Banking law

Scope and Contents Series One of the Union Bank and Trust Company of Eastern Pennsylvania is made up of material from the Gosztonyi Savings and Trust, notable for their founder and president at the time of their public offering, Rozalia Gosztonyi, being one of, if not the, first female bank presidents in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Gosztonyi went public in 1918 and would fail during the Great Depression. Their reorganization attempt resulted in a name change to Gosztonyi Bank in 1934 and in 1939, after...

Scope and Contents Series Two of the Union Bank and Trust Company of Eastern Pennsylvania is made up of material from the People’s Bank of Bethlehem. A reorganization of the Gosztonyi Savings and Trust during the Depression resulted in a new corporation, Gosztonyi Bank, on August 7, 1934. On December 12, 1939, after the last Gosztonyi had left the bank, the name was changed to the People’s Bank of Bethlehem. Beginning in the mid-1950s the People’s Bank began exploring the possibility of merging with another...

Scope and Contents Series Three of the Union Bank and Trust Company of Eastern Pennsylvania is made up of material from the Union Bank and Trust Company of Bethlehem. Union Bank was organized in November of 1935. They operated at two locations, 52 West Broad Street with a branch at Broad and 4th Street. Beginning in the mid-1950s the Union Bank and Trust Company of Bethlehem began exploring the possibility of merging with another bank, the People’s Bank of Bethlehem. This merger would be consummated on June...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series Three of the Union Bank and Trust Company of Eastern Pennsylvania is made up of material from the Union Bank and Trust Company of Bethlehem. Union Bank was organized in November of 1935. They operated at two locations, 52 West Broad Street with a branch at Broad and 4th Street. Beginning in the mid-1950s the Union Bank and Trust Company of Bethlehem began exploring the possibility of merging with another bank, the People’s Bank of Bethlehem. This merger would be consummated on June...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series Four of the Union Bank and Trust Company of Eastern Pennsylvania is made up of material from the Union Bank and Trust Company of Eastern Pennsylvania. Union Bank and Trust Company of Eastern Pennsylvania was created when Union Bank and Trust Company of Bethlehem changed their name on January 14, 1963. They would go on to expand their reach east towards the border with New Jersey under this name. In 1986 this company would change their name once more, to Lehigh Valley Bank. Records in...

Scope and Contents The Union Bank and Trust Company of Eastern Pennsylvania Collection contains financial material relating to banking on the south side of Bethlehem from 1918-1976. All of the material was removed from the basement of their branch at 530 E. Third Street, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. There are four distinct series within the collection, relating to the various mergers and predecessor companies. Series One is made up of material from the Gosztonyi Savings and Trust, notable for their founder and...