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Register of the Case (Leland D.) Small Business Collection,
1941-1955
Mss180
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Title: Case (Leland D.) Small Business Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1941-1955
Collection number: Mss180
Creator:
Leland Davidson Case
Extent: 0.5 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections
Stockton, CA 95211
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language: English.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Case (Leland D.) Small Business Collection,
Mss180, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the
Pacific Library
Leland D. Case was a journalist and editor of Rotarian Magazine
(1930-1950) and Together Magazine (1956-63). He was also an amateur historian,
founder of Westerners International and Director of the Pacific Center for
Western Studies at the University of the Pacific from (1965-1967).
Case collected these papers, some of which may be records of the
Household Finance Corp, Tucson, Arizona. A memorandum mentions the firm of
Moore, Case, Lyman and Hubbard (May 25, 1948) and it may be Mr. Case had a role
in the insurance busines and/or on small business and insurance boards. The
primary focus of one part of the collection is the development of laws and
regulations regarding the small loan business, especially in regards to credit
life insurance. Some businesses making personal loans for property required as
a condition of the loan that the borrower purchase life insurance. Some loan
companies worked on commission with insurance companies and it was charged that
such practices were a subterfuge on the part of the lending agencies to collect
usurious interest rates from the borrower. A second focus of the collection is
a small businessmen's protest against tax increaes presented at Hearings before
the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee (March 1951).
The collection contains documents describing the laws of various states
regarding credit life insurance and decisions in court cases regarding this
practice. There are also articles from law reviews and newspapers regarding the
small loan business as well as correspondence, testimony, court decisions,
printed pamphlets, articles, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Hearings
before the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee on a tax increase (March
1951). Many items labelled with letters or numbers suggest their use as
documents presented for a hearing or report.