Biography
Leland D. Case was a journalist and editor of Rotarian Magazine (1930-1950) and Together Magazine (1956-63). He was also an amateur historian, founder of Westerners International and Director of the Pacific Center for Western Studies at the University of the Pacific from (1965-1967).
Case collected these papers, some of which may be records of the Household Finance Corp, Tucson, Arizona. A memorandum mentions the firm of Moore, Case, Lyman and Hubbard (May 25, 1948) and it may be Mr. Case had a role in the insurance busines and/or on small business and insurance boards. The primary focus of one part of the collection is the development of laws and regulations regarding the small loan business, especially in regards to credit life insurance. Some businesses making personal loans for property required as a condition of the loan that the borrower purchase life insurance. Some loan companies worked on commission with insurance companies and it was charged that such practices were a subterfuge on the part of the lending agencies to collect usurious interest rates from the borrower. A second focus of the collection is a small businessmen's protest against tax increaes presented at Hearings before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee (March 1951).
From the guide to the Case (Leland D.) Small Business Collection, 1941-1955, (University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections)
