Guide to the
Hibernia
Bank Records, 1859-1971
Processed by Maya Hara; completed by Wayne Silka and Mary Morganti
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Guide to the
Hibernia
Bank Records, 1859-1971
Collection number: BANC MSS 89/220 c
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Contact Information:
- Processed by:
- Maya Hara
- Completed by:
- Wayne Silka and Mary Morganti
- Date Completed:
- October 1992
- Encoded by:
- James Lake
© 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title:
Hibernia
Bank Records,
Date (inclusive): 1859-1971
Collection Number: BANC MSS 89/220 c
Collector:
Hibernia
Bank
Extent:
Number of containers: 3 boxes, 5 cartons, 68 volumes
Linear feet: 20
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Consists primarily of organizational records, including bylaws and Board of Directors' meeting minutes, 1862-1950 (v.4- 49).
A few cash receipt books, 1859-1861, mortgage tax receipt books and indexes from the 1860s and 1870s, and a sampling of passbooks
and other records of depositor receipts, judgments and balance statements comprise the surviving records of day-to-day transactions.
Records relating to court cases involving the bank pertain primarily to matters of earnings, dividends, gift tax, and bank
reorganization, as evidenced in the files of Attorney, Garrett McEnerney. Documentation of the internal operations of the
bank is limited to a very few records of employee salaries and expenses for assorted social events. Also includes Richard
M. Tobin and other Tobin family correspondence, 1914- 1917, condolences and other papers relating to the death of Joseph Sadoc
Tobin, 1918-1920; and 11 volumes of scrapbooks, 1908-1919, containing newspaper clippings relating to the history and development
of banking in San Francisco.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item],
Hibernia
Bank Records, BANC MSS 89/220 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Material Cataloged Separately
- Atlases, maps, and San Francisco block books transferred to Map Room.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The
Hibernia
Bank Records were given to The Bancroft Library by Security Pacific National Bank on September 20, 1989.
Corporate History
The
Hibernia
Savings and Loan Society was founded in San Francisco in 1859 by John Sullivan. It played a major role in financing San Francisco's
growth in the Victorian era, and by 1900 was the largest bank in the entire state of California.
Hibernia
began as a membership corporation providing only savings bank services, but in 1946 became a stockholding corporation in
order to provide commercial banking and trust services.
In 1988, the
Hibernia
Bank was purchased by Security Pacific of Los Angeles and absorbed into their operations.
Scope and Content
The
Hibernia
Bank Records, 1859-1971, consist primarily of organizational papers, including bylaws and minutes of Board of Directors meetings
for the years 1862 to 1950. Related materials include Voting Trust Agreements from 1947-1948, along with correspondence, chiefly
of the Tobin family. The cumulative and day-to-day transactional banking records are found in a few surviving cash books and
accounts of mortgage tax receipts from the early years of the bank's operation, along with a sampling of passbooks and other
books of depositor receipts, judgments, and balance statements.
Legal records for
Hibernia
Bank, 1913-1960, principally deal with matters of earnings, dividends, gift tax, bank reorganization, and the applied aspects
of banking law as evidenced in the files of Garrett McEnerney. Also prominently featured are case proceedings of
Hibernia
Savings and Loan Society litigation. Documentation of the internal operations of the bank, although spanning the years 1871
to 1956, is limited to a very few records pertaining to employee salaries and expenses for assorted social events.
Finally, the collection contains Papers of the Tobin Family, including correspondence, along with condolences and other materials
concerning the deaths of several influential Tobin family members. In addition, there are a number of scrapbooks containing
newspapers clippings relating to the history and development of banking in San Francisco, principally during the years 1908-1918.
Carton 1, folders 1-13; Volumes 4-49
Series 1: Organizational Records, 1860-1971.
Scope and Content Note
Includes by-laws, minutes of board of directors meetings, published annual reports, and bi-annual statements of condition.
The original volume numbers have been retained, with only volumes 1-3 lacking.
Ctn. 1, folder 1
"Contents of Two Files Received of C. R. Tobin"
Feb. 24, 1928
folder 2
"Receipt For Papers Received of C. R. Tobin"
n.d.
Incorporation and Bylaws, 1860-1891.
folder 8
Bylaws
1860
Scope and Content Note
(text in French)
folder 9
Bylaws
1865
Scope and Content Note
(text in German)
folder 10
Voting Trust agreement
Oct. 15, 1947
folder 11
Voting Trust agreement
Aug. 10, 1948
Board of Directors, 1862-1950.
volume v. 4
July 29, 1862 - December 23, 1865
1862-65
volume v. 5
December 26, 1865 - November 14, 1867
1865-67
volume v. 6
November 11, 1867 - August 30, 1869
1867-69
volume v. 7
September 3, 1869 - August 1, 1871
1869-71
volume v. 8
August 4, 1871 - August 8, 1873
1871-73
volume v. 9
August 8, 1873 - May 7, 1875
1873-75
volume v. 10
May 11, 1875 - April 11, 1877
1875-77
volume v. 11
April 13, 1877 - March 5, 1879
1877-79
volume v. 12
March 7, 1879 - December 22, 1880
1879-80
volume v. 13
December 27, 1880 - January 12, 1883
1880-83
volume v. 14
January 15, 1883 - March 9, 1885
1883-85
volume v. 15
March 11, 1885 - April 22, 1887
1885-87
volume v. 16
April 22, 1887 - December 24, 1888
1887-88
volume v. 17
December 26, 1888 - August 1, 1890
1888-90
volume v. 18
August 4, 1890 - May 13, 1892
1890-92
volume v. 19
May 16, 1892 - January 29, 1894
1892-94
volume v. 20
January 31, 1894 - July 22, 1895
1894-95
volume v. 21
July 24, 1895 - December 18, 1896
1895-96
volume v. 22
December 21, 1896 - June 1, 1898
1896-98
volume v. 23
January 3, 1898 - July 10, 1899
1898-99
volume v. 24
July 12, 1899 - June 25, 1900
1899-1900
volume v. 25
June 27, 1900 - November 22, 1901
1900-01
volume v. 26
November 25, 1901 - January 5, 1903
1901-03
volume v. 27
January 7, 1903 - December 23, 1903
1903
volume v. 28
December 24, 1903 - October 17, 1904
1903-04
volume v. 29
October 19, 1904 - August 21, 1905
1904-05
volume v. 30
August 23, 1905 - August 22, 1906
1905-06
volume v. 31
August 24, 1906 - July 8, 1907
1906-07
volume v. 32
July 10, 1907 - November 20, 1908
1907-08
volume v. 33
November 23, 1908 - June 24, 1910
1908-10
volume v. 34
June 27, 1910 - December 30, 1912
1910-12
volume v. 35
January 2, 1913 - March 20, 1916
1913-16
volume v. 36
March 22, 1916 - November 28, 1919
1916-19
volume v. 37
December 1, 1919 - May 2, 1923
1919-23
volume v. 38
May 4, 1923 - March 22, 1926
1923-26
volume v. 39
March 24, 1926 - March 25, 1929
1926-29
volume v. 40
March 27, 1929 - December 4, 1931
1929-31
volume v. 41
December 7, 1931 - August 24, 1934
1931-34
volume v. 42
August 27, 1934 - September 25, 1936
1934-36
volume v. 43
September 28, 1936 - December 19, 1938
1936-38
volume v. 44
December 21, 1938 - January 3, 1941
1938-41
volume v. 45
January 6, 1941 - October 27, 1942
1941-42
volume v. 46
October 30, 1942 - December 18, 1945
1942-45
volume v. 47
December 21, 1945 - April 13, 1948
1945-48
volume v. 48
April 16, 1948 - April 26, 1949
1948-49
volume v. 49
April 29, 1949 - June 16, 1950
1949-50
Published Reports, 1953-1971.
folder 13
Bi-annual statements of condition
1961-71
Carton 1, folders 14-28; Volumes 50-56
Series 2: Banking Records, 1859-1947.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of correspondence of Joseph O. Tobin, accounts of several depositors, cash receipt ledgers, mortgage tax receipts,
depositor receipt books, sample passbooks, public relations statements, stock certificate forms, and a minute book for the
San Francisco Realty Company.
Ctn. 1, folder 14
Correspondence of Joseph O. Tobin
1906-20
folder 15
Accounts of William and Margaret Barry
1934
folder 16
Accounts of Andrew J. Gill
1932-47
folder 17
Miscellaneous accounts
1933-34
folder 18
Cash receipt book
1859-61
volume v. 51
Mortgage tax receipts
1864-70
volume v. 52
Mortgage tax receipts
1875-76
volume v. 53
Mortgage tax receipts index
n.d.
volume v. 54
Mortgage tax receipts index, revised version
n.d.
volume v. 55
Index of assigned tax books
1887-1902
volume v. 56
Depositor receipt books
Jan.-June 1906
folder 21
Ledger balancing book
1929-46
folder 22
Financial report re current income/current expenses
1932-46
folder 23
Sample passbooks
1906-24, n.d.
folder 24
Information for depositors
n.d.
folder 25
Conditions on which deposits may be made
n.d.
folder 26
Stock certificate forms and correspondence with American Bank Note Company
1947
folder 27
San Francisco Realty Company minute book
1918-22
folder 28
San Francisco Realty Company statements to California Commissioner of Corporations
1918-19
Cartons 2-5; Box 1, folder 1
Series 3: Legal Records, 1913-1954.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of the corporate files of Garrett McEnerney and case records of a class action suit brought by Thomas M. and William
F. Maguire, et al against the bank, as well as published transcripts and briefs concerning this case and others.
Files Of Garrett McEnerney, 1913-1954.
folder 2
By-laws of the
Hibernia
Savings & Loan Society
Apr. 25, 1933
Physical Description: (photocopy)
folder 3-5
Gift tax: correspondence with Randolph Paul, et al
1946-47, 1950
folder 6
Documents accompanying gift tax papers
1946-47
folder 7
Earnings and dividends--F.D.I.C.
1940-46
folder 8
Closing agreements with government re
Hibernia
Savings & Loan
1947
folder 9
Lists of recognized
Hibernia
Savings and Loan Society members
1913-47
folder 10
List of
Hibernia
Savings and Loan Society members and data on election
1947
folder 11
Notes re
Hibernia
Savings and Loan Society members
1946
folder 12
Proceedings relating to permit to issue shares of capital stock
1947
folder 13
Notice of meeting and meeting re reorganization
Apr. 1, 1947
folder 14
Proposed by-laws of the
Hibernia
Savings & Loan Society
1947
folder 15
Blyth & Co., Inc. correspondence and accounts
1945-47
folder 17
Open accounts--Depositors who paid $2 entry fee as of September 15, 1932
1932
folder 18
Closing agreements with U.S. Treasury Dept.
1947
folder 19
Bank reorganization ruling in re taxable status of interests of members
1947
folder 20
Celia Tobin Clark, Gift tax returns and correspondence re gift transactions
1949
folder 21
C. R. Tobin, Randolph Paul, et al., correspondence re gift tax
1948-50
folder 22
Receipts from law firms of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and Sullivan, Roche, Johnson & Farraher re bank membership case
1948
folder 23
Correspondence with C.P.A. firm, John F. Forbes & Co., et al re bank litigation
1947-50
folder 24
Bank Suit: Information from Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan file (1934) furnished re Henry Doyle lawsuit
1954
Ctn. 2
, folder 25
California Laws, 1850-1872 affecting corporations for banking
1935
Physical Description: (typescript)
Ctn. 2
Ctn. 3, folder 26-31
1-10
[Incorporation records, memoranda, and authorities cited in connection with cases re banking]
n.d.
Physical Description: (in 8 v., with separate typescript indices preceding each v.)
Legal Case Records, 1934-1960.
Maguire, et al. v
Hibernia
Savings & Loan Society,
including Thomas M. Maguire and William F. Maguire, Catherine M. Arnold, Harriett A. Edwards (later, Minnie B. Edwards, et
al), Catherine V. Keefe (later, Aileen K. Vager), Alice G. Saunders, Julia L. Hayes, Mary F. Crilly, Virginia Ordway McAran,
Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co., as executor for John Plover, and Kate Hayes Crowley as Nos. 255002-255009, 256679, and
280485 in the Superior Court of California in and for the City and County of San Francisco; known also, as 1 Civil Nos. 11,584-11,593
in the District Court of Appeal, State of California, First Appellate District, Division One, and as S.F. Nos. 16,494-16,503
as transferred to the Supreme Court of the State of California.
Typescript records of Garrett McEnerney:
Ctn. 3
Ctn. 4, folder 11-13
1-2
Memoranda re questions arising out of litigation in Maguire, et al, v
Hibernia
1934-37
Physical Description: (in 5 v.)
folder 3
Brief in support of demurrers to complaints...
Oct. 1, 1935
folder 4-5
Plaintiffs' brief in opposition to demurrers...
Sept. 5, 1936
folder 6
Index of oral argument before Hon. J. J. Trabucco
April 12-21, 1937
folder 7-8
Arguments, dismissals, demurrers
[1937]
Physical Description: (in 2 v.)
folder 9
Arguments in February 1938
Feb. 1938
folder 10
Arguments in May and July 1938
May-July 1938
Records Printed for the Court:
Ctn. 4
Ctn. 5, folder 11-12
1-4
Transcripts and briefs
1930s
Physical Description: (in 7 v.)
Additional Note
[v. 7 lacking]
folder 5
Brief of Amici Curiae, No. 375
Jan. 20, 1938
folder 6-7
Replies, petitions, memoranda
1942-44
folder 8
Advance California Appellate Reports and miscellaneous
1942-44
Olive Bennett, et al v
Hibernia
Savings & Loan Society,
No. 424263 in the Superior Court, State of California, in and for the City and County of San Francisco, also known as 1 Civil
No. 16314 in the District Court of Appeal, State of California, First District, Division One, and as S.F. No. 19089 in the
Supreme Court, State of California
Ctn. 5, folder 9-11
Briefs, replies, memoranda
1953-56
Eileen Doyle (for the estate of Henry Doyle) v
Hibernia
Savings & Loan Society,
known as 1 Civil No. 17051 in the District Court of Appeal, State of California, First District, Division One
Ctn. 5, folder 12
Briefs and replies
1957-58
Mary R. Carew v
Hibernia
Savings & Loan Society,
as 1 Civil No. 18644 in the District Court of Appeal, State of California, First District, Division One
Alice Spencer, et al / Marian Mel v
Hibernia
Savings & Loan Society,
as 1 Civil Nos. 19193-19195 in the District Court of Appeals, First District, Division One
folder 15
Advance California Appellate Reports,186 A.C.A., No. 4
Dec. 13, 1960
Scope and Content Note
[re cases of Bennett, Carew, Spencer, and Mel]
Ira Lee Burch v
Hibernia
, Richfield Oil Co., Hancock Oil Co., et al
as 2 Civil No. 21497 in the District Court of Appeal, State of California, Second Appellate District, Division Three
Box 1, folder 1
Briefs and petitions
1956
Box 1, folders 2-8; Volumes 1-3
Series 4: Operating Records, 1871-1956.
Scope and Content Note
Includes salary account books, along with announcements and expense records pertaining to various bank functions.
Box 1, folder 2
The
Hibernia
Savings and Loan Society's list of officers and employees, for Langley's Directory
n.d.
volume Vol. 3
Finance Committee salary book
1915-37
Box 1, folder 3
Christmas party expenses
1946-55
folder 4
Bank picnic announcements, expenses, etc.
1947-56
folder 5
Dinner for Leo O'Grady
Nov.-Dec. 1953
folder 6
Reception for J. O. Tobin
Apr.-June 1956
folder 7
Reception for William Murphy
July-Sept. 1956
folder 8
Dinner for John Hopkins
Dec. 1956
Box 2-Box 3, folders 1-6
Series 5: Tobin Family Papers, 1913-1920.
Scope and Content Note
Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence (arranged alphabetically), with major correspondents listed first, followed
by an A-W miscellany. Also includes papers and correspondence relating to the decease of Joseph Sadoc Tobin and other Tobin
family members.
Correspondence, 1914-1917.
folder 3
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr.
1914-15
folder 5
Wood, Maj. General Leonard
1917
Papers Re Decease of Joseph Sadoc Tobin, 1918-1920.
Box 3, folder 1
Posthumous biographical information re Joseph Sadoc Tobin
1918-19
folder 2
Eulogy and obituary material re death of Joseph Sadoc Tobin
1918
folder 3
Condolence cards and messages upon the death of Joseph Sadoc Tobin
1918
folder 4
Condolence calling cards and floral account book
1918
folder 5
Letters and telegrams of condolence upon death of Richard M. Tobin's mother
1919
folder 6
Condolence letters and telegrams upon death of Clement Tobin (Richard M. Tobin's brother)
1920
Box 3, folders 7-8; Volumes 57-68
Series 6: Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 1888-1956.
Scope and Content Note
Scrapbooks of news clippings reflecting the history of banking in San Francisco, especially relating to the
Hibernia
Savings and Loan Society.
volume Vol. 68
Scrapbook, "Published Statement of Condition for San Francisco Banks"
1946-56
Box 3, folder 7
"To the Officers and Members of the Convention of Irish Societies of San Francisco, and to all whom it may concern", [signed]
Junius, Mound House
Feb. 26, 1888
Physical Description: (printed broadside)
folder 8
Certificate of membership for
Hibernia
Savings and Loan Society in the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Jan. 1, 1913
Physical Description: [with seal]