Special Collections

Frederick W. Ecker Liberal Arts Collection houses our liberal arts materials, with heavy emphasis on general business reference works, management texts, marketing, leadership, diversity, and ethics.

Life Insurance Association of America donated 1800 volumes in 1965. The Library continues to maintain and house the collection.

Heber Bishop Churchill Collection, donated in 1951, consists of articles on earthquakes and windstorms, bound together and indexed by the library's catalogers. These materials provide detailed accounts of major catastrophes from the early part of the century, such as the Tokyo earthquake of 1923, the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906, typhoons of Japan, 1920-1940, and hurricanes of the North Atlantic, New England, and the Caribbean.

William David Winter Collection consists of ocean marine insurance-related books and publications.

Average Adjusters Association of the United States Collection of American and British maritime law. Within this collection are rare books and papers on marine insurance dating to the early 1800s.

Insurance Associations Statistical Reports from major insurance associations around the world.

Conference Proceedings from major risk management associations and actuarial societies.

Insurance Department Reports providing statistical data submitted by insurance commissioners to the state legislatures each year, and a growing number of annual reports issued by insurance commissioners of other countries.

Vertical Files
180 file drawers containing articles, speeches, sample forms and policies that chronicle insurance industry history and product development, worldwide.

Company Reports
Files are maintained for the larger insurance companies, including annual reports, 10-Ks, annual statements and/or DTI filings, where applicable.

Government Documents Room
As a US government depository, we maintain a collection of government documents in print, microfiche and CD-ROM.

Archives of The College of Insurance and the Insurance Society of New York (ISNY), plus the proceedings and correspondence of the Insurance Company Education Directors Society, now known as SITE; newsletters and scrapbooks of Insurance Women of New York; and the New York Chapter of the CPCU.

Insurance Company Letterhead Collection
A sampel collection of insurance company letterheads from early 20th century.
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