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Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, [ca.1800]-1980

Title: Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation [ca.1800]-1980

This collection consists of title abstracts (often including maps) from many parts of NewMexico, particularly Bernalillo County, dating from the late 1800's through the 1970's. Title records are primarily from the additions and subdivisions of the city of Albuquerque, as well as from rural tracts of land, including land grants, throughout the State of New Mexico.

ArchivalResource: 332 boxes (332 cu.ft.)

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Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation. Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation records, 1922-1998.

Title: Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation records, 1922-1998.

The Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation records, 1939 to 1979, consists of title insurance policy files primarily for Savannah and Chatham County, but also include Camden County, Bryan County, Bulloch County, Effingham County, Emanuel County, Evans County, Glynn County, Jeff Davis County, Liberty County, McIntosh County, Tattnall County and other Georgia locations. Also included in the collection is a map book for the city of Savannah, order books, index lists, and property and name index cards. The insurance policy files contain the original policies along with accompanying material such as correspondence and in some cases land plats. The records are divided into four series: Individual Policies, Master Policies, Urban Renewal Projects, and Atlanta Title and Trust Company. Title insurance "protects the insured against loss due to previously unreported land title defects, such as forgeries, claims by missing heirs, recording errors, etc." These are not insurance policies on properties, they are insurance policies on the titles of the properties. The policies may include preliminary reports on the property, such as blueprints, annotations on the condition of the property, or other building attributes. The policies often list the owner(s) of the property for which there is title insurance. Urban Renewal Project files are title insurance records on properties acquired by the mayor and aldermen of Savannah for the purpose of creating public housing projects. Currently, there is no index to individual properties, though the records are open for research. Atlanta Title and Trust Company records, 1922 to 1923, are for select Savannah properties and often include the title searches, blueprints of properties, and other information regarding the property or owner. To access policies for property in the City of Savannah, researchers must first locate the property in the Lot and Block Atlas of Savannah, Georgia (published by Dolph Map Co., November 1949) or in the name indexes (if the property owner's name is known). The map book is arranged by ward and only covers Savannah. If there is a handwritten number on a particular property in the map book, there is a policy for it (if there is no number, there is no policy). Note the handwritten number on the property in the map book and go to the property index cards. The index cards are arranged in numerical order corresponding to the map pages. Locate the correct numerical section of the cards and find the card corresponding to the handwritten number on the property map. Note the title insurance policy number on the card and consult the inventory to determine in which box the policy is stored. To access policies for property in areas outside of the City of Savannah, researchers must use the name index. The name index is more comprehensive than the property index. It is arranged alphabetically by surname and covers properties in Chatham County (including Savannah) and many other surrounding counties. Note the title insurance policy number on the card and consult the inventory to determine in which box the policy is stored. The policy files and indexes are arranged in the original order of the creator and largely stored in their original housing.

ArchivalResource: 148 boxes, 2 oversize folders, 47 card file index drawers (155.60 cubic feet)

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Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation. Records, [ca.1880]-1980.

Title: Records, [ca.1880]-1980.

This collection consists of title abstracts (often including maps) from many parts of New Mexico, particuarly Bernalillo County, dating from the late 1800's through the 1970's. The collection is divided into 2 series: Series 1 consists primarily of title records from the additions and subdivisions of the city of Albuquerque; and Series 2 consists mostly of the rural tracts of land in New Mexico, organized into divisions by county and township. Records indicate passage of land ownership through sale and inheritance as well as land and city development. Many of the records apply to rural tracts of land particularly those listed as the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and certain land grants such as the Atrisco Grant. The company which held the majority of the records in the collection changed names and ownership several times including the companies: Albuquerque Abstract Company, Albuquerque Abstract and Title Company, Albuquerque Title Guaranty Company, Bernalillo County Abstract & Title Company, New Mexico Abstract and Title Company, New Mexico Title Company, Allen Title Company, Allen Abstract & Title Company, First Title Guarantee and Trust Company, Rio Grande Abstract Company, Rio Grande Title Company, and Western American Title Insurance Company. Most of the records from outside Bernalillo County originated in smaller towns and in companies located in these towns. The records included in this collection were owned by the Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, but the original abstract research was not necessarily done by them.

ArchivalResource: 332 boxes (332 cu. ft.)

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Floyd B. McKissick Papers, 1940s-1980s

Title: Floyd B. McKissick Papers, 1940s-1980s

<p>Floyd B. McKissick (1922-1991) was born in Asheville, N.C. He was an attorney, businessman, and civil rights leader. McKissick married Evelyn Williams, with whom he had four children: Joycelyn; Andree; Floyd, Jr.; and Charmaine. The collection contains materials documenting Floyd B. McKissick's work as an lawyer, businessman, and civil rights leader. Included are items pertaining to his law practice in Durham, N.C.; his service, beginning in 1966, as national director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); his work as advisor to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); and his interests in politics and education. Many items relate to Soul City, N.C., a town owned and operated by African Americans near Warrenton, N.C. Included are items describing the impact of Soul City on rural Warren County, N.C., and Vance County, N.C. Among the companies documented are McKissick Enterprises of New York and North Carolina; City Development, Inc.; HealthCo, Inc.; Madison and McKissick Development, Inc.; McKissick S.C. Associates; the Soul City Foundation and other Soul City companies; and the Warren Regional Planning Corporation. There are also a few items relating to the McKissick family and to his affiliation with the Republican Party at the local, state, and national levels.</p> <p>Collection is jointly held by Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the African American Resources Collection of North Carolina Central University.</p>

ArchivalResource: 126.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 157,000 items)

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