urn:taro:utexas.cah.00152 A Guide to the Fred and Katherine Schroeder Papers, 1886-1958, 1992 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, April 2001. Finding aid written in English. October 10, 2002 Edited with XMetaL 2 by Bill Hardesty, according to instructions in Editing TARO EAD XML Finding Aids with XMetaL. Tue Jul 22 15:28:09 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00152 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). March 2005 Edited and reformatted by Evan Hocker Descriptive Summary Schroeder, Fred, 1873-1942 Fred and Katherine Schroeder Papers 1886-1958, 1992 23831909 10 ft. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Fred Schroeder, a German immigrant businessman in South Texas in the early 20th century, was involved in a variety of ventures, chiefly land and financial dealings. Correspondence, legal and financial documents, and printed material focus on Fred Schroeder's various business interests. Other materials concern personal matters of Fred, wife Katherine, and daughter Hulda. Materials are in English and German. Organization

Correspondence, legal and financial documents, and printed material organized into 4 series: I. Fred Schroeder. II. Annotations to German letters. III. Katherine Wessels Schroeder. IV. Hulda Schroeder Miller. First series organized into 5 subseries: 1. Family. 2. Personal. 3. Land interests. 4. Business affairs. 5. Estate.

Arrangement is chronological by subject or type of material.

 Biographical Note

German immigrant businessman in South Texas in the early 20th century was involved in a variety of ventures, chiefly land and financial dealings.

 Scope and Contents

Documents provide information about the Schroeders, focusing on Fred Schroeder's various business interests: land leasing, development, and farming; banking and other financial dealings; cottonseed oil production; and a hot mineral wells health resort. The papers illuminate not only Fred Schroeder's individual business affairs, but also those of his numerous partnerships with various members of the Henry Hollmann, Sr., family, as well as with other businessmen in the South Texas counties of Bee, Goliad, Karnes, Nueces, and Refugio. Other materials concern personal matters of Fred, wife Katherine, and daughter Hulda. Much of the personal, as well as some business, correspondence is in German, for which annotations are provided. Because Fred Schroeder's business and personal relationships were not always mutually exclusive and the financial transactions were often complex, there is some overlap among the series and subseries.

Letters in German with English annotations.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Hollman, Henry, family. Miller, Hulda Schroeder, 1900- --Archives. Schroeder, Fred, 1873-1942--Archives. Schroeder, Katherine Wessels, 1878-1980--Archives. Subjects (Organizations) Kenedy Cotton Oil Mill (Kenedy, Tex.) Kenedy Hot Wells, Inc. (Kenedy, Tex.) Subjects Agriculture--Texas--Bee County. Agriculture--Texas--Goliad County. Agriculture--Texas--Karnes County. Agriculture--Texas--Refugio County. Banks and banking--Texas--Kenedy. Cottonseed oil mills--Texas. German Americans--Texas. Health resorts, watering-places, etc.--Texas--Kenedy. Land use, Rural--Texas--Bee County. Land use, Rural--Texas--Goliad County. Land use, Rural--Texas--Karnes County. Land use, Rural--Texas--Refugio County. Land use, Urban--Texas--Corpus Christi. Places Bee County (Tex.)--History--Sources. Goliad County (Tex.)--History--Sources. Karnes County (Tex.)--History--Sources. Kenedy (Tex.)--History--Sources. Nueces County (Tex.)--History--Sources. Preferred Citation

Fred and Katherine Schroeder Papers, 1886-1958, 1992, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Fred Schroeder papers: 3B1 Family: 3B1 General correspondence, 1914-1940 3B1 Henry Hackfield materials: 3B1 Correspondence, 1929-1930 3B1 Legal documents, 1929 3B1 Financial records: 3B1 Sophia Schroeder notes: Correspondence and financial documents, 1914 3B1 Wessels note: Correspondence and financial documents, 1931, 1937 3B1 R.B. Miller note: Correspondence and financial documents, 1934 3B1 Legal documents: 3B1 Revocation of power of attorney, 1912 3B1 Deed of trust, 1927 3B1 Release of lien, 1933 3B2 Personal: 3B2 Correspondence: 3B2 Rev. J. Schroeder, 1915-1940 3B2 Bose family, 1927-1928 3B2 General correspondence, 1914-1941 3B2 Political activities: Correspondence, poll tax receipts, and other materials, 1916-1939 3B3 Federal income tax records, 1918-1940 and undated 3B3 Automobile tax receipts, 1917-1932 3B4 Insurance records: 3B4 General correspondence, 1908-1941 3B4 Notices and receipts for policies and loans on policies, 1908-1941 3B4 Biographical material: Account of Fred Schroeder's emigration to America, by Olga Schroeder Miller, 1992. 3B5 Land interests: 3B5 Transactions: 3B5 Levi Pullin: Legal documents, 1920 3B5 Magnolia Oil Company: Right of way, 1929 3B5 Sales of land formerly owned by Fred Schroeder: Legal documents, 1906-1922 3B5 Conn Brown, Refugio County transaction: 3B5 Correspondence, 1938-1940 3B5 Legal documents, 1938-1940 3B5 General correspondence, 1914-1940 3B5 Renters and tenant farmers: 3B5 Correspondence, accounts, and receipts, 1914-1941 3B5 Legal and financial documents, 1915-1940 3B5 Garza/Nordhausen notes and correspondence, 1929-1936 3B6 Agricultural activities: 3B6 Correspondence, 1914-1941: 3B6 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture programs, 1934-1941 and undated 3B6 General, 1914-1941 3B6 Printed material, 1936-1953 3B7 Oil and gas leasing activities: 3B7 Lease agreements, 1916, 1928, 1931 3B7 Correspondence: 3B7 M.A. Bletsch, Refugio and Bee counties leases, 1941-1942 3B7 General, 1929-1941 3B7 Adams Oil Company lease, Karnes County: Legal documents relating to land title, 1900-1918 3B7 Taxes: 3B7 Notices and correspondence, 1926-1934 3B7 Receipts, 1907-1939 3B7 Receipts for other people, 1916, 1922 3B7 Tax appeal for 1926 & 1927, Refugio County: Legal documents, 1932 3B8 Business affairs: 3B8 General: 3B8 Financial records: 3B8 Loans: 3B8 Federal Land Bank: Correspondence, notices, receipts, 1926-1942 3B9 E. B. Chandler & Co.: Notices and letters, 1916-1936 3B9 Hamilton Brothers: Correspondence, 1931-1941 3B9 First Nichols-National Bank: Letters, notices, financial documents, 1930-1941 3B9 Henry Luebben: Letters and financial document, 1912-1939 3B9 Rud Nordhausen: Promissory note and letters, 1929-1933 3B9 E. P. Ruhmann/People's Supply Co.: Letters, legal and financial documents, 1930-1939 3B9 J.B. Lewright: Letters, 1932-1940 3B9 John Deere Plow Co.: Letters and notices, 1936-1937 3B9 Mrs. Robert Proetzel: Letters, 1937-1940 3B9 Miscellaneous loans: Letters, notices, 1914-1939 3B10 Accounts payable: Bills, letters, 1915-1941 and undated 3B10 Miscellaneous documents, 1928-1934 and undated 3B11 Legal affairs: 3B11 Lawsuits: 3B11 Mrs. Mathilde Kulps vs. Fred Schroeder, et al: Legal document and correspondence, 1916 3B11 D.A. Moses vs. G.N. Lynch, Fred Schroeder, and Harper Morris: Legal document, 1920 3B11 Boyce vs. Otto and Alfred Schroeder: Letter and legal document, 1927, 1928 3B11 John Deere Plow Co. vs. R.B. Miller & Fred Schroeder: Correspondence and legal documents, 1932-1936 3B11 Texas & New Orleans Railroad vs. Fred Schroeder: Letters and legal document, 1934-1935 3B11 Carl Hyltin vs. Fred Schroeder: Correspondence and legal document, 1933-1934 3B11 Kenedy I.S.D. vs. City of Kenedy, Walter Schroeder, et al: Correspondence and legal documents, 1934-1940 3B11 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1914-1939 3B11 Miscellaneous legal documents pertaining to persons other than Fred Schroeder, 1922, 1924, 1926 3B12 D. Ansley Company, Inc.: Correspondence, 1931-1939 3B13 Sole Proprietorship: Kenedy Hot Wells, Inc.: 3B13 Correspondence, 1924-1940 and undated 3B13 Legal records, 1922-1929 3B13 Stockholder/officer positions: 3B13 Kenedy National Farm Loan Assoc.: Documents, 1919-1936 3B13 First National Bank/First Nichols-National Bank: 3B13 Correspondence: 3B13 J.D. Sanders, 1925-1928 and undated 3B13 General, 1923-1932 3B13 Notices of shareholders meetings, 1932-1934, 1937, 1939 3B13 Kenedy Cotton Oil Mill: 3B13 Texas & New Orleans Railroad materials: 3B13 Freight dispute: Correspondence, 1929-1931 3B13 Street crossing issue: Correspondence and financial records, 1930-1931 3B13 General correspondence, 1925-1938 and undated 3B13 Legal documents, 1924-1931 3B13 Stock certificates and notice of meeting, 1920, 1927, 1932 3B13 Panna Maria Gin: Correspondence, 1927-1931 3B14 Partnerships: 3B14 Hollmann family: 3B14 H(enry) Hollmann, Sr.: 3B14 German indebtedness issue: Correspondence, 1886-1923 3B14 Legal documents, 1910-1930 3B14 H. Hollmann, Sr., and Fred Schroeder: 3B14 Financial, insurance, and tax records, 1917-1922 3B14 Letters from H. Hollmann, Sr., to Fred Schroeder, 1914-1918 3B14 H. Hollman, Sr., I.S. Moore, and Fred Schroeder: 3B14 Deeds, mortgages, and related documents: 3B14 General, 1915-1922 3B14 Erinero Rodriguez, et al, 1915-1928 3B14 Legal matters: 3B14 Mathis farm records: 3B14 Correspondence, legal and financial documents, 1912-1918 3B14 Abstract of title, 1916 3B14 J. W. Johnson vs. Moore, Schroeder, Hollmann Land Co.: Correspondence, legal and financial documents, 1915-1917 3B14 Distribution of partnership assets: 3B14 Correspondence, legal documents, and other records 3B14 Financial and tax records, 1915-1922 3B14 Miscellaneous letters and notes, 1915-1918 3B14 H. Hollmann Sr., L. E. Bain, and Fred Schroeder: 3B14 Legal documents, 1913-1919 3B14 Correspondence and financial documents, 1914-1919 3B14 H. Hollmann, Sr., and L. E. Bain: Tax records, 1920-1922 3B15 John G. Hollmann and Fred Schroeder: 3B15 Financial and tax records, 1917-1927 3B15 Legal documents, 1923, 1926 3B15 Correspondence, 1916, 1917, 1926-1928 3B15 H(erman) G. Hollmann and Fred Schroeder: Legal, financial and tax records, and correspondence, 1922-1937 3B15 H.E. Hollmann and Fred Schroeder: Financial and tax records, 1933-1940 3B15 Matilda Hollmann [Barham] and Fred Schroeder: 3B15 Tax records, 1922-1941 3B15 Financial records, 1932-1940 3B15 Correspondence, 1924-1939 3B15 Annie Hollmann Schutte and Fred Schroeder: Tax records, 1922-1923 3B15 General: Tax records, 1922-1930 3B16 Business partners: 3B16 L.E. Bain, J.R. Dougherty: Legal documents and letters, 1914-1918 3B16 R.F. Spencer and Fred Schroeder: 3B16 Financial and tax records, 1924, 1925, and undated 3B16 Beeville Oil Mill: Correspondence and financial records, 1924-1927 and undated 3B16 Russell-Coleman Oil Mill: 3B16 E.C. Moore/ W.E. Stockman Charco Gin notes: Legal documents, financial records, and correspondence, 1919-1929 3B16 Robstown Gin notes: Legal documents, financial records, and correspondence, 1920-1936 3B16 H. H. Friar and Fred Schroeder: 3B16 Correspondence, 1925-1926, 1936 3B16 Deeds and related records, Nueces County, 1925-1926 3B16 Financial records, 1925-1926 3B16 H.H. Friar, E.P. Ruhmann, and Fred Schroeder: 3B16 Mexican railroad venture: 3B16 Correspondence, 1925-1926 3B16 Financial records, 1925-1926 3B16 Legal documents, 1925 and undated 3B16 E.P. Ruhmann and Fred Schroeder: Correspondence, legal documents, and financial records, 1917-1939 3B16 W.E. Ruckman and Fred Schroeder: Correspondence, legal documents, and financial records, 1917-1942 3B17 Other interests: 3B17 Bee County Sheriff's Department: Letters, 1916-1918 3B17 Collins Brothers note: Legal document and correspondence, 1926-1930 3B17 Monteola School oil and gas lease: Legal document, 1939 3B17 Texas Highway Department: Material purchase agreement, 1941 3B17 General correspondence: 3B17 Letters to, 1915-1938 3B17 Letters from, A-V, 1925-1939 3B17 Document fragments, 1935-1942 and undated 3B18 Estate papers: 3B18 Claims against: 3B18 First Nichols-National Bank: Legal and financial documents, 1941-1944 3B18 J. B. Lewright: Letters and promissory note, 1938-1942 3B18 Henry Luebben: Letter, legal and financial documents, 1928, 1942 3B18 B.J. Schendel: Promissory note, 1941 3B18 Mrs. J. Schroeder: Correspondence, 1941-1946 3B18 Sinclair Refining Company: Financial records, 1942 3B18 Insurance: 3B18 Correspondence and financial records, 1929, 1933, 1942 3B18 Garfield Mutual Insurance Assoc. hurricane claim: Correspondence and financial records, 1942-1944 German letter annotations: 3B18 Chronological list, 1912-1940 and undated Katherine Wessels Schroeder papers: 3B18 Last will and testament, 1916 3B18 Wessels estate: Legal documents, financial records, and correspondence, 1934-1946 3B18 Letters to, 1915-1928 3B18 Financial records, 1942-1953 Hulda Schroeder Miller: 3B19 Income tax returns, bank statements, and other financial records: 3B19 1942-1945 3B20 1946-1948 3B21 1949-1951 3B22 1952-1954 3B23 1954-1956 3B24 1956-1958 Damaged & fragile items:

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 3B25 Letters and documents, 1915-1944 Pictorial items 3T776 Pictorial items Oversize materials 2.325/V68 Oversize materials