Banco Urquijo Collection

Banco Urquijo was established in Madrid in 1870 as a collective society under the name Banco de Urquijo, Ortueta y Arenzana, founded by Juan Manuel Urquijo Urrutia. Within a few years, it became one of the most emblematic institutions in Spain.

In 1965, the bank expanded to Barcelona, where it set up a Research Service led by Ramon Trias i Fargas, becoming the first industrial bank in Spain.

It played a significant role in various leading industries, including Compañía Hispanoamericana de Electricidad, Maquinista Terrestre y Marítima de Barcelona, Catalana de Gas y Electricidad, Hidroelèctrica de Catalunya, SEAT, Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval, and Unión Eléctrica Madrileña, among others.

In 1982, Urquijo became part of Banco Hispano Americano, which later merged with Bankunión to form Banco Urquijo-Unión. Eventually, it came under the control of Banca March and was acquired by Banco de Sabadell in 2006.

Collection description: The Banco Urquijo collection comprises over 7,000 documents donated to the UAB by the Banco Hispano Americano Group. These documents originated from the Trias Fargas Economics Library, the former library of the Banco Urquijo Research Service, which specialised in economics, regional and financial sciences, and national and foreign statistics. The donation ceremony took place at the Palau de la Generalitat on February 27, 1987, and was presided over by the then President of the Generalitat, Jordi Pujol.

Collection date range: [178?]-1994

Collection incorporation date: 1987

Depositary library: Social Sciences Library

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