Thomas "Tommy" Hills papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes banking records of Wachovia and SunTrust banks and interviews Thomas Hills collected for Georgia State University as a graduate student. The bulk of the material includes bank publications, annual reports, pamphlets, correspondence, minutes, brochures, and articles. Of particular note are documents pertaining to the merger of Wachovia Bank with First Union Bank in 2001 as well as two bank stock certificates. The intereviews Hills conducted are with with business and civil rights leader Jesse Hill, Jr (1927-2012); former mayor of Atlanta Sam Massell (1927-2022); former director of budget at MARTA Ron Nawrocki; lawyer W. Stell Huie (1930- ); businessman Rawson Haverty (1920-2007); civi leader Lyndon Wade ( -2017); and former MARTA general manager Kenneth Gregor (1940- ) about the history of MARTA for Georgia State University.
Dates
- 1861-2009, undated
- Majority of material found in 1965-2001
Creator
- Hills, Thomas D. (Thomas Derrill) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.
Biographical / Historical
Thomas “Tommy” Hills (1945- ) was born to Richard A. Hills (1908-1955) and Doris Dunn (1918- ) in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from the Westminster school in Atlanta, Georgia; from Emory University in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Pre-Law; and from Emory Law School with a Juris Doctorate. Hills began his career in banking in 1965 at First National Bank of Atlanta where he rose to senior vice president; later, he worked at Wachovia as Atlanta regional president. In 2004 he graduated from Georgia State University with a Master of Arts in Southern History. From 2003 to 2010, Hills served as chief financial officer of Georgia and was selected as state treasurer in 2010. In addition, he conducted an audit of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) and served as the Woodruff Arts Center's campaign coordinator from 2012 to 2013. Hills also served on boards of the Atlanta Opera, Georgia Financing and Investment Commission, Georgia Council on Economic Education, Georgia National Historic Register Review, and Atlanta Historical Society.
Extent
5.42 linear ft. (nine document cases and one oversized folder)
Language
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by titles supplied by staff.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Audio recordings were made on audiocassette tapes. Patrons requesting access to the recordings must use the linked digital copies available at https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/p17222coll24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 2020
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Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2023.
- Bank mergers
- Banks and Banking -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Cities and towns -- Growth
- Citizens and Southern National Bank
- Finance -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Finance -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- First National Bank of Atlanta
- Fourth National Bank of Atlanta (Ga.)
- Hill, Jesse, 1927-2012
- Local transit -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Massell, Sam
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
- SunTrust Banks, Inc.
- Transportation -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Urban transportation -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
- Title
- Thomas "Tommy" Hills papers
- Author
- Serena McCracken
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository