| Clark (1987) |
Standard Bank Archives (INSP inspection reports; GMO letters of the General Manager) |
1935-1939 |
Evidence on Usco's workforce racial composition and on Amcor's formation and plans. |
| Ehlers (2007) |
SBA, GMO 3/2/1/13, GM-LO, Annual letter for the year ending 31.3.1938 |
1938 |
Gives the size of Standard Bank's branch network in 1938 (297 branches, 24 sub-branches, 59 agencies) as context for the growth of estate business. |
| Ehlers (2007) |
SBA, INSP 1/1 series, Standard Bank branch inspection reports (27 rural branches, 1928-1945) |
1928-1945 |
Traces the slow and then growing estate business and executor nominations of the banks in towns with local trust companies. |
| Ehlers (2007) |
Standard Bank Archives (SBA), General Manager's Office (GMO) 3/1 series, General Manager–London Office (GM-LO) 'Ordinary' and 'Special' letters, 1909-1929 |
1909-1929 |
Documents Standard Bank's decision to enter trust and estate business, its fear of trust company reaction, and its replies to protests in 1911 and 1920. |
| Jones (2009) |
Standard Bank productivity series, 1885-1939 |
1885-1939 |
Supports the claim that bank productivity declined after concentration and the growth of oligopoly. |
| Keegan (1985) |
Standard Bank Archives, Johannesburg, Inspection Reports 1909-1915 |
1909-1915 |
Used for local credit conditions, bank lending, land price inflation, overstocking and the post-1914 slump in land prices. |
| Keegan (1986) |
Standard Bank Archives, Johannesburg, Annual Branch Inspection Reports (incl. Kroonstad Inspection Reports 1915) |
c. 1890s-1915 |
Supports the claim that the most progressive farmers were late arrivals with capital from older districts, and details cases of failed capital-intensive enterprises. |
| Mabin (1984) |
Standard Bank Archives, Johannesburg: Inspection Reports and General Managers' correspondence (GMO, JAH 6/2/1, GM-LO) |
1860s-1899 |
Chief archival source for credit conditions, branch trade conditions, bank policy, farmer and merchant indebtedness, and shift of capital to the Transvaal. |
| Mabin (1984) |
Standard Bank Branch Opening and Closing Card Index; Barclays Bank Museum Archives Smith files |
1860-1900 |
Source for compiled counts and maps of banks and branches (Table 4.4, Figures 3.6, 3.10, 4.7, 6.4). |
| Mabin (1986a) |
Standard Bank Archives (SBA): Inspection Reports, local board minutes, General Manager–London Office (GM-LO) correspondence, Branch Index |
1860s-1890s |
Evidence on bank branching, indebtedness of merchants and farmers, recession conditions, deposits and the move of headquarters to Cape Town. |
| Mabin (1986b) |
Standard Bank Archive, Johannesburg: Inspection Reports and General Manager letters, Kimberley 1881-1882 |
1881-1882 |
Evidence on the 1881 share mania, bank lending and the 1882 stagnation of trade. |
| Schirmer (1995) |
Standard Bank Archives, Lydenburg Inspection Reports (INSP 1/1/313, 1/1/362, 1/1/373), 1931-1938 |
1931-1938 |
Evidence on crop prices, production growth and uneven farm performance in the 1930s. |
| Verhoef (n.d.) |
SBA agency agreements with other banks (National Bank of OFS 1887; Natal Bank 1896; African Banking Corporation 1897) |
1887-1897 |
Shows Standard Bank used its branch network through agency agreements with banks unable to reach remote areas. |
| Verhoef (n.d.) |
SBA, General Manager's Office (GMO) private-official letters and Selected Correspondence with London office, 1930-1943 |
1912-1943 |
Used for the National Bank's rationale for collusion and cash ratio compared with Standard Bank. |