Castle Family

Scope and Contents The Latham Castle collection primarily documents the career of Latham Castle as Attorney General for the State of Illinois, 1953-1959. Supplementary but sparse material concerns his subsequent appointment as Federal Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. An oral history interview dated February 23, 1976, spans his lifetime and career. The materials are arranged both topically and chronologically whenever possible. Box 1 contains file folders of printed material, ...

Scope and Contents The materials in this collection partially document the financial records of the Sandwich State Bank from 1918-1928. Box one contains a history of the Sandwich State Bank, file folders of accounts, by name and by type, 1919-1928, and a general daily ledger, 1919-1926. The accounts by type include such information as interest received, individual deposits, real estate loans, expenses, and savings account. A separate daily cashbook covers March 21, 1918 to March 31, 1919 and is housed with...