Liberty Life Insurance Company Legal Department records, 1921-1981.

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Liberty Life Insurance Company Legal Department records, 1921-1981.

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The Legal Department not only provided services in settling disputed claims but also gave counsel and advice for a broad spectrum of corporate management. Such activities as the acquisition and sale of subsidiaries, personnel problems, the creation of pension plans, income tax matters, and negotiations with state and federal government agencies were all in the purview of the Legal Department. These files contain information on competitor insurance companies and portray difficulties in obtaining radio and television station licenses. Particularly interesting are the early records, which help document the careers of W. Frank Hipp, Henry L. Vogel, and G. Richard Shafto. Other noteworthy correspondents include: Wyatt Aiken, William F. Anderson, William P. Anderson, Charles A. Batson, William T. Black, Edgar A. Brown, Lewis Burk, D.S. Burnside, G.H. Cleveland, S.W. Crews, the law firm of Dow, Lohnes, and Anderson, William F. Evans, John R. Folsom, Reverend R.A. Forrest, B. Calhoun Hipp, Francis M. Hipp, George H. Hipp, Grady H. Hipp, Herman N. Hipp, John W. Lindsay, R.E. McDonald, M.M. Pennell Jr., John Rivers, J. Dudley Saumenig, and Robert R. Scales Jr. As a note of caution, the eight different Surety Series present a potentially confusing situation for researchers, as the name 'Surety' was used as a catch-all to name various Hipp family-controlled satellite corporations. Doyle Bogg's "The Liberty Spirit: History of The Liberty Corporation" (1986) deals with the origins of Surety (see especially page 41). Separate reference files entitled 'Surety' exist in The Liberty Corporation Subsidiaries Records.

11.25 cubic ft. + oversize folders, memorabilia, photographs.

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6902552

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Vogel, Henry L.

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Aiken, Wyatt.

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Hipp, Grady H.

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Liberty Corporation

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In 1961, Robert Ritchie was named Keeper of the Records with the responsibility to create an archives and archival management program for Liberty Life Insurance Company. Ritchie and others, particularly J. K. Davis, began soliciting and collecting historical and archival documents from employees and departments of the company. Mr. Davis wrote one of the first comprehensive histories of Liberty Life. In the early 1970s, Paul Bridges took over as head of the archives, which was formally known as t...

Shafto, G. Richard

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Lindsay, John W., 1924-

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Rivers, John Minott, 1903-1988

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Dow, Lohnes & Albertson

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Hipps family.

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Scales, Robert R.

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Brown, Edgar A. (Edgar Allan), 1888-1975

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South Carolina State Representative, 1921-1926; South Carolina State Senator, 1928-1972, President Pro Tempore and chairman Senate Finance Committee, 1942-1972. Clemson University trustee, 1934-1975. From the description of Edgar Brown papers. 1911-1975 : 1950-1972. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23745990 Member, South Carolina General Assembly, serving Barnwell County as Representative (1921-1928) and Senator (1929-1972); President Pro Tempore of Senate...

Hipp, Francis M.

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McDonald, R. E.,

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Cleveland, G. H.

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Black, William T.

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Hipp, B. Calhoun

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Hipp, W. Frank

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Hipp, Herman N.

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Batson, Charles A.

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