Originally, The Liberty Corporation Archives collection was just that, a collection, a catch-all place for records relating to the company, its history, structure and organization, personnel, as well as for material about archival practices and associations. As such, this collection also includes some information about the Southeastern Life Insurance Company. However, most of the records in this collection were not pertinent to the Archives per se and have been placed in other Liberty record groups where similar company, department, and personal records already exist. The records that remain in this collection are pertinent to The Liberty Corporation Archives and document archival practices or contain company information which Robert Ritchie and Records Center managers deemed appropriate. As documented in this collection, Robert Ritchie, as Secretary of the Liberty Life Insurance Company, was also Keeper of the Records. At his request and under his guidance company histories and archival records were collected. This collection documents functions of the archives through records that date from 1905 to 1993. The bulk of these records run from 1979 to 1989. Record categories include, but are not limited to, accessions records, archives information of various types, news clippings concerning Liberty and Southeastern Life, organization charts, record retention manuals and schedules, registers, transmittal and work sheets.