banks
      Dates: 1915-1926
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 6
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Travelers Check Register [loose sheets]
      Dates: 1922-1924
      Container: Volume 19
      Location: Financial Records
    • Description: Miscellaneous
      Dates: 1915-1922
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 7
      Location: Financial Records

  • Miscellany

    • Description: Jefferson County High School Board finances
      Dates: 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 8
      Location: Miscellany
    • Description: Montana Livestock Finances Corporation loan
      Dates: 1922
      Container: Box/Folder 3 / 9
      Location: Miscellany

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Subject Terms

  • Banks and banking--Montana--Helena
  • Education--Finance--Montana--Helena
  • World War, 1914-1918

Corporate Names

  • Montana Trust and Savings Bank (Helena, Mont.) (creator)

Geographical Names

  • Helena (Mont.)--Commerce

Finding aid prepared by Sue Jackson, 1980 and Connie Geiger, 1997
2005

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