Guide to the Schreiber Family Papers and Photographs, 1922-2011

Repository
Heinz History Center
Title
Schreiber Family Papers and Photographs
Creator
Schreiber family
Collection Number
MSS 846
Extent
1 linear foot (1 box)
Date
1922-2011
Abstract
In 1934, brothers Harry Schreiber and Samuel Schreiber, sons of Russian Jewish immigrants, opened Schreiber Trucking Company, Inc. The company thrived under the leadership of Samuel and Marian Syna Schreiber, Harry Schreiber's widow. In the early 1950s, Marian married William Rosenberg and opened Wilton Storage Company, which was later run by Sidney Allen Schreiber, Harry and Marian's son. The Schreiber Family collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, blueprints, scrapbooks, and other documents pertaining to the family and the running of Schreiber Trucking Company and Wilton Storage Company.
Language
The material in this collection is in English.
Author
The guide to this collection was written by Stephanie Johnson.
Sponsor
Funding for this project was made available by an NHPRC-funded Basic Processing grant.
Publisher
Heinz History Center
Address
1212 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
library@heinzhistorycenter.org
URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org

History

Brothers Harry Schreiber (1904-1937) and Samuel Schreiber (1906-1987) were the sons of Russian Jewish immigrants Moische and Esther Schreiber. The brothers were pharmacists, graduating from the University of Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy, Harry in 1922 and Sam in 1926. However, during the height of the depression in 1934, the brothers unable to find jobs as pharmacists, formed Schreiber Trucking Company, Inc. After Harry's death in an industrial accident in 1937, his widow, Marian Syna Schreiber took his place as a partner with the company. Over the next several decades, the company grew to be one of the largest shipping companies in Pennsylvania.

Marian Syna Schreiber married William Rosenberg, owner of the Wilton Trucking Company in 1951. A year later, the couple went into the storage business, opening Wilton Storage Company in 1952. The business was left to Marian and Harry Schreiber's son Sidney Allen Schreiber (1936-2012), who ran the company until his retirement.

Scope and Content Notes

The Schreiber Family collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, blueprints, scrapbooks, and other documents pertaining to the family and the running of Schreiber Trucking Company and Wilton Storage Company. Among the records documenting the Schreiber family are a scrapbook detailing the genealogy of the family compiled by Sidney Allen Schreiber in 2011, as well as photographs, newspaper clippings, and legal documents pertaining to members of the Schreiber family. Among these documents are photographs and certificates pertaining to Marian Syna Schreiber's work with the American Women's Voluntary Services and her work with the National Parkinson's Foundation.

The bulk of the collection documents the two companies owned by the Schreiber family, Schreiber Trucking Company and Wilton Storage Company. The Schreiber Trucking series contains newspaper clippings regarding the business and its activities, legal documents, including the Articles of Partnership and agreements between Marian and Samuel Schreiber, and photographs both of employees and company trucks. Also included are two scrapbooks, one contains stationary and other ephemera, the other is a mock up of a 25th anniversary book. The Wilton Storage series includes business financial reports, standard terms and charges documents, and correspondence to and from customers. The series also houses maps and blueprints of various Pittsburgh neighborhoods and warehouse buildings, as well as newspaper clippings pertaining to the Wilton Storage Company.

Arrangement

  1. The Schreiber Family Papers and Photographs are housed in one box and arranged into three series: Family materials, Schreiber Trucking Company, and Wilton Storage Company.

Conditions Governing Access

None

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of S. Allen Schreiber in 2002, Accession #2002.0012. Gift ofDeena Nacion in 2012, Accession #2012.0138.

Preferred Citation

Schreiber Family Papers and Photographs, 1922-2011, MSS 0846, Rauh Jewish Archives, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Stephanie Johnson in September 2012.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights reside with the Senator John Heinz History Center. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives of the Senator John Heinz History Center.

Separated Materials

Museum Accession#2012.84, Oversize- Harry Schreiber's University of Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy diploma, Framed article "Billy Conn Next Champ" from June 7, 1941 Saturday Evening Post, oversized photograph of Trucking Company Dinner

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Schreiber Trucking Company Inc.
    • Wilton Storage Company Inc.
    • Beacon Warehouse, Inc.
    • Hawkinson Treads, Inc.
    • American Women's Voluntary Services
    • Pi Lambda Phi -- Penn State University Chapter

    Other Subjects

    • Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh

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