Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company Records
Scope and Content of Collection
Presidents of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Papers
George Alden Moore Papers
Manuscripts
Moore, George Alden. Letterpress copybook. n.d.
Moore, George Alden. Autobiography. n.d.
Moore, George Alden. Cursive Notes of Travel. 1908
Moore, George Alden. Notes of an Alaskan Trip. 1907
Moore, George Alden. Notes on the Oriental Trip. 1903
Moore, George Alden. [Poem: Two Little Bears are Floating...]. n.d.
Moore, George Alden. Recollections of a Kansas Pioneer. n.d.
Moore, George Alden. [Trip to Milan, Italy, and England, Scotland, Scandinavian countries and Germany]. 1913
Circular regarding loans n.d.
Receipt for bonds issued by the Los Angeles Pacific Railway Co. 1899
Account of the death of son, William Shelby Moore 1896
Moore, Julius H. Oath abstaining from liquor 1864
Resolution by the Missouri Valley Life Insurance Company 1873
Certificates 1854-1905
Contracts between George Alden Moore and the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company 1881
Business cards n.d.
Will 1890
Kansas State Militia - Orders and scrip for George Alden Moore 1864
Biographical information 1889-1916, n.d.
Financial records 1886-1905, n.d.
Scripts for “visit” by George Alden Moore to Pacific Mutual Life Insurance staff n.d.
Family history n.d.
Statements regarding George Alden Moore and his sons 1891-1894
Ephemera 1855-1916, n.d.
George Alden Moore Papers: Bound Volumes
Moore, George Alden. [Notes of Alaska Trip]. 1907
Moore, George Alden. [Diary of 1908 Trip to Europe]. 1908
Moore, George Alden. [Diary of 1913 Trip to Milan, Italy, and England, Scotland, Scandinavian Countries & Germany], vol. I. 1913
Moore, George Alden. [Diary of 1913 Trip to Milan, Italy, and England, Scotland, Scandinavian Countries & Germany], vol. II. [1913]
Moore, George Alden. [Diary of a Trip to Europe]. 1908
Moore, George Alden. [Diary of a Trip to Rome, Italy]. 1910
Moore, George Alden. [Notes on the Oriental Trip]. 1903
Moore, George Alden. [Notes on the Oriental Trip and also Jottings Regarding California, Hawaiian Islands, China & Japan]. 1903?
Moore, George Alden. Reminisences of Dr. Geo. A. Moore, vol. I. n.d.
Moore, George Alden. Reminisences of Dr. Geo. A. Moore, vol. II. n.d.
[Account and expense book] 1876-1909
[Account book detailing land and financial transactions] 1889-1890
Holy Bible belonging to Hannah Augusta Moore 1866
George Alden Moore Papers: Correspondence
Correspondence - General 1856-1881, n.d.
Correspondence to Alden Boynton 1835-1839
Correspondence to Elizabeth James Moore 1855-1862
Correspondence to George Alden Moore 1834-1838
Correspondence to George Alden Moore 1846-1848
Correspondence to George Alden Moore 1850-1855
Correspondence to George Alden Moore 1856-1859
Correspondence to George Alden Moore 1860-1868
Correspondence to George Alden Moore 1875-1878
Correspondence to George Alden Moore 1880-1887
Correspondence to George Alden Moore 1897
Correspondence to George Alden Moore 1905-1909
Correspondence to George Alden Moore n.d.
Correspondence to George Alden Moore and others 1849-1852, n.d.
Correspondence from George Alden Moore 1857
Correspondence to George H. Moore 1836
Correspondence to Hannah Augusta Moore n.d.
Correspondence to Hannah Boynton Moore from Herbert T. Moore 1832-1838
Correspondence to Henry Clark Moore 1855, n.d.
Correspondence to Herbert B[oynton] Moore 1849
Correspondence to Herbert T. Moore 1823-1857
Correspondence to Herbert T. Moore and George Alden Moore 1853
Correspondence to Julius Henry Moore 1852-1863, n.d.
Correspondence to Margaret Boynton Moore 1834
Correspondence to Mary Ellen Guindon Moore 1892-1897
Correspondence to multiple addressees 1848-1863
Fragments 1856, n.d.
Fragments of letters to George Alden Moore n.d.
Poems 1849-1854, n.d.
The Bright Crown [song] n.d.
Envelopes n.d.
George Alden Moore Papers: Photographs
Albumen prints (6) of the Moore family in the garden of their home at 1511 Gough Street, San Francisco n.d.
Photographs (4) of George Alden Moore, Elizabeth James Moore, Julius Moore, and unidentified women n.d.
Photograph of the Moore family home in Alameda, Calif. n.d.
Albumen print of party in the redwoods n.d.
Photographs (4) and negatives (6) of George Alden Moore, Elizabeth James Moore, and an unidentified woman in the garden of their Alameda, Calif., home n.d.
Photographs of George Alden Moore n.d.
Photos of Moore family home, 1511 Gough Street, San Francisco, Calif. n.d.
Photographs of Elizabeth James Moore n.d.
Tintypes: 1. Mary Ellen Guindon Moore; 2. George Alden Moore, Elizabeth James Moore and Mrs. Howell n.d.
Photographs - Scrapbook page with four photos of George Alden Moore’s children: William Shelby, Mary F., Herbert Boyton, and Henry Thomas Moore n.d.
George Alden Moore Papers: Ephemera and Scrapbook
Scrapbook of clippings 1850s
Asa V. Call Papers
Call, Asa V. Address given at Kiwanis Club 1943
Call, Asa V. Can Security be Socialized? [Published in the Journal of the American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters 1950
Call, Asa V. Charge to graduates [USC commencement speech] 1950
Call, Asa V. The Civilian Front [1945]
Call, Asa V. The Company - The Buyer - The Agent 1949
Call, Asa V. [Founder’s Day speech, USC] 1950
Call, Asa V. The 1960's - A Decade of Decision n.d.
Call, Asa V. Planning the Post War Future n.d.
Call, Asa V. The Policyholder’s Stake in Sound Economics 1949
Call, Asa V. Postwar Opportunities n.d.
Call, Asa V. Postwar Planning and Problems n.d.
Call, Asa V. Security - What it is and Where it Comes From n.d.
Call, Asa V. [Six untitled speeches] 1946, n.d.
Call, Asa V. Speech made at OCS Graduation, Lackland Airfield n.d.
[Call, Asa V.] Spotlight on the Home Front 1946
Call, Asa V. Statement to the Assembly Interim Committee on Postwar Rehabilitation n.d.
Call, Asa V. What Academic Freedom for Whom? n.d.
Call, Asa V. Address before Ways and Means Committee, United States House of Representativs 1954
Biographical information 1942-1974, n.d.
Correspondence 1950-1952
Clippings - 1940s 1940s
Clippings - 1950s (folder 1 of 2) 1950s
Clippings - 1950s (folder 2 of 2) 1950s
Clippings - 1960s 1960s
Clippings - 1970s 1970s
Clippings - 1980s 1980s
Clippings - n.d. n.d.
Obituaries 1978
Ephemera 1957-1961
Photographs 1954-1961, n.d.
Photographs - Portraits 1978, n.d.
Press releases 1954-1978
Resolutions 1978
Trip to Pacific Northwest n.d.
Call, Margaret Fleming n.d.
Walter B. Gerken Papers
Gerken, Walter B. Biography 1984
Clippings - 1940s & 1950s 1940s-1950s
Clippings - 1960s 1960s
Clippings - 1970s 1970s
Clippings - 1980-1985 1980-1985
Clippings - 1986-1988 1986-1988
Clippings - 1990s 1990s
Clippings - fragment & n.d. fragment & n.d.
Magazine articles 1977-1987
Photographs (13) with Stanton G. Hale and Harry Bubb by Celebration of Life n.d.
6 color slides: Walter B. Gerken and others; Pacific Mutual building in Newport Beach 1972-1985
Development Projects
Development Projects: Newport Center and Comption
Newport Center - Brochure [1968]
Newport Center [planning report] 1969
The Newport Harbor Chamber of Commerce, Newport Beach, CA 1970
Pacific Mutual Plaza, Newport Center - The Ritz [restaurant] 1982-1986
Compton Shopping Center - Photographs 1958, n.d.
Development Projects: Norwalk Square
Norwalk City Directory 1951
Norwalk Square - Advertisements n.d.
Norwalk Square - Articles - 1950 1950
Norwalk Square - Articles - 1951 1951
Norwalk Square - Articles - 1952 1952
Norwalk Square - Articles - 1953 1953
Norwalk Square - Articles - 1954 1954
Norwalk Square - Articles - 1955 1955
Norwalk Square - Articles - 1956 1956
Norwalk Square - Articles - 1957 1957
Norwalk Square - Articles - 1960s 1960s
Norwalk Square - Brochure: “What - Where- Why - When - Who” 1951?
Norwalk Square - Construction - Photographs 1950s
Norwalk Square - Correspondence - 1950 & 1951 1950-1951
Norwalk Square - Correspondence - 1952 1952
Norwalk Square - Correspondence - 1953 1953
Norwalk Square - Correspondence - 1954 1954
Norwalk Square - Correspondence - 1955-1963 1955-1963
Norwalk Square - Correspondence - n.d. n.d.
Norwalk Square - Ephemera 1955, n.d.
Norwalk Square - Financial records 1951-1953
Norwalk Square - Groundbreaking 1951
Norwalk Square - Maps and renderings [1950s], n.d.
Norwalk Square - Merchants 1952-1953, n.d.
Norwalk Square - Mortgage loan and real estate committee 1950-1962, n.d.
Norwalk Square - National Association of Home Builders award 1953
Norwalk Square - Norwalk area statistics and information 1951, n.d.
Norwalk Square - Notes 1954, n.d.
Norwalk Square - Opening celebration - Advertisements 1952
Norwalk Square - Opening celebration - Ephemera 1952
Norwalk Square - Opening celebration - Photographs 1952
Norwalk Square - Opening celebration - Photographs (8x10) 1952
Norwalk Square - Opening celebration - Photographs - Captions 1952
Norwalk Square - Opening celebration - Photographs Dedication ceremonies - 1952
Norwalk Square - Opening celebration - Press releases 1952
Norwalk Square - Opening celebration - Prizes 1952
Norwalk Square - Opening celebration - Program 1952
Norwalk Square - Opening celebration - Promotion and publicity 1952
Norwalk Square - Opening celebration - Remarks 1952
Norwalk Square - Photographs 1950s?
Norwalk Square - Photographs - Arial views 1955, n.d.
Norwalk Square - Photographs - Models and renderings 1950s?
Norwalk Square - Photographs - Negatives 1950s?
Norwalk Square - Press releases 1951-1957
Norwalk Square - Reports 1951-1953
Norwalk Square - Sign n.d.
Norwalk Square - Sign - Logo and advertising n.d.
Norwalk Square - Sign - Photographs of dedication n.d.
Norwalk Square - Tree planting - Photographs 1952
Norwalk Square - Artifacts - Button and ribbon: “Norwalk Square opening celebration May 23rd and 24th” [1952] 1952
Office Files
Correspondence - Henry E. Huntington Library (San Marino, Calif.) 1967
Correspondence - Tsung Tsin Association (San Francisco, Calif.) 1954
Investments - California Pacific Trading Corporation (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1929-1935, n.d.
Investments - Los Angeles Stock Exchange 1927-1930, n.d.
Investments - Pacific Southern Investors, Inc. American Capital Corporation 1941
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company - Press releases [1953?], n.d.
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company - Statistics 1951
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company. Gateway to the Future: An Exhibit of Photographs... [1968]
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company. Health Maintenance: A Nationwide Survey 1978
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company - Outline for exhibit: “Celebrating our 125th year” 1992
Subject Files
Building operations - Brochures 1971, n.d.
Bicentennial - Articles and newsletters 1974-1976
Bicentennial - Projects 1974-1976, n.d.
Bicentennial - Tapestries [1976?]
Earthquakes - Publications 1925-1971, n.d.
Earthquakes - Report 1933
Wineries - Bugby Vineyard and Winery (El Dorado County, Calif.) 1951
Wineries - Weibel Champagne Vineyards (Alameda County, Calif.) 1967, n.d.
Publications
American Council on Public Relations. Combined Summary of the Two Series of Lectures and Discussions on Public Relations. 1941
Avco Financial Services. Money Tree. Vol. 2, no. 4 (Apr. 1971). 1971
Barnsdall Corporation. Annual Reports, 1929 & 1930. 1929, 1930
Bone, James F. An Industry Comes of Age. 1946
California Freemason. Vol. 11, no. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1964). 1964
Cluness, W.R. An Address Delivered at the Opening of the Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the Medical Society of the State of California. 1891
Cluness, W.R. Report of the Committee on State Medicine, Hygiene, etc. [2 copies]. 1895
Coons, Arthur G. Economic Preparedness: Remarks on Economic Aspects of National Defense. 1940
Davis, John L. The Mutual Relations of the Solicitor and the Medical Doctor. 1908
Firstamerica Corporation. Economic Highlights of the Eleven Western States. 1959
Firstamerica Corporation. The Economy of the West: A Decade of Growth. 1960
Francisco, Don. The Force Nobody Knows - American Industry. 1938
Garrett, Paul. What is Advertising’s Priority Rating? 1941
Gillis, Harry A. The Story of Arizona. 1959
Gillis, Harry A. The Story of Colorado. 1960
Gillis, Harry A. The Story of Idaho. 1960
Gillis, Harry A. The Story of Montana. 1960
Gillis, Harry A. The Story of Oregon. 1959
Gillis, Harry A. The Story of Nevada. 1959
Gillis, Harry A. The Story of New Mexico. 1960
Gillis, Harry A. The Story of Utah. 1960
Gillis, Harry A. The Story of Wyoming. 1960
Gilman, Wesley A. The Forgotten Link. 1938
The Greatest Family in the World. 1923
Hodgins, Eric. How the Public Feels about Business. n.d.
The Institute of Life Insurance & The Life Insurance Advertisers Association. Symposium on Company Public Relations. 1952
The Irvine Company. Annual Report: Progress 1970. 1970
Kappel, Frederick R. Goals that Build the Future. n.d.
Katzell, Raymond A. The Psychologist. [1957]
Keezer, Dexter M. The Economist. n.d.
Kerr, Clark. 1984 Revised. 1960
Life Insurance Advertisers Association & Institute of Life Insurance. Forum on Company Public Relations [conference proceedings]. 1948
Lee, C. Marshall. The Challenge of Medical-Care Insurance: An Essay on Principles, Philosophies and Practices. 1960
Los Angeles Industries, Inc. Balance Sheet, 1931. 1931
Mayo, Claude B. The Strategy of the Pacific. 1940
Mealand, Arthur J. Songs of America: A Collection of Patriotic and National Airs... n.d.
Menninger, William C. Mental Health Everybody’s Business. 1961
Mullendore, W.C. Address before Town Hall. 1940
Mullendore, W.C. Talk...Before Annual Meeting of Department Heads and Managers, Edison Building Auditorium... 1939
Mussatti, James. The Businessman and Government. 1959
New Worlds of Irvine. Vol. 3, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 1972). 1972
North, Cecil J. [Excerpts of comments re: USSR]. [1960?]
Parker, W.H. The Legion’s Role in National Survival. 1960
Parkinson, James H. Occidental Medical Times. Vol. XI, no. 11(Nov. 1897). 1897
Petersen, T.S. Oil, Steel and Western Progress. 1960
Platt, Frank L. The Pacific Dental Gazette. Vol. XVII, no. 4(April 1909). 1909
Robinson, Claude. The Intellectual and the Businessman. 1961
Ross, T.J. Some Comments on Public Relations Today and Tomorrow. 1950
San Francisco the Imperishable [folded pamphlet]. n.d.
Signs of the Times: Earthquake Special. Vol. 32, no. 20 (May23, 1906. 1906
Southwestern Engineering Corporation. Sixth Annual Report. 1929
Sunset Pacific Oil Company. Report of the President to the Stockholders. 1929
Turkevich, John. The Scientist. [1958]
Photographs
Early California - Buildings (4) n.d.
Early California - Labor and industry: Agriculture, lumber, mining and oil (14) n.d.
Early California - Landscapes and nature (8) n.d.
Early California - People (23) n.d.
Early California - San Francisco (10) n.d.
Early California - Ships (7) n.d.
Early California - Transportation (24) n.d.
Holiday scene (1) n.d.
Pacific Mutual building, downtown Los Angeles, Calif. n.d.
Stanford, Leland – Vina Farm (26) n.d.
Stanford University (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1893, n.d.
Scenes from space (4) n.d.
Virginia Beach Park (Long Beach, Calif.) (31) n.d.
Unidentified (5) n.d.
Engraving - “Golden Gate” n.d.
65 oversize mounted photographs reproduced from the collections of various libraries and historical organizations to create an exhibit commemorating the company’s one hundredth anniversary in 1968.
Oversize
George Alden Moore - Family history notes [1892-]
George Alden Moore - Broadside: Kansas militia[Includes two photostatic copies] 1862
George Alden Moore - Family correspondence (8) 1824-1840
Asa V. Call - Certificates (2) 1932 & 1956
Asa V. Call - Scrapbook 1917-1937
Asa V. Call - Los Angeles Skywriter. Vol. XVII, no. 48 (Nov. 29, 1957). 1957
Norwalk Square - Promotional brochures and flyers 1950s
Norwalk Square - Chain of title 1951?
Publications - Collier’s. Vol. 137, no. 7 (March 30, 1956). 1956
Publications - Los Angeles Times Victory Midwinter. Part III, January 3, 1944. 1944
Publications - 150th Birthday of Los Angeles City and County: A Pre-Olympiad Feature. Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Saturday Night, 1931. 1931
Publications - Pictorial California and the Pacific. Vol. XLII, no. 6. 1967
Publications - Urban Neighborhood Study. 1969
Photographs - Photo album: Virginia Beach Park, Long Beach, CA [1940s?]
Photographs - Folder of oversize photographs (3) & engravings (2) n.d.
Panoramic photograph of Virgina Park, Long Beach, CA 1949
Ord, E.O.C. Plan de la Ciudad de Los Angeles, August 29, 1849 [facsimile of original manuscript map]. 1849
1909 Perspective Sketch from Brewster Maps Historical Los Angeles Series. 1989
Advertisements - “To Have and to Hold” and “All Roads Lead to Norwalk Square” [full page newspaper ads] 1952
The Los Angeles Citizen. Vol. XXXIX, no. 35. (August 31, 1945: 1945 Victory labor day edition). 1945
9 large oversize mounted photographs reproduced from the to create an exhibit commemorating the company’s one hundredth anniversary in 1968.