Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4780
NATIONSBANK RECORDS
Inventory
Abstract: Records of NationsBank, a Charlotte, N.C., based multinational financial
institution. Materials are primarily correspondence and speeches, 1962-1992, of
Thomas I. Storrs, chair of the Board of North Carolina National Bank (NCNB),
predecessor of NationsBank. Also present are transcripts of 11 interviews conducted
in 1983 with banking officials, including Storrs and his successor, Hugh McColl, and
of 31 interviews conducted in 1996-1997 about the history of Nationsbank and the
McColl family, especially Hugh L. McColl, with family members; people from
Bennettsville, S.C.; former NCNB and NationsBank employees; and other associates.
Audiocassette recordings of 24 of the interviews are also available.
Online Catalog Terms:
Banks and banking--North Carolina--History.
McColl family.
McColl, Hugh L.
Nationsbank--History.
North Carolina National Bank--History.
Storrs, Thomas I.
Size: About 2,500 items (4.5 linear feet).
Date Span: 1962-1997.
Provenance: Received from Joseph Martin in November 1995 (Acc. 95137), Howard Covington in
March 1996 (Acc. 96023), and Kathleen Collins in March 1999 (Acc. 99327).
Access: Transcripts and cassette recordings of interviews conducted in 1996-1997 may be
read or heard for information only. Copying, citation, quotation, or publication
of any material from them is prohibited without the written permission of the
interviewer and interviewee.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as
stipulated by United States copyright law.
Related Collection: McColl Family Papers (#4776).
BOX LIST
Box 1 Thomas I. Storrs correspondence, 1971, 1973-1983. 16 folders.
Storrs speeches, 1962-1972. 3 folders.
Box 2 Storrs speeches, cont., 1973-1987, 1992. 16 folders.
Storrs speeches to the United Way. One folder.
A Brief History of NCNB (1977). One folder.
Transcripts of interviews (1983) with:
William Barnhardt
Ben Bostick
Huger King
John Van Lindley
Harold Lineberger
Joe Martin
Hugh McColl
Thomas Storrs (two interviews, 1982 and 1983)
George Synder
C.M. Vanstory
TransSouth National Bank, 1975. One folder.
Corporate Banking Strategy, 1979. Two folders.
NCNB Directors’ Conference, February 1988. One folder.
Items separated:
T-4780/1 Storrs speech at Catawba College, January 1977 (audio cassette).
Addition of March 1999 (Acc.98327)
Size: 31 interviews.
Dates: 1996-1997.
Provenance: Received from Kathleen Collins, Manager, Corporate Archives, Bank of America,
San Francisco, Calif., in March 1999 (Acc. 99327).
Access: RESTRICTED: These interviews may be heard for information only. Copying, citation,
quotation, or publication of any material from them is prohibited without the
written permission of the interviewer and interviewee.
Description: Interviews about the history of Nationsbank and the McColl family, especially
Hugh L. McColl, with family members; people from Bennettsville, S.C.; former
NCNB and NationsBank employees; and other associates. Twenty-nine of these
interviews were conducted by Jeff Richardson in July-October 1996. One was
conducted by Joseph Martin in 1996 or 1997, and one by Joseph Martin and Ross
Yockey in 1997.
Audiocassettes and transcripts are available for the following interviews:
Box 2
Belk, Tom 9/24/96 (1) T-4780/2(lc)
Berry, Jim 7/18/96 (1) T-4780/3(lc)
Carroll, David 10/2/96 (2) T-4780/4-5(lc)
Cooley, Chuck 9/18/96 (2) T-4780/6-7(lc)
Covington, Mary 7/8/96 (1) T-4780/8(lc)
Easterling, Harry 7/15/96 (2) T-4780/9-10(lc)
Figge, Fred 8/29/96 (1) T-4780/11(lc)
Gentry, Frank 9/24/96 (2) T-4780/12-13(lc)
Hance, Jim 10/3/96 (1) T-4780/14(lc)
Hinson, Pat 7/8/96 (1) T-4780/15(lc)
Johnson, W. W. 9/26/96 (1) T-4780/16(lc)
Kinney, Bill 7/15/96 (1) T-4780/17(lc)
Kirby, Bob 10/1/96 (2) T-4780/18-19(lc)
Lewis, Ken 8/29/96 (1) T-4780/20(lc)
Box 3
McColl, Hugh (by Martin) (2) T-4780/21-22(lc)
McColl, James 9/26/96 (1) T-4780/23(lc)
McColl, Kenneth 9/26/96 (1) T-4780/24(lc)
Polking, Paul 8/27/96 (1) T-4780/25(lc)
Shaw, Benny 7/18/96 (1) T-4780/26(lc)
Sommers, Jim 8/22/96 (1) T-4780/27(lc)
Storrs, Tom 9/17/96 (1) T-4780/28(lc)
Thompson, James W. 10/3/96 (1) T-4780/29(lc)
Vandiver, Bill 8/22/96 (1) T-4780/30(lc)
Wall, Craig 8/27/96 (1) T-4780/31(lc)
Transcripts only are available for these interviews:
Box 3
Farr, James 7/16/96
Grim, Harry 8/29/96
Lynch, Charles 7/19/96
McColl, Hugh 9/15/97 (by Joseph Martin and Ross Yockey)
Pipken, John 9/17/96
Rash, Dennis 7/12/96
Roboz, Tom 7/17/96