Guide to the Pacific National Fire Insurance Company records of Orange County buildings MS.R.041

Finding aid prepared by Su Kim Chung; machine-readable finding aid created by James Ryan, 1998.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 1998
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine 92623-9557
spcoll@uci.edu

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Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Pacific National Fire Insurance Company records of Orange County buildings
Creator: Pacific National Fire Insurance Company
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.041
Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1942-1951
Abstract: The collection consists of maps, photographs, and descriptive text on various buildings in Orange County, California, primarily public institutions. The Pacific National Fire Insurance Company in Santa Ana, California produced these records between 1942 and 1951 for insurance purposes. The photographs and maps provide visual documentation of the buildings and their surroundings as they appeared in the 1940's and the accompanying text provides detailed information on construction, location, size, and maintenance.
Language of Material: English .

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.

Preferred Citation

Pacific National Fire Insurance Company Records of Orange County Buildings. MS-R 41. Special Collections and Archives, The UCI Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Acquisition Information

Gift of David A. Lewis in 1988.

Processing History

Processed by Su Kim Chung in 1998.

Collection Scope and Content Summary

The collection consists of maps, photographs, and descriptive text on various buildings in Orange County, California, primarily public institutions. The Pacific National Fire Insurance Company in Santa Ana, California produced these records between 1942 and 1951 for insurance purposes. The photographs and maps provide visual documentation of the buildings and their surroundings as they appeared in the 1940's and the accompanying text provides detailed information on construction, location, size, and maintenance.
Each group of maps, photos, and text documents a building or group of buildings. The building types include fire station, hospital, airport, and court house. This arrangement reflects the original order of the material, which was acquired in a binder labeled "Facts and Comments Regarding Sound Insurance #2."
The collection is organized alphabetically by building type, and the container list indicates the individual Orange County cities where the various buildings were located. A miscellaneous category contains information on two buildings not integrated within the other building groups. Although most of the building groups have complete documentation, a few groups lack text, maps, or photographs. The following groups do not have text: Buena Park's American Legion Hall, Agriculture, Airport, Detention Home, Fire Stations, Radio and Miscellaneous. The Detention Home lacks photographs, and the Fire Stations lack maps.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Fire stations -- California -- Orange County
Libraries -- California -- Orange County
Hospitals -- California -- Orange County -- History -- Sources
Parks -- California -- Orange County -- History -- Sources
Insurance companies -- California -- Orange County
Courthouses -- California -- Orange County -- History -- Sources
Architectural photographs -- California -- Orange County.
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Photographic prints -- California -- Orange County.
Maps -- California -- Orange County.
Water districts -- California -- Orange County -- History -- Sources.
Online Archive of California
Pacific National Fire Insurance Company -- Archives
Lewis, David A.

box 1, folder 1

Agricultural Center, Anaheim

box 1, folder 2

Airport

box 1, folder 2

American Legion Halls

box 1, folder 3

Buena Park

box 1, folder 3

Costa Mesa

box 1, folder 3

Court houses and county buildings

box 1, folder 4

Santa Ana

box 1, folder 4

Hall of Records

box 1, folder 4

Old Court House

box 1, folder 4

County Jail

box 1, folder 4

County Garage

box 1, folder 4

Court House Annex

box 1, folder 4

Welfare Building

box 1, folder 4

Costa Mesa

box 1, folder 4

Justice Court

box 1, folder 5

Detention Home, Santa Ana

box 1, folder 6

Dog Pound, Santa Ana

box 1, folder 6

Fire stations

box 1, folder 7

Costa Mesa

box 1, folder 7

Cypress

box 1, folder 7

La Habra

box 1, folder 7

Los Alamitos

box 1, folder 7

Midway City

box 1, folder 7

Modjeska

box 1, folder 7

Ocean View

box 1, folder 7

Olive

box 1, folder 7

Orange

box 1, folder 7

Red Hill

box 1, folder 7

Santa Ana Gardens

box 1, folder 7

San Juan Capistrano

box 1, folder 7

Silverado #1 and #2

box 1, folder 7

South Laguna

box 1, folder 7

Sun Garden

box 1, folder 7

Trabuco

box 1, folder 7

West Anaheim

box 1, folder 7

Buena Park

box 1, folder 7

Garden Grove

box 1, folder 7

Sunset Beach

box 1, folder 7

Yorba Linda

box 1, folder 8

Hospital, Santa Ana

box 1, folder 8

Libraries

box 1, folder 9

Silverado Canyon

box 1, folder 9

Olive

box 1, folder 9

Trabuco Canyon

box 1, folder 9

Brea

box 1, folder 9

La Habra

box 1, folder 9

San Juan Capistrano

box 1, folder 9

Garden Grove

box 1, folder 9

Westminster

box 1, folder 9

Parks

box 1, folder 10

Irvine Park

box 1, folder 10

Garden Grove

box 1, folder 10

Costa Mesa

box 1, folder 10

Sigler Park (Westminster)

box 1, folder 10

O'Neill Park (Trabuco Canyon)

box 1, folder 11

Radio station

box 1, folder 11

Road Department

box 1, folder 12

Santa Ana

box 1, folder 12

Garden Grove

box 1, folder 12

Fullerton

box 1, folder 12

Water District

box 1, folder 13

Buena Park

box 1, folder 13

Garden Grove

box 1, folder 13

San Juan Capistrano

box 1, folder 13

Westminster

box 1, folder 13

South Laguna

box 1, folder 13

Midway City

box 1, folder 13

Miscellaneous

box 1, folder 14

County Yard

box 1, folder 14

Flood Control Yard

box 1, folder 14

County Storage

box 1, folder 14

Maintenance Department

box 1, folder 14

Model airplane field