Securities and Investments Files,, 1911-1931

Summary: Documentation of the financial investments and activities of Ferdinand W. Roebling, Jr., in companies and institutions while acting in the capacity of either a stockholder or executive administrator. The series includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, dividend statements and annual reports. Most investments were in railroad or power companies; accompanying correspondence discusses issues relevant to local transit and the maintenance of rail lines. Power company material suggests conflicts and compromises made within the rail, steel and power industries during the First World War.

Among the materials present are documents from his investments in the John A. Roebling's Sons Company that concern a stock ownership plan and common stock; the Trenton and Mercer County Traction Co.; Trenton Street Railway Co.; and extensive interests in Virginia, including the Virginia Railway and Power Co., Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Co., and the City Gas Company of Norfolk.

Two oversize documents are stored separately.