This collection contains documents and record books from the Elizabethtown Insurance Company. Items include records of new policies issued, policies cancelled, reinsurance policies, and books documenting taxes owed to the Elizabethtown Insurance Company. The collection also contains receipt books, personal agent books, and various notes and documents inserted into the lager record books. All documents are handwritten by multiple individuals and some books have missing, or broken spines. Many items are fragile, and caution should be used when turning pages to avoid further tearing and damage.
Admin/Biographical History
The Elizabethtown Insurance Company was formally chartered on December 23, 1843 as Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company. They started doing business January 31, 1844 and by June 1844 had applications from prospective policy holders for enough insurance to issue their first policy. The company was originally developed to insure against loss or damage by fire, but eventually began insuring other types of property damage. Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company moved multiple times; finding homes in Lampeter and Conestoga Townships, as well as Lancaster City. The company moved to Elizabethtown in 1925, and in July of 2009, Farmers' Mutual changed their name to Elizabethtown Insurance Company. In 2011 Elizabethtown Insurance Company stopped accepting new applications, and in 2012, the company relocated to Delaware.
"Tobacco Barn" - An Amish Family Carriage passing a Dutch Farm and the prominent tobacco barn used to hand the cut tobacco crop allowing it to age. Original watercolor by Jay McVey.
"Wintertime" - riding in a one horse open sleigh, the Amish couple is not noticed by the boys skating on the frozen river. One of Four Seasons Series from an original oil by Jay McVey, Ephrata.
1972 Home for the Holidays in Lancaster County, original oil painting by Jay McVey, Ephrata, Penna., for Friends of the Ephrata Public Library. Fiands Mill Bridge.
"Stone Mill" - many old mills may be seen in the Dutch Country, originally water powered, the mills are alwasy located along the streams which lace the area. Original watercolor by Jay McVey, Ephrata, Penna.
"Noch Green Dragon Rutscha" - 1975 - best wishes jingle your way from an original oil painting by Jay McVey, Ephrata, Pa., on loan to the Friends of the Ephrata Library, Ephrata, Pa.
"Du en glaner dans Schlacte de fett ganse" 'Sis Grishdawg!
1978 - the Daniel L. Horst farm, Ephrata Route 2, near Millway, from an original oil painting by Jay McVey, Ephrata, Pa. for Friends of the Ephrata Library.
