Banks Family Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of records, photographs, and newspaper clippings belonging to or related to the Banks family. The records vary from legal documents to school notes. The largest section is comprised of photographs, primarily portraits and black and white photographs. The majority of the photographs are undated. The newspaper clippings span the time period from the early 1900s through the 1980s. Lastly, the oversize section contains map blueprints and oversize newspaper clippings.
Dates
- Creation: 1881-1997
Conditions Governing Use
The Tyrrell Historical Library holds copyright. The researcher must secure permission to publish. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Tyrrell Historical Library. The researcher assumes full responsiblity for complying with copyright, literary property rights, and libel laws.
Biographical / Historical
The Banks family was a local family in Beaumont, Texas. This collection contains papers and keepsakes related primarily to Winona Banks, Charles Perkins, and Overton Banks. Winona Banks was born in Missouri in 1885. She would eventually move to Jefferson County, Texas and marry John Banks, a World War I veteran. They would go on to have four children: Winona, Overton, Lila, and Ernest. Their eldest daughter, Winona, would go on to marry Charles Perkins on May 1, 1926.
Extent
3.5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection is made up of records, photographs, and newspapers clippings related to the Banks family. The Banks family was a local family in Beaumont, Texas. This collection contains papers and keepsakes related primarily to Winona Banks, Charles Perkins, and Overton Banks. Winona Banks was born in Missouri in 1885. She would eventually move to Jefferson County, Texas and marry John Banks, a World War I veteran. They would go on to have four children: Winona, Overton, Lila, and Ernest. Their eldest daughter, Winona, would go on to marry Charles Perkins on May 1, 1926. Much of the collection contains papers belonging to Winona Perkins, as well as correspondence of Overton Banks.
Arrangement
Series 1: General Records
Series 2: Newspapers
Series 3: School Papers
Series 4: Music
Series 5: Correspondence
Series 6: Legal
Series 7: Photographs
Series 8: Oversize
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Finding Aid for Banks Family Papers
- Author
- Sarah Grimm, Archivist
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Tyrrell Historical Library Archives Repository
