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Title: Insurance records
Dates: 1937-1968
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1937, 1962-1967)
Collection number: 2006-021
Creator:
Board of Supervisors
Collection Size:
.5 cubic foot.
Repository:
Santa Clara County Archives.
San Jose, CA 95112-2527
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.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Archives staff.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research.
The Archives can claim physical ownership only for some collections. Users are responsible for securing permission of the
copyright holder for publication or quotation.
Insurance records, 2006-021, Santa Clara County Archives.
These records were donated by Marilyn Ott in 2006.
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
The records are organized into one series: Binders.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Fire insurance.
Insurance.
Maps --1930-1940.
Maps --1960-1970.
Photographs --1930-1940.
Photographs --1960-1970.
Santa Clara County (Calif.)
Santa Clara County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors
Santa Clara County (Calif.) -- Maps
Santa Clara County (Calif.). Supervisors, Board of