The article reviews official activities of the archivists of the State Bank from its establishment in 1860 to 1917. The author has followed the fates of 5 officials who served in the bank the longest. Many others also served in the archives of this most influential Russian credit institution, especially in its last decades of existence. However, they were employed only for a short period and at random, while Y. Y. Bunzel, G. G. Lyakh, I. Y. Mikov, A. A. Mironov, and A. G. Tereshchenko, taken together, held the position of archivist during 95% of the State Bank history. Each made their valuable contribution to developing the methods and systems of acquiring and storing documentation and other materials of the State Bank. The State Bank could only be effective if its records were safeguarded and all the data supplied to employees in good time, and that was exactly what the 5 achivists excelled at. Given the importance of the archive for transaction activities, senior bankers were very particular and searched th