Descriptive Summary
Friedman, Annie N.
Friedman, Lloyd K.
Texas Actuarial History
Collection
1879-1988
Materials are written in English.
95-086
2 ft.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
The Texas Actuarial History
Collection, 1879-1988, documents Annie N. and Lloyd K. Friedman’s research and
publication on actuaries in Texas for their book On the Trail
of Actuaries in Texas, 1844-1964. The collection contains correspondence,
book manuscripts, printed items, research notes, and oral history interviews on
audiocassettes.
Biographical Note
Annie N. Friedman graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1926. Her
husband Lloyd N. Friedman (d. 2001) earned his M.A. from the University of Michigan
in 1929 and became a fellow of the Society of Actuaries in 1937. He owned the
actuarial consulting firm of Lloyd K. Friedman & Associates in Houston,
Texas, until his retirement in 1983.
That same year, the Actuaries’ Club of the Southwest’s president Edwin “Ed” E.
Hightower outlined a plan for a history project about actuaries in the Southwest.
Knowing of Lloyd’s recent retirement and reputation as a source of actuarial
history, Hightower asked Lloyd to write the book. Lloyd assented and, after
recruiting Annie to help with the writing, narrowed the scope from the Southwest to
Texas. In 1988, the Friedmans published On the Trail of
Actuaries in Texas, 1844-1964 (San Antonio, Texas: Watercress Press).
Scope and Contents
The Texas Actuarial History Collection, 1879-1988, documents Annie N. and Lloyd K.
Friedman’s research and publication on actuaries in Texas for their book On the Trail of Actuaries in Texas, 1844-1964. The
collection contains correspondence, book manuscripts, printed items, research notes,
and oral history interviews on audiocassettes.The research notes describe the
history of the Actuaries’ Club of the Southwest (ACSW); city and state boards and
departments of insurance; university programs; influential people, including J. C.
Cameron; and specific time periods, such as war years. The manuscripts show the
development of the book from 1987 to 1988. Additionally, oral history interviews
discuss Oswald Jacoby, J. C. Cameron, Bill Hirsh, and the general actuarial history
of Texas with such interviewees as Edwin E. “Ed” Hightower, Benjamin N. “Ben”
Woodson, J. J. Evans, Mary Zita (Mrs. Oswald) Jacoby, among others.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into the following series:
- I. Manuscripts
- II. Research notes
- III. Oral history interviews
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Friedman, Annie N. -- Archives.
Friedman, Lloyd K. -- Archives.
Cameron, John Campbell.
Hightower, Edwin Eugene, 1938-
Jacoby, Oswald, 1902-1984.
Subjects (Organizations)
Actuaries’ Club of the Southwest.
Subjects
Insurance -- Texas -- Mathematics --
History.
Actuaries -- Texas -- Biography.
Places
Texas -- History --
Sources.
Preferred Citation
Texas Actuarial History Collection, 1879-1988, Dolph Briscoe Center for American
History, University of Texas at Austin.
Separated Material
A copy of On the Trail of Actuaries in Texas, 1844-1964 has been catalogued in the
Briscoe Center Library with call number HG 8781 F73 1988 TXC-ZZ.
Processing Information
Processed by Deborah Bloys, April 1995.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Contact repository for inventory.