urn:taro:aushc.00120 Austin National Bank Photograph Collection An Inventory of the Collection Finding aid prepared by Molly Hults. Austin History Center, Austin Public Library July 11, 2010
810 GuadalupePO BOX 2287Austin, TX 78768
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 Austin National Bank Austin National Bank Photograph Collection 1947-1954 1947 .20 linear feet (91 photographs) The Austin National Bank was founded in 1890 in Austin, Texas. The majority of this collection consists of photographs taken in 1947 and 1948 and documents the renovations the Austin National Bank was undergoing at the time. AR.2009.049 The records are in English. Administrative History

The Austin National Bank was founded in 1890 with the first meeting held on April 15 at the Driskill Hotel to formally adopt the Articles of Association, sign the organization certificate, pay in the required fifty per cent of the stock, and the election of directors. The bank opened in a space in the Hancock Building on June 16, 1890. The first officers were C. W. Gilfillan as President, Walter Tips and Henry Hirshfeld as Vice-Presidents, H.P. Hilliard as cashier and W. L. Gilfillan as assistant cashier. Within the first months Dr. E. P. Wilmot took over the job as bank president.

By 1895 the bank outgrew its quarters and moved to a new office space at 507 Congress. The growth of the bank was constant and when space became an issue again the bank bought the building it occupied as well as the building next door and razed the structure and built a new building. In January 1930 the bank occupied its new home.

The Austin National Bank expanded its quarters again in 1947-48 with extensive renovations to the existing building. The next time the bank was ready to expand it opened the Austin National Drive-In Bank on the corner of East Fifth and Brazos Streets in 1956. Seventeen years later the bank location on 6th and Congress was demolished to make way for a 25-story bank tower which was opened in 1975.

The Austin National Bank merged with First International Bancshares, Inc in 1981 and adopted the InterFirst Bank name. At the time this was the largest merger in Texas banking history.

 Scope and Contents

The 91 photographs in this collection were taken in 1947 and 1948 and document the renovations the bank was undergoing at the time. Employees of the bank and the construction process are both represented in the photos.

The photographs in this collection were originally assembled in a scrapbook. When the arrangement of the photographs in the scrapbook could be determined a photocopy of the page was created and added to the collection.

The textual materials consist of a program announcing “the newly enlarged quarters of the Austin National Bank” and 2 letters.

 Arrangement

Arranged by format type.

 Related Material

AF Subject - Banks and Banking - Interfirst Bank-Austin B0710

General Collection - A 332.1223 AU Austin National Bank (Austin, Tex.) Annual Reports

 Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Persons: Albers, Verdell Anderson, Gladys Anderson, Marcia Applegate, Ruby Asher, Boots Bartlett, Polly Booth, Mrs. Ray Bragg, Vic Breed, Allene Brown, Everett Brown, Rozel Campbell, Lois Carison, Marci Carley, Donna Davis, June Fitzgerald, Buck Giles, Sim Goodstein, Goodie Hayes, Jane Hays, Jack Hirshfeld, Morris Jenkins, Marion Johnson, Josephine Lacey, George Lee, Howard Lindsy, Lillian Macken, Joe McCoy, Gus McCutcheon, Ward Moorman, Jewell Orr, Walter Rogers, George B. Roe, Darrell Roe, Flavil Schroeder, Walter Stone, Leon Stiba, Ruth Stone, Leon Surbaugh, Charlie Sutts, Ruth Trawtwein, Gay Turner, Wildord Van Slyke, George Ward, Tom Wilcox, Rosalie Wilson, Lurline Wood, Otto Younger, Al Subjects: Banks and banking--Texas--Austin. Organizations: Austin National Bank Places: Austin (Tex.) Document Types: photographs correspondence brochure Restrictions on Access

Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use

Standard copyright laws apply.

 Custodial History

Scrapbook was found in an estate sale and donated to the Austin History Center. Original owner of the scrapbook is unknown.

 Preferred Citation

Austin National Bank Photograph Collection (AR.2009.049). Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, Texas.

 Acquisition Information

Donor #: DO/1995/004

Donation Date: 2009

 Processing Information

Final Processing and Finding Aid By/Date: Molly Hults/2009 July 21

 Detailed Description of the Collection Austin National Bank Collection, 1947-1954 1 1 Photographs, 1947, 1953, undated 1 2 Scrapbook page photocopies, 1947, undated 1 3 Textual documents, 1948, 1954