A Guide to the Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers, Inc. (CAAO) Records

Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Libraries

Summary Information

Repository:
Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Libraries
Creator:
Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers, Inc.
Title:
A Guide to the Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers, Inc. (CAAO) Records
ID:
2004.0120
Date [inclusive]:
undated, 1912-2014
Physical Description:
5.45 Linear feet
Language of the Material:
English
Abstract:
The Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers, Inc. (CAAO) is a professional organization that is affiliated with the International Association of Assessing Officers. CAAO is comprised of nearly 500 regular and subscribing members. Regular membership is open to all State of Connecticut public officials who are engaged in the administration of property assessments, including assessors, employees of assessors’ offices and board of assessment appeals members. Subscribing membership is open to individuals or companies interested in property assessment or a related field. The mission of CAAO is to improve the standards of assessment practices within the State of Connecticut. To that end, the organization publishes a bi-monthly newsletter (the Assessoreporter) and the Handbook for Connecticut Assessors. CAAO is also closely involved in the Annual School for Assessors and Boards of Assessment Appeals, at which all the courses that are prerequisites for assessor certification are offered. If there is sufficient demand for a particular course, it can be offered at another time of the year. Additionally, CAAO’s Education Committee sponsors various educational symposiums and workshops for assessors who are already certified.

Preferred Citation

[Item description, #:#], Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers, Inc. Records. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

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History

The Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers, Inc. (CAAO) is a professional organization that is affiliated with the International Association of Assessing Officers. CAAO is comprised of over 400 regular and subscribing members. Regular membership is open to all State of Connecticut public officials who are engaged in the administration of property assessments, including assessors, employees of assessors’ offices and board of assessment appeals members. Subscribing membership is open to individuals or companies interested in property assessment or a related field.

Details are available on the organization's website.

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Scope and Content

The collection contains the historical and administrative documentation of the Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers, Inc.. Included in the collection are newsletters, memoranda, correspondence, clippings, histories, announcements and notices. The majority of the documentation is bound chronologically and labeled "Newsletters," although the volumes contain announcements, notices, invitations, clippings as well as newsletters.

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Arrangement

The materials have been arranged in one alphabetical sequence. Additions to the collection are placed following this sequence.

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement

Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Libraries March 2006

University of Connecticut Libraries405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205Storrs, Connecticut, 06269-1205860.486.2524archives@uconn.edu

Revision Description

2014 June

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

Access

The collection is open and available for research.

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Related Materials

Separated Material

The following materials have been separated from the collection and cataloged:

50 Years of learning: Assessors School, 1944-1994 Dodd XA I.14 no. 98

Assessoreporter Dodd Periodicals

Boat Buyers Annual Dodd

Cleminshaw Appraisers Manual Dodd

Corrections of Errors in Assessment of Taxes Dodd WHG 20

Guide to Property Revaluations Dodd XA I.14 bo. 97

Handbook for Connecticut Assessors Dodd Periodicals

Manual for Texas Assessors Dodd A9723

Quadrennial Statement by the Tax Commissioner of Real Estate Exempted from Taxation Dodd WHG 19

School for Connecticut Assessing Officers Dodd Periodicals

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Controlled Access Headings

  • Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers, Inc.
  • Administrative records
  • Appraisers
  • Connecticut
  • Correspondence
  • Minutes (administrative records)
  • Newsletters
  • Publications
  • Real property tax
  • Tax assessment
  • United States

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Collection Inventory

Series I: Records,, undated, 1912-2002

Title/DescriptionInstances
Assessor School,, 1975, 1977
Box 1 Folder 1
AssessoReporter History,, 1970-2006
Box 3 Folder 15
Cash Book (possibly Jewett City),, 1912-1921
Box 2 Folder 14
Cleminshaw Memoradandum,, 1949
Box 1 Folder 2
Clippings,, undated
Box 1 Folder 3
Cost Manual,, 1944
Box 1 Folder 4
Flood,, 1955
Box 1 Folder 5
Flood,, 1955
Box 3 Folder 16
Handbook (Preliminary Draft),, 1950 July
Box 1 Folder 6
History,, 1936-2000
Box 1 Folder 7
Membership Directory,, 1976
Box 1 Folder 8
Newsletter (Bound volumes including minutes, notices, memoranda, clippings and announcements),, 1960
Box 1
Newsletter (Bound volumes including minutes, notices, memoranda, clippings and announcements),, 1961-1967
Box 2
Photograph,, 2002
Box 3 Folder 9
Town Files,, pre 1950
Box 3 Folder 10-13

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Series II: 2009 Addition,, 1968-1994

Title/DescriptionInstances
Book, Administrative Records, Financial Records, Legal Records, Correspondence and Realia,, 1968-1994

Scope and Content Note

[Subjects include: History of Motor Vehicle Committee, Price Manual Instructions, Automobile Price List and Motor Vehicle Values from 1967-1979, Committee Minutes, 1981 Pricing List with corrections and Price Table by significant digits, History of Connecticut Assessors Volume 1, Commemorative ashtray.]

Box 2009_1
Publication,, 1980-1992

Scope and Content Note

[Subjects include: Automobile Price List and Motor Vehicle Values from 1980-1992.]

Box 2009_2

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Series III: Accession 2014-0077, 2008-2014

Scope and Content Note

[Subjects include: History of Connecticut Assessors, Volumes 1-3]

Box 2014-0077_1

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