Davis & Ruffner Land Records
The Davis & Ruffner/Donald C. Wells Land Record Collection was donated to the Archives & Records Center by the Law Offices of Bernard R. Corbett in December 2001, although full legal custody was not obtained until the autumn of 2009. These records were originally owned by the now-defunct Davis & Ruffner Property and Casualty firm. They were donated It is comprised of approximately 18,300 individual property files in 740 cubic-foot boxes containing historic real property chain of title and transfer information, mostly from the mid-twentieth century, although the donors stated that there are some files that have information relating to chain of title dating back to land grants from the 17th century. The files also contain plats, title rundowns, and other communications between real property buyers, sellers, and the transfer agents for settlement.
The mission of the City of Alexandria’s Archives and Records Management Program is to “identify, preserve, and make available the public records of the City of Alexandria government that have been appraised and selected for historic value.” The Davis & Ruffner records are records of a private entity, and thus fall outside of the parameters of the Archives and Records Management retention policy.
C. Ziegler
10/22/10
The Davis & Ruffner/Donald C. Wells Land Record Collection was donated to the Archives & Records Center by the Law Offices of Bernard R. Corbett in December 2001, although full legal custody was not obtained until the autumn of 2009. These records were originally owned by the now-defunct Davis & Ruffner Property and Casualty firm. They were donated It is comprised of approximately 18,300 individual property files in 740 cubic-foot boxes containing historic real property chain of title and transfer information, mostly from the mid-twentieth century, although the donors stated that there are some files that have information relating to chain of title dating back to land grants from the 17th century. The files also contain plats, title rundowns, and other communications between real property buyers, sellers, and the transfer agents for settlement.
The mission of the City of Alexandria’s Archives and Records Management Program is to “identify, preserve, and make available the public records of the City of Alexandria government that have been appraised and selected for historic value.” The Davis & Ruffner records are records of a private entity, and thus fall outside of the parameters of the Archives and Records Management retention policy.
C. Ziegler
10/22/10
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