A Guide to the Fred and Katherine Schroeder Papers, 1886-1958, 1992


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Schroeder, Fred, 1873-1942
	Title	Fred and Katherine Schroeder Papers
	Dates:	1886-1958, 1992
	Abstract	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.
	OCLC No.	23831909
	Extent	10 ft.
	Languages	Materials are in English and German.
	Repository	Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Fred Schroeder papers:

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Family:

General correspondence, 1914-1940

Henry Hackfield materials:

Correspondence, 1929-1930

Legal documents, 1929

Financial records:

Sophia Schroeder notes: Correspondence and financial documents, 1914

Wessels note: Correspondence and financial documents, 1931, 1937

R.B. Miller note: Correspondence and financial documents, 1934

Legal documents:

Revocation of power of attorney, 1912

Deed of trust, 1927

Release of lien, 1933

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Personal:

Correspondence:

Rev. J. Schroeder, 1915-1940

Bose family, 1927-1928

General correspondence, 1914-1941

Political activities: Correspondence, poll tax receipts, and other materials, 1916-1939

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Federal income tax records, 1918-1940 and undated

Automobile tax receipts, 1917-1932

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Insurance records:

General correspondence, 1908-1941

Notices and receipts for policies and loans on policies, 1908-1941

Biographical material: Account of Fred Schroeder's emigration to America, by Olga Schroeder Miller, 1992.

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Land interests:

Transactions:

Levi Pullin: Legal documents, 1920

Magnolia Oil Company: Right of way, 1929

Sales of land formerly owned by Fred Schroeder: Legal documents, 1906-1922

Conn Brown, Refugio County transaction:

Correspondence, 1938-1940

Legal documents, 1938-1940

General correspondence, 1914-1940

Renters and tenant farmers:

Correspondence, accounts, and receipts, 1914-1941

Legal and financial documents, 1915-1940

Garza/Nordhausen notes and correspondence, 1929-1936

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Agricultural activities:

Correspondence, 1914-1941:

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture programs, 1934-1941 and undated

General, 1914-1941

Printed material, 1936-1953

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Oil and gas leasing activities:

Lease agreements, 1916, 1928, 1931

Correspondence:

M.A. Bletsch, Refugio and Bee counties leases, 1941-1942

General, 1929-1941

Adams Oil Company lease, Karnes County: Legal documents relating to land title, 1900-1918

Taxes:

Notices and correspondence, 1926-1934

Receipts, 1907-1939

Receipts for other people, 1916, 1922

Tax appeal for 1926 & 1927, Refugio County: Legal documents, 1932

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Business affairs:

General:

Financial records:

Loans:

Federal Land Bank: Correspondence, notices, receipts, 1926-1942

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E. B. Chandler & Co.: Notices and letters, 1916-1936

Hamilton Brothers: Correspondence, 1931-1941

First Nichols-National Bank: Letters, notices, financial documents, 1930-1941

Henry Luebben: Letters and financial document, 1912-1939

Rud Nordhausen: Promissory note and letters, 1929-1933

E. P. Ruhmann/People's Supply Co.: Letters, legal and financial documents, 1930-1939

J.B. Lewright: Letters, 1932-1940

John Deere Plow Co.: Letters and notices, 1936-1937

Mrs. Robert Proetzel: Letters, 1937-1940

Miscellaneous loans: Letters, notices, 1914-1939

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Accounts payable: Bills, letters, 1915-1941 and undated

Miscellaneous documents, 1928-1934 and undated

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Legal affairs:

Lawsuits:

Mrs. Mathilde Kulps vs. Fred Schroeder, et al: Legal document and correspondence, 1916

D.A. Moses vs. G.N. Lynch, Fred Schroeder, and Harper Morris: Legal document, 1920

Boyce vs. Otto and Alfred Schroeder: Letter and legal document, 1927, 1928

John Deere Plow Co. vs. R.B. Miller & Fred Schroeder: Correspondence and legal documents, 1932-1936

Texas & New Orleans Railroad vs. Fred Schroeder: Letters and legal document, 1934-1935

Carl Hyltin vs. Fred Schroeder: Correspondence and legal document, 1933-1934

Kenedy I.S.D. vs. City of Kenedy, Walter Schroeder, et al: Correspondence and legal documents, 1934-1940

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1914-1939

Miscellaneous legal documents pertaining to persons other than Fred Schroeder, 1922, 1924, 1926

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D. Ansley Company, Inc.: Correspondence, 1931-1939

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Sole Proprietorship: Kenedy Hot Wells, Inc.:

Correspondence, 1924-1940 and undated

Legal records, 1922-1929

Stockholder/officer positions:

Kenedy National Farm Loan Assoc.: Documents, 1919-1936

First National Bank/First Nichols-National Bank:

Correspondence:

J.D. Sanders, 1925-1928 and undated

General, 1923-1932

Notices of shareholders meetings, 1932-1934, 1937, 1939

Kenedy Cotton Oil Mill:

Texas & New Orleans Railroad materials:

Freight dispute: Correspondence, 1929-1931

Street crossing issue: Correspondence and financial records, 1930-1931

General correspondence, 1925-1938 and undated

Legal documents, 1924-1931

Stock certificates and notice of meeting, 1920, 1927, 1932

Panna Maria Gin: Correspondence, 1927-1931

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Partnerships:

Hollmann family:

H(enry) Hollmann, Sr.:

German indebtedness issue: Correspondence, 1886-1923

Legal documents, 1910-1930

H. Hollmann, Sr., and Fred Schroeder:

Financial, insurance, and tax records, 1917-1922

Letters from H. Hollmann, Sr., to Fred Schroeder, 1914-1918

H. Hollman, Sr., I.S. Moore, and Fred Schroeder:

Deeds, mortgages, and related documents:

General, 1915-1922

Erinero Rodriguez, et al, 1915-1928

Legal matters:

Mathis farm records:

Correspondence, legal and financial documents, 1912-1918

Abstract of title, 1916

J. W. Johnson vs. Moore, Schroeder, Hollmann Land Co.: Correspondence, legal and financial documents, 1915-1917

Distribution of partnership assets:

Correspondence, legal documents, and other records

Financial and tax records, 1915-1922

Miscellaneous letters and notes, 1915-1918

H. Hollmann Sr., L. E. Bain, and Fred Schroeder:

Legal documents, 1913-1919

Correspondence and financial documents, 1914-1919

H. Hollmann, Sr., and L. E. Bain: Tax records, 1920-1922

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John G. Hollmann and Fred Schroeder:

Financial and tax records, 1917-1927

Legal documents, 1923, 1926

Correspondence, 1916, 1917, 1926-1928

H(erman) G. Hollmann and Fred Schroeder: Legal, financial and tax records, and correspondence, 1922-1937

H.E. Hollmann and Fred Schroeder: Financial and tax records, 1933-1940

Matilda Hollmann [Barham] and Fred Schroeder:

Tax records, 1922-1941

Financial records, 1932-1940

Correspondence, 1924-1939

Annie Hollmann Schutte and Fred Schroeder: Tax records, 1922-1923

General: Tax records, 1922-1930

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Business partners:

L.E. Bain, J.R. Dougherty: Legal documents and letters, 1914-1918

R.F. Spencer and Fred Schroeder:

Financial and tax records, 1924, 1925, and undated

Beeville Oil Mill: Correspondence and financial records, 1924-1927 and undated

Russell-Coleman Oil Mill:

E.C. Moore/ W.E. Stockman Charco Gin notes: Legal documents, financial records, and correspondence, 1919-1929

Robstown Gin notes: Legal documents, financial records, and correspondence, 1920-1936

H. H. Friar and Fred Schroeder:

Correspondence, 1925-1926, 1936

Deeds and related records, Nueces County, 1925-1926

Financial records, 1925-1926

H.H. Friar, E.P. Ruhmann, and Fred Schroeder:

Mexican railroad venture:

Correspondence, 1925-1926

Financial records, 1925-1926

Legal documents, 1925 and undated

E.P. Ruhmann and Fred Schroeder: Correspondence, legal documents, and financial records, 1917-1939

W.E. Ruckman and Fred Schroeder: Correspondence, legal documents, and financial records, 1917-1942

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Other interests:

Bee County Sheriff's Department: Letters, 1916-1918

Collins Brothers note: Legal document and correspondence, 1926-1930

Monteola School oil and gas lease: Legal document, 1939

Texas Highway Department: Material purchase agreement, 1941

General correspondence:

Letters to, 1915-1938

Letters from, A-V, 1925-1939

Document fragments, 1935-1942 and undated

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Estate papers:

Claims against:

First Nichols-National Bank: Legal and financial documents, 1941-1944

J. B. Lewright: Letters and promissory note, 1938-1942

Henry Luebben: Letter, legal and financial documents, 1928, 1942

B.J. Schendel: Promissory note, 1941

Mrs. J. Schroeder: Correspondence, 1941-1946

Sinclair Refining Company: Financial records, 1942

Insurance:

Correspondence and financial records, 1929, 1933, 1942

Garfield Mutual Insurance Assoc. hurricane claim: Correspondence and financial records, 1942-1944

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German letter annotations:

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Chronological list, 1912-1940 and undated

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Katherine Wessels Schroeder papers:

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Last will and testament, 1916

Wessels estate: Legal documents, financial records, and correspondence, 1934-1946

Letters to, 1915-1928

Financial records, 1942-1953

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Hulda Schroeder Miller:

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Income tax returns, bank statements, and other financial records:

1942-1945

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1946-1948

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1949-1951

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1952-1954

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1954-1956

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1956-1958

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Damaged & fragile items:

(photocopies provided in main body of collection)

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Letters and documents, 1915-1944

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Pictorial items

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Pictorial items

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Oversize materials

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Oversize materials

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