First City Bank Records
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of administrative records, correspondence, photographs, film, and scrapbooks related to the corporate history of First City Bank, whose origins can be traced through First National Bank of Beaumont, Gulf National Bank, Texas National Bank, Security State Bank, and First Security National Bank. A large portion of the materials are dedicated to the company's staff and the consolidation of First Security National Bank in the 1950s and 1960s.
Dates
- 1889 - 1990
Creator
- First City Bank (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Some restrictions may apply.
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 responsibility for complying with copyright, literary property rights, and libel laws.
Biographical / Historical
The precursor to the First Security National Bank was the First National Bank of Beaumont that was established in 1889. This bank later acquired through mergers the Gulf National Bank in 1919 and the Texas National Bank in 1932. Then in 1961, the bank consolidated with Security State Bank to become the First Security National Bank. Later in 1973, the bank merged with First City Corp of Houston and changed its name to First City Bank. Following financial difficulties caused by a long-term recession in the international petroleum industry, the bank formally ceased operations in 1992.
Extent
9 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of administrative records, correspondence, photographs, film, and scrapbooks related to the corporate history of First City Bank, whose origins can be traced through First National Bank of Beaumont, Gulf National Bank, Texas National Bank, Security State Bank, and First Security National Bank.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into 11 series.
Series 1: Administrative Records, 1889-1989
Series 2: Correspondence, 1935-1937
Series 3: Texas National Bank, 1929-1957
Series 4: Employees and Events, 1950-1989
Series 5: Construction and Groundbreaking, 1961-1963
Series 6: Parties and Events, 1963
Series 7: Personnel, 1890-1988
Series 8: Security State Bank Records, 1889-1989
Series 9: Duplicate Photos, 1889-1990
Series 10: Audiovisual Materials, 1960-1986
Series 11: Assorted Scrapbooks, 1937-1981
- Banks and banking Subject Source: Searslocal
- Banks and banking (Beaumont, Tex.) Subject Source: Sears
- Banks and banking -- Beaumont (Tex.) Subject Source: Sears
- Beaumont (Jefferson county, Texas: inhabited place) Subject Source: Searslocal
- Beaumont (Tex.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Beaumont, Texas. Subject Source: Sears
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Financial records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Financial statements. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Minutes (administrative records) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Municipal government -- Beaumont (Tex.) Subject Source: Sears
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Creator
- First City Bank (Organization)
- First Security National Bank (Organization)
- First National Bank of Beaumont (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid for the First City Bank Records, 1889-1990
- Author
- Jennifer Perritt
- Date
- July 9, 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Tyrrell Historical Library Archives Repository
