Securities and Investments Files,, 1890-1935

Summary: Records of the investments of John A Roebling II. Documents pertain mainly to Roebling's investments in the John A Roebling's Sons Company, but also contain information on various securities held by Roebling in other companies or institutions. The series includes incoming and outgoing letters as well as lists of securities held.

All of the lists of securities held by John A Roebling II have notes concerning subsequent transactions involving those investments after the date purchased or received by Roebling.

Among the documents in the series are: correspondence between John A Roebling II and the John A Roebling's Sons Company, dating between 1898 and 1902, and largely concerning Roebling's resignation as a director of the company and the transfer of his stock in JARSCO to his father, Washington A Roebling; a list of the securities held by John A Roebling II "for Corpus of Estate of Emily Warren Roebling, deceased," including North Carolina state bonds, North Carolina Railroad stock and United States Steel Corporation bonds; and other lists of securities owned, including stocks and bonds Roebling held in the Otis Elevator Company, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, and the Republic Iron and Steel Company.