Arrangement: The collection is arranged by topic as follows: biographical and correspondence; Paul Schreier real estate; Paul Schreier daybooks; Paul Schreier Lagonda Trust; Paul Schreier financial and business papers; Edisen family papers; Schreier family papers; and family photographs and albums. The collection consists of 25 boxes and 3 oversize folders.

Date Acquired: 02/07/1997

Subjects: Edisen, Barbara Schreier., Edisen family., Schreier, Leah Norman., Schreier, Paul., Schreier, Philip Charles., Schreier family.

Forms of Material: Business records., Correspondence., Financial records., Photographs., Trust receipts., Yearbooks.

Languages: English, German

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Schreier and Edisen families have roots in New Orleans and Morgan City, Louisiana, with interests in real estate, banking, oil, medicine, politics, and philanthropy. The collection consists of correspondence, financial and business records, day books, photographs, clippings, certificates, and ledgers. Many of the papers concern the business interests of Paul Schreier (1898-1961), who was active in real estate, oil, insurance, and banking in the Morgan City area. His daughter, Barbara, married Dr. Clayton B. Edisen, a Tulane University professor of psychiatry and neurology. The collection also documents the family's philanthropic contributions and interests.

Biographical Note

The Schreier and Edisen families have roots in New Orleans and Morgan City, Louisiana, with interests in real estate, banking, oil, medicine, politics, and philanthropy. Yetta Feld (1875-1959) was born in Austria and came to the United States as a child. Samuel Schreier (c. 1870-1943) was born in Hungary and came to New York at seventeen. They married and had two children, Philip Charles Schreier (b. 1897), a professor of professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, and Paul Schreier (1898-1961), who was active in real estate, insurance, oil, and banking in the Morgan City area. Paul Schreier married Leah Norman and had a daughter, Barbara (1926-2000). Paul Schreier served as chair of the Morgan City Housing Authority and served as the first president of the Morgan City Recreation Commission. Barbara Schreier married Arnold J. Levy and had two children before marrying Dr. Clayton B. Edisen, a Tulane University professor of psychiatry and neurology. She oversaw the family's investment, real estate, civic, and philanthropic interests through the Schreier-Edisen Development Corporation.

Subject/Index Terms

Edisen, Barbara Schreier.
Edisen family.
Schreier, Leah Norman.
Schreier, Paul.
Schreier, Philip Charles.
Schreier family.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

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: Brenda Pumphrey and Barbara Edisen.

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: Schreier and Edisen families papers, Manuscripts Collection 945, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Other Note: OCLC Number: 820020504

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Biographical and correspondence, 1896-1991],
[Box 2: Biographical and correspondence, 1914-1991],
[Box 3: Biographical and correspondence, 1921-1983],
[Box 4: Biographical correspondence; Paul Schreier real estate, 1983; 1861-1952],
[Box 5: Paul Schreier real estate, 1915-1961],
[Box 6: Paul Schreier real estate, 1938-1961],
[Box 7: Paul Schreier real estate, 1937-1963],
[Box 8: Paul Shreier yearbooks (daybooks), 1927-1947, 1949-1950, 1952],
[Box 9: Lagonda Trust sales documents],
[Box 10: Lagonda Trust sales documents],
[Box 11: Lagonda Trust],
[Box 12: Lagonda Trust/ Paul Schreier cash deeds and mortgage documents],
[Box 13: Paul Schreier cash deeds and mortgage documents],
[Box 14: Paul Schreier cash deeds and mortgage documents/ Paul Schreier financial papers, 1953-1957],
[Box 15: Paul Schreier financial papers, 1950-1958],
[Box 16: Paul Schreier financial papers, 1957-1963],
[Box 17: Paul Schreier financial papers, 1961-1977],
[Box 18: Paul Schreier's yearbooks, ledgers and Holy Scriptures, 1914-1960],
[Box 19: Edisen family papers],
[Box 20: Family papers],
[Box 21: Family photographs],
[Box 22: Family photographs],
[Box 23: Family photographs],
[Box 24: Family photograph albums],
[[information restricted]],
[Oversize folder 1: Philip C. Schreier: Confirmation certificate and Mississippi Board of Health certificate, 1911 and 1920],
[Oversize folder 2: Maurice Norman: Certificate, "Seven Oaks" ink on paper (A. Hamrick), 1927, 1977],
[Oversize folder 3: Fort Butler at Donaldsonville, Louisiana, 1936],
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Box 10: Lagonda Trust sales documents

Folder 1: Guarisco-Guzardo
Folder 2: H sales documents
Folder 3: I sales documents
Folder 4: J sales documents
Folder 5: K sales documents
Folder 6: Lacoste-Landrum, 1950-1959
Folder 7: Landry, 1950-1959
Folder 8: La Rocco-Levy, 1950-1959
Folder 9: Liner-Lott, 1950-1959
Folder 10: M and M Homebuilders-Mayon
Folder 11: McAdams-Menard
Folder 12: Meranta-Myers
Folder 13: N sales documents
Folder 14: O sales documents
Folder 15: P sales documents
Folder 16: Rachal-Revere
Folder 17: Rhodes-Richmond
Folder 18: Roberson-Ross
Folder 19: Russo-Ryan
Folder 20: Four generations: Leah Schreier, Barbara Edisen, Brenda Levy Pumphrey, and Jennifer Bradshaw

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