Edgar B. Stern collection, 1880-1970 | Louisiana Research Collection
By Eira Tansey
Collection Overview
Title: Edgar B. Stern collection, 1880-1970
ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 235
Primary Creator: Stern, Edgar Bloom, 1886-1959.
Extent: 20.0 Boxes. More info below.
Arrangement: The collection is arranged into two major parts. The first includes the personal papers of Edgar B. Stern and is housed in boxes 1-17 and volumes 1-15. The second part includes the business records of the New Orleans firms of Lehman, Stern, and Company, cotton merchants (1880-1940), and of two subsidiary companies: Commercial Press and Warehouse Company (1912-1936) and Southern States Land and Timber Company (1919-1921), housed in boxes 18-19 and in volumes 16-78. The collection is 21 linear feet.
Date Acquired: 00/00/1969
Subjects: Commercial Press and Warehouse Company., Cotton trade -- Louisiana -- New Orleans., Lehman, Stern, and Company., Longue Vue House and Gardens (New Orleans, La.), New Orleans (La.) -- Commerce., New Orleans (La.) -- History., New Orleans Cotton Exchange., Philanthropists -- United States., Southern States Land and Timber Company., Stern, Edgar Bloom, 1886-1959., Stern, Edith Rosenwald, 1895-1980., Stern, Maurice, 1855-1919., Stern family.
Forms of Material: Correspondence., Diplomas., Financial records., Personal papers., Photographs., Reports., Speeches., Telegrams.
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection includes of Edgar B. Stern's personal correspondence, legal and financial records, military papers, college papers and memorabilia, invitations, international and New Orleans post cards, clippings, pamphlets, scrapbooks, certificates, diplomas, speeches, essays, reports, telegrams, maps, photographs and photographic negatives, cartoons, and printed material. Financial records of cotton firms include massive (up to 59 cm.) ledger books.
Biographical Note
Edgar Bloom Stern was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1886 to Maurice and Hannah Bloom Stern. Maurice Stern was a partner in the firm of Lehman, Stern and Company, whose offices were located at the corner of Baronne and Gravier Streets, but were moved in 1917 to 840-842 Union Street. The family home was located at 5115 Saint Charles Avenue. Edgar Stern lived most of his life in New Orleans with the exception of attending college at Harvard University. Mr. Stern had an active business and civic career, involving himself in a wide range of enterprises, from the arts, to education, to health care, all aimed at enhancing the development of the city. In 1921, he married Edith Rosenwald of Ravinia, Illinois, daughter of Sears, Roebuck & Company magnate Julius Rosenwald; the Sterns were acclaimed as philanthropists. Edgar B. Stern was president of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange in 1927-1928. He became active nationally, receiving appointments to federal commissions and committees; his civic work included involvement at the state and local levels also. Longue Vue House and Gardens in New Orleans, a Classical Revival mansion, was their family home. Edgar B. Stern died on August 24, 1959. In the twenty-first century and post-Katrina, Longue Vue, designated a National Historic Landmark, is an internationally recognized historic site that continues to serve as an educational and cultural resource
Subject/Index Terms
Commercial Press and Warehouse Company.
Cotton trade -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Lehman, Stern, and Company.
Longue Vue House and Gardens (New Orleans, La.)
New Orleans (La.) -- Commerce.
New Orleans (La.) -- History.
New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
Philanthropists -- United States.
Southern States Land and Timber Company.
Stern, Edgar Bloom, 1886-1959.
Stern, Edith Rosenwald, 1895-1980.
Stern, Maurice, 1855-1919.
Stern family.
Administrative Information
Repository: Louisiana Research Collection
Alternate Extent Statement: 21 linear feet
Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.
Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Acquisition Source: Donated by Edith Rosenwald Stern.
Acquisition Method: Gift.
Preferred Citation: Edgar B. Stern collection, Manuscripts Collection 235, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.
Finding Aid Revision History: LAC Group entered inventory information in Archon in 2011. Revised by LAC 5/2/11.
Other Note: OCLC Number: 406599180
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1: Correspondence, 1900, 1903 March 16-1904 January 31],
[Box 2: Correspondence, 1904 February 1-April 29],
[Box 3: Correspondence, 1904 May 1-1906 November],
[Box 4: Correspondence, 1907 January 9-1915 December],
[Box 5: Correspondence, 1916 January 3-1919 May],
[Box 6: Correspondence, 1920 January 6-1925 January 23],
[Box 7: Correspondence, 1926 January 23-1956 October 4 and undated],
[Box 8: Certificates, legal document, diplomas, bills and receipts, speeches and reports, and other papers, 1907-1958],
[Box 9: Invitations and announcements],
[Box 10: Photographs, postcards and ephemera],
[Box 11: Harvard University class notebooks],
[Box 12: Harvard University papers],
[Box 13: Themes, reports, examinations],
[Box 14: Essays and speeches],
[Box 15: Clippings and printed material],
[Box 16: Pamphlets and books],
[Box 17: Books, 1902-1908],
[Box 18: Lehman, Stern and Company records],
[Box 19: Warrants, State of Louisiana Redemption of School Certificate Fund. Series 1880],
[Box 20: Lehman, Stern and Company and Louisiana baby bonds],
[Volume 1: Scrapbook number 1, 1903-1905],
[Volume 2: Scrapbook number 2, 1905-1907],
[Volume 3: Scrapbook number 3, 1886, 1910-1920],
[Volume 4: Scrapbook number 4, 1906, 1916-1931],
[Volume 5: Scrapbook number 5, 1900, 1909-1935],
[Volume 6: Scrapbook number 6, 1931-1937],
[Volume 7: Scrapbook number 7, 1937-1944],
[Volume 8: Scrapbook number 8, 1944-1952],
[Volume 9: Scrapbook number 9, 1952-1954],
[Volume 10: Scrapbook number 10, 1949, 1955-1958],
[Volume 11: Scrapbook number 11, 1957 January 22],
[Volume 12: Scrapbook number 12, 1909, 1922-1959],
[Volume 13: Scrapbook number 13, 1945-1970],
[Volume 14: Edgar B. Stern personal account book, 1938 January-1940 June],
[Volume 15: Mrs. Edgar B. Stern personal account book, 1938 January-1940 June],
[Volume 16: Ledger number 9, 1900 August 31-1902 August 31],
[Volume 17: Ledger number 10, 1902 August 31-1904 August 31],
[Volume 18: Ledger number 11, 1904 August 31-1907 August 31],
[Volume 19: Ledger number 12, 1907 August 31-1910 July 31],
[Volume 20: Ledger number 13, 1910 July 29-1913 July 31],
[Volume 21: Ledger, 1906 December 12-1911 June 8],
[Volume 22: Cotton ledger number 18, 1911 July-1914 July],
[Volume 23: Cotton ledger number 19, 1923 September 20-1937 December 15],
[Volume 24: Supplement ledger, 1907 September 9-1914 October 7],
[Volume 25: Journal number 5, 1902 May 31-1906 November 14],
[Volume 26: Journal number 6, 1906 August 31-1911 July 31],
[Volume 27: Journal number 7, 1911 July 14-1915 December 31],
[Volume 28: Journal number 8, 1915 December 17-1922 December 31],
[Volume 29: Journal number 9, 1922 December 6-1933 May 31],
[Volume 30: Cash book number 11, 1899 February 9-1901 July 9],
[Volume 31: Cash book number 12, 1901 July 9-1903 January 31],
[Volume 32: Cash book number 13, 1903 February 2-1905 May 31],
[Volume 33: Cash book number 14, 1905 June 1-1907 December 18],
[Volume 34: Cash book number 15, 1907 December 19-1910 December 31],
[Volume 35: Cash book number 16, 1911 January 3-1913 December 31],
[Volume 36: Cash book number 17, 1914 January 2-1915 December 31],
[Volume 37: Cash book number 18, 1916 January 3-1918 August 31],
[Volume 38: Cash book number 19, 1918 September 3-1919 October 31],
[Volume 39: Cash book, 1913 September 12-1918 June 29],
[Volume 40: Cash disbursements number 1, 1919 November 1-1920 June 30, 1921 July 1-1921 November 30],
[Volume 41: Cash disbursements number 2, 1920 July 1-1921 June 30, 1921 December 1-1922 April 29],
[Volume 42: Cash disbursements number 3, 1922 April 29-1923 June 30, 1924 July 1-1924 November 29],
[Volume 43: Cash disbursements number 4, 1923 July 2-1924 June 30],
[Volume 44: Cash disbursements number 5, 1925 July 1-1926 June 30],
[Volume 45: Cash disbursements number 6, 1926 July 1-1928 May 31],
[Volume 46: Cash disbursements number 7, 1928 June 1-1930 March 31],
[Volume 47: Cash disbursements number 8, 1930 March 31-1933 May 18],
[Volume 48: Cash disbursements number 9, 1933 May 19-1936 November 30],
[Volume 49: Cash receipts number 1, 1919 November 3-1921 June 28],
[Volume 50: Cash receipts number 2, 1921 July 1-1924 June 30],
[Volume 51: Cash receipts number 3, 1922 July 1-1926 June 30],
[Volume 52: Cash receipts number 4, 1926 July 1-1930 November 29],
[Volume 53: Cash receipts number 5, 1930 December 1-1937 February 27],
[Volume 54: In liquidation cash disbursements, cash receipts, 1936 December 1-1940 May 31],
[Volume 55: Transfer ledger, 1912 August 7-1936 May 18],
[Volume 56: Transfer ledger A-K, 1913 October 17-1936 April 23],
[Volume 57: Transfer ledger L-Z, 1913 July 31-1936 April 23],
[Volume 58: Customers contract ledger number 9, 1902 November-1915 March],
[Volume 59: Customers contracts ledger, 1925 December-1937 December],
[Volume 60: Trial balance book, 1929 July 31-1939 October],
[Volume 61: Trial balance book, 1938 February-1939 October],
[Volume 62: Futures department ledger number 12, 1909 July 31-1921 December 31],
[Volume 63: Futures department ledger, 1911 September 30-1926 July 23],
[Volume 64: Futures department ledger, 1912 January 4-1936 September 8],
[Volume 65: Futures ledger, 1925 March 12-1934 June 22],
[Volume 66: Futures department ledger, undated, entries erased],
[Volume 67: Future journal number 7, 1911 August-1916 June],
[Volume 68: Futures department cash book number 8, 1907 November 23-1910 April 30],
[Volume 69: Futures department cash book number 9, 1910 May 2-1911 April 30],
[Volume 70: Stock record, 1909 December 1-1911 June 8],
[Volume 71: Stock memo, 1913 July 31-1916 February 7, 1922 October 26-1922 December 4],
[Volume 72: Brokers tickler, 1927 January-1937 March],
[Volume 73: Abstract of sales and journal entries with commissions noted, 1920 May 3-1921 December 12],
[Volume 74: New York abstract number 9, 1921 October 28-1936 June 15],
[Volume 75: Customers abstract, 1927 October 1-1933 August 29],
[Volume 76: Minutes, Commercial Press and Warehouse Company, 1912 May 6-1936 October 7],
[Volume 77: Abstract of bills number 5, Commercial Press and Warehouse Company, 1931 April 10-1936 September 9],
[Volume 78: General ledger, Southern States Land and Timber Company, 1919 August 2-1921],
[Volume 79: Telegraphic cipher code of Lehman Brothers, Lehman, Abraham, and Company, and Lehman Durand Company, 1880],
[Volume 80: Index to cotton ledger number 11],
[Volume 81: Index to cotton ledger number 18],
[Oversize folder 1: Certificates, diplomas, maps, and other papers],
[Oversize folder 2: Newspaper articles],
[Oversize folder 3: E.D. White portrait, 1912],
[Oversize folder 4: Photograph of Board of Directors, New Orleans Association of Commerce, circa 1915],
[Oversize folder 5: Photograph of members of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, circa 1926],
[Oversize folder 6: Photograph, 25th reunion of Harvard Class of 1907, 1932],
[Oversize folder 7: Photograph of J.H. Dillard, 1934],
[Oversize folder 8: Photgraph of Maurice (Goldstein?), 1940],
[Oversize folder 9: Photograph of Sears, Roebuck and Company Board of Directors, undated],
[Oversize folder 10: Photograph of Sears Roebuck and Company Board of Directors, undated],
[Oversize folder 11: Photograph of unidentified group, possibly the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, undated],
[Oversize folder 12: Unidentified class picture, undated],
[Oversize folder 13: Photograph of deLesseps S. Morrison, undated],
[Oversize folder 14: Photograph of Monte M. Lehman, undated],
[Oversize folder 15: Photograph of "Bill", undated],
[Oversize folder 16: Photograph of Dorothy Dix, undated],
[Oversize folder 17: Maurice Stern Fund Tulane Medical School bookplate design, undated],
[Oversize folder 18: Cartoon by W.K. Patrick, undated],
[Oversize folder 19: List of occupants, room number 19, Holworthy Hall, Harvard University, undated],
[Oversize folder 20: Photograph of New Orleans Cotton Exchange, 1903-1904],
[All]
- Volume 73: Abstract of sales and journal entries with commissions noted, 1920 May 3-1921 December 12
Browse by Box:
[Box 1: Correspondence, 1900, 1903 March 16-1904 January 31],
[Box 2: Correspondence, 1904 February 1-April 29],
[Box 3: Correspondence, 1904 May 1-1906 November],
[Box 4: Correspondence, 1907 January 9-1915 December],
[Box 5: Correspondence, 1916 January 3-1919 May],
[Box 6: Correspondence, 1920 January 6-1925 January 23],
[Box 7: Correspondence, 1926 January 23-1956 October 4 and undated],
[Box 8: Certificates, legal document, diplomas, bills and receipts, speeches and reports, and other papers, 1907-1958],
[Box 9: Invitations and announcements],
[Box 10: Photographs, postcards and ephemera],
[Box 11: Harvard University class notebooks],
[Box 12: Harvard University papers],
[Box 13: Themes, reports, examinations],
[Box 14: Essays and speeches],
[Box 15: Clippings and printed material],
[Box 16: Pamphlets and books],
[Box 17: Books, 1902-1908],
[Box 18: Lehman, Stern and Company records],
[Box 19: Warrants, State of Louisiana Redemption of School Certificate Fund. Series 1880],
[Box 20: Lehman, Stern and Company and Louisiana baby bonds],
[Volume 1: Scrapbook number 1, 1903-1905],
[Volume 2: Scrapbook number 2, 1905-1907],
[Volume 3: Scrapbook number 3, 1886, 1910-1920],
[Volume 4: Scrapbook number 4, 1906, 1916-1931],
[Volume 5: Scrapbook number 5, 1900, 1909-1935],
[Volume 6: Scrapbook number 6, 1931-1937],
[Volume 7: Scrapbook number 7, 1937-1944],
[Volume 8: Scrapbook number 8, 1944-1952],
[Volume 9: Scrapbook number 9, 1952-1954],
[Volume 10: Scrapbook number 10, 1949, 1955-1958],
[Volume 11: Scrapbook number 11, 1957 January 22],
[Volume 12: Scrapbook number 12, 1909, 1922-1959],
[Volume 13: Scrapbook number 13, 1945-1970],
[Volume 14: Edgar B. Stern personal account book, 1938 January-1940 June],
[Volume 15: Mrs. Edgar B. Stern personal account book, 1938 January-1940 June],
[Volume 16: Ledger number 9, 1900 August 31-1902 August 31],
[Volume 17: Ledger number 10, 1902 August 31-1904 August 31],
[Volume 18: Ledger number 11, 1904 August 31-1907 August 31],
[Volume 19: Ledger number 12, 1907 August 31-1910 July 31],
[Volume 20: Ledger number 13, 1910 July 29-1913 July 31],
[Volume 21: Ledger, 1906 December 12-1911 June 8],
[Volume 22: Cotton ledger number 18, 1911 July-1914 July],
[Volume 23: Cotton ledger number 19, 1923 September 20-1937 December 15],
[Volume 24: Supplement ledger, 1907 September 9-1914 October 7],
[Volume 25: Journal number 5, 1902 May 31-1906 November 14],
[Volume 26: Journal number 6, 1906 August 31-1911 July 31],
[Volume 27: Journal number 7, 1911 July 14-1915 December 31],
[Volume 28: Journal number 8, 1915 December 17-1922 December 31],
[Volume 29: Journal number 9, 1922 December 6-1933 May 31],
[Volume 30: Cash book number 11, 1899 February 9-1901 July 9],
[Volume 31: Cash book number 12, 1901 July 9-1903 January 31],
[Volume 32: Cash book number 13, 1903 February 2-1905 May 31],
[Volume 33: Cash book number 14, 1905 June 1-1907 December 18],
[Volume 34: Cash book number 15, 1907 December 19-1910 December 31],
[Volume 35: Cash book number 16, 1911 January 3-1913 December 31],
[Volume 36: Cash book number 17, 1914 January 2-1915 December 31],
[Volume 37: Cash book number 18, 1916 January 3-1918 August 31],
[Volume 38: Cash book number 19, 1918 September 3-1919 October 31],
[Volume 39: Cash book, 1913 September 12-1918 June 29],
[Volume 40: Cash disbursements number 1, 1919 November 1-1920 June 30, 1921 July 1-1921 November 30],
[Volume 41: Cash disbursements number 2, 1920 July 1-1921 June 30, 1921 December 1-1922 April 29],
[Volume 42: Cash disbursements number 3, 1922 April 29-1923 June 30, 1924 July 1-1924 November 29],
[Volume 43: Cash disbursements number 4, 1923 July 2-1924 June 30],
[Volume 44: Cash disbursements number 5, 1925 July 1-1926 June 30],
[Volume 45: Cash disbursements number 6, 1926 July 1-1928 May 31],
[Volume 46: Cash disbursements number 7, 1928 June 1-1930 March 31],
[Volume 47: Cash disbursements number 8, 1930 March 31-1933 May 18],
[Volume 48: Cash disbursements number 9, 1933 May 19-1936 November 30],
[Volume 49: Cash receipts number 1, 1919 November 3-1921 June 28],
[Volume 50: Cash receipts number 2, 1921 July 1-1924 June 30],
[Volume 51: Cash receipts number 3, 1922 July 1-1926 June 30],
[Volume 52: Cash receipts number 4, 1926 July 1-1930 November 29],
[Volume 53: Cash receipts number 5, 1930 December 1-1937 February 27],
[Volume 54: In liquidation cash disbursements, cash receipts, 1936 December 1-1940 May 31],
[Volume 55: Transfer ledger, 1912 August 7-1936 May 18],
[Volume 56: Transfer ledger A-K, 1913 October 17-1936 April 23],
[Volume 57: Transfer ledger L-Z, 1913 July 31-1936 April 23],
[Volume 58: Customers contract ledger number 9, 1902 November-1915 March],
[Volume 59: Customers contracts ledger, 1925 December-1937 December],
[Volume 60: Trial balance book, 1929 July 31-1939 October],
[Volume 61: Trial balance book, 1938 February-1939 October],
[Volume 62: Futures department ledger number 12, 1909 July 31-1921 December 31],
[Volume 63: Futures department ledger, 1911 September 30-1926 July 23],
[Volume 64: Futures department ledger, 1912 January 4-1936 September 8],
[Volume 65: Futures ledger, 1925 March 12-1934 June 22],
[Volume 66: Futures department ledger, undated, entries erased],
[Volume 67: Future journal number 7, 1911 August-1916 June],
[Volume 68: Futures department cash book number 8, 1907 November 23-1910 April 30],
[Volume 69: Futures department cash book number 9, 1910 May 2-1911 April 30],
[Volume 70: Stock record, 1909 December 1-1911 June 8],
[Volume 71: Stock memo, 1913 July 31-1916 February 7, 1922 October 26-1922 December 4],
[Volume 72: Brokers tickler, 1927 January-1937 March],
[Volume 73: Abstract of sales and journal entries with commissions noted, 1920 May 3-1921 December 12],
[Volume 74: New York abstract number 9, 1921 October 28-1936 June 15],
[Volume 75: Customers abstract, 1927 October 1-1933 August 29],
[Volume 76: Minutes, Commercial Press and Warehouse Company, 1912 May 6-1936 October 7],
[Volume 77: Abstract of bills number 5, Commercial Press and Warehouse Company, 1931 April 10-1936 September 9],
[Volume 78: General ledger, Southern States Land and Timber Company, 1919 August 2-1921],
[Volume 79: Telegraphic cipher code of Lehman Brothers, Lehman, Abraham, and Company, and Lehman Durand Company, 1880],
[Volume 80: Index to cotton ledger number 11],
[Volume 81: Index to cotton ledger number 18],
[Oversize folder 1: Certificates, diplomas, maps, and other papers],
[Oversize folder 2: Newspaper articles],
[Oversize folder 3: E.D. White portrait, 1912],
[Oversize folder 4: Photograph of Board of Directors, New Orleans Association of Commerce, circa 1915],
[Oversize folder 5: Photograph of members of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, circa 1926],
[Oversize folder 6: Photograph, 25th reunion of Harvard Class of 1907, 1932],
[Oversize folder 7: Photograph of J.H. Dillard, 1934],
[Oversize folder 8: Photgraph of Maurice (Goldstein?), 1940],
[Oversize folder 9: Photograph of Sears, Roebuck and Company Board of Directors, undated],
[Oversize folder 10: Photograph of Sears Roebuck and Company Board of Directors, undated],
[Oversize folder 11: Photograph of unidentified group, possibly the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, undated],
[Oversize folder 12: Unidentified class picture, undated],
[Oversize folder 13: Photograph of deLesseps S. Morrison, undated],
[Oversize folder 14: Photograph of Monte M. Lehman, undated],
[Oversize folder 15: Photograph of "Bill", undated],
[Oversize folder 16: Photograph of Dorothy Dix, undated],
[Oversize folder 17: Maurice Stern Fund Tulane Medical School bookplate design, undated],
[Oversize folder 18: Cartoon by W.K. Patrick, undated],
[Oversize folder 19: List of occupants, room number 19, Holworthy Hall, Harvard University, undated],
[Oversize folder 20: Photograph of New Orleans Cotton Exchange, 1903-1904],
[All]
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