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Safeco Insurance Company film collection, approximately 1960s-1970s
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Safeco Insurance Company of America
- Title
- Safeco Insurance Company film collection
- Dates
- approximately 1960s-1970s (inclusive)19601979
- Quantity
- 101 film reels (approx. 84,500 ft) : color, sound ; 16mm.
- Collection Number
- PH2016-069
- Summary
- Film reels on safety training and instruction for Safeco Insurance Company .
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access restricted: For terms of access, contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Records stored off site; advance notice required for use.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Safeco Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, is a national U.S. insurance company. Safeco was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1923 by Hawthorne K. Dent as the General Insurance Company of America, a property and casualty insurer. This name is still used by Safeco on some of its insurance products. Thirty years later the company founded the Selective Auto and Fire Ensurance Company of America, or SAFECO. General Insurance's first headquarters were in downtown Seattle at the corner of University Street and Fourth Avenue. In 1936, it moved to the eight-story Brooklyn Building at the corner of N.E. 45th Street and Brooklyn Avenue N.E. in the University District. General Insurance began to sell life insurance in 1957. Eleven years later the corporate name changed from the General Insurance Company of America to Safeco Corporation. (The company would end up changing the capitalization of its name from SAFECO to Safeco at the turn of the century.) Around the same time the company began to offer mutual funds and commercial credit (though precursors to the Safeco Funds had been around since the 1930s). Safeco replaced the Brooklyn Building with the 22-story Safeco Plaza building in 1973. It remains the tallest building in the city outside Downtown. On April 23, 2008, Safeco announced an agreement to be acquired by Liberty Mutual for $68.25 per share. (from Wikipedia)
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection contains 16mm films related to safety training and instruction.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use. Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Safeco Insurance Company Film--Boxed Reels, circa 1960s-1970sReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Carton | ||
1 | "Alakai" Leading the Way |
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1 | A Better Life |
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1 | The Bicycle Driver |
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1 | The Color of Danger |
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1 | Drive Safely |
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1 | Echoes of the Sea |
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1 | Insurance Premium Priorities |
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1 | Life Is Like a Domino |
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1 | New Horizons |
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1 | Nightmare in Spring |
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1 | Treasures of Time |
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1 | You Can Help |
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2 | Invitation to Burglary |
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2 | Medium Speed Crash |
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2 | Products and the Lawsuit Explosion |
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2 | Preventing Cutting and Welding Fires |
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2 | Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow no. 2 |
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2 | Who Killed the Sale? |
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2 | In the Crash |
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3 | Widow: A Conversation with Lynn Caine |
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3 | Run Smart |
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3 | The Invisible Force |
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3 | Human Life Values |
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3 | Productivity and the Self Fulfilling Prophecy
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3 | A View from the Bench no. 2 |
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3 | The Challenge of Objections |
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3 | Live or Die |
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3 | Annual Message to Employees |
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4 | The Bicycle Driver (backup) |
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4 | Low Speed Safety Tests |
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4 | Turnabout (backup) |
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4 | Alpen Quest |
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4 | The Safeco Way |
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4 | Turnabout |
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4 | Carrera De Las Indias |
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4 | Mr. Maines: 3 Clips: H.K. Dent; Tacoma Narrows Bridge;
United Way 1984 |
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4 | Gallagher Suitcase Circus |
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5 | Winter Truck Driving |
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5 | Run Dick, Run Jane |
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5 | Risks Are His Business |
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5 | More Than Words |
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5 | Safety on the Job: Commercial Truck Driving |
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5 | ABCs of Telephone Sales |
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5 | Safeco Corporate/History Version |
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5 | Listening for the Sale |
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5 | A Question of Ethics: The Roger Berg Story |
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6 | Winter Driving |
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6 | Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Air Bag Film
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6 | Life Insurance |
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6 | Tire Hydroplaning |
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6 | Put Yourself in Their Shoes |
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6 | The Man From A.U.N.T.I.E. |
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6 | To Last a Lifetime |
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6 | Low Speed Crash Test Costs |
Series 2: Safeco Safeco Insurance Company Film--Loose Reels Return to Top
Container(s) | Description |
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item | |
Reel 1 | Some Call it Greed |
Reel 2 | Climbing Country |
Reel 3 | Respirators for Health and Safety |
Reel 4 | Crashes That Need Not Kill |
Reel 5 | Ten for Gold |
Reel 6 | How to Lose Your Best Customer Without Really Trying
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Reel 7 | A Perfectly Normal Day |
Reel 8 | Skier's Choice |
Reel 9 | Skier's Choice |
Reel 10 | Grab Hold of Today |
Reel 11 | Power Packed Selling |
Reel 12 | Anatomy of an Arson |
Reel 13 | Loss Control Composite Films: 8 Clips |
Reel 14 | You Pack Your Own Chute |
Reel 15 | Biography of a Body Shop, Part One: Damage by Deception
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Reel 16 | Biography of a Body Shop, Part Two |
Reel 17 | What We Are Is You |
Reel 18 | From the Horses Mouth |
Reel 19 | The Incredible Bread Machine |
Reel 20 | Applause! |
Reel 21 | Time and Territory Management |
Reel 22 | The Thermal Wilderness |
Reel 23 | The Thermal Wilderness |
Reel 24 | Climbing Country |
Reel 25 | Low Speed Crash Tests |
Reel 26 | The History of Safeco |
Reel 27 | Defense! Defense! |
Reel 28 | You Pack Your Own Chute |
Reel 29 | Problem Solving Salesman |
Reel 30 | General Insurance Success Story |
Reel 31 | Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow |
Reel 32 | A View from the Bench |
Reel 33 | The Habit of Winning |
Reel 34 | Motivation Through Job Enrichment |
Reel 35 | From the Horses Mouth |
Reel 36 | Capri |
Reel 37 | Keep Reaching |
Reel 38 | Ten for Gold |
Reel 39 | The Time of Your Life |
Reel 40 | The Time of Your Life |
Reel 41 | Booby Trap |
Reel 42 | For Man and Nature |
Reel 43 | A Perfectly Normal Day |
Reel 44 | Using Psychology in Selling |
Reel 45 | You Can Surpass Yourself |
Reel 46 | If the Shoe Fits… |
Reel 47 | The Habit of Winning |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Accidents--Prevention
- Crime prevention
- Life insurance
- Living benefits
- Moving Image Collections (University of Washington)
- Sales personnel--Training of
- Survivors' benefits
- Traffic accidents
- Traffic safety
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Corporate Names
- Safeco Insurance Company of America--Archives