Collection includes a letter copy book belonging to William C. Alvord, as well as two manuscript letters to Benjamin Alvord, one from George E. Pickett, February 13, 1861, regarding the danger of a civil war; and one from James A. Garfield, November 20, 1880, thanking Alvord for his "congratulations."

Records include an account book, December 1888-January 1894, containing an alphabetical list of clients, correspondence, accounts, and real estate transactions; typescript and manuscript correspondence, 1893-1906, between Robert A. Booth, president of the bank, and William Cullum Alvord, Harry Winslow Corbett, C. A. Dolph and Henry Failing, concerning business matters.