Guide to the First Interstate Corporation of Alaska records
1961-1989
Collection number: HMC-0473.
Creator: first Interstate Corporation of Alaska.
Title: First Interstate Corporation of Alaska records.
Dates: 1961-1989.
Volume of collection: 6.5 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Collection summary: Records of an Alaskan banking organization.
Organizational history:
First Interstate Corporation of Alaska was originally founded in 1947 as Matanuska Valley Bank. The name was later changed to Alaska Bank of Commerce and then to First Interstate Bank of Alaska in 1983, when it became a franchise of First Interstate Bancorp, Los Angeles. The state of Alaska closed the First Interstate Bank of Alaska in 1987 and named the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. No record of the corporation exists after 1989.
Collection description:
The collection consists of the corporate records of the First Interstate Corporation of Alaska, parent company of First Interstate Bank of Alaska, with records of its precursers: the Matanuska Valley Bank and Commerce Bancorp. The collection includes administrative records, meeting recrods, legal records, stockholder correspondence, stockholder records, stock records, FDIC forms, Federal Reserve filings, and Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
Arrangement: The collection is arranged into six series by document type or function:
Series 1: Administrative records; 1963-1989
Series 2: Meeting records; 1976-1987
Series 3: Legal records; 1983-1987
Series 4: Stock and stockholder records; 1961-1988
Series 5: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation forms and filings; 1976-1986
Series 6: Federal Reserve forms; 1983-1987
Series 7: Securities and Exchange Commission forms and filings; 1983-1987
Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Access restrictions: Some contents within Series 1: Administrative records, are closed to research due to the presence of social security numbers. See container list below for details. Researchers who wish to access these materials should contact the Archives in advance of a visit so the materials may be redacted.
Rights note: Archives and Special Collections does not hold the copyright to collection materials. Documents created by the United States government are in the public domain.
Preferred citation: First Interstate Corporation of Alaska records, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Related materials: HMC-0480: Matanuska Valley Bank records.
Acquisition note: The collection was given to the Archives in 1998 by Jerry Kurtz.
Processing information: This collection was arranged and described by Jeffrey Sinnott in 2001. The guide was reformatted to meet current standard by Arlene Schmuland in 2017. Stock-related materials were combined into a single series at that time and duplicative materials removed.
Container list:
Series 1: Administrative records; 1963-1989. 1.3 cubic feet.
| Box/Folder | Description | Dates |
| 1/1 | Bylaws, articles of incorporation | 1984 |
| ½ | Federal ID number, federal approval | 1978-1986 |
| 1/3 | Federal reserve examination | 1986-1987 |
| ¼ | Federal Reserve Bank information regarding bank holding companies | 1985-1986 |
| 1/5 | Stock information | 1980-1986 |
| 1/6 | Proxy information | 1986 |
| 1/7 | Excerpts from minutes | 1987 |
| 1/8 | Policies | Undated |
| 1/9 | General correspondence | 1984-1986 |
| 1/10 | Reorganization file: Commerce Bancorp cancelled certificates, Phantom First Interstate Bank of Alaska, First Interstate Corporation of Alaska stock certificates | 1984-1985 |
| 1/11-14 | Questionnaire for officers, directors, and 5% shareholders (closed to access due to presence of Social Security numbers) | 1986-1987 |
| 1/15 | Stock transfer agent rules | 1982-1983 |
| 1/16 | Stop list | 1987 |
| 1/17 | First Interstate Data Processing Company of Alaska, Inc. (Commerce Data Service Co.): file 19702D (includes articles of incorporation and bylaws) | 1979-1987 |
| 1/18 | Commerce Bancorp file 19700D | 1979-1987 |
| 1/19 | Procedures and timetables for annual and special meetings | 1982-1987 |
| 1/20 | Bills paid | 1986-1987 |
| 1/21 | Bank statements | 1985-1987 |
| 1/22 | Phantom First Interstate Bank of Alaska organizational documents | 1984-1985 |
| 1/23 | Valley Development Inc. organizational documents | 1986-1967 |
| 1/24-25 | Balance sheets | 1985-1987 |
| 1/26 | Correspondence | 1987 |
| 1/27 | First Interstate Corporation of Alaska termination files, trust number 7710771 including articles of incorporation, bylaws, legal opinions, financial reports, officer authority certificates | 1979-1989 |
| 1/28 | Federal and state income tax returns | 1985-1986 |
| 2/1 | 1986 carryback to 1976 through 1985 (federal income tax) | 1983-1987 |
| 2/2 | Financial statements | 1986 |
| 2/3 | 1984 federal and state amended returns and report of foreign bank account | 1983-1985 |
| 2/4 | Commerce Building Company carryback for 1980 through 1983 (federal income tax) | 1985-1986 |
| 7/1 | General ledger pages, including cash on hand, investment in FIAK, investment in phantom, furniture and exqupment, prepaid expenses, deferred charges—organization cost, due to FIAK, dividend payable, federal taxes payable, state taxes payable, common stock, capital surplus, undivided profit, equity in earnings of FIAK, dividend income, legal expense, courier expense, merging expense, marketing expense, contract services, general expense, federal tax expense, state tax expense | 1984-1987 |
| 2/5 | Preferred stock offering | 1987 |
| 2/6 | “Stand off” letter for preferred stock issue | 1984 |
| 2/7 | Preferred stock issue | 1984 |
| 2/8 | Common stock certificates | 1985 |
| 2/9 | Common stock certificates, Alaska Bank of Commerce | Undated |
| 2/10 | Fine arts schedule, list, and appraised values | 1987 |
| 2/11 | CUSIP Bureau Service certificate | 1983 |
Series 2: Meeting records; 1976-1987. 0.8 cubic feet.
| Box/Folder | Description | Dates |
| 2/12-14 | Alaska Bank of Commerce stockholders meeting records | 1976-1983 |
| 2/15 | Alaska Bank of Commerce special stockholders meeting records (cancelled) | 1984 |
| 2/16 | Stockholders meeting records | 1984 |
| 2/17 | Special stockholders meeting records (canceled) | 1985 |
| 2/18 | Special stockholders meeting records including prospectus requests | 1985 |
| 2/19 | Stockholders meeting records | 1985 |
| 2/20 | Special meetings of the Board of Directors records | 1985 |
| 2/21 | Board of Directors meeting records | 1985-1986 |
| 2/22 | Board of Directors annual meeting records | 1986 |
| 2/23 | Stockholder meeting recors | 1986 |
| 2/24 | Board of Directors meeting records | 1986-1987 |
| 2/25 | Stockholders meeting records including proxy tabulation sheets | 1987 |
| 2/26 | Special meetings of the Board of Directors records | 1987 |
| 2/27 | Board of Directors meeting records | 1987 |
Series 3: Legal records; 1983-1987. 0.7 cubic feet.
| Box/Folder | Description | Dates |
| 3/1-2 | Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison file | 1984-1986 |
| 3/3 | Burr, Pease and Kurtz file | 1984-1986 |
| 3/4 | FDIC file | 1984-1985 |
| 3/5 | Legal file: includes articles of incorporation and bylaws | 1983-1985 |
| 3/6 | Federal Reserve System file | 1984-1986 |
| 3/7 | Drafts, working papers | 1983-1987 |
| 3/8 | Fink—holding company | 1984-1985 |
| 3/9 | Annual report of bank holding companies | 1985 |
| 3/10 | Affadavits: Commerce Bancorp/resignations | 1984-1985 |
| 3/11 | Applications to FED: mortgage and finance companies | 1985 |
| 3/12 | Questionnaire | 1984 |
| 3/13-14 | Correspondence and accounting records | 1983-1987 |
Series 4: Stock and stockholder records; 1961-1988. 2.4 cubic feet.
| Box/Folder | Description | Dates |
| 3/15-17 | Correspondence | 1983-1987 |
| 3/18 | Alaska Insurance Services records | 1974-1986 |
| 3/19 | Earl Jones records | 1987 |
| 3/20 | Bernd Vockner records | 1986-1987 |
| 4/1 | David J. Walsh records | 1987 |
| 4/2 | Stockholders: certificate of exemption from withholding on interest and dividends | 1983 |
| 4/3 | FICA: lost, destroyed, stolen stock certificates | 1968-1984 |
| 4/4 | Stock certificates lost by stockholders | 1973-1983 |
| 4/5 | Stock certificates lost through mail | 1977-1983 |
| 4/6-12 | Capitol stock ledgers, arranged alphabetically by stockholder name | 1971-1983 |
| 7/2-3 | Stock transfer journals for common stock | 1983-1988 |
| 4/13 | Stockholder lists | 1978 |
| 4/14 | Alaska Bank of Commerce proxy statements | 1977-1983 |
| 4/15 | Proxy statements | 1984-1987 |
| 4/16 | Alaska Bank of Commerce stock dividend records | 1973-1985 |
| 5/1 | Proxy to voting trust, Alaska Bank of Commerce | 1973 |
| 5/2 | Stock sale: pre-emptive rights, Alaska Bank of Commerce | 1974 |
| 5/3 | Voting trust, Alaska Bank of Commerce | 1974 |
| 5/4 | Alaska Bank of Commerce stock split | 1977 |
| 5/5 | Alaska Bank of Commerce proxies information | 1976-1978 |
| 5/6 | Memoranda regardin Alaska Bank of Commerce stock | 1976-1979 |
| 5/7 | Stockholder’s legal documents, Alaska Bank of Commerce | 1977-1981 |
| 5/8 | Stock certificate affidavits, Alaska Bank of Commerce | Undated |
| 5/9 | FDIC turnaround requirements, Alaska Bank of Commerce | 1980 |
| 5/10 | Stock affidavit and voting trust agreement, Matanuska Valley Bank and Alaska Bank of Commerce | 1968 |
| 5/11 | New stock issues, Matanuska Valley Bank | 1962-1964 |
| 5/12 | Dividends declared records, Matanuska Valley Bank and Alaska Bank of Commerce | 1961-1982 |
| 5/13 | Matanuska Valley Bank stock records | 1967 |
| 5/14 | Transfer of transfer agent activities | 1983 |
| 5/15 | First Interstate Bank of California stock transfer agent | 1983-1985 |
| 5/16 | Transfer of stock records to First Interstate Bank of California | 1983 |
| 5/17 | Stock certificate and voting proxy samples | 1976-1986 |
Series 5: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation forms and filings; 1975-1986. 0.1 cubic feet.
| Box/Folder | Description | Dates |
| 5/18 | TA-1: uniform form for registration and amendment to register as a transfer agent | 1975-1986 |
| 5/19 | Nelson Bunker Hunt: Form F-11, acquisition statement | 1975, 1981 |
Series 6: Federal Reserve forms; 1984-1987. 0.2 cubic feet.
| Box/
Folder |
Description | Dates |
| 5/20 | Federal Reserve Board/O.T.C. margin stock report | 1984 |
| 5/21 | FR Y-1: Application to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | 1984 |
| 5/22 | FR Y-6: Annual report of bank holding companies | 1985-1986 |
| 5/23 | FR Y-6a: Bank holding company report of changes in investments or activities | 1986-1987 |
| 5/24 | FR Y-8: Report of bank holding company intercompany transactions and balances | 1985-1987 |
| 5/25 | FR Y-9c: Consolidated financial statement for bank holding companies with total consolidated assets of $150 million or more, or with more than one subsidiary bank (quarterly) | 1986-1987 |
| 5/26 | FR Y-9LP: Parent company only financial statements for bank holding companies with total consolidated assets of $150 million or more, or with more than one subsidiary bank (quarterly) | 1986-1987 |
| 5/27 | FR Y-9 and 9S: Bank holding company financial supplement (fiscal year) | 1875 |
| 5/28 | FR Y-11L: Annual report of selected financial data for nonbank subsidiaries of bank holding companies exemption | 1986 |
Series 7: Securities and Exchange Commission forms and filings; 1983-1987. 1.0 cubic feet.
| Box/Folder | Description | Dates |
| 5/29 | SEC requirements | 1985-1986 |
| 5/30-6/3 | Form S-14: Registration statement: confidential treatment, agreement by and between First Interstate Bancorp and Alaska Bank of Commerce, filings, exhibits, drafts, marked copies, notes | 1983-1985 |
| 6/4-5 | Form 3: Initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities and Form 4: Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities: Mae Rene Bordwell, Thomas J. Curnes, Kenneth J. Czajkowski, A. Douglas Hulen, Nelson Bunker Hunt, Earl H. Jones, Asa L. Martin, Robert P. McWhorter, Richard J. Miller Jr., James E. Pratt, Frank M. Reed Sr., Kenneth A. Sheppard, Albert C. Swalling, Tony J. Swartz, Dale Teel, Walter D. Teeland, Bernd Vockner, David J. Walsh, and Charles L. Whitney | 1985-1987 |
| 6/6 | Form 8-K: Current report | 1985, 1987 |
| 6/7-9 | Form 10-K: Annual report | 1985-1986 |
| 6/10-11 | Form 10-Q: Quarterly report | 1985-1987 |