New York Clearing House Association records, 1853-2006

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Series III: Financial Ledgers and Statements, 1853-1995

This series contains financial ledgers with daily settlement statements, as well as weekly financial statements for both member and non-member banks. In addition, there are statements detailing the condition of state, national, and commercial banks, as well as trust companies.


Subseries III.1: Daily Proof Ledgers, 1868-1986

This subseries contains the daily proof ledgers (settlement statements) for the member banks of the New York Clearing House for 1868-1986, with some gaps. Volumes for 1885 and later are titled "Records" with volume numbers, which are noted in the container list.

There are no daily records prior to 1868. For the years 1868-1972, Volumes 34-38, 53, 56, and 62-63 are missing and there are no daily records for 1871-1872, 1875-1877, 1918-1922, 1940, 1946-1948, and 1951-1954. There are yearly transaction statements (total figures for the year) in the Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly Ledger for 1853-1883 in Subseries III.5 (Box 3). After 1972, there are proof ledgers available for 1983-1986, only.



Box 1 Records, 1868 May 1-1870 June 30, 1 Volumes



Box 2 Records, 1873 June 16-1874 July 18, 1 Volumes



Box 4 Records, 1878 October 28-1880 October 30, 1 Volumes



Box 5 Records, 1880 November 1-1882 December 30, 1 Volumes



Box 6 Records, 1883 January 2-1885 March 20, 1 Volumes



Box 7 Records #18A, 1885 March 21-1887 June 10, 1 Volumes



Box 8 Records #19, 1887 June 11-1889 August 31, 1 Volumes



Box 9 Records #20, 1889 September 3-1891 November 19, 1 Volumes



Box 10 Records #21, 1891 November 20-1893 December 30, 1 Volumes



Box 11 Records #22, 1894-1895, 1 Volumes



Box 12 Records #23, 1896-1897, 1 Volumes



Box 13 Records #24, 1898-1899, 1 Volumes



Box 14 Records #25, 1900-1901, 1 Volumes



Box 15 Records #26, 1902-1903, 1 Volumes



Box 16 Records #27, 1904-1905, 1 Volumes



Box 17 Records #28, 1906-1907, 1 Volumes



Box 18 Records #29, 1908-1909, 1 Volumes



Box 19 Records #30, 1910-1911, 1 Volumes



Box 20 Records #31, 1912-1913, 1 Volumes



Box 21 Records #32, 1914-1915, 1 Volumes



Box 22 Records #33, 1916-1917, 1 Volumes



Box 23 Records #39, 1923, 1 Volumes



Box 24 Records #40, 1924, 1 Volumes



Box 25 Records #41, 1925, 1 Volumes



Box 26 Records #42, 1926, 1 Volumes



Box 27 Records #43, 1927, 1 Volumes



Box 28 Records #44, 1928, 1 Volumes



Box 29 Records #45, 1929, 1 Volumes



Box 30 Records #46, 1930, 1 Volumes



Box 31 Records #47, 1931, 1 Volumes



Box 32 Records #48, 1932, 1 Volumes



Box 33 Records #49, 1933, 1 Volumes



Box 34 Records #50, 1934, 1 Volumes



Box 35 Records #51, 1935, 1 Volumes



Box 36 Records #52, 1936, 1 Volumes



Box 37 Records #54, 1938, 1 Volumes



Box 38 Records #55, 1939, 1 Volumes



Box 39 Records #57, 1941-1942, 1 Volumes



Box 40 Records #58, 1943-1944, 1 Volumes



Box 41 Records #59, 1945, 1 Volumes



Box 42 Records #61, 1949-1950, 1 Volumes



Box 219 Records #64, 1955-1956, 1 Volumes



Box 208 Records #65, 1957-1958, 1 Volumes



Box 209 Records #66, 1959-1960, 1 Volumes



Box 210 Records #67, 1961-1962, 1 Volumes



Box 211 Records #68, 1963-1964, 1 Volumes



Box 212 Records #69, 1965-1966, 1 Volumes



Box 213 Records #70, 1967-1968, 1 Volumes



Box 214 Records #71, 1969-1970, 1 Volumes



Box 220 Records #72, 1971-1972, 1 Volumes



Box 205 Folder 1 Proof Ledger--Member Banks, 1978 November 27-1983 March

Ledger for individual banks and daily totals covers 1982 March-1983 March. See Box 199 Folder 10 for Daily Totals for 1983 April-1986. There are sheets noting totals for various exchanges for 1978 November-1982 March but no ledgers for these dates in this volume.



Box 199 Folder 10 Proof Ledger--Member Banks, 1983 April-1986 September


Subseries III.2: Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members, 1874-1985

These volumes contain weekly financial statements for all member banks of the New York Clearing House Association.



Box 216 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members, 1874-1877, 1 Volumes



Box 217 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members, 1878-1884 February 9, 1 Volumes

Includes statements on the capital of member banks for 1876 October 2-1882 October 3 in the back of the volume.



Box 218 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members, 1884 February 16-1889 August 24, 1 Volumes



Box 142 Folder 1 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #1, 1890 November-1894 January, 1 Volumes


Box 142 Folder 2 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #2, 1894 January-1896 December, 1 Volumes


Box 142 Folder 3 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #3, 1897 January-1899 December, 1 Volumes


Box 142 Folder 4 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #4, 1900 January-1902 December, 1 Volumes



Box 143 Folder 1 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #5, 1903 January-1905 December, 1 Volumes


Box 143 Folder 2 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #6, 1906 January-1908 December, 1 Volumes



Box 199 Folder 11 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #7, 1909 January-1911 June 10, 1 folders

Volume #7 had mold damage and was removed from the collection; these statements are original copies, but not bound.



Box 151 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #8, 1911 June 17-1914 December 5, 1 Volumes



Box 152 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #9, 1914 December 5-1917 July 7, 1 Volumes



Box 153 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #10, 1917 July 14-1919 February 15, 1 Volumes



Box 154 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #11, 1919 February 21-1921 December 31, 1 Volumes



Box 155 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #12, 1922 January 7-1924 December 27, 1 Volumes



Box 156 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #13, 1925 January 3-1928 March 24, 1 Volumes



Box 143 Folder 3 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #14, 1928 March 31-1931 December 26, 1 Volumes



Box 144 Folder 1 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #15, 1932 January 2-1935 December 28, 1 Volumes


Box 144 Folder 2 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #16, 1936 January 4-1939 December 28, 1 Volumes


Box 144 Folder 3 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #17, 1940 January 4-1943 December 30, 1 Volumes



Box 145 Folder 1 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #18, 1944 January 6-1947 December 31, 1 Volumes


Box 145 Folder 2 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #19, 1948 January 8-1951 December 27, 1 Volumes


Box 145 Folder 3 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #20, 1952 January 3-1955 December 28, 1 Volumes



Box 146 Folder 1 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #21, 1956 January 4-1959 December 30, 1 Volumes


Box 146 Folder 2 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #22, 1960 January 6-1963 December 25, 1 Volumes


Box 146 Folder 3 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #23, 1964 January 1-1967 December 27, 1 Volumes



Box 147 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #24, 1968 January 3-1970 December 30, 1 Volumes


Box 147 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #25, 1971 January 6-1973 December 26, 1 Volumes


Box 147 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #26, 1974 January 2-1976 December 29, 1 Volumes


Box 147 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #27, 1977 January 5-1979 December 26, 1 Volumes



Box 148 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #28, 1980 January 2-1982 December 29, 1 Volumes


Box 148 Weekly Statements of New York Clearing House Members #29, 1983 January 5-1985 December 30, 1 Volumes


Subseries III.3: Weekly Statements of Non-Member Banks, 1897-1928

These are weekly financial statements for non-member banks in New York City, as well as a few from the larger metropolitan area in New Jersey.



Box 139 Folder 1 Weekly Statements of Non-Member Banks #1, 1897 October 1-1899, 1 Volumes


Box 139 Folder 2 Weekly Statements of Non-Member Banks #2, 1900-1902, 1 Volumes


Box 139 Folder 3 Weekly Statements of Non-Member Banks #3, 1903-1905, 1 Volumes


Box 139 Folder 4 Weekly Statements of Non-Member Banks #4, 1906-1908, 1 Volumes



Box 134 Weekly Statements of Non-Member Banks #5, 1909-1914 November 28, 1 Volumes



Box 143 Folder 4 Weekly Statements of Non-Member Banks #6, 1914 December 5-1919 February 15, 1 Volumes



Box 206 Weekly Statements of Non-Member Banks #7, 1919 February 21-1925 March 28, 1 Volumes



Box 137 Weekly Statements of Non-Member Banks #8, 1925 April 4-1928 March 24, 1 Volumes


Subseries III.4: Percentage of Reserves to Deposits Statements for State Banks, 1888-1913

These volumes contain weekly figures for state banks that were members of the New York Clearing House.



Box 140 Folder 1 State Banks--Percentage of Reserves to Deposits Statements, Weeks Ending 1888 November 3-1890 November 25, 1 Volumes


Box 140 Folder 2 State Banks--Percentage of Reserves to Deposits Statements, Weeks Ending 1892 October 29-1894 September 22, 1 Volumes


Box 140 Folder 3 State Banks--Percentage of Reserves to Deposits Statements, Weeks Ending 1900 July 14-1902 July 5, 1 Volumes


Box 140 Folder 4 State Banks--Percentage of Reserves to Deposits Statements, Weeks Ending 1902 July 12-1904 June 25, 1 Volumes


Box 140 Folder 5 State Banks--Percentage of Reserves to Deposits Statements, Weeks Ending 1904 July 2-1906 September 8, 1 Volumes


Box 140 Folder 6 State Banks--Percentage of Reserves to Deposits Statements, Weeks Ending 1906 September 15-1909 January 23, 1 Volumes



Box 141 Folder 3 State Banks--Percentage of Reserves to Deposits Statements, Weeks Ending 1909 January 30-1911 May 29, 1 Volumes


Box 141 Folder 4 State Banks--Percentage of Reserves to Deposits Statements, Weeks Ending 1911 June 3-1913 October 11, 1 Volumes


Subseries III.5: Quarterly Statements on the Condition of State Banks, National Banks, Trust Companies, and Commercial Banks in the City of New York, 1867-1983

These records consist of quarterly statements on the condition of state banks, national banks, and trust companies, as shown by their official statements. These were compiled for the New York Clearing House Association for the use of its members. After 1972, the statements are for commercial banks.



Box 205 Folder 3-5 Quarterly Statements on the Condition of State Banks, National Banks, and Trust Companies in the City of New York, 1867-1891, 3 folders



Box 204 Folder 2-5 Quarterly Statements on the Condition of State Banks, National Banks, and Trust Companies in the City of New York, 1892-1915, 4 folders



Box 203 Folder 1-4 Quarterly Statements on the Condition of State Banks, National Banks, and Trust Companies in the City of New York, 1916-1939, 4 folders



Box 202 Folder 2-5 Quarterly Statements on the Condition of State Banks, National Banks, and Trust Companies in the City of New York, 1940-1971, 4 folders


Box 202 Folder 1 Quarterly Statements on the Condition of Commercial Banks in the City of New York, 1972-1983


Subseries III.6: Other Ledgers and Statements, 1853-1995

This subseries contains a few unique ledgers and statements that do not form part of a larger set of financial records as is the case with the other financial ledgers and statements in this series.

An important record is the Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly Ledger (Box 3). While this ledger primarily has weekly and monthly figures for transactions for 1878-1883, it also contains yearly transaction figures for 1853-1883, which do not appear to exist elsewhere in the financial ledgers and statements. These yearly figures are also the only extent transaction figures for 1853-1867 within the financial ledgers and statements.

This subseries also contains a note depository record, a general statement book, and reports from the return entry processing system.



Box 3 Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly Ledger, 1853-1883, bulk bulk 1878-1883, 1 Volumes

This volume contains several sets of transaction ledgers and statements. The front of the volume contains monthly transaction ledgers for 1878 October-1883 December. The back of the volume (pp. 274-297) contains weekly transaction summaries (with an average per day) for the year ending 1879 October-1883. Each year of weekly transaction summaries is followed by yearly transaction summaries, 1854-present year. There is also a yearly summary for 1853-1883 (p. 330-331). There are also pages documenting monthly corrections by settlement clerks (pp. 332-334) and statements of fines (pp. 338-341) for 1878-1883. There is also a Table of Loans, Liabilities, and Reserves for 1875 (pp. 353-361). Lastly, there are calculations for the Basis for the Assessment of Expenses under Amendment to Section 23 passed October 29, 1875 (Calculations exist for 1878 October-1883 September).



Box 139 Folder 5 Note Depository, 1908-1916, 1 Volumes

Appears to be a record of note deposits for member banks (the spine, which usually has additional title information is missing). There is a list of member banks #1-120 in the front of the volume.



Box 205 Folder 2 General Statement Book, 1954-1985, Some column headers were on small strips of paper that were pasted into the statement book; some of these are now falling off.

Annual information on exchanges and balances, apportionment of expenses, amount brought in by each institution, etc.



Box 199 Folder 9 Return Entry Processing System--Reports, 1993, 1995