Insurance Records, 1937-1968, bulk (bulk 1937, 1962-1967)

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Summary

Title:
Insurance records
Dates:
1937-1968, bulk (bulk 1937, 1962-1967)
Creators:
Board of Supervisors
Abstract:
The Santa Clara County Insurance Records consist of: fire insurance analysis, fire insurance rates and costs, photographs of county buildings, and fire insurance maps of county property. Photographs and maps include the following locations: alms houses, county hospital, downtown San Jose buildings, the county fairgrounds, court houses, boy's ranch, parks, civic center, and other miscellaneous locations.
Extent:
.5 cubic foot.
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

Insurance records, 2006-021, Santa Clara County Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The Santa Clara County Insurance Records consists of two binders filled with fire insurance analysis, maps, and photographs of county buildings. The first binder, titled "Board of Supervisors Santa Clara County Insurance Analysis," was created by the Pacific National Fire Insurance Co. on December 1, 1937. The second binder, titled "Insurance Valuation Survey for the County of Santa Clara," was created by Hall and Rambo, McChesney and Webster Insurance Brokers, located in San Jose, California. This binder's records range from 1962 to 1968.

These binders include fire insurance analysis, values, rates, premiums, costs, policy numbers, fire insurance company names, and recommendations. The fire insurance maps are color coded to notate building materials, hydrant locations, fire alarm box locations, elevator shafts and windows. Most of the county building photographs include the building's name and insurance value.

Photographs and maps include the following locations: alms houses, county hospital, downtown San Jose buildings, the county fairgrounds, court houses, boy's ranch, parks, civic center, and other miscellaneous locations.

Acquisition information:
These records were donated by Marilyn Ott in 2006.
Processing information:

This collection was processed by Trista Raezer working under NHPRC grant RA-10047-07, the Santa Clara County Archives Project. A fuller account of the grant project is available at the Archives website.

Arrangement:

The records are organized into one series: Binders.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Archives staff.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Trista Raezer
Date Prepared:
© 2008
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by Trista Raezer. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: August 20, 2008.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The Archives can claim physical ownership only for some collections. Users are responsible for securing permission of the copyright holder for publication or quotation.

Preferred citation:

Insurance records, 2006-021, Santa Clara County Archives.

Location of this collection:
1875 Senter Road
San Jose, CA 95112, US
Contact:
(408) 755-7895
Archives@rec.sccgov.org
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