Philip Ream Clarke papers, 1917-1966

Old Resource ID was PClarke

Philip Ream Clarke (1889-1966) was a Chicago investment banker, corporate director, and civic leader. He was president of the City National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago from 1932 until 1951 when he succeeded Charles Gates Dawes as Chairman of the Board. He sat on the boards of directors of the U.S. Steel Corporation, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and Montgomery Ward and Company. He was also a director of Chicago's Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital and the Museum of Science and Industry. Clarke was a successful fundraiser, chairing 33 fundraising drives, which together raised over $2 billion for such organizations as the Community Fund and the Cook County Taxpayers' Warrant Trust.

The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, legal, financial and statistical records, speeches, reports, clippings, photographs, and published material pertaining to Clarke's professional and civic activities in Chicago.

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Philip Ream Clarke papers, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Names
  • City National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago -- Presidents -- Biography.
  • Clarke, Philip Ream, 1889-1966 -- Archives
  • Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, Ill.).
• Subject
  • Chicago Health Sciences History.
  • Chicago Political and Civic Life.
  • Civic leaders.
• Geographic CoverageIllinois--Chicago.