Series VII: Financial
Scope and Content Note
This series is divided into two subseries.
Subseries A, Financial Records, includes correspondence with banks, bank statements, bankbooks, canceled checks, and bills and receipts. There are five bound volumes, including a cash transaction book and four volumes of check stubs of the Second National Bank.
Subseries B, John Mackie Falconer Papers, documents the investigation of J.M. Falconer, who served as Treasurer of the Artists' Fund Society from its inception until February 1883. Auditors determined that Falconer used deceptive record keeping practices to misappropriate $8,713.72. The final report on the affair said it was "the most painful and important" episode in the organization's history. These materials were bundled together by the Artists' Fund Society and are arranged in their own subseries to preserve this context.
Subseries A: Financial Records
Scope and Content Note
Financial Records include correspondence with banks, bank statements, bankbooks, canceled checks, and bills and receipts. There are five bound volumes, including a cash transaction book and four volumes of check stubs of the Second National Bank.
Bank Correspondence, 1935-1936, inclusive
Bank Statements, 1929-1935, inclusive
Bankbooks, Manhattan Company, 1871-1881, inclusive
Bankbooks, National City Bank of New York, 1930-1934, inclusive
Bankbooks, Second National Bank, 1883-1922, inclusive
Bankbooks, Union Square Savings Bank, 1911-1936, inclusive
Bills and Receipts, 1879-1887, inclusive
Bills and Receipts, 1903-1910, inclusive
Bills and Receipts, 1911-1920, inclusive
Bills and Receipts, 1921-1929, inclusive
Bills and Receipts, 1930-1937, inclusive
Bills and Receipts (Blank Forms), undated
Canceled Checks, 1879-1886, inclusive
Canceled Checks, 1908-1910, inclusive
Canceled Checks, 1922-1930, inclusive
Canceled Checks, 1931-1925, inclusive
Credits to Bank Accounts, 1906, inclusive
Credits to Bank Accounts, 1932-1937, inclusive
Dividend Payment Receipts, 1885-1886, inclusive
Notes (Hand Written), 1933-1934 and undated, inclusive
Safe Deposit Box Documents, 1931, inclusive
Cash Book, 1859-1891, inclusive
Checks, Second National Bank, 1-300, 1883-1885, inclusive
Checks, Second National Bank, 301-900, 1885-1890, inclusive
Checks, Second National Bank, 1501-2000, 1912 April 10-1922 February 23, inclusive
Checks, Second National Bank, 1252-1500, 1900-1912, inclusive
Subseries B: John Mackie Falconer Papers
Scope and Content Note
This subseries documents the investgation of John Mackie Falconer, who served as Treasurer of the Artists' Fund Society from its inception until February 1883, when he was found guilty of misappropriating $8,713.72. These materials were bundled together by the Artists' Fund Society and are arranged in their own subseries to preserve this context.