urn:taro:houpub.00084 T. C. Stroter Collection: An Inventory of His Records at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
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Encoded in EAD Version 2002 and edited according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions by Amber Seely inOctober 2006 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Stroter, T. C. T. C. Stroter Collection 1885-19641912-1945Materials are in English and German. MSS 17 1 box Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library Historical Note

The collection begins with H. W. Stroter, a German immigrant who came to the United States in the first years of the final quarter of the nineteenth century. Stroeter died in 1910. T. C. Stroter became an insurance agent for a marine insurance company in Houston, Texas. He and his wife, Clara, had a son, T. C. Stroter, Jr., who served in the Merchant Marine in World War II from 1943 to 1944. Stroter Jr. became an insurance agent in Houston, Texas in the 1950's.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains the correspondence of the T. C. Stroter family from 1885 to 1964. The major portion of correspondence is between T. C. Stroter, Sr. and T. C. Stroter, Jr. during World War II, 1943 to 1945, and between T. C. Stroter, Sr. and parties involved in real estate transactions, 1912 to 1941.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically according to the dates of correspondence.

 Access Restrictions

None.

 Use Restrictions

Permission to publish or reproduce materials from the T. C. Stroter Collection must be obtained from the Houston Metropolitan Research Center or the appropriate copyright holder.

 Preferred Citation

T. C. Stroter Collection. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library.

 Acquisition Information

Donated by: Anonymous, 1976.

Processing Information

Processed by: Virginia Off, 1977.

Index TermsSubjectsInsurance agentsMerchant Marine -- United StatesWorld War, 1939-1945Immigrants -- United StatesGermans -- United StatesPlacesUnited States -- Armed Forces -- OfficersDetailed DescriptionCorrespondence11H. W. Stroeter Correspondence 1885-1915Post Office Registered letter receipts 1885 and 1892Receipt from law firm for retainer of services - H. W. Stroeter1885 Correspondence relating to land in Timpson, Shelby County, Texas1907Correspondence to H. W. Stroeter from legal firm of insurance money settlement1908Correspondence to Theodor C. Stroter from Dusseldorf, Germany written in German1910-1915Death of H. W. Stroeter191012Correspondence 1912-191413Correspondence regarding Land Transaction on Bee Springs land with realtors, county tax collector, prospective buyers, Judge L. R. Bryan, Beer and Kennison Co. in Galveston; Correspondence regarding property in Shelby County; Correspondence regarding the death of Mrs. H. W. (Minnie) Stroter.1914-193214Correspondence between T. C. Stroter and Ernest Stroter during World War I 1917-191915Correspondence from T. C. Stroter, Jr. to his parents from Merchant Marine training school in California 1937-194316Wartime Correspondence and T. C. Stroter, Sr. Correspondence regarding Marine Insurance Associates194417Correspondence1945-194618Correspondence relating to health problems of T. C. Stroter Sr. and T. C. Stroter Jr.'s divorce and establishing of his insurance business in Houston 1951-1964Photographs19Personal Photographs, T. C. Stroter Jr. and Pat Davis