Broad National Bank Run [for charity] includes many 8” x 10” b/w photographs including of then Mayor Kennneth Gibson, Bank President Richard Garber and Chairman of the Board Stanley Lesnik,, 1979

This series consists of reports, newsletters and scrapbooks.

Among the reports are Examiner’s Reports, and write-ups (1967-1968), reports on the Directors’ Examination completed by Arthur Andersen & Co. (1980s), and Annual Reports (1978-1989).

The newsletters include BNB’s in-house publication “Broad Views” (1989-1998, with gaps); and newsletters related to two other organizations with which BNB was involved: Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce (1987-1993, with gaps) and the Ironbound Manufacturers Association (1971-1976, with gaps).

The scrapbooks largely comprise clippings (regarding the business of the bank, staff, and social affairs related to employees’ such as weddings or births); but also include newsletters, those of BNB and other organizations if BNB was mentioned; press releases; advertisements; photographs, including snapshots of BNB parties and outings and more formal photographs of BNB boards, local politicians, and business people; reports; invitations and holiday cards, often featuring prints of artwork from the permanent art collection of BNB; bank forms and letterhead; etc.

The bulk of the material is original, but some of the historical material consists of photocopies. A small amount of material is in Spanish or Portuguese.

Material is arranged chronologically by category.