Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Guide to the Walla Walla Savings
Bank (Walla Walla, Washington) Records
1889-1897
Cage
17
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Walla Walla Savings Bank
- Title
- Walla Walla Savings Bank (Walla Walla, Washington) Records
- ID
- Cage 17
- Date [inclusive]
- 1889-1897
- Extent
- 6 linear feet of shelf space.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- 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.
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.
Biography/History
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.
Scope and Content
The collection is relatively intact, although there are a few open spots in the chronology of correspondence.
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.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) © ca 1970
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Creator(s) :
- Walla Walla Savings Bank (Walla Walla, Wash.)--Archives
Personal Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Edminston, James K.
Subject(s)
- Banks and banking--Washington (State)--Walla Walla
- Wheat--Marketing
- Agriculture
- Business, Labor, and Industry
- Washington (State)
Detailed Description of Collection
Series 1: Correspondence and Letterbooks |
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Letterbook September 2 1889-September 10 1890 |
1 | 1 | ||
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Letterbook August 31 1891-June 17 1892 |
1 | 2 | ||
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Letterbook June 18 1892-June 10 1893 |
2 | 3 | ||
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Letterbook October 28 1893-December 22 1893 |
2 | 4 | ||
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Letterbook, forms for remittances, drafts April 11 1893-December 9 1893 |
2 | 5 | ||
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Correspondence March 28 1891-August 31 1893 |
3 | 6 | ||
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Correspondence September 1 1893-October 7 1893 |
3 | 7 | ||
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Correspondence, (forms) October 7 1893-November 25 1893 |
3 | 8 | ||
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Correspondence November 4 1893-December 9 1893 |
4 | 9 | ||
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Forwarding draft stub book September 2 1889-December 9 1893 |
4 | 10 | ||
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Foreign exchange transactions stub book September 2 1889-December 9 1893 |
4 | 11 | ||
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Cashier's book (cash drawer record) September 2 1889-December 9 1893 |
4 | 12 | ||
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Series 2: Accounts and Correspondence |
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Book of protests 1894 |
5 | 13 | ||
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Letterbook, December 1893-January, [1896] |
5 | 14 | ||
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Receiver's book, (funds and accounts) 1894-1897 |
5 | 15 | ||
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Receiver's book, (main ledger, some news clippings) 1894-1897 |
5 | 16 | ||
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Series 3: Ledger and Account Books |
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Cash ledger September 2 1889-December 1 1891 |
17 | |||
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Cash ledger July 1 1892-October 31 1893 |
18 | |||
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Cash ledger November 1 1893-December 9 1893 |
19 | |||
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Daily balance ledger September 2 1889-December 9 1893 |
20 | |||
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Depositor's daily balances September 2 1889-October 31 1891 |
21 | |||
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Depositor's daily balances November 1 1891-April 27 1893 |
22 | |||
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Depositor's daily balances April 27 1893-December 9 1893 |
23 | |||
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Collections September 2 1889-December 9 1893 |
24 | |||
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Accounts ledger September 1889-January 1892 |
25 | |||
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Accounts ledger January 1892-January 1893 |
26 | |||
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Accounts ledger January 1893-December 9 1893 |
27 | |||
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Draft Register October 26 1893 - December 9 1893 |
28 | |||
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Index of depositors. |
29 | |||
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Inventory of notes and assets prepared by receiver undated |
30 | |||
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Index 1892 |
31 | |||
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Index 1894 |
32 | |||
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