Southern Life Insurance Company, 1927-1987 (bulk 1951-1986)

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Southern Life Insurance Company, 1927-1987 (bulk 1951-1986)

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The Southern Life Insurance Company Records document a wide variety of marketing and administrative functions. Various series chart in great detail the administrative, financial, and marketing activities of the company. The large (5.75 cubic feet) and important Corporate Secretary series provides much information on upper-echelon decision making. Among the significant files in this series are the minutes of Executive, Finance, Management, and Retirement Plan Committees. The two series entitled 'Annual Statements' (Series 1) and 'Reports on Examination' (Series 6) furnish copious financial data pertaining to Southern Life's assets, investments, and operations. Series 4, Internal Publication, contains a relatively complete run of in-house publications such as "Field News" and "Currents." These newsletters detail the month-by-month development of Southern Life's sales force and provide biographical information on many individual agents and managers. Another prominent feature of this record group is its extensive (9 cubic feet) collection of photographs and slides. Stored separately from the processed files, this material documents ceremonial occasions, home office personnel and activities, and sales conferences. Of special interest is Series 5, O. Henry Festival, which documents Southern Life's participation in events commemorating Greensboro native William Sydney Porter, including the company's sponsorship of a statue of the famed author. Correspondents of this collection include: Wilbur L. Carter Sr., Wilbur L. Carter Jr., T. Clyde Collins Sr., T. Clyde Collins Jr., James F. Goodman, A. J. Fletcher, Charles T. Hagan Jr., Charles T. Hagan III, Seth C. Macon, Marie E, Moyer, Earl E. Ryals, Louis C. Stephens Jr., and Herbert G. Tigner.

33.1 cubic ft. + memorabilia and oversize photographs.

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6902560

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Fletcher, A. J. 1887-1979.

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Stephens, Louis B.

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Collins, T. Clyde, 1901-1975.

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Carter family.

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Tigner, Herbert G.

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Hagan, Charles T., 1913-

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Liberty Life Insurance Co.

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Carter, Wilbur L., 1922-

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Moyer, Marie E.

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Collins, T. Clyde, 1928-

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Hagan, Charles Donald Ross, 1940-

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Carter, Wilbur L., 1879-1968.

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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...

Southern Life Insurance Company.

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