Collection
Serial/Series Title
Country
Decade
Month
Language
112 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 24 of
112
next
[Photograph of the Swedish Free Mission Church Historic Marker]
Photograph of a Texas Historical Commission historical marker at the Swedish Free Mission Church. The marker provides a brief history of the church, as well as an explanation for its change in name during its development.
Date:
July 27, 2015
Creator:
Hargoves, Carolyn
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Biography of a McCulloch Co. Pioneer
Biography of Charles Oscar Steelhammer that includes anecdotes, and stories of his travels from Sweden to the United States. This document covers his travels from Illinois to Texas and his cattle raising days there.
Date:
October 2013
Creator:
Steelhammer, Sue
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ray Thornton to Mr. Hurd, September 20, 2006]
Typed letter from Ray Thornton to Mr. Hurd, discussing their time spent together at the East Sweden Cemetery on Labor Day. At this event, Hurd shared what he knew with Thornton about the Hurd and Engdahl families of East Sweden.
Date:
September 20, 2006
Creator:
Thornton, Ray
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Church Interior]
Photograph of the interior of the East Sweden Presbyterian Church. Pews are visible on the left and right. The center of the image shows a podium on a small stage, along with a piano. The walls are decorated with vertical-striped wallpaper above a wooden trim.
Date:
2006
Creator:
Bobby, Hurd
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the East Sweden Presbyterian Church]
Photograph of an exterior view of a church, a single-story building surrounded by small hedges. The windows are all shaped with an arc at the top. The church's entrance has a THC historical marker next to it.
Date:
2006
Creator:
Hurd, Bobby
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Journey from Sweden to America
Booklet discussing the history of the Blomstrom family from their time in Sweden to their arrival in America. It includes photographs and illustrations of the family, as well as the coat of arms for Laurentz Blomstom; also included are genealogy lists and family histories.
Date:
2005~
Creator:
Blomstrom, Helen Spiers
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Summary of Passenger Information for the S.S. ADRIATIC]
A summary of all passenger information gleaned by Cecil R. Nelin during his search, showing that there were 549 passengers aboard the S.S. ADRIATIC, with 33 of them being lodged in saloons, or cabins, and the other 516 (including his father, Carl J. Nelin) in steerage.
Date:
2000
Creator:
Marcott, Ruth Nelin
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freda: The Story of a Family of immigrants Who Left Småland, Sweden and Settled in Texas Around the End of the Nineteenth Century
Book discussing the life and times of Lillie Elfreda Young (Freda Young). The book contains chapters on her brothers and sisters as well as a few mentions of Swedish recipes. Index begins on page 165.
Date:
1999
Creator:
Dunn, Charlotte V. Lund, 1935-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Otto
Book discussing the life and times of Otto Henry Lund who came to America from Denmark. This book covers his journeys through Texas and his farming days and his marriage to Freda Young. Index begins on page 226.
Date:
1998
Creator:
Dunn, Charlotte V. Lund, 1935-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
MCCHC_E6-01
Historical compilation for the Melvin Evangelical Free Church in McCulloch County, Texas. This report includes a photograph and illustration of the church followed by a short history of the church from its creation around 1910 until its reopening in 1993.
Date:
1993-11?
Creator:
Malmstrom, Virginia
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Rosa C. Branning to Lenore, September 7, 1992]
Letter from Rosa Commander Branning to Lenore (last name missing), reminiscing about Rosa's childhood in the West Sweden area during the 1920s and 1930s, especially the occasions she was at her Grandma Helge's home on Bear Creek, which Rosa describes with great detail, and both the good and the bad times she shared with her extensive family.
Date:
September 7, 1992
Creator:
Branning, Rosa C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Historical Marker Dedication Program for the East Sweden Presbyterian Church, Texas]
Historical Marker Dedication Program for ceremonies held 1990-03-24 that recites the history of the church, including the fact that most of the East Sweden settlers in the 1880s were Lutherans but, because they could not find a Lutheran minister, they responded to a traveling Presbyterian minister, became Presbyterians, and then built the original East Sweden Presbyterian Church in 1891.
Date:
March 24, 1990
Creator:
Hurd, Bobbye
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecil R. Nelin to Agda Hansson, June 7, 1989]
Letter from Cecil R. Nelin to Agda Hansson discussing SVAR's ancestry investigative services and pricing. The letter is in response to a previous letter from Agda Hansson.
Date:
June 7, 1989
Creator:
Nelin, Cecil R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Request for Information about C. J. Nelin's Arrival in America]
Cecil R. Nelin's notes regarding information he needs concerning Carl J. Nelin's arrival from Sweden into the United States, stapled to an Order for Copies of Ship Passenger Arrival Records, mailed 1989-06-12 by Cecil Ray Nelin to the National Archives Trust Fund to confirm Carl J. Nelin's arrival in New York, N. Y., on 1881-05-28.
Date:
June 1989
Creator:
Marcott, Ruth Nelin
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Nilsson/Nelsin Family Biographical Notes, May 11, 1989]
A biographical account of the Nilsson/Nelin family that includes information about the family after sister Klara and brothers Carl John Eric arrived in America, as well as information copied from tombstones in the Vargy Chapel Cemetery during a visit by Cecil R. Nelin.
Date:
May 11, 1989
Creator:
Nelin, Cecil R.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Family Tree of Reginald Engdahl and Catherine Caroline Engdahl
Document listing the family tree of Edward Reginald Engdahl and Catherine Caroline Engdahl with biographical information for all the people listed. The second page of the document is an illustration of a tree with branches labelled with names. The document is then organized by family and chronologically, beginning Edward Reginald Engdahl's ancestors, then Catherine Caroline Engdahl's ancestors, then listing their children and grandchildren, and Edward and Catherine's siblings family details.
Date:
1989
Creator:
Engdahl, George & Striegler, Beverly Engdahl
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Article from the Brady Standard]
Two clippings from The Brady Standard newspaper; an article giving details about the historical marker dedication ceremonies and identifying the individuals who attended.
Date:
September 30, 1988
Creator:
The Brady Standard
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Historical Marker Dedication Program for the Evengalical Free Church of Melvin, Texas]
Historical Marker Dedication Program for the Evangelical Free Mission Church in McCulloch County, Texas. The pamphlet lists a brief history of the church, followed by credits for the event's contributors.
Date:
September 24, 1988
Creator:
Evangelical Free Mission Church
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Article from The Brady Herald]
A clipping from The Brady Herald which reports that the Evangelical Free Church of Melvin will "be the first church in McCulloch County to receive an historical marker" in upcoming historical marker dedication ceremonies with excerpts from greetings sent to the church from the superintendent of the South Central District of the Evangelical Free Church of America in which he expresses the hope that "the day will be both a day of remembrance and a day of rejoicing in what this church has meant and continues to mean..."
Date:
September 20, 1988
Creator:
The Brady Herald
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Camilla Asplund to Cecil Nelin, September 6, 1988]
Letter from Camilla Asplund to Cecil Nelin discussing Carl J. Nelin's background and ancestry. Camilla is affiliated with the Swedish agency, SVAR.
Date:
September 6, 1988
Creator:
Asplund, Camilla
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Forskarcentrum I Ramsele, 1988~]
Letter from Forskarcentrum I Ramsele, proposing ancestry investigation services at the hourly rate of $25.
Date:
1988~
Creator:
Ramsele, Forskarcentrum I
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter From Alan H. Winquist to Carlton Lundgren, May 28, 1983]
Letter from Alan H. Winquist to Carlton Lundgren discussing an inscription in Lundgren's family bible which he had asked Winquist to translate. The letter also mentions a newspaper article in the Brady Herald featuring Winquist.
Date:
May 28, 1983
Creator:
Winquist, Alan H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
History of the Charles Conrad Johanson Family
Photocopy of a handwritten document. "The History of the Charles Conrad Johanson Family," by Drusilla Johanson Miller traces the Johanson family's history back to Sweden in 1842 and the Andrew Johann Johnson family's Swedish history back to 1861 and then follows the journeys of both men as they emigrate from Sweden into Texas, eventually settling in the East Sweden, Fairview, and Brady Communities of McCulloch County, where their families merged with the 1906 marriage in Brady of their children Henry Charles Johanson and Annie Johnson, who were the parents of several children about whom biographical information is also given through 1976.
Date:
1976~
Creator:
Miller, Drusilla Johanson
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History