Title: Farmers & Merchants State Bank of River Falls Records
Inclusive Dates: 1892-1945

Creator:

• Farmers & Merchants State Bank of River Falls (Wis.)

Call Number: River Falls Mss AE

Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (4 archives boxes and 1 package)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives and Area Research Center, Chalmer Davee Library, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, ; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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

UW-River Falls, Chalmer Davee Library / River Falls Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of the bank, including minutes of the board of directors and stock holders, 1892-1933; stock certificates issued and cancelled, 1919-1932; depositors agreements, 1929; and miscellaneous business ledgers, accounts, and files, 1932-1945.

Language: English

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The Farmers & Merchants State Bank of River Falls, Wisconsin, was incorporated under the state banking laws in 1892. In 1929 the bank went through complete reorganization due to its failure to collect interest on outstanding mortgages. With the help of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation the bank started operations again, but in 1933 it finally failed. In 1945 the assets of the bank were sold to secured creditors, and the liabilities were assumed by other banks.

The Farmers & Merchants State Bank of River Falls, Wisconsin, Records, 1892-1945, contains material dealing with the bank's liquidation, 1942-1945; minutes of the board of directors and stockholders, 1892-1933; depositors agreements, 1929; capital stock certificates issued and cancelled, 1919-1932; and business ledgers and accounts, 1932-1942.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Delbert C. Helmueller, Ellsworth, Wisconsin, June, 1966.

Processing Information

Processed by Jack T. Ericson, February 24, 1967.

Box   1	General subject files re liqudation, 1942 June-1945 November
Box   2	Depositors agreements, 1929
	Minutes of the board of directors and stockholders
Box   1 Volume   1	1892 May-1913 December
Box   1 Volume   2	1914 January-1930 January
Box   1 Volume   3	1930 January-1933 February
	Stock certificates
Box   3 Volume   4	Issued and cancelled, 1919 July-1932 January
Box   3 Volume   5	Issued, 1919 August-1929 July
Box   4 Volume   6-7	Issued, 1892-1919
Package   1	Business ledgers and accounts, 1932-1942