Title: American Exchange Bank Records
Inclusive Dates: 1871-1946

Creator:

• American Exchange Bank (Madison, Wis.)

Call Number: M90-071

Quantity: 3.7 c.f. (8 archives boxes, 1 flat box, and 2 oversize folders) and 27 volumes

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of a Madison, Wisconsin bank founded by John J. Suhr in 1871 to serve the many German immigrants in the area; first named the German Bank, it was later called the German-American Bank (1885), and in 1917 renamed the American Exchange Bank.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m90071

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The Suhr family bank history is detailed in A brief history of Madison and the American Exchange Bank of Madison, Wisconsin, on the occasion of the bank 100th anniversary, 1871-1971, held by the Wisconsin Historical Society library.

The collection documents the Suhr family bank business and property investments; and customers' accounts through financial records, correspondence, blueprints, and income tax returns. The collection also includes fragmentary financial records of the Oriana Stave and Lumber Company located in Virginia, one of Henry Schulkamp's possible investments, and the Standard Realty Company of Madison, one of Schulkamp's and Suhr's possible investments.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Valley Bank via Bob Wilson, Madison, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M90-071

M90-071	Financial records of the German Bank, German-American Bank, American Exchange Bank
	General ledgers Note: Contains the accounts and investments of the bank.
Volume   1	1871-1875
Volume   2	1875-1882
Volume   3	1883-1885
Volume   4	1885-1891
Volume   5	1891-1896
Volume   6	1896-1903
Volume   7	1904-1911
Volume   25-26	1912-1935
Volume   27	1935-1936 Note: Only contains the Chicago Bank account
	Progressive ledgers Note: Contains monthly summary of customers' accounts and bank activity.
Volume   8	1871-1875
Volume   9	1875-1878
Volume   10	1879-1882
Volume   11	1882-1884
Volume   12	1885
Volume   13	1885-1887
Volume   14	1888-1890
Volume   15	1890-1891
Volume   16	1892-1894
Volume   17	1894-1895
Volume   18	1895-1897
Volume   19	1897-1898
Volume   20	1898-1899
Volume   21	1899-1900
Volume   22	Certificate register, 1887-1901
Volume   23	Collection register, 1891-1900
Volume   24	Bond ledger, 1899-1922 Note: Some bonds payable as late as 1962.
	Letterpress books, outgoing correspondence
Box   1	Undated
Box   2	1882-1883, 1889-1891
Box   3	1882-1884, undated
Box   4	1887-1889, 1891
Box   5	1893-1894, 1909-1913, 1915-1919
Box   6	Customer signature books Physical Description: 2 volumes
Box   9 Folder   3	Tax forms, annual net income, 1909-1915, 1917
Box   9 Folder   4	Reports, bank statement forms, 1914-1927
	Financial records of the Oriana Stave and Lumber Company, Oriana, Virginia
Box   6	Journals and ledger, 1908-1909, 1912-1916 Physical Description: 3 volumes  Note: Accounts with Peninsula State Bank, also contains property and business investments of Fish and Schulkamp.
Box   9 Folder   1	Tax forms, annual net income, 1908-1912, 1917
Box   9 Folder   2	Standard Realty Company (Schulkamp and Suhr) tax forms, annual net income, capital stock, 1909-1913, 1917
Box   7 Folder   1-4	Suhr family, income tax returns, 1922-1934
Box   8 Folder   1	Assessment of the Cottage Grove Fire Insurance Company, 1901
Box   8 Folder   2	Journal of incoming payments, rent, loans, 1929-1940
Box   8 Folder   3	Edmund Suhr personal correspondence, incoming, 1924-1929
Box   8 Folder   4	Business correspondence, job applicants, 1923
Box   8 Folder   5	Miscellaneous documents, 1925
Oversize Folder   1	Blueprints, alteration to bank building at 1 North Pinckney Street, 1946
Oversize Folder   1	Treasury Department certificate, Liberty Loans
	Posters
Oversize Folder   2	United States Food Administration Physical Description: 2 posters
Oversize Folder   2	Pledge of Allegiance
Oversize Folder   2	Army recruitment