A richly illustrated history of the making of Canada's first bank revealed through carefully chosen images, themes, and objects.
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-257)
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- 332.1/20971
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- 23
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- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
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- Issued also in French under title: Un destin plus grand que soi Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9780773599949 9780773548299
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- HG2708.M63
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- M87 2016eb
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- 1 electronic text (xiv, 257 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- A VISION GREATER THAN THEMSELVES 2
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- CONTENTS 6
- Foreword 10
- Introduction: A Vision Greater 12
- PART ONE | THE BMO UNIVERSE 16
- The Founders Through Time 18
- Determining Destinies: Leaders and Leadership 26
- The Written World of BMO: Defining Documents and Directions 42
- A Growth Business: BMO and Its Canadian Acquisitions 56
- Ten Days of Decision: Pivot Points 68
- Currency, Cash, and Legal Tender: BMO’s Richly Denominated Legacy 80
- Financial Innovations and Firsts 92
- Speed, Distance, Access: BMO’s First-to-Market Technologies 102
- A Sense of Place: A National Architectural Legacy 110
- BMO’s Most Wanted: Protecting Your Money 140
- In Hoc Signo: 200 Years of Royal Arms, Logotypes, and Trademarks 152
- BMO Bankers and the Dream of Nation 160
- Markets of the Mind: BMO Advertising and the Art of Persuasion 172
- On the Playing Fields of North America: Sponsorships 184
- From Charity to Philanthropy 196
- Cultural Capital: Bankers and Art 204
- PART TWO | TWO CENTURIES OF BANKING BY THE NUMBERS 218
- Assets 220
- Deposits 221
- The Trajectory of Wealth Generation: 1917-2016 222
- Loans 223
- Customer Base 224
- Employees 225
- Branches and Access 226
- Mapping Global Operations 227
- Branch Network 228
- Community Giving 229
- Women in Leadership 230
- Investment in Technology 231
- Employee Giving 232
- Investment in Human Capital 233
- Banking System Stability and Soundness 234
- PART THREE | THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF BMO BANKING 236
- The “Miller” Chest 238
- Deposit Ledger No. 1: The First Database 239
- The Certificate of Stock 240
- The Bank’s Corporate Seal 241
- The William Notman Albums, 1884 242
- The Dictograph, 1970s 243
- Memorials to the World Wars: Montreal Head Office, 1923 and 1951 244
- The Circular 245
- The Passbook 246
- Time Lords: The John Wood Clock 247
- The Bank of Montreal Centenary Medal 248
- Rules and Regulations for the Branches 249
- The Gold Scale 250
- The Protectograph 251
- The Blickensderfer Typewriter 252
- Ledger for Foreign Agents, 1885 253
- Victorian Cryptography: Telegraph Codebooks 254
- Minute Book H, 1905-09 255
- Money Boxes 256
- Championship Trophy, Montreal Bankers Hockey League 257
- The Pension Fund Society Seal, 1884 258
- Manual for Tellers, 1965 259
- “… that thou mayest prosper”: The Bank of Montreal/Waskaganish Belt, 1994 260
- M-Bar Chic? The Promotional Bow Tie, 1977 261
- BMO Harris’s Lionheart: Hubert T. Lion 262
- Epilogue 264
- Acknowledgments 266
- A Note on Sources 268
- Image Credits 273
