The papers of Benjamin Banks include letters to the editor, speeches, and literary materials. Political papers span Banks' political career (1908-1913) and his continuing involvement in political issues through the 1940's. Also included in the collection are scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs, memorabilia, and Manuals of the Senate and House of Delegates of Virginia.
The materials are arranged chronologically and are organized into six series: Series I: Personal Papers; Series II: Political Papers; Series III: Scrapbooks; Series IV: Photographs; Series V: Books; and Series VI: Memorabilia.
The collection is open to researchers without restrictions.
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.
Helen G. Banks
Gift. Accession #A76-15
[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Benjamin A. Banks (original family name Bonk) was born, according to his own testimony, on May 18, 1884, in Baltimore, Maryland. Soon after his father's death his family moved to Norfolk, Virginia, where they had relatives living. Banks received his only formal education in Norfolk's public schools. He then studied law on his own and was admitted to the Virginia Bar in November 1909. He continued to practice law until his death on April 27, 1974.
From 1908 through 1913, Banks served as editor and publisher of The Galaxy, a literary magazine which he hoped would enjoy critical and financial success not only in Norfolk but throughout the South. His colleague in this unsuccessful effort was local poet George Viett, who remained Banks' close friend until his death in 1943. Banks' first forays into the political arena in Norfolk were quite successful. He served on the Norfolk Board of Alderman from 1908 to 1911 at which point he resigned to take up the seat he had recently won in the Virginia House of Delegates. Banks did not run for reelection however, and all his subsequent attempts to return to public office: Virginia State Senate (1923); Commonwealth's Attorney for Norfolk (1925); House of Delegates (1933, 1937) ended in defeat. Nonetheless, he played an active role in Norfolk's Democratic politics from the 1900's through the 1940's. He participated in most local election campaigns and was frequently called on to make radio speeches on behalf of the candidates. For example, he successfully supported Norman Hamilton against Colgate Darden for Congress in 1936 and then aided Darden to defeat Hamilton in 1938. Banks was elected Norfolk chairman of the Virginia Liberal League in 1918 and, in 1937, he helped found the Citizen's Democratic League, a group that supported candidates against the dominant local Democratic organization, with only limited success, until its demise in the early 1940's. Banks was also an active campaigner for Democratic presidential candidates from Woodrow Wilson to George McGovern. He was particularly active in the Roosevelt clubs that developed in the 1930's.
Banks was a prominent member of the Norfolk Jewish community and was especially interested in promoting better understanding among Christians and Jews. He worked toward this goal in many letters written to local newspapers, especially in his annual Christmas "epistles." His numerous letters to the editors of the leading Norfolk and Richmond newspapers dealt with many topics, more often with political issues - local, state, and national. Their range-from Prohibition and the Ku Klux Klan to Vietnam and Watergate - symbolize the length of his concerns with political issues. Bank's letters also won him plaudits from many members of the Tidewater community and from political figures throughout the entire Commonwealth of Virginia.
Note written by James F. Walsh
This series includes personal correspondence; "Letters to the Editor"; miscellaneous material re. Judaism, Christianity, and their relationship; speeches and material for speeches; Literary materials for and copies of The Galaxy; papers relating to George Viett, Norfolk poet-author. Oversized memorabilia are stored in the dropfront box.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 1, General, 1910-1973, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 2, Polan Banks, 1943-1974, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 3, Annie, 1914, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 4, Caroline, 1912, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 5, Ernestine, 1921, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 6, Hortense, 1919, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 7, Hortense, 1919-1921, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 8, Correspondence re: Education League Scholarship, 1906, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 1, Letters re. Press, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 2, Correspondence with Editors of Virginian-Pilot, 1924-1972, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 3, Correspondence with Editors of Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1944-1971, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 4, Virginian-Pilot, 1924-1963, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 5, Virginian-Pilot, 1964-1972, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 6, Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 1916-1959, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 7, Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 1960-1972, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 8, Richmond News-Leader; Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1942-1973, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 9, Miscellaneous Papers, 1940-1968, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 10, Unknown Papers, 1907-1956, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 11, Tributes to Others, 1943-1973, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 12, "Fan Letters": General, 1948-1973, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 13, "Fan Letters": Irving Kline, 1958-1974, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 14, "Fan Letters": Miscellaneous Political Figures, 1940-1974, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 15, "Fan Letters": Colgate Darden; Floyd Kellam; Richard Kellam; Sydney Kellam, 1953-1973, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 1, Clippings, 1920-1929, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 2, Clippings, 1930-1939, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 3, Clippings, 1940-1949, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 4, Clippings, 1950-1959, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 5, Clippings, 1960-1969, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 6, Clippings, 1970-1974, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 7, Clippings, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 8, Material re: Press Handling of Letters to the Editor, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 9, Newspaper Clippings re: Banks, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 10, Banks' Speeches before Group, 1940-1970, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 11, Material re: Banks' Involvement, 1944-1946, 1948, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 12, Material re: Lodge #10 (Norfolk), 1943-1967, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 13, Material re: National Organization, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 14, Correspondence; Misc. material re. relationship with Banks, 1912-1972, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 15, Documents; Newspaper Clippings, 1920-1974, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 16, Miscellaneous Items, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 1, Index to Scrapbooks; The Galaxy; Letters, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 2, Misc. Material re: The Galaxy, 1907-1913, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Woodrow Wilson Inauguration Issue, March, 1913. Bound Volumes The Galaxy: Vols. I &II, September 1907-August 1909; Vols. III &IV, September 1909 - October 1913
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 3, The Galaxy, 1907-1913, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 1, Aphorisms; Quotations, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 2, Bibliographies, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 3, Clippings; Articles; Poems, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 4, Miscellaneous, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 5, Speeches on Miscellaneous Topics, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 6, Material for Speeches, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Perhaps written by Banks
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 7, Speeches Given by Others, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 8, Speeches to Others; Speeches; Written Pieces, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Photocopies with partial English translation.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 9, The Bitter Pill or The Hot Twenty-Five, Yiddish Play Manuscript by Hyman Goodman, circa 1920-1940, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 1, Published Works; Memorabilia, 1910-1930, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 2, Miscellaneous Unpublished Writings, 1900-1943, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 3, Letters to the Editor, 1903-1941, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 4, Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1918-1941, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 5, Clippings of Letters to the Editor, 1910-1919, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 6, Clippings of Letters to the Editor, 1920-1929, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 7, Clippings of Letters to the Editor, 1930-1939, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 8, Clippings of Letters to the Editor, 1940-1943, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 9, Clippings of Letters to the Editor, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 10, Letters, Columns Written under Gifo G. Everett Pen Name, 1920-1929, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 11, Correspondence re: Viett-Banks Dispute, 1919 May, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 12, Viett's Death, 1943, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 13, Misc. Items about Viett, 1900-1943, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 14, Disposition of Viett's Personal Papers, 1943, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 1, General Material on Religion, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 2, General: Versions of speech on "Law and Religion", undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 3, General: Liberty, A Magazine of Religious Freedom, (Misc. Copies), 1946, 1963, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 4, Miscellaneous Material, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 5, Miscellaneous Articles, 1820-1966, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 6, Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings, 1900-1970, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 7, Publications of the American Board of Missions to the Jews, 1950-1960, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 8, Christmas Letters to Editors (Largely to Norfolk Press), 1947-1968, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 9, Miscellaneous Correspondence, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 1, Misc. Speeches and Written Pieces (Banks), undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 2, Miscellaneous Material (Banks), undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 3, Letters to the Editor (Largely Norfolk Press), 1915-1972, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 4, Jefferson Society of Norfolk (Jewish Discussion Group), 1906-1911, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 5, Norfolk Jewish Community: Miscellaneous Material, 1948-1955, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 6, Correspondence with American Jewish Archives, 1970-1973, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 7, List of Items Sent to American Jewish Archives, 1970, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 8, Correspondence with Rabbi Harold D. Hahn, 1964-1973, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 9, Correspondence with Rabbi Alan Steinbach; Miscellaneous Material re: Steinbach, 1923-1972, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 10, Misc. Correspondence, 1948-1972, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 1, Misc. Articles, 1889-1965, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 2, Misc. Newspaper Clippings, 1900-1967, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 3, Misc. Publications re: Judaism, 1946-1960, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 4, American Judaism, 1957-1965, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 5, Misc. Writings on Zionism (Banks), 1915-1969, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 6, Misc. Newspaper clippings re: Zionism, 1915-1970, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 7, Misc. Non-Jewish Publications re: Zionism, 1948, 1969, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 8, The New Palestine; Congress Weekly, 1948-1950, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 9, B'nai B'rith Publications, 1910-1913, 1960, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 10, Misc. B'nai B'rith Material (Banks), undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series includes material regarding Banks' own short political career (1908-1913), his involvement in Norfolk politics, and his participation in presidential campaigns in Virginia (especially in Norfolk) throughout this same period. Also contains correspondence relating to his largely unsuccessful efforts to obtain patronage jobs from both the Wilson and Roosevelt Administrations.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 1, Self-Summary of Banks' Political Career, 1910-1960, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 2, Service on Norfolk Board of Aldermen, 1908-1911, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 3, "Norfolk, Virginia": Booklet Prepared by Banks for Industrial Commission, 1909, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 4, Controversy over Banks' Origins: General, 1911-1912, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 5, Controversy over Banks' Origins: Dispute within B'nai B'rith Lodge, 1912-1913, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 6, Miscellaneous Material, 1911-1913, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 7, Speeches in House, 1912, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 8, Bills Introduced, 1912, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 9, Campaign for State Senate, 1923, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 10, Campaign for Commonwealth's Attorney, 1925, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 11, Campaign for House of Delegates, 1933, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 12, Hamilton-Darden Congressional Campaign, 1936, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 13, Misc. Material re: Goals of Group, 1937-1940, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 14, Misc. Campaign Material, 1937-1940, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 15, Newspaper Clippings, 1937, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 16, Hamilton-Darden Congressional Campaign: Banks' Speeches, 1938, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 10, Folder 17, Hamilton-Darden Campaign: Campaign Materials, 1938, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 1, 1940 City Council Election, 1940, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 2, Special Election, 2nd Congressional District, 1941, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 3, Citizens' Democratic League: Miscellaneous Material, 1940-1949, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 4, Miscellaneous Material, 1960-1969, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 5, E. Vincent Wyatt Campaign for City Treasurer, 1965-1966, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 6, Miscellaneous Banks' Speeches, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 7, A. Willis Robertson's U. S. Senate Campaign, 1966, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 8, Henry Howell's Gubernatorial Campaign, 1969, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 9, Misc. Banks' Speeches re: Statewide Elections, 1910-1950, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 10, Wilson Campaign and Administration, 1912-1918, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 11, Al Smith Campaign: Banks' Speech, 1928, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 12, Roosevelt Campaigns: Correspondence, 1932-1944, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 13, Roosevelt Campaigns: Miscellaneous Material, 1932-1936, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 14, Roosevelt Campaigns: Bank's Speeches, 1932-1944, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 15, Roosevelt Administrations: Miscellaneous Material, 1933-1939, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 16, 1952 Campaign: Miscellaneous Material, 1952, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 17, 1960 Campaign: Miscellaneous Material, 1960, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 11, Folder 18, 1968 Campaign: Letters to the Editor, 1968 September-October, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 12, Folder 1, Miscellaneous, 1907-1971, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 12, Folder 2, Norman Hamilton, 1934-1936, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 12, Folder 3, Norman Hamilton (After Election to Congress), 1936-1937, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 12, Folder 4, Colgate Darden: General, 1935-1969, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 12, Folder 5, Correspondence with Wilson Administration re: Government Job, 1912-1918, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 12, Folder 6, Correspondence with Virginia Politicians re: Support for Job in Wilson Administration, 1913-1920, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 12, Folder 7, Correspondence with Simon Wolf re: Efforts to Obtain Government Job, 1914, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 12, Folder 8, Applications for Collectorship of Port of Norfolk, 1914, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 12, Folder 9, Correspondence with Department of Justice re: Government Job,, 1933-1934, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 12, Folder 10, Correspondence with Department of Justice re: Job Obtained in War Risk Insurance Office, 1934-1936, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 12, Folder 11, Misc. Correspondence re: Department of Justice Jobs, 1933-1934, 1936, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 12, Folder 12, Correspondence with Harry Byrd, Sr. re: Department of Justice Job, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 12, Folder 13, Correspondence with Colgate Darden re: Department of Justice Job, 1933-1934, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 12, Folder 14, Correspondence with Bernard Baruch re: Department of Justice Job, 1934, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 13, Folder 1, Correspondence with Treasury Department re: Government Job, 1934-1939, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 13, Folder 2, Misc. Correpondence re: Government Jobs (Largely with Colgate Darden), 1939-1942, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 13, Folder 3, Correspondence with Congressmen Winder Harris re: Government Job, 1942, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 13, Folder 4, Material re: "Negro Problem" - Including Supreme Court's Role, 1903-1958, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 13, Folder 5, "Legal Articles: (Considerable Material re: Supreme Court), 1920-1970, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 13, Folder 6, The Growler: Norfolk Political Weekly, 1905, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 13, Folder 7, The Free-Lance: Norfolk Political Weekly, 1905, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 13, Folder 8, The Free-Lance, 1906, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series contains newspaper clippings and some correspondence regarding his political activities; clippings of letters to the editors; some items relating to Judaism.
[Identification of item and date], Box 14, Folder 1, Index to Scrapbooks, undated, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 14, Folder 2, Book #1: pp. 1-36 (Largely Political), 1906-1912, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 14, Folder 3, Book #1: pp. 37-71 (Largely Political), 1906-1912, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 14, Folder 4, Book #3: pp. 1-38 (Largely Political), 1924-1958, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 14, Folder 5, Book #3: pp. 38-78 (Largely Political), 1924-1958, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 14, Folder 6, Book #4 : pp. 38-78 (Largely Political), 1912-1924, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Bound Volume Letters to Editors; Miscellaneous Newspaper clippings, 1906-1972, Box 15, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 16, Folder 1, "Political and Campaign Scrapbook" (Presidential Campaigns), 1912, 1932-1934, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 16, Folder 2, Untitled Scrapbook: Jewish Topics; Items from The Galaxy, 1906-1913, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series includes a small number of miscellaneous photographs.
[Identification of item and date], Box 17, Folder 1, Woodrow Wilson Visit to Richmond, 1912, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 17, Folder 2, B.A. Banks in Law Office, circa 1920-1929, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 17, Folder 3, Bank's State Senate Campaign, 1923, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 17, Folder 4, Miscellaneous Photographs, circa 1920-1968, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 17, Folder 5, Photocopies of Views from Church and Main Streets in Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1887-1900, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Photograph of Norfolk Industrial Commission, circa 1909, Oversize Box 19, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Photograph of 7th Annual Harbors and Rivers Congress, Washington, D.C., 1910 December 18, Oversize Box 19, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Group Portrait of 1912 Virginia House of Delegates, 1912, Oversize Box 19, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Copy of Correspondence between Robert Morton Hughes and Harry Flood Byrd, 1929, Oversize Box 19, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Large Photograph of the Norfolk Bar Association, 1922, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Large Photograph of the Virginia General Assembly with Woodrow Wilson, 1912, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series contains three books from Banks' personal library as well as manuals of the Senate and House of Delegates of Virginia.
Flanders, Henry. The Lives and Times of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Vol. I: John Jay-John Rutledge. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1855, Oversize Box 18, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Harris, Joel Chandler. Life of Henry W. Grady. New York: Casssell, 1890, Oversize Box 18, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
U. S. House of Representatives. Henry D. Flood. Memorial Addresses Delivered in Congress. Washington, D.C.: Gov't. Printing Office, 1922, Oversize Box 18, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Manual of the Senate and House of Delegates, Virginia., 1908-1934, Oversize Box 18, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series includes Banks' law license, certificates, and photographs.
License to Practice Law in Virginia, 1909 November 12, Oversize Box 19, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Certificate of Election to the House of Delegates, 1911 November 27, Oversize Box 19, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Commendation From Italian Societies of Norfolk, 1912, Oversize Box 19, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Authorization to Plead Cases Before the U.S. Supreme Court, 1929 January 21, Oversize Box 19, Benjamin A. Banks Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.