This collection includes records from the bank's organization in 1887 through ten years of administration by assignees following insolvency in 1893. In the material for the years up to June, 1893, are numerous series of business records, including volumes of registers of foreign items dispatched; various ledgers, registers, and journals; and letterbooks. The correspondence covers the years 1866-1907 and is arranged chronologically by years.
For the years after June, 1893, the papers relate to the operations of the several assignees, including assignments, court testimony, and miscellaneous assignees, including assignments, court testimony, and miscellaneous legal papers relating to litigation in Milwaukee County circuit court concerning the affairs of the bank. Boxes 18-20 of the collection contains a 300-page “Inventory of Documents” which relates to these legal cases.
