Valley Mutual Insurance Company records


Collection 3718

( Bulk, 1900-1985 ) 1831-1991
(25.3 Linear feet ; 42 boxes, 82 volumes)
© The Historical Society of Pennsylvania1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Summary Information

Repository
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Title
Valley Mutual Insurance Company records
ID
3718
Date [bulk]
Bulk, 1900-1985
Date [inclusive]
1831-1991
Extent
25.3 Linear feet ; 42 boxes, 82 volumes
Author
Finding aid prepared by Megan Evans.
Sponsor
Processing made possible by a generous donation from Maxine and Howard Lewis.
Language
English
Abstract
The Valley Mutual Insurance Company was incorporated in 1963 in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, and was formed as the result of the merger of five small farmers’ mutual insurance companies in the Cumberland Valley region: Centennial Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Cumberland Valley Farmer’s Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Lurgan Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Franklin County, Franklin County Mutual Insurance Company, and Friendship Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Franklin County. These companies provided property insurance to homeowners, farm owners, and rural communities in Cumberland and Franklin Counties and the surrounding region. The Valley Mutual Insurance Company records consist of the administrative and financial materials of that company as well as those of the five companies out of which it merged. This collection includes extensive information on the administrative activities and governance of the companies as well as some materials on policyholders and their properties. The records document the services provided by rural insurance companies in south-central Pennsylvania farming communities from the mid-nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century.

Preferred citation

Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Valley Mutual Insurance Company records (Collection 3718), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Historical background note

The Valley Mutual Insurance Company was incorporated in 1963 in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. The company formed as the result of the consolidation and merger of five small farmers’ mutual insurance companies in the Cumberland Valley region: Centennial Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Cumberland Valley Farmer’s Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Lurgan Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Franklin County, Franklin County Mutual Insurance Company, and Friendship Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Franklin County.

The companies were all founded in the mid-to-late nineteenth century, at a time when Cumberland and Franklin Counties were sparsely populated with small, mostly agrarian communities. Damage to property by fire was a concern at the time when open flame and gas were commonly used for lighting and heating homes and other buildings. Rural farmers often did not have access to public water systems or any type of early firefighting equipment compared to urban dwellers. The result was that farmers, business owners, and homeowners in these communities and others like them banded together to form mutual insurance companies in which policyholders paid into and owned a portion of the company, sharing in the risk.

The earliest of the five companies that formed Valley Mutual, Franklin County Mutual, was incorporated in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1850.

In the following year, Cumberland Valley Farmer’s Mutual was incorporated in Shippensburg, PA with Samuel Wherry, John Cressler, Charles White, Jr., John Tritt, and William Linn as founding Board members. Lurgan Mutual Fire Insurance Company was organized in Mowersville, PA, in 1859 and incorporated in 1866. The company later moved to Shippensburg, PA, where it was based out of a building at 20 West King Street, which would later become the Valley Mutual offices. Founding directors of the company were: Joseph Mower, John Maclay, John Newcomer, Daniel Snoke, Adam Shoemaker, David Hayes, Henry Clippenger, John Zook, and John Hensil.

The next company, Centennial Mutual Fire Insurance, was organized in 1876 and incorporated in 1877 in Shippensburg, PA. Founding members were: George W. Thrush, Josiah Fickes, John Maclay, John Hensel, David Fogelsanger, Robert Preston, William Clark, John H. McCullock, C.H. Maclay, and C.L. Shade. Lastly, the Friendship Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Franklin County was incorporated in 1899 in Shippensburg, PA. Founding members were: Joseph Middour, J. Frank Hoover, Abraham Lesher, J.S. Ernst, John H. Blair, George Bollinger, Levi Horst, Jere Lesher, Strock Byers, and Levi S. Keller.

In 1963, Lurgan, Centennial, and Cumberland Valley Farmers’ Mutual consolidated to form the Valley Mutual Insurance Company. Two years later, Franklin County Mutual and Friendship Mutual merged with the company to form its final incarnation. In 1986, Valley moved its offices to a larger facility at 418 West King Street in Shippensburg.

In 1988 The Mutual Assurance Company of Philadelphia (Green Tree) purchased Valley Mutual. In 1990, The Mutual Assurance Company closed the former Valley Mutualoffice in Shippensburg and moved the insurance operations to the Philadelphia office. Valley Mutual fully merged into Mutual Assurance in 1992.

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Scope and content note

The Valley Mutual Insurance Company records date from 1831 to 1990, with bulk dates of 1900 to 1985, and consist of the administrative and financial materials of that company as well as those of the five companies which merged to form it in 1963 and 1965. Based out of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Valley Mutual provided property insurance to homeowners, farmowners, and rural communities in the surrounding areas. This collection extensively documents the administrative activities and governance of the companies through board and committee minutes, correspondence, financial records, and reports of examination from the state insurance department. The collection also contains a smaller amount of information regarding policyholders including policy registers, forms, and account books.

The materials in this collection document the activities and services provided by rural insurance companies in south-central Pennsylvania farming communities from the mid-nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century. The collection also provides some personal and professional information about board members of several of the companies, many of whom were prominent local landowners and businessmen in Cumberland and Franklin counties. The collection may be useful for researchers interested in the history of American insurance, particularly its early development in Pennsylvania. There is also some material that may be useful to genealogical researchers interested in families from the areas of Shippensburg and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, particularly the research files of former board member William Burkhart.

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Overview of arrangement

Series I. Valley Mutual Insurance Company

Subseries a. Administrative

Subseries b. Financial

Series II. Centennial Mutual Fire Insurance Company

Series III. Cumberland Valley Farmer’s Mutual Fire Insurance Company

Series IV. Franklin County Mutual Insurance Company

Series V. Friendship Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Franklin County

Series VI. Lurgan Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Franklin County

Series VII. Unidentified

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; 2015.

1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Custodial history

The records of Valley Mutual and those companies which merged to form it were given by The Mutual Assurance Company to the Cumberland County Historical Society, but in 2013 the materials were transferred to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Provenance

Gift of the Cumberland County Historical Society, 2013.

Accession number 2013.085.

Processing note

Many of the volumes were given "Ledger" numbers by the Cumberland County Historical Society. It does not appear that these numbers bear any relation to their original use. These numbers were maintained in the new titles given to the volumes to facilitate cross-reference with an Excel spread sheet created by the Cumberland County Historical Society. Access to this spreadsheet is available upon request.

A number of the volumes and some of the loose material were found to have mold damage during processing, and indicated in the titles of the items. Researchers should exercise caution when handling these materials. Masks and gloves are available upon request.

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Related Materials

Related materials

At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania:

Mutual Assurance Company (Green Tree) records, 1784-1995 (Collection 2189)

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Cumberland County Historical Society.

Geographic Name(s)

  • Chambersburg (Pa.)
  • Cumberland County (Pa.)--History--Anecdotes.
  • Cumberland County (Pa.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
  • Franklin County (Pa.)--History.
  • Shippensburg (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
  • Shippensburg (Pa.)--History.

Subject(s)

  • Fire insurance--History.
  • Pennsylvania. Insurance Department--Auditing.

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Collection Inventory

 Series I. Valley Mutual Insurance Company 1831-1991  (Bulk, 1963-1989)

Scope and Contents note

Series I. Valley Mutual Insurance Company dates from 1831 to 1991, with bulk dates of 1963 to 1989, and mostly consists of board and committee minutes, letters, memoranda, state insurance department reports, annual statements, amendments to the charter and by-laws, office property documents, and some financial materials.

 Subseries a. Administrative 1831-1990  (Bulk, 1962-1990)

Scope and Contents note

Subseries a. Administrative dates from 1831 to 1990, with bulk dates of 1962 to 1990, and consists largely of minutes from the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, and the Policyholders Committee. This subseries also contains a number of reports from the state insurance department, policyholder information and forms, letters and memoranda, and materials regarding the office properties of the company in Shippensburg, PA. Also of interest in this series are two files of research material compiled by Valley Mutual board member William Burkhart. The materials are arranged with board and committee minutes first alphabetically according to their name and then chronologically. The remainder of the material in this subseries is arranged chronologically.
Box Folder

Board of Directors meeting minutes, reports, letters, memoranda, and other related materials 1963-1969 

 1 1

Board of Directors memoranda and other materials including merger documents 1963-1969 

 1 2

Board of Directors meeting minutes and related materials 1963-1973 

 1 3-4

Board of Directors meeting minutes and related materials 1970-1974 

 1 5

Board of Directors memoranda and other correspondence 1970-1975 

 2 1

Board of Directors meeting minutes and related materials 1974-1980 

 2 2-3

Board of Directors meeting minutes and related materials 1978-1986 

 2 4-5

Board of Directors meeting minutes and related materials 1981-1987 


    Box Folder
Text   3 1-3
    Box Folder
Text   2 6

Box Folder

Director nominees and election materials 1988 

 3 3

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1963 

 3 4

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1964 

 3 5

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1965 

 3 6

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1965 

 3 7

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1966 

 4 1-2

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1967 

 4 3-4

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1968 


    Box Folder
Text   4 5
    Box Folder
Text   5 1

Box Folder

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1969 

 5 2-3

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1970 

 5 4-5

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1971 

 6 1-2

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1972 

 6 3-4

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1973 


    Box Folder
Text   7 1
    Box Folder
Text   6 5

Box Folder

Executive committee meeting minutes, agendas, and memoranda 1973 

 7 2

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1974 

 7 3-4

Executive committee meeting minutes and agendas 1974 

 7 5

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1975 

 8 1-2

Executive committee meeting minutes and agendas 1975 

 8 3

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1976 

 8 4-5

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1977 

 9 1-3

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1978 January-June 

 9 4-5

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1978 July-December 

 10 1-2

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1979 

 10 3-5

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1980 

 11 1-4

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1981 


    Box Folder
Text   12 1-2
    Box Folder
Text   11 5-6

Box Folder

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1982 

 12 3-6

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1983 

 13 1-5

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1984 

 14 1-4

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1985 


    Box Folder
Text   15 1
    Box Folder
Text   14 5-6

Box Folder

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1986 January-June 

 15 2-4

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1986 June-December 

 16 1-3

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1986 

 16 4

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1987 January-July 


    Box Folder
Text   17 1-2
    Box Folder
Text   16 5-6

Box Folder

Executive committee meeting minutes and related materials 1987 July-December 

 17 3-5

Policyholders meeting minutes and related materials 1963-1978 

 18 1-2

Policyholders meeting minutes and related materials 1979-1988 

 18 3-4

Policyholders meeting minutes and related materials 1987 

 18 5

Office property deeds 1831, 1835, 1864, 1888, 1940, 1975, 1987 

 18 6

State insurance department notifications, brochures, and policies 1932, 1942, 1962-1963, 1972-1974 

 18 7

Assorted contract forms and state insurance department notices 1937, undated 

 19 1

Assorted notes and "Mutual Insurance Bulletin" 1942, 1960, undated 

 19 2

Pages from Public Opinion and  The Valley Times-Star newspaper, narrative history of Mowersville, Pennsylvania, and "Bits and Pieces" pamphlets 1942, 1963, 1971, undated 

 19 3

Assesments and other materials removed from volume 1 1955-1963 

 19 4

Board of Directors resolutions, assessments and other tax documents, and by-laws amendments 1959, 1974-1977, 1987 

 19 5

Brochures, pamphlets, forms, and other materials from various other insurance companies 1950s-1970s 

 19 6

Blue prints of bowling alley/roller skating rink at 418 West King Street, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania and electrical contractor invoice 1960, 1989 

 19 7

Jacob E. Rife obituary newspaper clipping 1961 

 19 8

Minutes, letters, notes, and other materials regarding consolidation of Centennial, Lurgan, and Cumberland Valley Farmers 1961-1963 

 19 9

Letters and other materials regarding merger, especially from Cumberland Valley Farmers Mutual 1962-1963 

 19 10

Assorted merger materials 1963 

 19 11

Paul and Carrie Fogelsanger and Roy, Verda, and Harold Lehman policies 1963, 1970 

 19 12

Office property appraisal [3 photographs] 1963-1964, 1967-1969 

 19 13
Box

Policy register (Ledger 35) 1963-1967 

 33
Box Folder

State insurance department report of examination 1964 

 20 1

Annual statements 1964, 1966-1986 

 20 2

Merger contract, charter, and amendments 1964-1966, 1979 

 20 3
Box

Annual statements 1964-1977 

 34
Box Folder

Letters, meeting minutes, and proxy signatures from Friendship and Franklin county Mutual regarding merger with Valley Mutual 1965 

 20 4

State insurance department report of examination 1965 

 20 5

Assorted blank policy forms 1965-1984 

 20 6

Assorted endorsements, clauses, and other liability forms 1966-1986 

 20 7

State insurance department report of examination 1967 

 20 8

State insurance department report of examination 1967 

 20 9

Board resolutions upon the deaths of Enos Horst, Jay T. Blair, and Frank Heberlig 1967, 1977 

 20 10

State insurance department report report of examination 1967-1970 

 20 11

Employee identification cards, group photograph, brochures, and employee healthcare benefit handbook 1968-1969, undated 

 21 1

State insurance department report of examination 1970 

 21 2

State insurance department report of examination 1973 

 21 3

Letters, assesment reports, invoices, and other materials regarding company property sales 1973, 1985, 1986 

 21 4

Assorted brochures and advertising notes 1975, undated 

 21 5

State insurance department report of examination 1976 

 21 6
Box

Annual statements 1978-1990 

 35
Box Folder

Correspondence to and from, as well as minutes of the Pennsylvania Mutual Reinsurance Exchange 1977 

 21 7

State insurance department report of examination 1977 

 21 8

Valley Baking lease agreement and related materials 1977-1986 

 21 9

Letters, contracts, and other materials regarding sale of property at Orange Street, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania 1978 

 21 10

State insurance department report of examination 1979 

 21 11

Annual statement [photocopy] 1982 

 21 12

State insurance department report of examination 1982 

 21 13

Assorted memoranda, especially from secretary James Bowers and assistant secretary Winona Carver 1982-1985 

 21 14

Annual statement [photocopy] 1983 

 21 15

Quarterly statement 1984 March 

 21 16

Annual statement [photocopy] 1984 

 22 1

State insurance department report of examination 1985 

 22 2

Letters, contracts, and other materials regarding real estate transactions 1985-1986 

 22 3

418 West King Street, Shippensburg building proposals 1986 

 22 4

Ken Plummer, Jr. construction proposal and blue prints for 418 West King Street, Shippensburg 1986 

 22 5

Cincinnati Insurance Company policy 1986-1989 

 22 6

Lease and mortgage agreements and related materials for 418 West King Street, Shippensburg 1986-1989 

 22 7

Amendment to charter and by-laws "filed in Franklin County" 1987 

 22 8

Annual statement [photocopy] 1987 

 22 9

"Copy of Amendment to charter and by-laws" 1987 

 22 10

Letters to Penn Central Mutual Insurance Company regarding Valley Mutual history and background 1987 

 22 11

State insurance department report of examination 1987 

 22 12

Annual statement [photocopy] 1988 

 22 13

Annual statement [photocopy] 1988 

 22 14

Director election ballots 1988 

 22 15

Mail delivery log 1988 

 22 16

Products liability insurance supplement 1988 

 22 17

Real estate appraisals of office property at 418 West King Street, Shippensburg 1988 

 23 1
Box

Oral history of Valley Mutual as told by surviving board members, MC60 microcassette tapes (10) 1988-1991 

 42
Box Folder

Corporate insurance policies 1989 

 23 2

Quarterly statement 1989 

 23 3

William Burkhart research files: Histories of Valley Mutual Insurance Company and accounts of arson in Shippensburg 1879-1880 (1989, undated) 

 23 4

Green Tree brochures and Valley Mutual logos 1990 

 23 5

William Burkhart research files: "Other insurance companies in Shippensburg area" photocopies regarding Lycoming Fire and Allen and East Pennsboro Mutual undated 

 23 6

 Subseries b. Financial 1955-1991 

Scope and Contents note

Subseries b. Financial dates from 1955 to 1991 and includes a small number of materials documenting the finances of the Valley Mutual Insurance Company. The majority of these materials consist of check stubs and bank deposit books but there are also a number of ledgers and account books. The subseries is arranged chronologically.
Volume

Ledger 1955-1963 

 1

Receipts and disbursements ledger 1963-1965 

 2

Stock ledger [?] 1964-1969 

 3

Account book 1964-1971 

 4

Journal 1965 

 5
Box Folder

Deposit slips and check stubs removed from volume 5 1965 

 23 7

Financial reports balance sheets 1967-1981 

 23 8

Financial reports balance sheets 1967-1989 

 23 9

Financial reports balance sheets 1968-1986 

 23 10
Box Drawer

Peoples National Bank deposit book 1985-1987 

 23 11
Box Folder

Statements of income and operating expenses 1986-1989 

 23 12

Peat Marwick auditor's report 1990 

 23 13

Ernst and Young auditor's report 1990-1991 

 23 14

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 Series II. Centennial Mutual Fire Insurance Company 1876-1963 

Scope and Contents note

Series II. Centennial Mutual Fire Insurance Company dates from 1876 to 1963 and contains administrative and financial materials of that company. Included are board and committee minutes, financial ledgers, annual statements, state insurance department reports, some policyholder information, and a small number of advertising materials. The series is arranged chronologically.
Volume

Board of Directors minute book #1 1876-1891 

 6

Board of Directors minutebook #2 (Ledger 2) 1881-1907 

 7
Box Folder

R.F. McCune policy 1897 

 23 15

Ink blotter advertisements (2) 1906 

 23 16
Volume

Board of Directors minutebook # 3 (Ledger 10) 1907-1935 

 8
Box Folder

Annual statements, minutes, and reports removed from volume 8 (Ledger 10) 1907-1935 

 23 17

Policyholders ledger 1934-1952 

 23 18

Board of Directors minutes, reports, and other related materials 1935, 1950-1957 

 24 1

Board of Directors meeting minutes book #4 (Ledger 30) 1936-1950 

 24 2

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1939 

 24 3

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1940 

 24 4

Annual statements, including photocopy of 1885 statement 1941, 1947-1949, 1951, 1953, 1958-1963 

 24 5

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1943 

 24 6

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1946 

 24 7
Volume

Treasurer's account book (Ledger 41) 1948-1957 

 9
Box Folder

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1949 

 24 8

Account ledger (Ledger 49) 1951-1962 

 24 9

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1952 

 24 10

State insurance department directives 1953, 1961, 1963 

 24 11

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1955 

 24 12

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1958 

 24 13

Board of Directors meeting minutes (Ledger 46) 1958-1963 

 24 14
Box

Annual statements 1959-1963 

 36
Box Folder

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1961 

 25 1
Volume

Account ledger [mostly blank] 1961-1964 

 10
Box Folder

Blank checks and assorted financial materials 1962-1963, undated 

 25 2

Assorted administrative correspondence 1962-1964 

 25 3

Lloyd's insurance policy by Balis and Company, Inc. 1963 

 25 4

State insurance department report of examination of merger 1963 

 25 5

Transcript of Act of Assembly establishing company, 1877 (undated) 

 25 6

Transcripts of Shippensburg area newspaper articles regarding Centennial Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 1882-1883, 1906 (undated) 

 25 7

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 Series III. Cumberland Valley Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company 1936-1990  (Bulk, 1936-1967)

Scope and Contents note

Series III. Cumblerland Valley Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company dates from 1936 to 1990, with bulk dates of 1936 to 1967, and consists of administrative and financial materials of that company. Though it is the second oldest company in this collection, there are relatively few records in this series. Notably absent are materials dating from the company’s founding in 1851 to 1935, nearly eighty years of information which is not represented. Included in this series are some financial records, a folder of correspondence, state insurance department reports of examination, and a policy register. Also of interest is a file of research material compiled by Valley Mutual board member William Burkhart. The series is arranged chronologically.
Box Folder

Copies of and amendments to charter and by-laws 1936, 1940-1941, undated 

 25 8

Assessment records 1936-1937, 1948-1962 

 25 9
Volume

Treasurer's ledger (Ledger 32) 1936-1948 

 11
Box Folder

Assorted administrative correspondence, Board of Directors minutes, and reports 1939-1963 

 25 10

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1943 

 25 11

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1946 

 25 12

Assorted policy forms and applications, rate books 1947-1948, 1957, 1962 

 25 13

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1949 

 25 14

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1952 

 25 15
Box

Policy register (Ledger 45) 1957-1967 

 37
Box Folder

William Burkhart research files: Letters, obituaries, timelines, and other materials regarding history of company, especially letters from Carol Smith of the Mutual Assurance Company of Philadelphia [photocopies] 1989-1990 

 25 16

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 Series IV. Franklin County Mutual Insurance Company 1851-1966 

Scope and Contents note

Series IV. Franklin County Mutual Insurance dates from 1851 to 1966 and contains the administrative and financial records of the company. These materials include board minutes, financial ledgers, letters, copies of and amendments to the charter and by-laws, annual statements, and a large number of policy registers. This series contains the most information about policyholders in this collection with the registers providing the policy numbers, holders name and address, and type of policy or coverage. The series is arranged chronologically.
Volume

Minutebook with charter and by-laws (Ledger 3) 1851-1960 

 12
Box Folder

Letters, notes, clippings, and annual statement removed from volume 12 (Ledger 3) 1851-1960 

 26 1
Volume

Cashbook 1856-1876 

 13

Policy ledger (Ledger 1) 1883-1896 

 14

Policy register (Ledger 4) 1890-1898 

 15

Policy index (Ledger 62) 1891-1894 

 16

Treasurer's check book 1894-1909 

 17
Box Folder

Assorted invoices, receipts, and other loose material removed from volume 17 1894-1909 

 26 2

Charter, amendment, by-laws, and rates 1895, 1899, 1910, 1933, 1945-1946 

 26 3
Volume

Policyholders index (Ledger 6) 1897-1898 

 18

Policy register (Leger 7) 1899-1902 

 19

Policyholders index (Ledger 9) 1900 

 20
Box Folder

Annual statements and charter and by-laws booklets 1902, 1927, 1937-1939, 1946 

 26 4
Volume

Policyholders index (Ledger 58) 1903 

 21

Policy register (Ledger 58) 1903 

 22

Policyholders index (Ledger 8) 1905 

 23
Box Folder

John A. and Edward B. Diehle policy, blank policy forms, and assorted notifications 1905, 1934, 1942, undated 

 26 5
Volume

Policy register (Ledger 12) 1906-1909 

 24

Ledger (Ledger 13) [MOLD] 1908-1928 

 25

Policy index (Ledger 59) 1909 

 26

Policy register (Ledger 14) 1909-1913 

 27
Box Folder

Bank deposity book [check stubs?] 1909-1918 

 26 6
Volume

Treasurer's check book 1909-1926 

 28

Policy index (Ledger 60) 1912 

 29

Policy register (Ledger 18) 1913-1916 

 30
Box Folder

Insurance commissioner annual statements and related materials 1915, 1925, 1929-1938, 1946-1951 

 26 7
Volume

Policy register (Ledger 19) 1917-1920 

 31

Policy index (Ledger 15) 1920 

 32

Policy register (Ledger 63) 1920-1925 

 33

Policyholders account book (Ledger 20) 1925 

 34

Policy register (Ledger 16) 1925-1935 

 35

Policy index (Ledger 71) circa 1925 

 36

Treasurer's check book (Ledger 23) 1926-1936 

 37

Policy register (Ledger 27) [MOLD] 1930-1935 

 38

Cashbook (Ledger 25) 1930-1948 

 39

Policy index (Ledger 34) 1931-1946 

 40

Ledger (Ledger 31) 1933-1960 

 41

Policyholders account book (Ledger 24) 1934 

 43

Policy register (Ledger 26) [MOLD] 1935-1940 

 43

Policy index (Ledger 61) 1940 

 44

Policy register (Ledger 37) 1945-1952 

 45

Daybook (Ledger 38) 1948-1964 

 46

Policy register (Ledger 44) 1952-1962 

 47
Box Folder

Insurance commissioner annual statements and related materials 1952-1965 

 26 8
Volume

Policyholders meeting minutes (Ledger 65) 1962-1966 

 48

Policy register (Ledger 53) 1962-1966 

 49
Box Folder

Farmers and Merchants Trust Company check stubs undated 

 26 9
Volume

Policy index (Ledger 66) undated 

 50

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 Series V. Friendship Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Franklin County 1899-1989  (Bulk, 1899-1968)

Scope and Contents note

Series V. Friendship Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Franklin County dates from 1899 to 1989, with bulk dates of 1899 to 1968, and consists of administrative and financial materials of that company. These materials include Board of Directors minutes and reports, financial ledgers, annual statements, and some policy registers. Also of interest in this series is a file of research material compiled by Valley Mutual board member William Burkhart. The series is arranged chronologically.
Volume

Board of Directors minute book 1899-1926 

 51
Box Folder

Board of Directors reports, notes, forms, and other loose materials removed from volume 51 1899-1926 

 26 10
Volume

Account book 1899-1934 

 52

Treasurer's account book 1899-1938 

 53
Box Folder

Record of risks in force (Ledger 67) 1922-1935 

 26 11

Address books (2) [of policyholders?] 1924, 1929-1930 

 26 12

Annual statments 1924-1926, 1935-1939, 1941, 1943-1950, 1952, 1955-1964 

 26 13
Volume

Policy register (Ledger 22) 1927-1929 

 54
Box Folder

Board of Directors minutes, reports, and other related materials 1927-1942 

 26 14

Address book [of policyholders?] and inserted postcards, letters, and other forms 1935-1939 

 27 1
Volume

Cashbook (Ledger 39) 1938-1966 

 55
Box Folder

Board of Directors minutes, reports, and other related materials 1943-1953 

 27 2

Policy register (Ledger 43) (1 of 2) [MOLD] 1945-1962 

 38 1

Policy register (Ledger 43) (2 of 2) [MOLD] 1939-1962 

 38 2

"Order book" ledger 1953-1956 

 27 3

Board of Directors minutes, reports, memoranda, and other related materials 1953-1961 

 27 4

Blank policy form and Farmers and Merchants Trust company checks circa 1960 

 27 5

Board of Directors minutes, reports, memoranda, and other related materials (1 of 2) 1961-1965 

 27 6

Board of Directors minutes, reports, memoranda, and other related materials (2 of 2) 1961-1968 

 27 7

William Burkhart research files: Enos Horst family genealogy and (3) photographs; histories of Friendship Mutual Fire Insurance Company and other directors [photocopies] 1989, undated 

 27 8

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 Series VI. Lurgan Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Franklin County 1859-1989  (Bulk, 1859-1963)

Scope and Contents note

Series VI. Lurgan Mutual Fire Insurance Company dates from 1859 to 1989, with bulk dates of 1859 to 1963, and consists of administrative and financial materials from that company. Included in the series are Board of Directors minutes, annual statements, rate books and by-laws, state insurance department reports, federal tax forms, and policy registers. Also of interest is a file of research material compiled by Valley Mutual board member William Burkhart, which includes an account written by Lurgan board member John C. Sharpe describing his experiences as a boy in the Chambersburg area during the Civil War. The series is arranged chronologically.
Volume

Board of Directors minute book 1859-1876 

 56
Box Folder

Annual statements "of receipts and expenditures" 1874-1905 

 27 9
Volume

Board of Directors minutes 1875-1945 

 57
Box Folder

Annual statements, letters, notes, and other materials removed from volume 57 1875-1945 

 27 10

Promotional calendars 1880, 1887 

 27 11

R.L. and R.F. McCune fire insurance policies 1902 

 27 12

Annual statements "of receipts and expenditures" 1906-1915 

 28 1

Annual statements 1916-1928 

 28 2

Assorted administrative materials including rate books, policy application forms, and correspondence 1917, 1936, 1950s, undated 

 28 3

William Wolf fire insurance policies 1926, 1929, 1931, 1934-1935 

 28 4

"Instructions to agents" and by-laws booklets circa 1926 

 28 5
Volume

Assesments journal 1930-1953 

 58
Box Folder

Notes, assessments, and other loose mateiral removed from volume 58 1930-1953 

 28 6

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1933 

 28 7

Copies of charter, amendments, and related letters 1933, 1941, 1946-1947 

 28 8

Disbursements ledger (Ledger 56) 1934-1963 

 38 3

Income ledger (Ledger 57) 1934-1963 

 38 4

Annual statements 1937-1961 

 28 9

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1938 

 28 10
Volume

Assesments account book 1939-1954 

 59
Box Folder

Notes and other loose materials removed from volume 59 1939-1954 

 28 11

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1941 

 28 12
Volume

Policy register (Ledger 33) 1941-1946 

 60
Box Folder

Policy register (Ledger 35) (1 of 2) 1943-1947 

 38 5

Policy register (Ledger 35) (2 of 2) 1947-1951 

 38 6
Volume

Receipts and disbursements ledger 1943-1959 

 61
Box Folder

Notes, annual statements, and other loose materials removed from volume 61 1943-1959 

 28 13

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1944 

 28 14

Constitution and by-laws amendments and related correspondence 1945-1946 

 28 15
Volume

Board of Directors minutes 1946-1963 

 62
Box Folder

Minutes, letters, notes, and other materials removed from volume 62 1946-1963 

 28 16

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1947 

 28 17

Letters, financial notes, and Eastern Mutual application forms 1947, 1950, 1952, undated 

 28 18

State insurance department reporting 1948-1949 

 28 19
Box

Policy register (Ledger 69) 1948-1957 

 39
Box Folder

United States federal tax forms and state insurance department reporting 1949-1950 

 28 20

United States federal tax forms, state insurance department reporting, and insurance commissioner report of examination 1950-1951 

 28 21

Board of Directors minutes, rates calculations, internal memoranda, letters regarding changes in state law, and other administrative materials 1950-1958 

 29 1

State insurance department reporting 1951-1952 

 29 2

Tax documents and other financial materials 1952, 1954-1956 

 29 3

Assorted administrative correspondence, especially to and from secretary J.W. Lackhove 1952-1955 

 29 4

Board of Directors election ballots and related materials 1952-1961 

 29 5

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1953 

 29 6

State insurance department reporting 1953 

 29 7

Assorted administrative correspondence, especially to and from secretary J. W. Lackhove 1955-1958 

 29 8

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1956 

 29 9

State insurance department reporting 1956 

 30 1

State insurance department reporting 1957-1958 

 30 2

Annual report to state insurance department and related materials 1958 

 30 3
Box

Policy register (Ledger 54) 1958-1963 

 40
Box Folder

Annual report to state insurance department and related materials 1959 

 30 4

Insurance comissioner report of examination 1959 

 30 5
Volume

Receipts and disbursements ledger 1959-1963 

 63
Box Folder

Annual report to state insurance department and related materials 1960 

 30 6

Annual report to state insurance department and related materials 1961 

 30 7

Insurance commissioner report of examination 1962 

 30 8

Policyholder proxy statements and other materials regarding consolidation with Centennial and Cumerland Vally Farmers Mutual 1962 

 31 1

State insurance department annual report and related materials 1962 

 31 2

State insurance department examination of merger report 1963 

 31 3

William Burkhart research files: Director's genealogies including Sharpe, Fogelsanger, Mower, Snoke, Taylor, and others; also including "A Boy's Experience during the Civil War" by John C. Sharpe [photocopies] circa 1989 

 31 4

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 Series VII. Unidentified 1894-1966 

Scope and Contents note

Series VII. Unidentified dates from 1894 to 1966 and consists of materials whose company of origin cannot be identified. These materials include a number of financial ledgers and policy registers as well some loose leaf foldered material. The series is arranged chronologically.
Box Folder

Daybook 1894-1897 

 31 5
Volume

Ledger (Ledger 51) 1894-1907 

 64
Box Folder

Daybook 1897-1900 

 31 6
Volume

Daybook 1900-1903 

 65

Dayboook 1903-1905 

 66

Daybook 1904-1914 

 67

Daybook 1905-1908 

 68

Daybook 1908-1912 

 69

Daybook 1912-1914 

 70

Culbertson Feed and Grain Company cashbook (Ledger 17) 1912-1938 

 71

Daybook 1915-1920 

 72

Daybook (Ledger 21) 1921-1930 

 73

Journal (Ledger 29) 1934-1941 

 74
Box Folder

Policyholders index 1937-1938 

 31 7
Volume

Estate account book 1937-1956 

 75
Box Folder

Policyholders account book (Ledger 28) (1 of 2) [MOLD] 1938-1961 

 31 8

Policyholders account book (Ledger 28) (2 of 2) [MOLD] 1937-1963 

 32 1

Policy register (Ledger 36) [MOLD] 1940-1963 

 32 2

Assesment notes, state employee retirement forms [blank], rate books, and ledger pages 1945, 1947, 1950-1960, undated 

 32 3
Volume

Policy register (Ledger 64) 1946-1948 

 76

Policy register (Ledger 40) 1947-1961 

 77
Box Folder

Cash policy register (Ledger 70) (1 of 2) 1952-1963 

 32 4

Cash policy register (Ledger 70) (2 of 2) 1952-1963 

 32 5
Volume

Loss register (Ledger 52) 1953-1963 

 78
Box

Ledger (Ledger 43) 1954-1962 

 41

Ledger (Ledger 47) 1954-1962 

 41
Volume

Ledger (Ledger 50) 1955-1963 

 79

Losses paid account book [MOLD] 1955-1965 

 80
Box

Ledger (Ledger 48) 1957-1963 

 41
Volume

Policy register (Ledger 51) 1962 

 81
Box Folder

"National Order Book" (Ledger 68) 1964-1966 

 32 6
Volume

Policy index (Ledger 72) undated 

 82

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