East Sweden Tidings, Volume 1, Number 10, September 1945 (open access)

East Sweden Tidings, Volume 1, Number 10, September 1945

An issue of the "East Sweden Tidings", a monthly church newsletter, discussing World War II's V-J Day, the return of McCulloch County area troops, and a brief retrospective of the start of the war. The writer states that "it was also in the Providence of God" that the allies won the war, and goes further to say that it is faith, not military power, that brings world peace. The end of the newsletter provides thanks on behalf of the church for the end of the war.
Date: September 1945
Creator: Dewey, Anson T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Camilla Asplund to Cecil Nelin, September 6, 1988] (open access)

[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 Ray Thornton to Mr. Hurd, September 20, 2006] (open access)

[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
[Letter from Rosa C. Branning to Lenore, September 7, 1992] (open access)

[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 Evengalical Free Church of Melvin, Texas] (open access)

[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] (open access)

[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
[Article from the Brady Standard] (open access)

[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
[History of East Sweden, Texas] (open access)

[History of East Sweden, Texas]

Narrative history of East Sweden in Mcculloch County, Texas detailing the people who moved to the area and ran the local businesses. The author includes anecdotes from her childhood in the area and some information about her children who at the time of writing were fighting in World War II.
Date: September 25, 1942
Creator: Engdahl, Katie
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History