The Family Tree of Reginald Engdahl and Catherine Caroline Engdahl (open access)

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
[Swedish Inscription in Lundgren Family Bible] (open access)

[Swedish Inscription in Lundgren Family Bible]

Inscription and poem written in Swedish listing the birth and death dates of "Lundgren," in the Lundgren family bible.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Luella Lundgren's Writing Journal] (open access)

[Luella Lundgren's Writing Journal]

Notebook containing the school work of Luella Lundgren with assignments dated from January 24, 1918 and 1926. The notebook includes stories, a letter, and handwriting exercises.
Date: 1918
Creator: Lundgren, Luella
Object Type: Text
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

[Photo of Children at the West Sweden School]

Photograph of nineteen students and two adults, likely the teachers, at the West Sweden School in McCulloch County, Texas. The children vary in age from elementary to teens and are wearing coats. "West Sweden School" is written on the back.
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photo of Lynney Lincoln Lundgren]

Cropped reprint photo of Lynney Lincoln Lundgren in a group of children, wearing a knit jacket. Lundgren appears to be eight or nine years old. Handwritten on back: "1925 Lynney Lincoln Lundgren West Sweden School."
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Family Register: Claus P. Engdahl and Wilhemina Erikson Engdahl & John J. Johnson and Nina Norman Johnson (open access)

Family Register: Claus P. Engdahl and Wilhemina Erikson Engdahl & John J. Johnson and Nina Norman Johnson

Document listing the descendants of Claus P. Engdahl and Wilhemina Erikson Engdahl and John J. Johnson and Nina Norman Johnson. Each family member has their address and phone number included if known or is marked deceased. The children of Edward Reginald and Catherine Caroline Engdahl are listed first, then their siblings's children.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farmer's Pocket Ledger (open access)

Farmer's Pocket Ledger

Book entitled "Farmer's Pocket Ledger" which contains general information about measurements conversions, John Deere products, and helpful tips, for example cistern capacities based on their dimensions. Pages 21 through 52 are a notebook with pages for each month's receipts and expenditures, crop records for current and past years, egg records, and stock breeding records. Some of the month's receipts and expenditures have been filled in by Lundgren.
Date: 1935?
Creator: Deere & Company
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documents Related to the Reunion of the West Sweden Church Confirmation Classes, 1930] (open access)

[Documents Related to the Reunion of the West Sweden Church Confirmation Classes, 1930]

Notebook containing organizational information for a reunion of the confirmation classes of the West Sweden Church, held August 31, 1930, and letters from the invited alumni.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hanson, Harry; Hanson, Ruth; Dahlberg, Alice; Dahlberg, Leonard & Rose, Mrs. R. L.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter From Alan H. Winquist to Carlton Lundgren, May 28, 1983] (open access)

[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
Metodist Episkopal-Kyrkans Psalmbok (open access)

Metodist Episkopal-Kyrkans Psalmbok

Psalm book listing lyrics to various Methodist-Episcopal religious songs in Swedish.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History