Scope and Contents Correspondence between McKenna and Sir Edward Holden [Chairman of the London City and Midland Bank, Limited, later the Midland Bank] on McKenna becoming first a director of the bank in 1917, then on his taking up a full-time position with the bank prior to succeeding Holden, particularly on McKenna's views on whether he would take political office again. Also includes letters of congratulation on McKenna's becoming Chairman, from correspondents including: Sir Vincent Caillard;...

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Article by Edwin Green, Archivist of Midland Bank, for the Dictionary of Business Biography.

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Minutes of general and extraordinary general meetings of shareholders on subjects including changing the bank's name from the London City and Midland Bank to the Midland Bank.

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Texts of speeches by McKenna, mainly as Chairman of the Midland Bank, on subjects including: a merger with the Clydesdale Bank and the issue of new capital; foreign exchanges and the League of Nations; trade prospects; support for Andrew Bonar Law's economic policy; changing the Midland's name to Midland Bank Limited; the restoration of the Gold Standard; support for the League of Nations Union; the memorial museum to Robert Owen, founder of the Co-operative Movement.

Scope and Contents Texts of speeches and yearly statements by McKenna as Chairman on subjects including: monetary policy; central bank policy; banking monopolies; the Midland's centenary; devaluation of European gold currencies and the yearly general financial situation; currency and credit control; the success of the Government's economic policy; local authorities and the money market; relations between local authorities and banks; the Clydesdale Bank; the movement of foreign balances; the Beveridge Report...