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This collection consists of materials related to the infant aviation insurance business of the 1920s and 1930s.
Identifier
NASM.XXXX.0623
Creator
Sanford, Charles A.
Date
1918-1982
bulk 1920-1939
Provenance
Charles A. Sanford, unknown, unknown
Extent
1.22 Cubic feet (1 legal size document box; 1 slim legal size document box)
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection range from quote books, samples of insurance policies from various companies, correspondence between executives of aviation insurance companies, a monograph, insurance magazines, and invitations to dinners given in honor of aviation pioneers such as Rear Adm. Richard Evelyn Byrd. Sanford and his wife also wrote a brief, unpublished history of aviation insurance in 1981, and this paper is also included in the collection.
Arrangement note
This collection was arranged in chronological order.
Rights
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Citation
Sanford Aviation Insurance Collection, Acc. XXXX-0623, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Topics
Insurance, Aviation
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States
Aeronautics, Commercial
Aeronautics
Periodicals
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Publications
Financial records
Articles