ShoreBank Corporation records

“History and Corporate Strategy” documents the history and development of the ShoreBank Corporation. This series includes early correspondence detailing the goals of the institution's founders, as well as internal research and strategic decision-making spanning the bank's history and international growth. Annual reports, financial statements, meeting agendas, and budgets comprise a significant amount of the material. Handwritten letters and notes in margins (and later, emails) provide insight into bank executives' motivations and goals. This series is arranged chronologically by subject.

“Subsidiaries and Affiliates” includes planning materials, research resources, financial records, and correspondence pertaining to the development of ShoreBank Corporation’s subsidiaries and affiliates. It documents efforts to expand the concept of community development banking around the globe and provides further insight into the motivations of ShoreBank executives, their counterparts, and government officials in each new location. The series is arranged in chronological order by subsidiary or affiliate.

This series reflects ShoreBank’s influence on the national growth of development banking and the banking policy of the United States. It includes planning materials, research materials, financial records, press clippings, and correspondence regarding the creation and growth of community development banking in Arkansas. Notably, some of the material in this series relates to Whitewater Investigation involving former Arkansas Governor and U.S. President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton. “Arkansas Affiliates” is arranged in chronological order.

This series is comprised of briefing materials and board meeting minutes spanning ShoreBank's history. These materials provide background on the actions of the ShoreBank Corporation boards of directors. Included in this series are board and shareholder materials from the South Shore National Bank before the Illinois Neighborhood Development Corporation acquired it. The series is arranged in chronological order.

This series is comprised of materials regarding ShoreBank Corporation employees and the company's department of human resources. Materials in this series include copies of benefit plans, job descriptions and guidelines, and employee surveys. This series is arranged in chronological order by category.

This series consists of media materials, writings, and speeches related ShoreBank Corporation. These materials document ShoreBank's marketing strategies and image in the press. Recent items include tributes to Milton Davis and Jim Fletcher. Also included in this series is audiovisual material, which may include unique recordings of ShoreBank founders, executives, and employees.

This series includes binders consisting of annual budgets, board briefing materials, and employee surveys. Two albums in box 91 may be of particular interest, as they chronicle a single development project through the 1970s and 1980s.