GUIDE TO THE BARNETT BANKS COLLECTION
Collection Number: M99-1
Title: Barnett Banks Collection
Dates: (Inclusive) 1920-2006 (Bulk) 1970-1996
Size: 20+ linear feet; 19 boxes
Repository: Manuscripts and Personal Papers, Thomas
G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida
ABSTRACT
Annual reports, newsletters, marketing advertisments, and other printed
material form the core of the collection with some awards, photographs,
and realia. The collection in general provides
historical documentation of the evolution and transformation of a small
Jacksonville, Florida bank into a statewide company and, ultimately, one
of the top twenty-five financial services institutions in the United States.
LANGUAGE: English.
ACQUISITION
Bulk of collection donated by Barnett
Historic Preservation Foundation, Inc., 1999. Miscellaneous
items donated by individuals, 1998-2006.
ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION
The collection is open for research. For additional information and
to make an appointment to view the collection, contact E. Brady at
904-620-1533; email: ebrady@unf.edu
PREFERRED CITATION
Barnett Banks Collection, Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.
ADDITIONAL GUIDES
Electronic
versions of some collection materials are available on the World Wide
Web as part of the Florida Heritage
Collection. Descriptions
of individual items and photographs are available in the Barnett
Banks Container List.
RELATED MATERIALS
The State Archives
of Florida holds the Barnett Banks
Historical Collection. Archival materials include public relations and
advertising records, oral histories, photographs, and corporate records
from 1950-2001. Serious researchers will want to search their Online
Catalog and/or view their Visitor
Information page.
Books, Newspaper / Magazine articles
Author's
Behind-Scenes Look at Barnett Bank. Florida Times-Union,
October 28, 2001:D1:2.
Barker-Benfield, Simon. Bank
Departures, Remembering Barnett. Florida Times-Union,
March 23, 1998:D1:2.
Barker-Benfield, Simon. Closing
the Ledger. Florida Times-Union, October 8, 1998.
Barker-Benfield, Simon. Gone
but not Forgotten. Florida Times-Union, May 5, 2000.
Barnett Bank Alumni to Meet. Florida
Times-Union, May 2, 2002:D2:1.
Barnett, Bion Hall. Early
Banking Days in Florida: an Informal Talk. (address
before the Florida Bankers Association, Orlando, Florida, April 25th,
1924.) Orlando, Fla.? : Florida Bankers Association?,
1924?
Barnett, Bion Hall. Reminiscences
of Fifty Years in the Barnett Banks. Interesting facts of
the new Barnett National bank building. The bank today - and its service.
Jacksonville, Fla.? : Barnett National Bank?, 1927? :
Jacksonville, Fla. : Arnold Printing Co.
Brune Mathis, Karen. Barnett
Banks Alumni Web Site Launched. Florida Times-Union,
March 20, 2001.
Daniels, Earl. Change in the Bank: Barnett Building Being Converted
into Office Space. Florida Times-Union,
April 12, 2002:D1:2.
Daniels, Earl. Piece of the Rock Restored as Token of Era.
Florida Times-Union, February 22,
2002:C1-2.
The Florida Collection. Jacksonville,
Fla.: Barnett Bank, [1979]
Foley, Bill. Bank
Building Enhanced Skyline in Record Time. Florida Times-Union,
May 19, 1999:A2:1.
Ginzl, David J. Barnett: the Story of "Florida's Bank".
Tampa, Fla.: University of Tampa Press, 2001.
Ginzl, David J. Barnett Bank. Charleston, South Carolina:
Arcadia, 2000.
Ginzl, David J. Barnett's Bankers: Where Are They Now? Jacksonville,
17 no. 10 (November 2001):77.
Ginzl, David J. The
Last Days of Barnett. Jacksonville, 14 no. 10 (October
1998):57.
Ginzl, David J. William B. Barnett and Sons: Florida Banking
Pioneers. The Florida Historical Quarterly, 79 no. 1
(Summer 2000): 26.
McManus, Sean. Preserving the Barnett Legacy. Financial
News and Daily Record, July 14, 1998:1.
Patton, Charlie. Former
Barnett Workers Remember 'Florida's Bank'. Florida
Times-Union, June 9, 2002:B1:1.
Tippett, Karen L. The Lastinger Crusade: Salvaging Bank Heritage.
Wall Street Journal, June 24, 1998:F1:4.
BIOGRAPHICAL / HISTORICAL NOTE
William Boyd Barnett opened the
Bank of Jacksonville (Florida) on May 7, 1877. In 1888, the bank
was renamed the National Bank of Jacksonville. Upon William B.
Barnett's death in 1903, son Bion
Hall Barnett was named President. In
1908, the bank was rechartered as the Barnett National Bank of Jacksonville. Other
name changes occurred in: 1965-70, Barnett First National Bank of Jacksonville;
1971-1996, Barnett Bank of Jacksonville, N.A.; and 1996-98, Barnett
Bank, N.A. In 1996, all Barnett affiliates merged into the charter
of Barnett Bank of Jacksonville, N.A., and were also renamed Barnett
Bank, N.A.
In 1930, a bank holding company,
Barnett National Securities Corporation (BNSC), was formed as a subsidiary
of Barnett National Bank of Jacksonville. In 1966, as the BNSC prepared
to expand statewide, it became the parent company of the Jacksonville bank.
Two name changes followed: in 1969, Barnett Banks of Florida, Inc.; and
in 1987, Barnett Banks, Inc. The bank system was purchased by NationsBank
in January 1998.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The
collection contains awards, photographs, printed material, and realia.
Items span the years 1920-2006, with the majority of the materials
concentrated in 1970-96.
Annual reports, newsletters,
and other printed material form the core of the collection.
Photographs include images of Barnett Bank buildings in Jacksonville,
and senior Barnett executives and members of the Barnett family.
Strengths of the collection include a complete set of annual reports
from 1971-1996, reprints of bank advertisements from the mid-twentieth
century, and an extensive group of employee newsletters, disseminated
by the Bank from 1957-1998, which chronicled company / employee news
and issues.
ARRANGEMENT
Alphabetical by series; chronological within folder.
INDEX TERMS
The following terms have been used to index the description of
this collection in the Library's online catalog:
Barnett Banks of Florida
Barnett Banks
Barnett National Bank of Jacksonville
Banks and Banking--Florida--History
Banks and Banking--Florida--Jacksonville--History
Finance--Florida--History
Jacksonville, Fla.--History
CONTAINER LIST
The Container list provides a listing of the folders as arranged in the
Collection. When available, links are included to
full-text resources and online images.
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