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Pacific National Fire Insurance Company records of Orange County buildings
MS.R.041
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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
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Collection is open for research.
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.
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.
Gift of David A. Lewis in 1988.
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.