William L. Barton papers, 1931-1992

William L. Barton papers, 1931-1992

Summary Information

Abstract

The office files of William L. Barton, a banking executive and WWII Navy veteran.

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1699
Bib ID:
10565014 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Barton, William L
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
6.5 linear feet (5 record cartons and 1 tube box)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

Office files and materials that he took with him after he retired (in the 1970s). Most of these are business-related documents, including some correspondence, memoranda, business reports (many ditto or the like and not published formally, but some published) with some drafts/printed copies of speeches or articles he delivered/wrote (about business, banking, and personnel topics), some clippings and news articles, and some related background material. His research material connected with a thesis he wrote for Rutgers' Stonier School of Banking on benefit and pension programs at NYS thrift institutions in 1954 is inclused The thesis was subsequently published as a book by a small business press. Included in the files are some photos, including some of the WTC site and area, and some of other East River Savings Bank offices throughout NYC (dating the late 60s and early 70s); surveys for new branches, related negotiations, and construction oversight of them was the work he did at the end of his banking career, and then as a consultant for a while after that. There two versions of the same formal photo of the Rockefeller Committee group, before and after the photo was retouched to remove drinking glasses and smoking materials, at Rockefeller's request.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in eight series.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.This collection has no restrictions.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William L. Barton Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Jeff barton. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--2013. Accession number--2013-2014-M107.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed ptl date.

Finding aid written ptl date.

Revision Description

2014-01-23 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

William L. Barton (1909-1999) was a graduate of Columba's School of General Studies (B.S., 1934), a NYC bank executive of a NYC thrift institution (East River Savings Bank, now Century 21), and an officer of some state and national banking associations (AIB of ABA and NAMSB). Prior to becoming a banker, Barton worked in government administration and served as a ieutenant commander in the Navy during World War II. Barton was active in some NYC and NYS civic associations. He also served a couple of terms on Governor Nelson Rockefeller's NY State Management Advisory Committee.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Memorandums
Photographs
Name
Barton, William L
East River Savings Bank (New York, N.Y.)
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001)
Subject
Bank management
Banks and banking
Navy organization
Personnel management
Scrapbooks
World War, 1939-1945

Series I: Correspondence


Box 1 Folder 5

Levien & Barton, Inc. correspondence, 1975


Box 1 Folder 13

Letter from Mrs. James Parker Bazzle, 1971


Box 3 Folder 2

Correspondence, 1958


Box 3 Folder 4

Correspondence, 1958-59


Box 4 Folder 33

Correspondence, 1959-75


Box 5 Folder 23

Correspondence, 1972


Box 4 Folder 4

Nelson Rockefeller letters, 1966-69


Box 4 Folder 9

Letter, 1958 and photocopy of photograph, undated, 1958, undated

Series II: Navy


Box 2 Folder 25

Navy. Organization manuals, 1943


Box 1 Folder 26

Navy. Operation manual, 1944


Box 1 Folder 27

Navy. Organization Shipbuilding Division, 1944


Box 1 Folder 28

Army. Control Manual, 1943


Box 1 Folder 30

Navy. Payroll, Leave, and Retirement, 1943


Box 1 Folder 31

Henry E. Niles. "Approaching and Organizational Problem", 1942


Box 1 Folder 32

Lt. Colonel Ewing W. Reilley. "Organization and Operation of Management Analysis od a Depot Control Office"


Box 1 Folder 34

Navy. OP&C Division. "Staff Manual Better Utilization of Personnel Survey"


Box 1 Folder 35

Navy. Process Chart by WLB


Box 2 Folder 10

Navy. Appropriations and Structure, 1945-46


Box 3 Folder 8

Army. Orientation Handbook for Executive Consultants, 1942


Box 4 Folder 2

Navy: Harbor Defense School, 1945. Samuel H. Shapiro (Governor of Illinois) letter and photographs, 1968


Box 4 Folder 3

Navy: WLB Separation from Service, 1946 (with letters), 1946


Box 4 Folder 14

Navy: Citations; Separation; Promotion, etc., 1943-46


Box 4 Folder 26

Navy: Citaions; Correspondence; Documents, 1943-46


Box 4 Folder 31

Navy: WLB transcript


Box 5 Folder 7

Navy: Training School Directory


Box 5 Folder 18

Navy: manuals on work simplification and duplicating methods


Box 5 Folder 19

Navy: memoranda; principles of organization (publication); Naval correspondence courses (publication)


Box 5 Folder 20

Navy: WLB Report: "Central Administrative Operations"


Box 5 Folder 21

Navy Year Book, 1945


Box 5 Folder 25

Navy: Copy of WLB certificate of satisfactory service, 1946

Series III: Rutgers University


Box 1 Folder 3

Instructor's Handbook. Graduate School of Savings Banking


Box 1 Folder 38

"Progress and Significant Trends in New York State Savings Banks Personnel Administration 1941-1955" by WLB. Thesis. Rutgers University, 1956


Box 2 Folder 5

"Progress and Significant Trends in New York State Savings Banks Personnel Administration 1941-1955" by WLB. Thesis. Rutgers University, 1956


Box 3 Folder 19

"Progress and Significant Trends in New York State Savings Banks Personnel Administration 1941-1955" by WLB. Thesis. Rutgers University, 1956


Box 3 Folder 9-14

Rutgers University. Graduate School of Banking. William L. Barton workbook, 1954


Box 4 Folder 21

WLB's Rutgers University. Graduate School of Banking. (Binder), 1954-56


Box 5 Folder 27

Rutgers University Commencement, 1956


Tube Box 6

Banking thesis research graphs. Rutgers Graduate School of Banking

Series IV: East River Savings Bank


Box 1 Folder 1

East River Savings Bank. Artwork, clipping, postcard, news flyer


Box 1 Folder 4

East River Savings Bank. Report 1971 medical Plan, 1971


Box 1 Folder 6

East River Savings BankConvention, 1971


Box 1 Folder 7

East River Savings BankNews, 1966 with photographs, 1966


Box 1 Folder 8

East River Savings BankManagement, 1957


Box 1 Folder 14

East River Savings Bank. Logo Design and Correspondence, 1971-74


Box 1 Folder 15

East River Savings Bank. Retirement Income Plan, 1959


Box 1 Folder 15

East River Savings Bank. "125 Years of Service" by Austin S. Murphy, 1973


Box 1 Folder 16

East River Savings Bank. Pamphlets and Brochures, 1950s


Box 1 Folder 17

East River Savings Bank. Information File, 1950s


Box 1 Folder 18

East River Savings Bank. Newsletters, 1955 and brochures, 1955


Box 1 Folder 19

East River Savings Bank. Statements and reports1961-84


Box 1 Folder 20

East River Savings Bank. Retirement Plan, 1955


Box 1 Folder 23

East River Savings Bank. Branch Plans and Design


Box 1 Folder 24

East River Savings Bank. Branch Plans and Design


Box 2 Folder 1

East River Savings Bank. Outline of Symposium; Pamphlets; Brochures; Reports, 1948-74


Box 2 Folder 3

East River Savings Bank. Benefits; Pension; Personnel; Newsletter, 1967


Box 2 Folder 4

East River Savings Bank. Our Supervisor's Guide, 1954


Box 2 Folder 6

East River Savings Bank. Newsletters, 1973-1974 Staff Performance, 1967 125 Years of Service; Names in the News, 1972, 1973-1974, 1967, 1972


Box 2 Folder 8

East River Savings Bank. Blueprints, 1969


Box 2 Folder 9

East River Savings Bank. Designs and Plans, 1969


Box 2 Folder 11

East River Savings Bank. Pension Plan, 1947 NYC Office Salaries, 1955, 1947, 1955


Box 2 Folder 12

East River Savings Bank. Pension Plan, 1950 Proposed SBNY Central Supply System, 1949, 1950, 1949


Box 2 Folder 13

East River Savings Bank. Pension Plan, 1947


Box 2 Folder 14

East River Savings Bank. Retirement Plan; Insurance Plan; Brochures, etc., 1960


Box 2 Folder 15

East River Savings Bank. Flushing Branch filing and photographs, 1974


Box 3 Folder 3

East River Savings Bank. Health Care Coverage, 1957


Box 3 Folder 5

East River Savings Bank. Management, 1957


Box 4 Folder 25

World Trade Center & East River Savings Bank(brochures)


Box 5 Folder 4

East River Savings Bankbrochures, etc. 1959-81


Box 5 Folder 8

East River Savings Bank. Report, 1977


Tube Box 6

East River Savings Bank. 100th Anniversary Dinner, 1948. Large photograph

Series V: William L. Barton Biographical, Speeches, Publications


Box 1 Folder 9

William L. Barton Address, Statler Hotel, Buffalo, 1957


Box 1 Folder 10

William L. Barton Address, Statler Hotel, Buffalo, 1957


Box 1 Folder 11

William L. Barton Address, Statler Hotel, Buffalo, 1957


Box 1 Folder 12

William L. Barton Speeches


Box 1 Folder 37

Manual: How They Handle Their Personnel by WLB, 1957


Box 2 Folder 16

WLB while employed by City of NY, 1940-43: budget, management, etc.


Box 3 Folder 1

WLB clippings, etc.


Box 3 Folder 6

WLB Address: "Personnel Problems and Practices -- 1957"


Box 3 Folder 7

WLB: "Personnel Records for Banking Staffs, 1949


Box 3 Folder 15-18

WLB Banking Management Scrapbook, 1956-57


Box 4 Folder 1

WLB: Columbia University


Box 4 Folder 13

Levien & Barton ad


Box 4 Folder 11

Consultants & Consulting Organizations Directory, 1992 (photocopy of select pages), 1992


Box 4 Folder 10

WLB biographical


Box 4 Folder 12

WLB Scrapbook., 1940


Box 4 Folder 17

Business Advisory Committee--Reports, 1967 & 1969, 1967, 1969


Box 4 Folder 20

National Institute of Prominent Americans--Citation


Box 4 Folder 24

NYS Business Advisory Committee on Management


Box 4 Folder 27-28

Clippings re. WLB's banking career


Box 4 Folder 32

Dartmouth College


Box 4 Folder 34

WLB biographical clippings


Box 4 Folder 35

Ad for book How They Handle Their Personnel


Box 4 Folder 36

WLB opening remarks for conference, 1956


Box 4 Folder 44

WLB Article: "Personnel -- Problems and Practices, 1957"


Box 4 Folder 45-46

WLB Speeches, 1958-1965


Box 4 Folder 47

WLB Clippings

Series VI: Banking Organizations and Management


Box 1 Folder 12

Robert Abelow. "The Challenge to Management's Rights", 1961


Box 1 Folder 21

How Not to Write an Employee Handbook


Box 1 Folder 22

"What It Takes to Motivate People" and "The Function of and Executive"


Box 1 Folder 29

Savings Bank Association of NY. Committee on Employee Relations, 1955


Box 1 Folder 33

AIB. "Instructions to Debate Judges"


Box 1 Folder 36

FRB. Performance Review Plan, 1954


Box 2 Folder 2

AIB. Lists; Brochures; Banquets; Remarks by WLB to National Association of Mutual Savings Banks, 1959


Box 2 Folder 3

AIB. Banquet, 1978 Reception and Dinner, 1981, 1978, 1981


Box 2 Folder 3

Banking Conference and Cruise material, 1964


Box 2 Folder 6

AIB, 1901-1976; Brochures and Pamphlet


Box 5 Folder 29

AIB Banquet and clipping re. banquet, 1962


Box 5 Folder 26

Charter NY Chapter of AIB, 1960


Box 5 Folder 22

Banking Post Cards


Box 5 Folder 24

Banking management information, 1856-67


Box 5 Folder 17

Personnel Management: notes, essays, etc


Box 5 Folder 15

AIB brochures


Box 5 Folder 13

National Association of Mutual Savings Banks. Special Bulletin, 1958


Box 5 Folder 12

Burroughs Clearing House , 1949


Box 5 Folder 11

National Office Management Association Conference Proceedings, 1954


Box 5 Folder 10

National Office Management Association Proceedings, 1948


Box 5 Folder 9

AIB. Annual Review, 1960


Box 5 Folder 6

NYC Budget, 1938 & 1940, 1938, 1940


Box 5 Folder 5

Management personnel, 1970s


Box 5 Folder 3

Banking Management brochure and directory, 1956-90


Box 5 Folder 2

Management: Leader Made Not Born


Box 4 Folder 19

AIB, 1961


Box 4 Folder 8

AIB Banquet; Rutgers Twentieth Annual Commencement, 1956

Series VII: Photographs


Box 4 Folder 5

Banking photographs of WLB, etc.


Box 4 Folder 16

Governor Rockefeller's Business Advisory Committee-Photographs, 1966


Box 4 Folder 18

World Trade Center Construction (from WLB's office at East River Savings Bank) -- Photographs


Box 4 Folder 18

East River Savings Bank branch opening in NYC-Photographs


Box 4 Folder 22-23

Photographs (Navy, Banking)


Box 4 Folder 29

Photograph: Mrs. WLB in group


Box 4 Folder 30

WLB photograph in uniform (multiple copies)


Box 4 Folder 37

Navy: Photographs


Box 4 Folder 38

WLB banking photographs


Box 4 Folder 39

WLB portrait photographs (Navy and banking)


Box 4 Folder 40

Photographs (various)


Box 4 Folder 41

WLB portrait photographs


Box 4 Folder 42

WLB photographs (Navy: Harbor Defense School), etc.


Box 4 Folder 43

Photographs: Word Trade Center


Box 4 Folder 48

AIB photographs


Box 4 Folder 49

East River Savings Bank photograph


Box 4 Folder 50

Photographs: National Association of Mutual Savings Banks. Dartmouth, 1965


Box 4 Folder 15

AIB Photographs


Box 4 Folder 51

Photographs: East River Savings Bank


Box 4 Folder 52-53

Photographs (various)


Tube Box 6

East River Savings Bank. 100th Anniversary Dinner, 1948. Large photograph

Series VIII: Miscellaneous/Clippings


Box 1 Folder 2

Carnegie Mellon. Alumni Association list, 1971


Box 1 Folder 13

Boy Scouts Certificate, 1972


Box 2 Folder 7

Jeffrey Burton. Fourth Grade Composition Book


Box 4 Folder 6

School clippings


Box 4 Folder 7

Thistle 1931


Box 5 Folder 1

Clippings


Box 5 Folder 14

Life Insurance brochures


Box 5 Folder 16

Jimmy Kelly's. Brochure, 1944


Box 5 Folder 28

Clippings