Series 3: Administrative files, 1883-2006, inclusive

Scope and Contents

The series represents a small collection of files which were produced by the Board of Trustees and various administrative departments throughout the history of the bank, dating from 1883 to 2006.

It contains property titles (1886-1892), public relations and advertising files (1937-2005), building and renovation files (1930-1977), copies of 1850 and 1859 articles of incorporaton, one file on the 2006 acquisition of the Independence Community Bank Corporation by Sovereign Bancorp, Inc., and other documents.

Arrangement

The series is arranged chronologically by date.

SBSB Progess Report, 1850-1964, inclusive

Box: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence with NY State Superintendent of Banking Department, 1883, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

Property titles, 1886-1892, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)

Organizational and financial ledger, circa 1895-1931, inclusive

Box: 10 (Material Type: Text)

General

Ledger contains a mix of organizational and financial records. The following items are listed in its index: Organization of bank, Trustees when elected, Offices, Interest to depositors, Panics, Amount due depositors, Bonds and mortgages, Employees of bank, Finances committees, Executive committees, Examining committees, Interest on securities, and Receipt and payments from 1850

Franchise Tax Communications, 1920-1921, inclusive

Box: 32, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Banking Department Communications, 1924-1934, inclusive

Box: 28, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Branch Authorizations, 1930, 1957, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)

6422/24 18th Ave Branch Office Misc, 1931, inclusive

Box: 48, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

6422/24 18th Ave Branch Office Misc, 1932-1977, inclusive

Box: 48, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Remsen House Deed/Title, 1936, inclusive

Box: 48, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ephemera, 1936-1961, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)

1771 65th Street Banch Office Misc, 1939, inclusive

Box: 48, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Public Relations manual, 1937, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

6414/16 18th Ave Branch Office Misc, 1939-1968, inclusive

Box: 48, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Certificate SBSB as Depository for Court and Trust Funds in NYC, 1942, inclusive

Box: 48, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Building Committee Minutes, 1945-1953, inclusive

Box: 48, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Publications, 1945-1952, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

Dormant Account Methods and Procedures survey, 1946, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

A Study Relating to the Monthly Publication of the South Brooklyn Savings Bank, 1947, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)

Retirement System, 1947, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)

Advertising - 100th Anniversary, 1949-1950, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)

Retirement Plan Survey, 1952, inclusive

Box: 43, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Educational materials, 1952, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)

Completed contracts, 1952-1958, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)

Report to Building Committee Newkirk Plaza Office, 1958, inclusive

Box: 47, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Building Committee, 1957-1969, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)

1850 Act of Incorporation, 1859 amendment, and 1930 name change certificates, 1958, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)

Retirement Plan Report of Examination, 1962, inclusive

Box: 43, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Branch Sites Committee Final Report Newkirk Plaza Office, 1964, inclusive

Box: 47, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Main office alterations, 1964, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)

Branch Sites Committee Final Report Murray Hill Office, 1970, inclusive

Box: 47, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Branch Sites Committee Final Report Parkchester Office, 1972, inclusive

Box: 47, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Specifications for Alterations to Parkchester Building, 1972, inclusive

Box: 47, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mike Armstrong - Advertising files, 1975-2005, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)

Financial planning, 2006, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Text)

Stockholders - Merger meeting, 2006, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Text)