East Sweden Tidings, Volume 1, Number 9, August, 1945 (open access)

East Sweden Tidings, Volume 1, Number 9, August, 1945

An issue of the "East Sweden Tidings", a monthly church newsletter, containing more local news than military updates and revealing that area ministers are making plans for a V-J Day but that plans are "(C)ensored for the present"; announcing the impending closing of Curtis Field and the Prisoners of War Camp; and making a metaphorical comparison of different types of souls to different types of soils.
Date: August 1945
Creator: Dewey, Anston T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[C. J. Nelin's Declaration of Intention] (open access)

[C. J. Nelin's Declaration of Intention]

Photocopy of Carl John Nelin's declaration to become a citizen of the United States, his statement of birthplace to be Nenike, Sweden, and his renunciation of allegiance to a foreign power, in particular the King of Sweden, along with the district clerk's certification and official filing information.
Date: August 31, 1888
Creator: Marcott, Ruth Nelin
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Virgil and Lillie Dahlberg]

Photograph of Virgil and Lillie Dahlberg before leaving for church at O. G. Dahlberg's West Sweden home with their automobile behind them.
Date: August 6, 1950
Creator: Dahlberg, David W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bible Conference Program, West Sweden, 1940] (open access)

[Bible Conference Program, West Sweden, 1940]

Bible Conference and Confirmation Service Program for the West Sweden Methodist Church. The pamphlet lists members of the church, a schedule of events with speakers, and advertisements for area businesses.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Easterwood, Connie
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Excerpt from the Brady Herald, Letters to the Editor] (open access)

[Excerpt from the Brady Herald, Letters to the Editor]

A clipping from The Brady Herald newspaper; an article titled, "Letters to the Editor." The article provides details about the lives of five individuals buried in the East Sweden Cemetery, including the circumstances of two of their deaths.
Date: August 9, 1977
Creator: The Brady Herald
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minutes of the Session of Sweden Rochelle, Texas Presbyterian Church (open access)

Minutes of the Session of Sweden Rochelle, Texas Presbyterian Church

Minutes of session for the Presbyterian Church Sweden Rochelle, Texas. Each recorded meeting has a date, members in attendance, and a description of the matters that were discussed or jobs completed. The first few pages contain rules for minute taking and a disclosure from "the Book of Discipline."
Date: 1926-08-10/1977-07-10
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[August Young's Declaration of Intention, 1918] (open access)

[August Young's Declaration of Intention, 1918]

Photocopy of August Young's sworn Declaration of Intention (filed in the McCulloch County District Court) to become a United States citizen, containing his renunciation of loyalty to any foreign power, in particular the King of Sweden, and recitation of his arrival from Jonkaping, Sweden to the port of New York in the State of New York aboard a White Star Line vessel on 1889-02-16 and his present marriage to Annie Young, who was born in Sweden.
Date: August 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Dahlberg Family]

Photograph of O. G. Dahlberg with daughter Alice and son David, standing on the front porch of O. G. Dahlberg's Brady home.
Date: August 1951
Creator: Dahlberg, David W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Birth Certificate for Louise Hanson] (open access)

[Birth Certificate for Louise Hanson]

Birth Certificate for Louise Hanson, born in Galva, Illinois on December 10, 1902 to parents Joseph and Hilda Hanson.
Date: August 8, 1949
Creator: Texas. Bureau of Vital Statistics
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[C. J. Nelin & Hulda M. Oman's Marriage License] (open access)

[C. J. Nelin & Hulda M. Oman's Marriage License]

The marriage license of Carl John Nelin and Miss Hulda Mary Oman, issued on 1897-08-25 in McCulloch County, Texas.
Date: August 25, 1897
Creator: Marcott, Ruth Nelin
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History