Standard Fruit & Steamship Company records, 1900-1977 | Louisiana Research Collection
By Connor Deegan
Collection Overview
Title: Standard Fruit & Steamship Company records, 1900-1977
ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 653
Primary Creator: Standard Fruit & Steamship Co.
Extent: 17.0 Boxes. More info below.
Arrangement:
Arranged by topic, as follows: business papers for the offices in New Orleans and New York; papers dealing with business partners, organized geographically by foreign country; a section on steamships arranged alphabetically by name of ship; and minutes of internal divisions.
The collection consists of 17 boxes and 44 volumes. It is 30 linear feet.
Date Acquired: 00/00/1981. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Fruit trade -- Latin America -- History., Fruit trade -- Louisiana -- New Orleans., Latin America -- Commerce -- North America -- History., Louisiana -- History -- 20th century., New Orleans (La.) -- Commerce., Standard Fruit & Steamship Co., Steamboat lines -- History -- 20th century., Steamboats -- History -- 20th century.
Forms of Material: Annual reports., Certificates of incorporation., Clippings (information artifacts), Contracts., Correspondence., Financial records., Minute books., Minutes., Reports., Tax records.
Languages: English, Spanish;Castilian
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection is composed of the business records of Standard Fruit & Steamship Co. and related bodies, including the files of Salvador D'Antoni as well as administrative records throughout the corporate evolution of the company. Items include business papers, blueprints, newspapers, correspondence, minute books, articles of agreement, financial papers, minutes, contracts, telegrams, reports, clippings, and pamphlets.
Biographical Note
The history of the Standard Fruit and Steamship Company traces the success of two Italian immigrant families in building a small fruit stand into a large trading conglomerate, chiefly the efforts of the four Vaccaro Brothers and Salvador D'Antoni in developing a fruit-export business from Honduras. This New Orleans-based firm united with Fruit and Steamship Company, Bragman's Bluff Lumber Company, Standard Navigation Company, Bluefields Lumber Company, Eastern Seaboard Corporation, and Southern Banana Corporation. The company owned plantations, railroads and lumber camps in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Islands, as well as a fleet of steamships. The family businesses continued to extend and combine until 1926 when the company was reorganized with a group of bankers into the Standard Fruit & Steamship Corporation. In earlier and later years it was also known as the Standard Fruit & Steamship Company.
Subject/Index Terms
Fruit trade -- Latin America -- History.
Fruit trade -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Latin America -- Commerce -- North America -- History.
Louisiana -- History -- 20th century.
New Orleans (La.) -- Commerce.
Standard Fruit & Steamship Co.
Steamboat lines -- History -- 20th century.
Steamboats -- History -- 20th century.
Administrative Information
Repository: Louisiana Research Collection
Accruals: Additional records donated in 1984 by Thomas L. Karnes.
Alternate Extent Statement: 30 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: Standard Fruit & Steamship Company.
Acquisition Method: Gift.
Preferred Citation: Standard Fruit & Steamship Company records, Manuscripts Collection 653, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118
Processing Information: Collection processed in 1986 by Sue McGrady Woodward.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011. Revised by LAC Group 4/21/11.
Other Note: OCLC Number: 298132161
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1: History and business papers, undated, 1901-1928],
[Box 2: Business papers, 1929-1938],
[Box 3: Business papers, 1939-1945 August],
[Box 4: Business papers and Cuba, 1945 September-1957, 1906-1927],
[Box 5: Cuba and Haiti, 1928-1947, 1939-1945],
[Box 6: Haiti, 1946-1948 August],
[Box 7: Honduras, 1906-1932],
[Box 8: Honduras and Jamaica, 1933-1963, 1925-1947],
[Box 9: Mexico, 1910-1947],
[Box 10: Nicaragua, 1923-1931],
[Box 11: Nicaragua and Panama, 1932-1947, 1920-1928 August],
[Box 12: Panama and steamships: Amapala to Kosmos],
[Box 13: Steamships: Louis Geraci to Worden],
[Box 14: Steamships Yoro-Yuma, other blueprints, Castle and Cook, United Fruit Company, Newspapers and printed material],
[Box 15: Haiti diplomatic correspondence],
[Box 16: Vaccaro minute books, 1918-1920, 1927-1935],
[Box 17: Serials],
[Volume 1: Abbott Motors, Incorporated, minute book, 1923-1927],
[Volume 2: Alonzo Church and Company, Incorporated, 1928-1931],
[Volume 3: American Fruit and Steamship Corporation, minute book number 4, 1929-1932],
[Volume 4: American Fruit and Steamship Corporation, minute book 5, 1933],
[Volume 5: Banana Distributing Company and Gulf Banana Dispatch Company, 1926-1930],
[Volume 6: Bluefields Lumber Company minute book, 1921-1922],
[Volume 7: Bluefields Lumber Company minute book, 1921-1927],
[Volume 8: Bragman's Bluff Lumber Company, Incorporated, minute book, 1921-1926],
[Volume 9: Bragman's Bluff Lumber Company, Incorporated, board of directors minutes, 1926-1934],
[Volume 10: Bragman's Bluff Lumber Company, Incorporated, corporate records, 1935-1942],
[Volume 11: Bragman's Bluff Lumber Company, Incorporated, minute book, 1935],
[Volume 12: Ceiba Steamship Company, corporate records, 1915-1921],
[Volume 13: Cerveceria Hondurena, Sociedad Anónima, a history, 1916-1966],
[Volume 14: S. DiGiorgio and Company, Incorporated, 1918-1922],
[Volume 15: Eastern Seaboard Corporation, number 1, 1930],
[Volume 16: Eastern Seaboard Corporation, finance committee, 1930-1933],
[Volume 17: Eastern Seaboard Corporation, collateral trust indenture, 1930],
[Volume 18: Gravier Realty Company minute book, 1912-1923],
[Volume 19: The Grunewald Hotel minute book, 1917-1923],
[Volume 20: Mexican-American Fruit and Steamship Corporation, executive committee minutes, 1924-1926],
[Volume 21: Mexican-American Fruit and Steamship Corporation, executive committee minutes, 1925-1928],
[Volume 22: Mexican-American Fruit and Steamship Corporation, board of directors and stockholders minutes, 1923-1924],
[Volume 23: Mexican-American Fruit and Steamship Corporation, board of directors and stockholders minutes, book 2, 1924-1926],
[Volume 24: Mexican-American Fruit and Steamship Corporation, board of directors and stockholders minutes, book 3, 1927-1930],
[Volume 25: New Orleans Independent Laundries, Incorporated, board of directors minutes, 1929-1940],
[Volume 26: Seaboard Steamship Corporation, board of directors minutes, 1933-1941],
[Volume 27: Southern Banana Corporation, number 1, 1923-1925],
[Volume 28: Southern Banana Corporation, number 2-A, 1926-1927],
[Volume 29: Southern Banana Corporation, number 3, 1927-1934],
[Volume 30: Southern Banana Corporation, number 4, 1935-1941],
[Volume 31: Southern Steamship and Banana Company, 1910-1924],
[Volume 32: Southern Steamship and Banana Company, 1926-1938],
[Volume 39: Standard Fruit and Steamship Company Banana Handling Committee, 1953-1955],
[Volume 40: Standard Fruit and Steamship of Mexico, board of directors and stockholders minutes, 1932-1941],
[Volume 41: Standard Navigation Corporation, 1936-1949],
[Volume 42: United States Development Company, minutes of directors and stockholders, number 2, 1923-1931],
[Volume 43: Wawa Boom, Incorporated, 1927-1932],
[Volume 44: Winship Fuel Oil Service, Incorporated, 1922-1932],
[Volume 45: Yoro Steamship Company, 1915-1921],
[Volume 46: Zito Trading Company, Incorporated, 1917-1925],
[Volume 47: Castle and Cook, Incorporated, annual report, 1969-1977],
[Volume 48: Castle and Cook, Incorporated, report, 1970s],
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- Box 14: Steamships Yoro-Yuma, other blueprints, Castle and Cook, United Fruit Company, Newspapers and printed material
- Folder 1: Steamship Yoro, 1911-1921, 1945
- The Steamship Yoro was built in 1911 in Northumberland by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited and sold to the Vaccaro Brothers in 1913 by the Emerald Steamship Company of Belfast. It was incorporated as the Yoro Steamship Company in 1915 with stock certificates. There are tax forms, crew lists, repair, and supply lists for 1915-1921. The corporation was dissolved in 1921. In 1945 the Yoro was returned to Standard Fruit by the War Shipping Authority. Also see Volumes: Yoro Steamship Company, 1915-1921.
- Folder 2: Steamship Yoro, 1911-1921, 1945
- The Steamship Yoro was built in 1911 in Northumberland by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited and sold to the Vaccaro Brothers in 1913 by the Emerald Steamship Company of Belfast. It was incorporated as the Yoro Steamship Company in 1915 with stock certificates. There are tax forms, crew lists, repair, and supply lists for 1915-1921. The corporation was dissolved in 1921. In 1945 the Yoro was returned to Standard Fruit by the War Shipping Authority. Also see Volumes: Yoro Steamship Company, 1915-1921.
- Folder 3: Steamship Yoro, 1911-1921, 1945
- The Steamship Yoro was built in 1911 in Northumberland by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited and sold to the Vaccaro Brothers in 1913 by the Emerald Steamship Company of Belfast. It was incorporated as the Yoro Steamship Company in 1915 with stock certificates. There are tax forms, crew lists, repair, and supply lists for 1915-1921. The corporation was dissolved in 1921. In 1945 the Yoro was returned to Standard Fruit by the War Shipping Authority. Also see Volumes: Yoro Steamship Company, 1915-1921.
- Folder 4: Steamship Yoro, 1911-1921, 1945
- The Steamship Yoro was built in 1911 in Northumberland by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited and sold to the Vaccaro Brothers in 1913 by the Emerald Steamship Company of Belfast. It was incorporated as the Yoro Steamship Company in 1915 with stock certificates. There are tax forms, crew lists, repair, and supply lists for 1915-1921. The corporation was dissolved in 1921. In 1945 the Yoro was returned to Standard Fruit by the War Shipping Authority. Also see Volumes: Yoro Steamship Company, 1915-1921.
- Folder 5: Steamship Yuma/Tsintau, 1917-1926
- The Steamship Yuma was built in 1900 in Bremerhaven, Germany, and christened Tsintau. It was seized in World War I and sold by the United States Shipping Board to Tropical Fruit Company and registered in Honduras. There are papers concerning a license for the ship radio, 1919. It was mortgaged in 1922 by DiGiorgio Fruit Company. Also included is the Panama Canal tonnage certificate. The Yuma sank in the Gulf 1926 March, after hitting a sand bar.
- Folder 6: Steamship Yuma/Tsintau, 1917-1926
- The Steamship Yuma was built in 1900 in Bremerhaven, Germany, and christened Tsintau. It was seized in World War I and sold by the United States Shipping Board to Tropical Fruit Company and registered in Honduras. There are papers concerning a license for the ship radio, 1919. It was mortgaged in 1922 by DiGiorgio Fruit Company. Also included is the Panama Canal tonnage certificate. The Yuma sank in the Gulf 1926 March, after hitting a sand bar.
- Folder 7: Steamship Yuma/Tsintau, 1917-1926
- The Steamship Yuma was built in 1900 in Bremerhaven, Germany, and christened Tsintau. It was seized in World War I and sold by the United States Shipping Board to Tropical Fruit Company and registered in Honduras. There are papers concerning a license for the ship radio, 1919. It was mortgaged in 1922 by DiGiorgio Fruit Company. Also included is the Panama Canal tonnage certificate. The Yuma sank in the Gulf 1926 March, after hitting a sand bar.
- Folder 8: Blueprints, undated
- Drawings of several structural changes and drawings of one ship.
- Folder 9: "Brother Castle and Brother Cooke: The Story of the Biggest of Hawaii's Big 5 Companies", 1971
- By David W. Eyre, Frank J. Taylor, Earl Welty, and Neill C. Wilson.
- Folder 10: United Fruit, annual report, 1969
- Folder 11: United Fruit, stockholders report, 1970
- Folder 12: United Brands, annual report, 1970
- Folder 13: Judgement: United States of America v. United Fruit Company, 1958
- Folder 14: Order: United States of America v. United Fruit Company, 1972
- Folder 15: Newspaper clippings concerning United Fruit
- Folder 16: Newspapers, 1934 January 15
- "Gaceta Oficial" Organo oficial del Gobierno Consitiucional del Estado de Veracruz-Llave. Number 11, 1934 January 15, pages 1-107, uncut.
- Folder 17: Newspapers, 1935 March 30
- "Peridico Oficial" Oaxaca de Juarez. Number 13, 1935 March 30, pages 80-86.
- Folder 18: Newspapers, 1933 August 26-1934 October 15
"Diario Oficial" Mexico. Volume 79, 48, 1933 August 26, pages 690-704.
"Diario Oficial" Mexico. Volume 84, 34, 1934 August 9, pages 674-720.
"Diario Oficial" Mexico. Volume 86, 16, 1934 September 28, pages 338-368.
"Diario Oficial" Mexico. Volume 86, 29, 1934 October 15, pages 770-816.
- Folder 19: Newspapers, 1954 November 18-1955 March 31
"The Machinist" Volume 9, 1954 November 18.
"The Machinist" Volume 10, 3, 1955 March 31.
- Folder 20: Printed material, 1934
- 1934 Map: Honduras between Tela and Truxillo.
- Folder 21: Printed material
- Thomas L. Karnes. "Banco Atlantida." Spanish.
- Folder 22: Printed material, 1952 October
- B.C. D'Antoni. An Introduction to "A Revolutionary Banana Operation by Evolution." 1952 October. Volume 1.
- Folder 23: Printed material, 1952 October
- B.C. D'Antoni. An Introduction to "A Revolutionary Banana Operation by Evolution." 1952 October. Volume 2.
- Folder 1: Steamship Yoro, 1911-1921, 1945
Browse by Box:
[Box 1: History and business papers, undated, 1901-1928],
[Box 2: Business papers, 1929-1938],
[Box 3: Business papers, 1939-1945 August],
[Box 4: Business papers and Cuba, 1945 September-1957, 1906-1927],
[Box 5: Cuba and Haiti, 1928-1947, 1939-1945],
[Box 6: Haiti, 1946-1948 August],
[Box 7: Honduras, 1906-1932],
[Box 8: Honduras and Jamaica, 1933-1963, 1925-1947],
[Box 9: Mexico, 1910-1947],
[Box 10: Nicaragua, 1923-1931],
[Box 11: Nicaragua and Panama, 1932-1947, 1920-1928 August],
[Box 12: Panama and steamships: Amapala to Kosmos],
[Box 13: Steamships: Louis Geraci to Worden],
[Box 14: Steamships Yoro-Yuma, other blueprints, Castle and Cook, United Fruit Company, Newspapers and printed material],
[Box 15: Haiti diplomatic correspondence],
[Box 16: Vaccaro minute books, 1918-1920, 1927-1935],
[Box 17: Serials],
[Volume 1: Abbott Motors, Incorporated, minute book, 1923-1927],
[Volume 2: Alonzo Church and Company, Incorporated, 1928-1931],
[Volume 3: American Fruit and Steamship Corporation, minute book number 4, 1929-1932],
[Volume 4: American Fruit and Steamship Corporation, minute book 5, 1933],
[Volume 5: Banana Distributing Company and Gulf Banana Dispatch Company, 1926-1930],
[Volume 6: Bluefields Lumber Company minute book, 1921-1922],
[Volume 7: Bluefields Lumber Company minute book, 1921-1927],
[Volume 8: Bragman's Bluff Lumber Company, Incorporated, minute book, 1921-1926],
[Volume 9: Bragman's Bluff Lumber Company, Incorporated, board of directors minutes, 1926-1934],
[Volume 10: Bragman's Bluff Lumber Company, Incorporated, corporate records, 1935-1942],
[Volume 11: Bragman's Bluff Lumber Company, Incorporated, minute book, 1935],
[Volume 12: Ceiba Steamship Company, corporate records, 1915-1921],
[Volume 13: Cerveceria Hondurena, Sociedad Anónima, a history, 1916-1966],
[Volume 14: S. DiGiorgio and Company, Incorporated, 1918-1922],
[Volume 15: Eastern Seaboard Corporation, number 1, 1930],
[Volume 16: Eastern Seaboard Corporation, finance committee, 1930-1933],
[Volume 17: Eastern Seaboard Corporation, collateral trust indenture, 1930],
[Volume 18: Gravier Realty Company minute book, 1912-1923],
[Volume 19: The Grunewald Hotel minute book, 1917-1923],
[Volume 20: Mexican-American Fruit and Steamship Corporation, executive committee minutes, 1924-1926],
[Volume 21: Mexican-American Fruit and Steamship Corporation, executive committee minutes, 1925-1928],
[Volume 22: Mexican-American Fruit and Steamship Corporation, board of directors and stockholders minutes, 1923-1924],
[Volume 23: Mexican-American Fruit and Steamship Corporation, board of directors and stockholders minutes, book 2, 1924-1926],
[Volume 24: Mexican-American Fruit and Steamship Corporation, board of directors and stockholders minutes, book 3, 1927-1930],
[Volume 25: New Orleans Independent Laundries, Incorporated, board of directors minutes, 1929-1940],
[Volume 26: Seaboard Steamship Corporation, board of directors minutes, 1933-1941],
[Volume 27: Southern Banana Corporation, number 1, 1923-1925],
[Volume 28: Southern Banana Corporation, number 2-A, 1926-1927],
[Volume 29: Southern Banana Corporation, number 3, 1927-1934],
[Volume 30: Southern Banana Corporation, number 4, 1935-1941],
[Volume 31: Southern Steamship and Banana Company, 1910-1924],
[Volume 32: Southern Steamship and Banana Company, 1926-1938],
[Volume 39: Standard Fruit and Steamship Company Banana Handling Committee, 1953-1955],
[Volume 40: Standard Fruit and Steamship of Mexico, board of directors and stockholders minutes, 1932-1941],
[Volume 41: Standard Navigation Corporation, 1936-1949],
[Volume 42: United States Development Company, minutes of directors and stockholders, number 2, 1923-1931],
[Volume 43: Wawa Boom, Incorporated, 1927-1932],
[Volume 44: Winship Fuel Oil Service, Incorporated, 1922-1932],
[Volume 45: Yoro Steamship Company, 1915-1921],
[Volume 46: Zito Trading Company, Incorporated, 1917-1925],
[Volume 47: Castle and Cook, Incorporated, annual report, 1969-1977],
[Volume 48: Castle and Cook, Incorporated, report, 1970s],
[All]
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