Jaubert Brothers, Inc. records, 1916-1980 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Jaubert Brothers, Inc. records, 1916-1980

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 828

Primary Creator: Jaubert Bros., Inc.

Extent: 5.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection consists of volumes and four series: 1) Daily business files, 2) Subject files, 3) Accounting files, and 4) The corporation. The collection is made up of 15 volumes and 5 boxes.

Date Acquired: 08/17/1989

Subjects: Hurricane Betsy, 1965., Jaubert Bros., Inc., Jaubert family., Liquidation., Merchants -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.

Forms of Material: Financial records., Ledgers (account books), Merchandise inventories., Minutes., Photographs., Stock certificates., Tax records.

Languages: English, French

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists primarily of the business and financial records of Jaubert Brothers, Incorporated, a wholesale merchandise company in New Orleans from 1887 to 1980. Materials include merchandise inventories, ledgers, minutes, daily business files, correspondence, stockholder meeting information, insurance appraisals, tax claims, accounting files, stock certificates, administrative records, and photographs. There are also copies of papers pertaining to Claude-Louis-Seraphin Barizain.

Biographical Note

Jaubert Brothers, Inc. was a wholesale merchandise company in New Orleans from 1887 to 1980. The Jaubert family participated in wholesale dry goods sales in New Orleans for over a century. Casamir Jaubert opened C. Jaubert Company in 1856, and Marius, Clement, and Fortune formed Jaubert Brothers in 1887. Along with the mercantile business, the corporation owned title to various parcels of land. The corporation was kept mainly within the family, with most of the stockholders being descendants and in-laws of the original Jaubert Brothers. With the decline of the wholesale mercantile business in the late 1970s, the Jaubert Brothers found it hard to stay in business. They decided to liquidate their assets, distribute the proceeds to the stockholders, and to continue as Jaubert Mineral Trust, with income derived from reserved mineral rights of the land once owned by the corporation. Jaubert Brothers, Inc. started liquidation procedures in 1978, and was formally certified dissolved in 1980.

Subject/Index Terms

Hurricane Betsy, 1965.
Jaubert Bros., Inc.
Jaubert family.
Liquidation.
Merchants -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.

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: Richard Jaubert

Acquisition Method: Gift.

Preferred Citation: Jaubert Brother, Inc. records, Manuscripts Collection 828, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection processed in 1991 by Ann E. Smith.

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

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Volume:

[Volume 1: "Inventaire", Accounts, 1916-1924],
[Volume 2: "Inventory", Accounts, 1925-1927],
[Volume 3: "Inventory", Merchandise, 1917-1920],
[Volume 4: "Inventory", Merchandise, 1920-1926],
[Volume 5: Inventory, Merchandise, 1975],
[Volume 6: Inventory, Merchandise, 1976],
[Volume 7: Inventory, Merchandise, 1977],
[Volume 8: "Trial Balance", 1924-1935],
[Volume 9: "General Ledger", 1924-1952],
[Volume 10: "General Ledger", continued, 1953-1975],
[Volume 11: "General Ledger", continued, various-1979],
[Volume 12: Minutes, 1923-1939],
[Volume 13: Minutes, 1940-1950],
[Volume 14: Minutes, 1951-1968],
[Volume 15: Minutes, 1968-1980],
[Series 1: Daily business files, 1923-1980],
[Series 2: Subject files],
[Series 3: Accounting files],
[Series 4: The Corporation],
[All]

Volume 9: "General Ledger", 1924-1952

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