MsC 318

 

Manuscript Register

 

PAPERS OF ORVILLE FRANCIS GRAHAME

 

Collection Dates: 1931 -- 1971

(Bulk Dates: 1930s & 1950s)

22.5 linear ft.

 

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Series Table of Contents:

 

Series I: Politics

Series II: Insurance

Index to Notable Letters

 

Biographical Note

Orville Francis Grahame (1904 -- 1989) was born near Palo, Iowa. He attended public schools in Shellsburg and graduated from the University of Iowa in 1925. Grahame then received his law degree from the University of Iowa's College of Law in 1929. He began his legal career in New York City as an officer of the Guardian Life Insurance Company. In 1939, Grahame moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, and took a job with the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company and its parent company Avco Corporation. He served as its vice-president and general council. In the 1940s, Mr. Grahame was an active participant in the writing of Public Law 15, which concerns the regulation of the insurance industry. He served on several of the industry's committees that worked on the legislation.

An active Republican, Grahame was involved with the Young Republicans while in New York. In Worcester, Massachusetts, he helped with the Elliot Richardson political campaign. Grahame served on two White House Conferences on Aging. He also was on two study committees of the Massachusetts state legislature, one dealing with public pensions and the other concerned with updating equity insurance investments.

Scope and Contents

 

The papers of Orville F. Grahame are arranged in two topical series, Politics and Insurance. The Insurance series is the larger of the two. Series contents are arranged chronologically within an alphabetical sequence. The first series, Politics, contains subject files relating to Grahame's work for the Republican Party and specific candidates. There is correspondence and other material relating to his work for the New York Young Republicans in the 1930s. His work for the Elliot Richardson campaigns for the offices of Attorney General of Massachusetts and Governor of the state is documented with correspondence, campaign worker's materials, and fund raising information. He was also involved in the presidential campaign of Thomas Dewey.

The Insurance series is made up of subject files, speeches, articles, bills, and correspondence. There are eleven folders concerning the Health Insurance Association of America which include legislative committee materials such as correspondence, minutes, and reports. Many of the files relate specifically to insurance issues, policies, and legislation in Massachusetts. Other topics found within this series concern variable annuities, settlement options, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Insurance Economics Society of America (IESA). Finally, there are two boxes on the White House Conference on Aging, with reports, laws and correspondence

Correspondence is found throughout the papers. There are letters from Bailey Aldrich, Thomas E. Dewey, Guy M. Gillette, Christian Herter, Edward M. Kennedy, Thomas E. Martin, Elliot Richardson, and John Volse.

 

 

Related materials

 

Box List

 

Series I: Politics

Box 1

Brooke, Edward

Campaign Literature, 1933 --1952

Dewey Candidacy. Correspondence, 1940 --1944 (2 folders)

Dewey Candidacy. News clippings, articles, etc., 1940 --1944 (2 folders)

Dewey for President Club. Correspondence, 1940

Grahame, Orville, "A Successful Failure." Iowa Literary Magazine. December, 1926.

Herter, Christian. Correspondence, news clippings, etc., 1952 --1953

The Iowa Liberal. Vol. 1, No. 1 (May, 1925). Orville Grahame and Pauline Grahame, Editorial Board.

Kennedy Library. Correspondence, news clippings, etc., 1964

La Guardia, Fiorello

Miscellaneous about Pauline Grahame

National Republican Club. Correspondence, 1936 --1939

New York Young Republican Club

Box 2

New York Young Republican Club. Correspondence, 1931 --1938 (6 folders)

Box 3

New York Young Republican Club. Correspondence 1939 (2 folders)

New York Young Republican Club. Notes, lists, etc.

Politics. Correspondence, 1945 --1952 (4 folders)

Box 4

Politics. Correspondence, 1953 --1967 (9 folders)

Politics. Dinners and Luncheons. Correspondence, 1960 --1965

Politics. News clippings, 1952, 1954

Republican Platform. 1956

Richardson, Elliot. Atty. General of Mass. Correspondence, 1966 --1967

Box 5

Richardson, Elliot. Campaign for Atty. General. Correspondence, 1957--1962

Richardson, Elliot. Campaign for Lt. Governor of Mass. Correspondence, 1964 --1905 (2 folders)

Box 6

Richardson, Elliot. Campaign for Lt. Governor of Mass. Campaign Worker's Materials, 1964

Richardson, Elliot. Fund Raiser. Correspondence, 1965 (2 folders)

Volpe, John. Gubernatorial Campaign (Mass.) 1964 --1965

Whittier, Sumner. Correspondence, 1951--1956

Whittier, Sumner. Finances. Correspondence, 1952

Whittier, Sumner. News clippings, 1952 --1955

Whittier, Sumner, Political Meeting 2/20/52. Invitation acceptances, non-acceptances

Box 7

Notebooks (5); voter lists cards for New York Young Republican Club. 1930's

Box 8

Notebooks (2); Mass. Retirement Systems; Study Commission Report

Series II: Insurance

Box 9

Accident and Sickness Policy Provision Law. Correspondence, 1950 --1952 (8 folders)

Box 10

Accident and Sickness Policy Provision Law. General, 1950 --1953 (2 folders)

Advisory Committee to the Atty. General (Mass.). Correspondence, 1964 --1969

Advisory Committee to the Atty. General (Mass.). Reports

Aldrich, Bailey. Judgeship Appointment. Correspondence, 1952 --l955

Box 11

American Bar Association. (ABA) Insurance Status Committee. Correspondence, January --October, 1946

ABA Insurance Status Committee. Correspondence, November, 1946 --1950 (2 folders)

American Life Convention. Questionnaire Responses and Correspondence

August -- October, 1936 (2 folders)

American Life Convention. Correspondence, 1962 --1969

American Management Association. Articles and Correspondence, 1968 --1969

Articles. Accident and Health Insurance Under the New Tax Law." Correspondence, 1954

Articles. "Company Practice and the Insurance Trust." Includes correspondence, 1932 --1937

Box 12

Articles. "Dispositions Under Supplementary Contracts." Correspondence, 1936 --1937 (2 folders)

Articles. "How to Integrate Law Department with other Departments?" Correspondence, 1964

Articles. Insurance Decisions. Correspondence, 1933 --1936

Articles. "Life Insurance Trusts or Non-Testamentary Depositor." Correspondence, 1930 --1934 (2 folders)

Articles. "Management of the Diversified Multi-Market or Conglomerate Company." Correspondence, April --December, 1969

Box 13

Articles. "Noncancellable and Guaranteed Renewable Accident and Health Insurance." Correspondence, etc., 1956 --1957 (2 folders)

Articles. "Prepayment of. First Premium." Correspondence, 1947--1953 (2 folders)

Articles. "Some Observations on Insurance Holding Companies." Correspondence clippings, etc., 1968 -- 1969 (2 folders)

Articles. "Spendthrift Clause." Correspondence, 1952

Articles. "The Testamentary Question Under Some Lift Insurance Settlement Options." Correspondence, 1934 --1936

Articles. "What is Expected of a Corporate Law Dept?" Correspondence, 1962 --1963

Box 14

Best, Alfred M. -- Company. Correspondence, 1930 --1939

Bills. HR 5710. Correspondence, 1967--1968

Bills. HR 6675. Correspondence, 1965 (4 folders)

Bills. HR 6675. Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA). Correspondence, clippings, reports, 1965 (3 folders)

Box 15

Bills. HR 6675. Statements, reports, etc., 1965

Clayton Anti-Trust Act. Correspondence, 1945 --1950

Connecticut 65 Extended Health Insurance. Correspondence, 1961 -- 1964 (2 folders)

Correspondence, 1932 --1933

Box 16

Correspondence. Foreign, 1934 --1965 (5 folders)

Correspondence, 1934 --1935

Exemption. Correspondence, 1933 --1939

Exemption Recodification. Correspondence, 1936 --1937

Box 17

Health and Accident Underwriter's Conference. Correspondence, 1944 --1950 (4 folders)

Health and Accident Underwriters' Conference. Executive Committee

Correspondence, 1954 --1956

Box 18

Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA). Committee on Cancellation. Correspondence, 1958 --1964 (3 folders)

HIAA. Committee on Cancellation. Reports (4)

HIAA. Committee to Study Insurance Regulation. Correspondence, January -- July, 1964

Box 19

HIAA. Committee to Study Insurance Regulation. Correspondence, August, 1944 -- 1950 (2 folders)

HIAA. Correspondence, 1955 --1959 (5 folders)

Box 20

HIAA. Correspondence, 1963 --1965 (3 folders)

HIAA. Joint Committee on Social Security end Health Care. Correspondence, 1958 -- April 1961 (2 folders).

Box 21

HIAA. Joint Committee on Social Security and Health Care. Correspondence, 1961 --1965 (3 folders)

HIAA. Legislative Committee (chairman). Correspondence, 1961 --1965

HIAA. Legislative committee. Correspondence, 1958 --1961 (3 folders)

Box 22

HIAA. Legislative Committee. Minutes, 1957 --1962

HIAA. Legislative Committee. Meetings, 1961 --1963; Includes correspondence (6 folders)

Box 23

HIAA. Legislative Committee Meetings, 1963 --1966; Includes correspondence (6 folders)

Box 24

HIAA. Legislative Committee Meetings. 1966; Includes Correspondence (2 folders)

HIAA. Reports, studies, etc.; Includes correspondence, 1963 --1964 (3 folders)

Box 25

HIAA. Reports, studies, etc.; Includes correspondence, 1964 --1965 (3 folders)

HIAA. Subcommittee on adjustable Premium Policy Nomenclature. Correspondence, 1956 --1957 (3 folders)

HIAA. Subcommittee on Advertising. Correspondence, 1956

Box 26

HIAA. Subcommittee on FTC Jurisdiction. Correspondence, 1956 --1959 (8 folders)

Box 27

HIAA. Subcommittee on FTC Jurisdiction. Correspondence, 1962 --1963

HIAA. Subcommittee on FTC Jurisdiction. Nebraska Case. Correspondence, 1958

HIAA. Subcommittee on FTC Jurisdiction. Pending Cases, 1955 --1958

HIAA. Subcommittee on FTC Jurisdiction. Seymour Brief. Correspondence, 1956

HIAA. Traveler's Health Case. Correspondence, 1959 --1961 (3 folders)

Box 28

HIAA. Subcommittee on Zones. Correspondence, 1956

Incontestability. Correspondence and Paper, 1932 --1934

Insurance Economics Society of America (IESA). Correspondence, 1951 --1963 (7 folders)

Box 29

IESA. "Confiscation Without Compensation" (paper) 1958. Canadian Responses (2 folders)

IESA. Correspondence, 1958 --1959

IESA. Miscellaneous

IESA. Speech. "Capitalism Plus," etc., 1955. Includes correspondence, news clippings

IESA. Washington Representative. Correspondence

Insurance Society. Correspondence, 1938 --1939

International- Association of Insurance Counsels. Correspondence, 1945 --1954

King-Anderson Medical Bill (HR 4222)

Correspondence. 1961 --1962 (2 folders)

Box 30

Massachusetts. Bills. H71. Correspondence, 1950 --1952

Massachusetts. Bills. H185. Correspondence, 1954

Massachusetts. Bills. H430. Correspondence, 1963

Massachusetts. Bills. H976. Correspondence, 1961

Massachusetts. Bills. H1230. Correspondence, 1962 --1963

Massachusetts. Bills. H2140 and H1890. Correspondence, 1952 --1954

Massachusetts. Committee on Retirement Systems and Pensions (2 folders)

Massachusetts. Legislator's Retirement Fund Controversy. Correspondence, 1953 -- 1955 (2 folders)

Box 32

Mutualization. Correspondence, 1959 -- 196l (2 folders)

Notes, drafts, etc., 1938 --1939 (2 folders)

Objectives Review Committee. Correspondence (commissions), 1966 --1967 (2 folders)

Box 33

Objectives Review Committee. Correspondence, 1967

Objectives Review Committee. Group Insurance. Correspondence, 1965 --1967

Objectives Review Committee. Retirement Plans Subcommittee. Correspondence, 1966 --1967

Objectives Review Committee. Subcommittees (2 folders)

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Correspondence, etc., 1936 --1940

SEC. Report on Insurance Companies

Box 34

SEC. Questionnaire and Supplement (2 folders)

Settlement, Options. Correspondence, 1932 -- June, 1946 (6 folders)

Box 35

Settlement Options. July, 1946 --1954

Settlement Options (2 folders)

Settlement Options. Letters, 1936 --1940

Social Security. American Life Convention. Correspondence

Social Security. Correspondence, 1935 --1939

Social Security. Pamphlets

Speeches. "Are the Courts Destroying the Double Indemnity and Accidental Death
Death Benefit?" Correspondence, etc., March -- April, 1951

Box 36

Speeches. "Are the Courts Destroying the Double Indemnity and Accidental Death Benefit?" Correspondence, etc., March -- July, 1957 (2 folders)

Speeches. "How Life Insurance Gets to the Public." Correspondence, 1936 --1939

Speeches. "Insurance Morale." 1938

Speeches. "Life Insurance hooks at the Clayton Act." Correspondence, etc., 1945 -- 1952

Speeches. "Paging Mr. Beverridge." Correspondence, etc., 1954

Speeches. "What is Expected of a Corporate Law Dept?" Correspondence, 1937

Standard Provisions Subcommittee. Correspondence, 1947 --195O (2 folders)

Standardization of State Insurance Dept. Filing Requirements. Correspondence, 1942 -- January,1944 (2 folders)

Box 37

Standardization of State Insurance Dept. Filing Requirements. Correspondence, February, 1944 --1947

Testamentary Question. Correspondence, article, 1948-1949

Uniform Laws Committee. Correspondence, 1957 -- 1960

Box 38

Variable Annuities Committee. Correspondence, 1962 --1965 (2 folders)

Variable Annuities. Correspondence, 1954 --1959 (5 folders)

Box 39

Variable Annuities. Correspondence, 1960 --1968 (5 folders)

Variable Annuities. Correspondence (George L. Johnson) 1965

Variable Annuities. Correspondence with Life Companies, 1958 --1965 (2 folders)

Variable Annuities. Correspondence with State Insurance Departments, 1958

Box 40

Variable Annuities. Court Cases

Variable Annuities. Insurance company Reactions (2 folders)

Variable Annuities. Investment-Company Incorporation Papers -- Precedents

Variable Annuities. Legislative Committee (Mass.) Correspondence, 1956 --1958

Variable Annuities. Massachusetts Hearings, April 20,1957

Box 41

Variable Annuities. Pamphlets, reports, etc. (3 folders)

Paul Revere Life Company. Correspondence, 1964 -- November, 1965

Box 42

Variable Annuities. Paul Revere Life Company. Correspondence, December, 1965 -- December, 1966 (2 folders)

Variable Annuities. Policyholder's Voting Rights. Correspondence, 1963 --1964

Variable Annuities. SEC Reports. 1938

Variable annuity Bills. H430 (Mass.). Correspondence, 1957 --1964 (2 folders)

Box 43

White House Conference on Aging. 1971

White House Conference on Aging. Correspondence, 1971 --1972 (2 folders)

White House Conference on Aging. Massachusetts Activities. 1970 --1971

Box 44

White House Conference on Aging. Reports, laws, etc. (22)

Box 45

Withdrawals. Correspondence, 1931 -- l939

Binders, reports, etc. (5)

 

Index to Notable Letters

(Topic: Name of folder in which to find information on this topic.)

Aldrich, Bailey. Letters and notes. 1952 --1954: Bailey Aldrich ( Box 10)

Anderson, Clinton P. 1965: Bills. H.R. 6675. Correspondence (Box 14)

Bennett, Wallace. 1965: Bills. H.R. 6675. Correspondence (Box 14)

Boggs, Hale. 1965: Bills. H.R. 6675 (Box 14)

Brooke, Edward. 1964: Edward Brooke (Box 1)

Brownell, Herbert, Jr.: Dewey Candidacy. Correspondence. 1940 --1944 (Box 1); New York
Young Republican Club. Correspondence, 1931 --1933, 1934 --1935, 1936 --1937 (Box 2);
Politics. Correspondence, 1947 -- June, 1948, 1952, 1953 --1954 (Box 3)

Byrd, Harry F. 1965.: Bills. H.R. 6675. Correspondence (Box 14)

Curran, Thomas J. 1937: New York Young Republican Club Correspondence (Box 2)

Dewey, Thomas E. 1938 --1948. Letters, notes, photos. New York Young Republican
Club Correspondence (Box 2): Politics-Correspondence; Dewey Candidacy (Box 1)

Dirksen, Everett M. 1965: Bills. H.R. 6675. Correspondence (Box 14)

Ervin, Sam, Jr. 1965: Bills. H.R. 6675 (Box 14)

Gallup, George. 1939: New York Young Republican Club Correspondence (Box 2)

Gillette, Guy M. 1940: Dewey for President Club (Box 1)

Hartke, Vance. 1965: Bills. H.R. 6675. Correspondence (Box 14)

Herter, Christian. 1952 -- 1953: Mass. Retirement Controversy; Christian Herter (Box 1)

Humphrey, Hubert H. 1965: Bills. H.R. 6675. Correspondence (Box 14)

Kennedy, Edward M. 1961 -- 1965: Politics, 1960 (Box 4); Bills. H.R. 6675. Correspondence (Box 14)

LaGuardia, Fiorello. 1933: New York Young Republican Club. Correspondence (Box 2)

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr. 1950: Politics-Correspondence, July -- December, 1948 (Box 3)

McCarthy, Eugene. 1965: Bills. H.R. 6675. Correspondence (Box 14)

McCormack, John. 1962 -- 1965: King-Anderson Bill (Box 29); H.R. 6675. Correspondence (Box 14)

Martin, Thomas. 1946 -- 1954: Politics -- Correspondence (Box 3)

Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. 1938: New York Young Republican Club (Box 2)

Richardson, Elliot. 1961 --1966: Elliot Richardson Folders (Boxes 4,5,6); Politics, 1965 and 1966 (Box 3); Mass. Bills H976 (Box 31)

Volpe, John. 1964: John Volpe (Box 6)