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Title: James River Valley Mutual Insurance
Dates: 1894-1999
Collection Number: 10934
Quantity: 5 feet
Abstract: Contains minutes, correspondence, financial records, annual reports, policy registers, a copy of a convention (1919) photograph, newspapers, and ephemera.
Provenance: The  State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired the James River Valley Mutual  Insurance Company records from Shirley Netzer in September 2005.
      
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Bound Volumes:
    Losses Paid Register       1947-1989            
    Policy Register   1894-1910            
    Policy Register   1910-1918            
    Photograph - Insurance Convention        1916       
    Annual Reports to Dept of Insurance      1902-1998            
    Policy Record     1946-1954            
    Policy Record     1937-1946            
    Policy Record     1959-1984            
    Policy Record     1952-1959            
    Policy Record     1928-1937            
    Policy Record     1918-1928            
    Policy Record     1894-1910            
Box 1:
    1 Articles of Incorporation                            
    2 Minutes            1894-1901            
    3 Minutes            1902-1932            
    4 Minutes            1936-1971            
    5 Minutes            1971-1999            
    6 Bank Account Register               1894-1900            
    7 Cash Received Book    1894-1900            
    8 Collections Book           1946-1955            
    9 Agents Fee Book          1916-1919            
    10 Audit Reports              1947-1997            
    11 Operating Reports & Letters                 
Box 2:
    1 Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax           1934-1963            
    2 Tax Returns for Organization   1944-1954            
    3 Employers Tax Return                1938-1948            
    4 Employer Copy Federal Tax Return       1950-1959            
    5 Employer Tax Return  1960-1972            
    6 Correspondence           1901-1995            
    7 Correspondence Federal Land Bank     1937-1944            
    8 Correspondence American Mutual Alliance      1936       
    9 National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies  1930's    
    10 Hartford Fire Ins. Co. Policies                1920-1930            
    11 Unemployment Compensation           1932-1938            
    12 Applicants     1930's    
    13 Farm Insurance           1933-1934            
    14 Ink Blotters   1930-1940's         
    15 Social Security Records            1937,  1963           
    16 Fidelity Bond                                
    17 Examples of Policies and Notice of Assessment                            
    18 Legislative Bills/Laws                 
    19 Proceedings of Annual Conventions  1932-1941            
    20 Mutual Insurance Bulletin      1947,  1952           
    21 Tornado & Cyclone Ins. Co. LaMoure, ND        1967-1968            
    22 Proceedings of Annual Meetings of ND Mutual Ins. Assoc.      1916-1930            
    23 Conventions - ND Mutual Insurance Co.          1970-1980            
    24 Certificates of Authority                          
    25 History of Company, 50th Anniversary, Articles of  Incorporation          1944       
    26 James River Merger with Hartland Mutual      1999
    27 News Clippings                            
    28 Newspapers (Old)                     
    29 Ephemera     1961,  1964           
    30 Plaque Century Club 1994       
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